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10 2023 Economic Forecast • Worcester Business Journal • www.wbjournal.com TRIVIA ROUNDUP A year of Worcester trivia 1. Messages on the Moon - Less than a month before Apollo 11 astronauts journeyed to the Moon, NASA asked Sprague Electric to develop a way to leave messages from world leaders behind on the lunar surface. Sprague designed a thin silicon disc about the size of a 50-cent piece, where all the messages would be imprinted and later read under a microscope. Sprague Electric is known by a new name today. What Central Massachusetts company is it? 2. Presidential horseshoes - St. Pierre Chain & Wire Rope has been manufac- turing pitching horseshoes in Worcester since 1930, initially as a side business to making tire chains and then later anchor chains for the U.S. Navy. Which U.S. president was an enthusiastic player of horseshoes and counted his set made by St. Pierre as his favorite? 3. Manufacturing & student housing - e Osgood Bradley Car Co. in 1835 started manufacturing railroad cars on Graon Street in Worcester. When the company moved its operations to Greendale, it erected on the Worcester site a new building designed by New York architect Walter Timmis and leased it out for retail and manufacturing. What is the name of the student housing development now occupying the Osgood Bradley Building? 4. Early Hollywood - e writer Samuel Behrman was born to Lithuanian immigrant parents in Worcester, living much of his early life in a three-decker on Providence Street. roughout his career, Behrman would work as a screenwriter, playwright, and regular writer for e New Yorker. Behrman contributed as a screenwriter on three movies for what famous Hollywood actor, including her last film "Two-Faced Woman"? 5. Hospital legacy - Supported by a be- quest of nearly $150,000 from Worcester wire manufacturer Ichabod Washburn in memory of his wife and daughters, the Washburn Memorial Free Dispensary opened in 1871 as one of Worcester's first hospitals. Initially located at the cor- A t the start of 2022, Worcester Business Journal partnered with the Worcester Historical Museum to run a year- long trivia contest for WBJ readers in celebration of the 300th anniversary of Worcester's founding on June 14, 1722. For every regular print edition of WBJ, the museum provided intros, questions, answers, and photos tied to Worcester's history, particularly in its business community. All 20 of those questions are provided here, with the answers on page 13. On Dec. 6, with the final rankings secured ahead of the last published question, the museum hosted a small ceremony for the winner of the contest, Mary Camosse, and the first two runners-up, Jeff Forts and Allison Chisolm. Sponsored by Worcester 300 trivia questions (Above) At the awards ceremony for the Worcester 300 trivia contest were (from left) WBJ Editor Brad Kane, trivia runner-up Jeff Forts, trivia champion Mary Camosse, trivia runner-up Allison Chisolm, WHM Executive Director William Wallace, Workers Credit Union Director of Retail Growth Mohammad Rizwan , and WBJ Publisher Peter Stanton. PHOTOS | MATT WRIGHT