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Utica Trivia!
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What was the previous name of Mohawk Valley Community College?
Mohawk Valley Technical Institute (MVTI)
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At one time, what two parallel streets were "one way" in the same direction?
The Memorial Parkway & Pleasant Street
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What Utican served as Vice President of the United States under William Howard Taft?
James Schoolcraft Sherman
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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?
Tony Sparagna's, which was originally on James Street (Tony's Spaghetti House)
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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?
The Utica, the Olympic and the Avon
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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?
The Tower Of Hope (Bob Hope)
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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?
Proctor, UFA, Notre Dame, Whitesboro, New Hartford and Rome
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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?
Marcy, New Hartford, North Utica, Schuyler and Rome - Rome still exists today!
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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?
Harry Hemstrought - the halfmoon!
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What Utica company was a major supplier of weapons in both World War I and World War II?
The Savage Arms Corporation
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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"?
General Daniel Butterfield
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What high school instrumental rock band from Utica recorded, "Wilma" in the mid 1960's? Yaba-da-ba-do!
Andy (Cittadino) And The Classics
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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?
O'Scugnizzo (O'Ska-neets)
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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?
Lyle Bosley was host of "High School Quiz".
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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?
Duane Bobick, managed by Joe Frazier, was 36-0 at the time. He defeated Chuck Wepner ("The Bayonne Bleeder") in a six round TKO.
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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?
Alexander "Bobey" Salerno
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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?
Albert Anastasia (Murder Incorporated)
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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?
Madison Square Garden, built on top of Penn Station in 1968
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