Trivia Night

Question 1

Name one FALSE thing about Andy Warhol

Accepted Answer

Was a classically-trained at NYU

Question 2

Name the historic neighborhood that the Buhl Foundation began in 1932

Accepted Answer

Chatham Village

Question 3

What is the the name of this bridge that is part of the Allegheny County Courthouse?

Accepted Answer

Bridge of sighs

Question 4

Cathedral of Learning has the first steel supports installed in the city

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

The modern emerald glass house in Pittsburgh extends 3 times farther than Falling Water

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Where in Pittsburgh does this sculpture in bronze and granite by Victor David Brenner

Accepted Answer

Shenley Park

Question 7

Which statement is TRUE regarding the inclines in Pittsburgh

Accepted Answer

At one time there were 17 operating inclines

Question 8

What austere architect created this modernist design at Duquesne University

Accepted Answer

Mies Van der Rohe

Question 9

What public space in downtown Pittsburgh contained the first Court House?

Accepted Answer

Market Square

Question 10

Why was architect Henry Hobson Richardson, selected to design the Allegheny County Courthouse & Jail?

Accepted Answer

He won the design competition and had a practical plan

Question 11

Andy Warhol's first illustrated work was in an issue of Vogue magazine's 1949 for a story called “What is Success?”

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

The Hill district is neighborhood where famous American playwright August Wilson grew up.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Where is the last wooden street in the city of Pittsburgh

Accepted Answer

Roslyn Place

Question 14

“Solitude” was the estate of Pittsburgh industrialist Andrew Carnegie

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

True or False...This Art Institute of Pittsburgh alumni was the creator of “Ziggy”

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Pittsburgh's St. Anthony's Chapel is home to more relics than anywhere else in the world other than the Vatican

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Which downtown building was the first built with a steel-frame, becoming city’s first skyscraper?

Accepted Answer

Carnegie Building

Question 18

What is the style of the architecture is Johnson/Burgee's PPG Place

Accepted Answer

Postmodernist, Neogothic Style

Question 19

What has been mysteriously left on his grave every month since he died on Feb. 22, 1987?

Accepted Answer

Can of tomato soup and pocketful of change

Question 20

Carnegie Museum of Art was the second museum of modern art built in the United States

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

Andrew Carnegie once owned this Victorian Mansion from 1883-1905

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

What was the first structure that was built in the city of Pittsburgh

Accepted Answer

Fort Pitt Block House

Question 23

Name the band of this iconic album where Andy Warhol helped to create the cover

Accepted Answer

The Rolling Stones

Question 24

Choose the American female painter that was born in Pittsburgh?

Accepted Answer

Mary Cassatt

Question 25

Name this famous Pittsburgh Bridge

Accepted Answer

16th Street Bridge, David McCullough

Question 26

The Civic Arena was the world’s first retractable dome stadium for a major sports team

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Why are the exhibits in the natural history museum sealed

Accepted Answer

Dust & insects are kept out. Pesticides are kept in

Question 28

You’ll find buildings in downtown Pittsburgh in the following styles EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Prairie

Question 29

How many bridges does the city of Pittsburgh have?

Accepted Answer

446

Question 30

Fallingwater was built in 1936 as a summer home for the Whitman family?

Accepted Answer

False

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