TEST YOUR HOME TOWN KNOWLEDGE:

Do You Really Love Erie?

By Christine Lorraine Morgan, Sept. 20, 1985 originally for the Erie Times Sunday Magazine ~ Dec. 31, 2025 entry

1. When touring the Public Dock, do you pay  more attention to:

a. The water

b. The people

c. The cars

d. The lines in the street

e. Those people who are better dressed than you

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2. If confronted by aliens from another planet who wanted to be impressed by what YOU could show them of earth, would you take them to:

a. Gas wells at the airport

b. State Street Annie

c. Sunset at the Peninsula

d. Your new skylkit condo

e. General Electric Plant

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Sunset at the peninsula

3. How many times per year do you find yourself wishing that you lived in Florida? (be honest)

a. Never, I love the weather here 365 days a year

b. Once

c. 10 times

d. 100 times

e. I have a winter home there

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4. How long do you think it will take Erie to adjust to the reversed order of traffic at Perry Square?

a. Four to six weeks

b. Four to six months

c. Four to six years

d. Until Commodore Perry’s arm gets tired

e. I couldn’t tell you, I shop at the Millcreek Mall

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5. What happened in 1796 that made Anthony Wayne’s name famous here?

a. He went mad

b. He opened the first mall

c. He died of gout at Fort Presque Isle

d. He defended Fort Presque Isle

e. He was the first mayor of Erie

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6. If confronted by aliens from another planet who firmly demanded, “Take me to your leader,” would you take them to:

a. Lou Tullio

b. Mario Bagnoni

c. Ronald Reagan

d. Your personal broker

e. K104

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7. Erie’s first TV station was:

a. WSEE

b. WICU

c. WJET

d. K104

e. Superstation WTBS

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8. The best place in town to take your mother-in-law when she visits from out-of-town is (if you don’t have one, pretend you’re Ralph Cramden): 

a. Paparelli’s

b. A drive off the Public Dock

c. To see the new statue and traffic flow at Perry Square

d. General Electric plant

e. A “planned but never built’ subway system for Erie

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9. Who is known as “Erie’s Morning Mayor?”

a. Frank Martin

b. Tom Ridge

c. Lou Tullio

d. Heyl Richmond

e. Jim Cook

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10. How do you feel about SUNDAY MAGAZINE?

a. Great

b. Relieved

c. Amused

d. Enlightened

e. All of the above now that it contains a quiz by a satirical Erie person.

Scoring Guide: 

SCORING GUIDE:

* 12 or below: Hmmm, this is a pretty low score. Not sure how you managed to get such a low total, but congratulations on your lack of success on this quiz. Or something

* 13 to 22: Anyone who scored in this range is a true Patriot. You might need to brush up on your local travel, but you are an Erie lover down deep.

* 23 to 33: Welcome to the middle-of-the-road. This is the area in which the typical Erie-loving person probably falls. You have a grip on all that goes on around you, and feel strongly about your home town. You’ve gotten used to the smell of fish at the dock. and to Mother Nature’s cold shoulders. Congratulations.

* 34 to 46: You are a colorful person. You exhibit a strong sense of humor mingled with a creative view of Erie. Youare probably the life of the party even when there isn’t one, and you love Erie very much.

* 47 and over:

No calls, please. Hoping your math is wrong, because anyone who scored in this range missed the boat. They also missed the bus, the plan, the train and the point.