| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Most populous city | Chicago | 99%
|
| Illinois is located in this region of the U.S. | Midwest | 92%
|
| Great Lake that Illinois borders | Lake Michigan | 89%
|
| State capital | Springfield | 89%
|
| State nickname | Land of {Lincoln} | 86%
|
| River on the western border | Mississippi River | 84%
|
| 1920s gangster who lived in Cicero | Al Capone | 81%
|
| Former highway that stretched from Illinois to the California coast | Route 66 | 78%
|
| Robert Wadlow, born in Alton in 1918, was the _____ man of all time | Tallest | 70%
|
| …and is part of this industrial "belt" | {Rust} Belt | 69%
|
| Stadium where the Cubs play | Wrigley Field | 68%
|
| This city is pronounced Kay-roe | Cairo | 63%
|
| Four recent governors of Illinois have ended up going here | Prison | 57%
|
| University in Evanston | Northwestern | 56%
|
| What species is Sue? (found at the Field Museum) | Tyrannosaurus Rex | 43%
|
| City joined at the hip to Champaign | Urbana | 43%
|
| Fill in the blank with the name of a city | Will it Play in {Peoria}? | 37%
|
| The only U.S. President born in Illinois | Ronald Reagan | 35%
|
| Blue-collar sitcom set in the fictional town of Lanford | Roseanne | 32%
|
| City where "Wayne's World" happened | Aurora | 30%
|