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The Great Milwaukee Quiz
Test your Brew City IQ in these questions, then enter to win the ultimate Milwaukee prize pack!
By OMC Staff Writers and Jordan Dechambre-Childers
Photography by Zach Karpinksi and Nathan Harmann

Published Aug. 23, 2007 at 5:46 a.m.
Tags: quiz, history, beer, george webb, saarinen, happy days,gertie the duck, kettle korn, hoan

Think you know everything there is to know about Milwaukee? OK, smart guy/girl -- put your knowledge to the test in this ultimate quiz of your Mil-town know-how.

OnMilwaukee.com and M Magazine joined forces to create 100 questions (and five online-only "bonus" questions) to see who has the best Brew City IQ. The quiz appears in the September issue of M, and right here at OnMilwaukee.com.

After all, it takes a true blue Milwaukeean to distinguish a beermergency from a beer baron. So grab a piece of "scratch" paper, or click here to view a more printable version of the quiz -- and get to it!

Good luck and have fun!

1. Match these historical city locations to their current neighborhoods.
1. Town of Lake
2. Juneau Town
3. Kashube settlement
4. Kilbourntown

A. Jones Island
B. Westown
C. Bay View
D. East Town

2. Match these current bars with their former tenants.
1. Shank Hall
2. The Rave
3. Live on North
4. The Corner

A. Teddy's
B. Omnibus
C. London Bridge
D. The Boardwalk

3. Which beer-savvy Milwaukee tavern serves Scotland's Skull Splitter Ale?
A. The Nomad
B. Carleton Grange
C. Palm Tavern
D. Nessun Dorma

4. What is a "beermergency?"
A. 8:59 p.m. and no beer in the house
B. $1 Old Style happy hour at Comet Cafe
C. Miller line halted by power outage
D. MMSD mistakenly releases 10 million gallons of Miller Lite into the lake.

5. Why does George Webb have two clocks?
A. Mr. Webb had double vision
B. No one knows; it's a Milwaukee mystery
C. So it can stay open 24 hours a day
D. Mr. Webb was a devoted collector of clocks

6. What is Springfield named in "The Simpsons," prompting Homer to shout: "In your face, Milwaukee!"?
A. America's drunkest city
B. America's fattest city
C. America's dumbest city
D. America's most dangerous city

7. From whom did Frederick Miller buy a small brewery in 1855?
A. Charles Best
B. Joseph Schiltz
C. Otto Holtz
D. Frederick Pabst

8. What city does the band What Made Milwaukee Famous live in?
A. Seattle
B. Austin
C. Philadelphia
D. Milwaukee

9. What actually made Milwaukee famous?
A. Cream City brick
B. Braves
C. Brats
D. Beer

10. Commerce Street used to be which of the following:
A. Route of proposed subway system
B. Major Milwaukee thoroughfare
C. Canal
D. Farmland

11. What high school and restaurant were inspiration for "Happy Days?"
A. Pulaski & Leon's
B. Greendale & Kopp's
C. Marquette & A&W
D. Shorewood & Pig 'n' Whistle

12. How many words appear on the steps near Beerline and Commerce Street?
A. 73
B. 5
C. 112
D. 25

13. How many rivers meet near Downtown Milwaukee?
A. 6
B. 3
C. 4
D. 2

14. John Norquist, after his mayoral terms in Milwaukee, bought whose home in Chicago?
A. Oprah Winfrey
B. Michael Jordan
C. Ted Allen
D. Corbin Bernsen

15. True or false:
Foie gras will be banned in Milwaukee restaurants starting in January, 2008?

16. Which was an early name for Wisconsin Avenue?
A. Reed Street
B. Chestnut Street
C. West Avenue
D. Grand Avenue

17. In 1983, a cup of house blend (Copenhagen) coffee at The Coffee Trader, 2625 N. Downer Ave., set you back how much?
A. 5 cents
B. 50 cents
C. 25 cents
D. 10 cents

18. Whose number does not hang from the Bradley Center rafters?
A. Oscar Robertson
B. Al McGuire
C. Marques Johnson
D. Dwyane Wade

19. Name the bar at the corner of 37th and Burnham.
A. Art's Concertina Bar
B. Beer Belly's
C. Holler House
D. Walter's

20. Who was Eero Saarinen?
A. Architect of the War Memorial
B. Founder of Milwaukee Turners
C. Engineer of Hoan Bridge
D. Violent Femmes manager

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Jimmy Get a life people.
CoolerKing OK, let's talk about the Go-Gos question #69. I know Jane Wiedlin was born in ...
Willia Question # 97's answer should be "none of the above." According to the city's ...
CarolV I always had heard that Happy Days was inspired by "Al's" which was an indoor ...


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