Q 01/05

Cincinnati sits on the Ohio River directly across from which state?

A) Indiana

B) West Virginia

C) Kentucky

D) Pennsylvania

Answer · why

C) Kentucky

The city's airport, CVG, is actually in Hebron, Kentucky, and is one of the busiest cargo airports in the country.

Q 02/05

Which of these is a nickname of Cincinnati?

A) The Gem City

B) The Rubber City

C) The Forest City

D) The Queen City

Answer · why

D) The Queen City

Longfellow immortalised the name in his 1854 poem 'Catawba Wine'; the others belong to Dayton, Cleveland and Akron.

Q 03/05

Cincinnati was nicknamed 'Porkopolis' in the 19th century because of which industry?

A) Brewing

B) Porcelain

C) Steamboats

D) Pork packing

Answer · why

D) Pork packing

The city later embraced the joke with public 'Flying Pig' sculptures and the Flying Pig Marathon.

Q 04/05

Cincinnati is named after a society honouring which Roman, who saved Rome and returned to his farm?

A) Cassius

B) Coriolanus

C) Camillus

D) Cincinnatus

Answer · why

D) Cincinnatus

The Society of the Cincinnati was an order of Revolutionary War officers, and George Washington was its first president general.

Q 05/05

What was Cincinnati's original name when it was settled in 1788?

A) Fort Washington

B) Miamitown

C) Columbia

D) Losantiville

Answer · why

D) Losantiville

Surveyor John Filson built the word from French and Latin syllables meaning 'town opposite the mouth of the Licking'.