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  • 1. 
    In which Cleveland suburb did actor Paul Newman grow up?

  • Shaker Heights
  • Beachwood
  • Cleveland Heights
  • Lakewood

  • 2. 
    Which poet’s father created Life Savers candy in Cleveland?

  • Gregory Corso
  • Delmore Schwartz
  • Langston Hughes
  • Hart Crane

  • 3. 
    Which U.S. president is buried in Cleveland?

  • Andrew Johnson
  • James Garfield
  • William McKinley
  • Grover Cleveland

  • 4. 
    Which of these pro football teams was founded in Cleveland?

  • Baltimore Ravens
  • Los Angeles Rams
  • Cleveland Browns
  • Rams, Ravens, and Browns

  • 5. 
    Which of these movies is not set in Cleveland?

  • Major League
  • Kill the Irishman
  • Stranger than Paradise
  • Gross Pointe Blank

  • 6. 
    Which Cleveland DJ popularized the term rock and roll?

  • Arthur Fiedler
  • Arthur Freed
  • Alan Freed
  • Wolfman Jack

  • 7. 
    Which Cleveland mayor was the first African American mayor of a major U.S. city?

  • Edward Brooke
  • Carl Stokes
  • Maurice Stokes
  • Maynard Jackson

  • 8. 
    Which of these comic-book characters operates in Cleveland?

  • Garfield
  • Ziggy
  • Mr. Natural
  • Howard the Duck

  • 9. 
    Cleveland native Halle Berry won an Oscar for her performance in which film?

  • Monsters, Inc.
  • Bulworth
  • Bullitt
  • Monster’s Ball

  • 10. 
    For what is Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River famous?

  • Speedboat racing
  • Catching fire
  • Pearl diving
  • Sheltering alligators

  • 11. 
    Which millionaire industrialist started in Cleveland?

  • Daddy Warbucks
  • Cornelius Vanderbilt
  • John D. Rockefeller
  • Andrew Carnegie

  • 12. 
    Which Clevelander created the American Splendor comics?

  • Harvey Pekar
  • Harvey Mudd
  • Harvey Milk
  • Hardy Kruger

  • 13. 
    Which of these is not a nickname for Cleveland?

  • “Gem City”
  • “Sixth City”
  • “Mistake by the Lake”
  • “Forest City”

  • 14. 
    Who is Cleveland’s most famous Olympian?

  • Mark Spitz
  • Henry Wallace
  • Jesse Owens
  • Carl Lewis
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