Trivia Answers
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- SCHLITZ These days the brand is owned by MKE native Pabst Brewing Co., now based in San Antonio.
- PIG The area’s official name is The Valley/Piggsville.
- AIRPLANE! The film starred Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who won an NBA championship with the Milwaukee Bucks in 1971.
- BEAVERS Their return has been credited to removal of the North Avenue Dam and reforestation efforts at Riverside Park.
- THE GOLD Marquette ditched its Warriors nickname for Golden Eagles in 1994.
- A FLAME The Wisconsin Gas Building, designed by Eschweiler and Eschweiler, opened in 1930.
- HEATHER GRAHAM Her most recent role is opposite Dennis Quaid in the airplane drama On a Wing and a Prayer.
- KINNICKINNIC The KK is Milwaukee’s shortest river.
- LADYBUGS The bugs were added to the building’s facade in 1999.
- DAN PLESAC The Sac Man’s career total is ahead of John Axford’s 106 and Rollie Fingers’ 97.
- ALICE COOPER The scene in Wayne’s World misses the mark a bit; the name derives from the Ojibwa, Potawatomi and Menominee languages.
- HARAMBEE The neighborhood adopted the name in the mid-1970s.
- MALTING Demolition began on the massive Froedtert complex at 38th and Lincoln in West Milwaukee last year.
- SINKHOLES The 2010 hole was caused by flooding and the 2011 collapse by a water main break.
- SAUSAGE RACE Simon was cited by police after his bat bop from the dugout caused the teenager in the Italian Sausage costume to trip.
- LUXEMBOURG The Luxembourg American Cultural Center is located in Belgium, Wisconsin, and former Mayor Tom Barrett is the U.S. ambassador to the country.
- GEORGE CARLIN He was an opening act for Arlo Guthrie at the show.
- COMMERCE STREET The canal served the industries along the Milwaukee River until it was filled and paved in 1884.
- HARLEY-DAVIDSON The company changed its New York Stock Exchange symbol to HOG in 2006.
- AL JARREAU His 1981 album Breakin’ Away spent two years on the Billboard 200.
- DENIS SULLIVAN Discovery World sold the replica schooner and former “Milwaukee flagship” in 2022.
- ERIN HILLS Whistling Straits hosted the most recent big golf event, the 2021 Ryder Cup, but that team tournament is not considered a major championship.
- TIMMERMAN (Lawrence J., the County Board member), MAITLAND (Lester J., the pilot)
- CARMEX We prefer the traditional little jar, greasy fingers and all.
- BOB UECKER This season is his 67th year in professional baseball.
- NOTRE DAME Ogunbowale’s DSHA team won the WIAA Division I state title in 2015, too.
- DANIEL HOAN His successor in the office, Carl Zeidler, served just two years before leaving to fight – and die – in World War II.
- PEWAUKEE HIGH SCHOOL The quartet is Chris McIntosh and J.J., T.J. and Derek Watt
- COREY FELDMAN The tooth was eventually found and the show went on.
- YEAST Red Star began in 1882 as a distillery.
- SECRET STADIUM SAUCE The tangy mashup of ketchup and barbecue sauce was developed in the ’70s at Milwaukee County Stadium.
- EDMUND FITZGERALD He was 80 when the freighter named after him sunk in Lake Superior in 1975.
Where am I, Milwaukee?
V1. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 914 E. Knapp St.
V2. Parking lot island of Wisconsin Lutheran College, 8800 W. Bluemound Rd.
V3. Clinton Rose Senior Center, 3045 N. Martin
Luther King Dr.
V4. City Hall bell tower, looking east
V5. Fox6/WITI-TV tower in Brown Deer, looking southwest
How’d ya do?
One point per correct answer
37: You. ARE. Milwaukee.
30-36: A bona fide Cream Citizen, your knowledge is as wide and deep as Lake Michigan.
17-30: Heck, even a lifelong resident could end up here.
6-16: Welcome to The Abele Zone.
0-5: So, there’s this stuff here called frozen custard…
