Cleveland Quiz Quiz Questions

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

A Shaker Heights B Beachwood C Cleveland Heights D Lakewood

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

A Gregory Corso B Delmore Schwartz C Langston Hughes D Hart Crane

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

A Andrew Johnson B James Garfield C William McKinley D Grover Cleveland

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

A Baltimore Ravens B Los Angeles Rams C Cleveland Browns D Rams, Ravens, and Browns

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

A Major League B Kill the Irishman C Stranger than Paradise D Gross Pointe Blank

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

A Arthur Fiedler B Arthur Freed C Alan Freed D Wolfman Jack

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

A Edward Brooke B Carl Stokes C Maurice Stokes D Maynard Jackson

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

A Garfield B Ziggy C Mr. Natural D Howard the Duck

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

A Monsters, Inc. B Bulworth C Bullitt D Monster’s Ball

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

A Speedboat racing B Catching fire C Pearl diving D Sheltering alligators

11. Which millionaire industrialist started in Cleveland?

A Daddy Warbucks B Cornelius Vanderbilt C John D. Rockefeller D Andrew Carnegie

12. Which Clevelander created the American Splendor comics?

A Harvey Pekar B Harvey Mudd C Harvey Milk D Hardy Kruger

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

A “Gem City” B “Sixth City” C “Mistake by the Lake” D “Forest City”

14. Who is Cleveland’s most famous Olympian?

A Mark Spitz B Henry Wallace C Jesse Owens D Carl Lewis