Yesterday we tested your knowledge of the history of Cleveland to celebrate the city’s 225th birthday with a quiz. Here are the answers.
1. What shape does Shaker Square have? C: A rounded square of the street in an octagon of buildings.
2: Who were the first permanent settlers of the Flats? B: Lorenzo and Rebecca Carter who settled in the flats after the surveyors left.
3. What was the cause of John P. Green’s death? A: Getting hit by a car. At 95 he was still a practicing lawyer, the oldest in Ohio at the time.
4. Who was the Hope Memorial Bridge named after? B: Bob Hope’s father, William Henry Hope, who helped carve the Guardians of Traffic.
5. Who was the Jim Thome buried in Monroe Street Cemetery? D: An abolitionist preacher, Rev. James A. Thome of the First Congregational Church.
6. Who was Hazel Mountain Walker? D. All of the above. She was Cleveland’s first black headmistress, a Cleveland law graduate, and an actress who was given the name Karamu House. She was also a member of the state school board and the widow of two different walkers.
7. What was Chef Boyardee’s real name? C. Ettore Boiardi.
8. What is the only ward that borders both Cleveland and the Cuyahoga County Line? A: Euclid.
9. What stars weren’t born in Greater Cleveland? A: Bob Hope and Tom Hanks, although they stayed here later.
10. Which comic was not created by local people? Answer: B. Batman.
