How Well Do You Know The River City?

Think you are a local trivia expert? Let Evansville Living put that to the test. (Answers at the bottom of the article — no cheating!)

1. Retired Whirlpool engineer Bob Hartman, 100, invented what kitchen device?

2. F.J. Reitz High School graduate Lilly King earned how many Olympic medals before retiring from pro swimming in 2025?

3. Name the four-person card game said to have originated in Evansville.

4. “From small acorns, large oaks grow” is the motto of what longtime community organization?

5. “Smallville” actor Michael Rosenbaum graduated from what area high school in 1990?

6. Before joining the National Football League as the Crimson Giants in 1921, what was the name of Evansville’s semi-pro football team?

7. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt dedicated what housing development in 1937?

8. Name the Reitz Memorial High school alum who has earned eight Grammy awards writing songs with pop musician Bruno Mars.

9. What year was the first vehicular bridge between Evansville and Henderson, Kentucky, dedicated?

10. What was the original name of the area now known as Reitz Hill?

Answers:
1. Crushed ice dispenser. 2. Six: three gold, two silver, one bronze. 3. Clabber. 4. West Side Nut Club. 5. Castle in Newburgh, Indiana. 6. Ex-Collegians. 7. Lincoln Gardens. 8. Philip Lawrence. 9. 1932. 10. Coal Mine Hill.