Utica Trivia!
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What was the previous name of Mohawk Valley Community College?
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At one time, what two parallel streets were "one way" in the same direction?
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What Utican served as Vice President of the United States under William Howard Taft?
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What Utican was listed in 2008 as the 277th richest man in the world, with a net worth of 3.9 billion?
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What downtown store sold Boy Scout uniforms & supplies?
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What 1977 sports movie was partially filmed at the Utica Memorial Auditorium?
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What famous entertainment personality got his start in the mailroom of radio station WRUN?
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What was the nickname for the intersection of Genesee Street & Bleecker Street?
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What restaurant's sign still says "Where The Music Is On The Plate"? Where was it originally located?
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What Utican drove #4 at Fonda and Utica-Rome Speedways?
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What movie theaters were on three corners of the same intersection?
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What Drive-In Theater had two screens?
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What Utica beer was named after President Carter's brother?
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What New York Rangers goalie once played for the Clinton Comets?
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Who was the host of Twist-A-Rama?
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What Utican sang "Tall Paul" in 1959?
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What did you never dare to ask for at Pelletieri Joes?
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What was the name of the bar in the old Hotel Utica?
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What famous hamburger joint was located on Oneida Square?
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What Proctor grad played baseball for the Phillies and the Pirates?
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Who sold raw clams on the corner of Mohawk Street & Bleecker Street?
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What is the name of the clock tower at City Hall, and who is it named after?
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What restaurant previously occupied what is now the Bagel Grove?
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What restaurant offered beer and Limburger cheese, but only to men - no women allowed!
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What was the name of the morning edition of the Utica newspaper?
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What Utican was the original "Bozo The Clown" on WKTV?
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A train track runs down the middle of what Utica street?
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Who was the "Voice of Vernon Downs" for over 47 years?
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What six high schools formed the old Central Oneida League?
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What was the name of the New York style lunch restaurant across from the Hotel Utica?
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Name five area drive-in theaters - which one still exists?
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What was the name of the original motel built at Thruway Exit 31?
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What Columbia Street baker invented a half-chocolate, half-vanilla pastry in the 1920's, and what was it called?
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What Utica company was a major supplier of weapons in both World War I and World War II?
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What Utica mayor wrote the book, "Utica Can"
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What Utica mayor was a guest on the "Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson?
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What store sold furniture bought by the carload?
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What Civil War general from Utica wrote the melody for "Taps"?
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What high school instrumental rock band from Utica recorded, "Wilma" in the mid 1960's? Yaba-da-ba-do!
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Who opened the "Great Five Cent Store" in Utica in 1879, later to build a chain of over 1000 "five and dime" stores?
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WKTV is known as News Channel 2. Pryor to 1959, what channel was WKTV?
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What Utica pizzeria puts the tomato sauce on top of the cheese?
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This WKTV announcer and weatherman was also host of a game show for local high school students. What was his name, and what was the game show?
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A major heavyweight fight took place at Utica College in 1976. What boxer (undefeated at the time) won the fight, and who did he beat?
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What famous avaitor made a forced landing in a North Utica cornfield because of a snowstorm?
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What Utican was third base umpire at Yankee Stadium the day Roger Maris hit his record-breaking 61st home run?
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Acclaimed author and journalist Roger Kahn wrote about his year as owner of what team in the 1985 book, "Good Enough to Dream"?
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What Mafia assassin came to Utica in 1951 for his nephew's wedding and allegedly took a 10 percent share of East Utica's gambling rackets?
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Whose statue stands at the corner of the Memorial Parkway and Mohawk Street?
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The cat and primate building at the Utica Zoo was completed in 1927. Who presided over the opening of the Children's Zoo in 1967?
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The Utica Memorial Auditorium was built in 1959. It offered completely unobstructed views, with no pillars to see around. What famous arena was actually modeled after the Utica Aud?