March 2010 Issue
All Things Buckeye
Are you smarter than an Ohio sixth-grader? Test your knowledge of Ohio with these sample questions from “The Great Ohio Magazine Trivia Quiz” hosted by Publisher and Editor Richard Osborne at various venues across the state. Answers are at the bottom. No peeking, please.
1. The world headquarters of Battelle Memorial Institute is in what Ohio city?
A. Dayton
B. Youngstown
C. Cleveland
D. Columbus
2. What Northwest Ohio city is home to Fort Meigs, the largest reconstructed fort in the nation?
A. Toledo
B. Bowling Green
C. Defiance
D. Tiffin
3. Who was the author of Winesburg, Ohio?
A. Zane Grey
B. Sherwood Anderson
C. Toni Morrison
D. Mark Twain
4. What was the first capital of Ohio?
A. Zanesville
B. Portsmouth
C. Chillicothe
D. Columbus
5. Flight pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright lived in what Ohio city?
A. Akron
B. Cleveland
C. Dayton
D. Lebanon
6. What Columbus native and professional golfer won his first Masters Tournament in 1963?
A. Arnold Palmer
B. Jack Nicklaus
C. Chi Chi Rodriguez
D. Tom Weiskopf
7. The governor’s mansion is located in what Columbus suburb?
A. Bexley
B. Gahanna
C. Dublin
D. Worthington
8. What Ohio museum was the first in the nation to be built exclusively to house American art?
A. Columbus Museum of Art
B. Youngstown's Butler Institute of American Art
C. Columbus’ Wexner Center for the Arts
D. Cleveland Museum of Art
9. What Ohio city is called “the Glass City of the World”?
A. Elyria
B. Hamilton
C. Toledo
D. Lancaster
10. Who was the first Ohio-born president of the United States?
A. William Henry Harrison
B. William Howard Taft
C. Ulysses S. Grant
D. Rutherford B. Hayes
11. Where was the first electric traffic light installed?
A. Cincinnati
B. Akron
C. Cleveland
D. Bryan
12. What Cincinnati native became the only woman owner of a Major League Baseball team in 1985?
A. Helen Herron Taft
B. Marge Schott
C. Betty Knight
D. Alta Weiss
13. What is the state's longest natural beach?
A. Headlands Beach
B. Deer Creek Beach
C. Cedar Point Beach
D. Long Beach
14. What star of “Gone With the Wind” was born in Cadiz?
A. Butterfly McQueen
B. Vivian Leigh
C. Clark Gable
D. Oliva DeHaviland
15. What Ohio town is named in honor of brothers Moses and Aaron Wilcox?
A. Wilcoxton
B. Aaronburg
C. Mosely
D. Twinsburg
16. Who was the only five-term Ohio governor?
A. Frank Lausche
B. James Rhodes
C. Thomas Worthington
D. James Cox
17. What Ohio city has the only Y-bridge in the world?
A. Steubenville
B. Lorain
C. Zanesville
D. Cambridge
18. When did the Cleveland Indians last win the World Series?
A. 1934
B. 1945
C. 1948
D. 1996
19. What Rio Grande sausage maker and seller founded a national chain of restaurants in the 1950s?
A. Jimmy Dean
B. Bob Evans
C. Ed Johnson
D. Dave Thomas
20. Lorain sits at the mouth of what river?
A. Ohio River
B. Cuyahoga River
C. Scioto River
D. Black River
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ANSWERS:
1. D, Columbus
2. A, Toledo
3. B, Sherwood Anderson
4. C, Chillicothe
5. C, Dayton
6. B, Jack Nicklaus
7. A, Bexley
8. B, Youngstown’s Butler Institute of American Art
9. C, Toledo
10. C, Ulysses S. Grant
11. C, Cleveland
12. B, Marge Schott, Cincinnati Reds
13. A, Headlands Beach
14. C, Clark Gable
15. D, Twinsburg
16. A, Frank Lausche
17. C, Zanesville
18. C, 1948
19. B, Bob Evans
20. D, Black River
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