Friday, November 6, 2020

October Trivia Contest Answers

Home Delivered Meal clients received an Ohio trivia flyer at the beginning of October. Anyone who completed the trivia and returned it to WCCOA was entered to win an Ohio themed gift basket (pictured below) sponsored by Walker Family Funeral Homes & Crematory! 

The winner of the October basket was Janice Ernst from Bradner, OH! 



OCTOBER TRIVIA CONTEST ANSWERS
Correct answers are underlined.

1. How many counties are there in Ohio? 88 Counties

2. What is the state bird of Ohio? Cardinal

3. This Ohio city is home to the world’s largest apple basket that stands over 29 feet tall? Newark, Ohio

4. This actor, boxer, comedian was born in London England and moved to Cleveland at age 4? Bob Hope

5. In what Ohio city is the Pro Football Hall of Fame located?  Canton, Ohio

6. This 1994 film was filmed at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio?

    A. American History X               B. The Shawshank Redemption 

    C. The Green Mile                      D. The Great Escape

7. What is the official state tree of Ohio?

     A. Spruce        B.  Buckeye

     C. Pine            D. Maple

8. What is Ohio’s State Flower?

    A. Red Rose                    B. Pansy

    C. Scarlet Carnation        D. Tulip

9. This was the nation’s first interracial, coeducational college?

    A. Oberlin College         B. Athens College

    C. Miami University      D. Beckfield College

10. Cleveland chocolate maker Clarence Crane invented this candy in 1912?

      A. Sugar Daddy                                    B. Bottle Caps    

      C. Dum Dum Sucker                            D. Life Savers

11. This city boasts the Major League Baseball team that is the oldest to play continually in one city?

      A. Cincinnati         B. Columbus

      C. Cleveland         D. Dayton

12. This Ohio city boasted America’s first traffic light in 1914?

      A. Toledo                B. Cleveland

      C. Youngstown       D. Akron

13. This Ohio city is the rubber capital of the world?

      A. Akron                 B. Lima

      C. Westerville         D. Piqua

14. This Wapakoneta man was the first to walk on the moon?

      A. Michael Collins              B. Neil Armstrong

      C. Robert Overmyer            D. John Glenn

15. How many United States president’s were born in Ohio?

      A. 5        B. 6

      C. 7        D. 8

16. Ohio gave America its first ________ in 1900 created by Harry Stevens?

      A. Animal Cracker       B. Hot Dog

      C. Pancake                   D. Banana Split

 

17. Columbus was Ohio’s first capital city.  T or F

18. Ohio’s State flag is a rectangle in shape.  T or F

19. The first airplane was invented by Dayton natives the Wright Brothers.   T or F

20. The very first mechanical cash register was invented in Dayton, Ohio.  T or F

21. There is a “Things Swallowed Permanent Display” at the Allen County Museum in Lima, Ohio that features items that have been swallowed and retrieved by doctors.  T or F

 

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