Could You Answer These Pittsburgh-Themed ‘Jeopardy!’ Questions?
You might not win big bucks, but you can win bragging rights.
DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH | PHOTO BY DAVE DICELLO
Yinzers would’ve had a bit of an advantage on this week’s “Jeopardy!” quiz.
One of the categories on the June 10 episode of the long-running gameshow was “Pittsburghers” — and Pittsburgh Magazine even got a shout out.
Below, you can test your Steel City knowledge with these four questions from the “Pittsburghers” category. (Don’t worry — if you get stumped, the answers can be found at the end of the article.)
If you were one of the lucky contestants, how many would you have gotten right?
1: Atop Pittsburgh Magazine’s “50 Greatest Pittsburghers,” this TV personality never left a letter from a child unanswered.
2: Life was sadly not an amusement park ride for this engineer who gave his name to one; he died in Pittsburgh aged 37 in 1896.
3: The city breathed (and saw) easier after Mayor David Lawrence said in 1946, “Our people want” this, the subject of a 1970 federal act.
4: Longtime Pitt Prof Dr. Thomas Starzl achieved the first of these transplants later received by Jim Nabors and David Crosby.
What other questions do you think could’ve been included in the category?
Answers:
1: Who is Fred Rogers?
2: Who is George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.?
3: What is clean air?
4: What is a liver?
