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

The Queen City nickname was in print by 1819, when a local newspaper hailed Cincinnati as 'the fair Queen of the West'; the Gem City is Dayton, the Fo...

Q 03/05

Which meat trade made 1840s Cincinnati the largest processing centre in the United States?

A) Beef packing

B) Pork packing

C) Mutton packing

D) Poultry packing

Answer · why

B) Pork packing

Pork packing earned Cincinnati the nickname 'Porkopolis': by the 1840s it slaughtered and packed more hogs than any other American city, a lead it los...

Q 04/05

Who was first president general of the Society of the Cincinnati, the city's namesake order?

A) George Washington

B) Henry Knox

C) Alexander Hamilton

D) Nathanael Greene

Answer · why

A) George Washington

George Washington was the Society of the Cincinnati's first president general, from 1783 until his death in 1799; the Continental Army officers' order...

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

Losantiville was surveyor John Filson's 1788 coinage: 'L' for the Licking River, Latin 'os' (mouth), Greek 'anti' (opposite) and French 'ville' (town)...