Guru_Vandana_Teachers Quiz

Pittsburgh is also known as the city of bridges. How many bridges does the city have in total ?

• 664

• 426

• 396

• 446

What is the significance of the lights atop the Gulf Building in downtown Pittsburgh?

• Nothing-just a park of Art Deco buildings

• 
  Stock prices for oil corporation

• Homage to the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

• Indicates predictions and/or changes in weather

What is the significance of the blinking red beacon atop the Grant Building in downtown Pittsburgh?

• Represents Huntington Bank (who has a branch in the building)

• Blinks Pittsburgh in Morse code

• Communicate with sister building (Grant Building in L.A.)

• Air traffic control

What is the oldest surviving building in downtown Pittsburgh dating back to the late 1700s?

• The blockhouse

• Neill Log House

• 
  Beltzhoover Homestead

• John Woods House

What is the oldest bridge in downtown Pittsburgh, built in the 1880s?

• Hot Metal Bridge

• 
  Smithfield Street Bridge

• Sixth Street Bridge

• 16th Street Bridge

Singer/Dancer Gene Kelly attended what Pittsburgh university?

• University of Pittsburgh

• Point Park College/University

• Duquesne University

• 
  Carnegie Mellon

In 1950, the four newspapers in circulation in Pittsburgh were:

• 
  Pittsburgh Courier

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

• Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph

• 
  Times Pittsburgh

• 
  Pittsburgh Press

Which puppet character is NOT on Mister Roger's Neighborhood?

• 
  Queen Sara Saturday

• Cornflake S. Pecially

• Uncle "Traveling" Matt

• X the Owl

• Ana Platypus

The tallest building in Pittsburgh is the

• BNY Mellon

• One PPG Place

• US Steel Building

• Cathedral of Learning

What is the Hindu festival of lights called ?

• Shivratri

• Holi

• Diwali

• Raksha-Bandan