Chicago True or False?

Can you guess whether these statements about Chicago are true or false?

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Last updated: October 12, 2021

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1. Chicago was the second-largest city in the US before being overtaken by Los Angeles in the 1980s

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2. The Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) was once the tallest building in the world

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It was the tallest building in the world between 1974 and 1998

3. Chicago has the highest average wind speed of any city in the US

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Several cities, notably Boston, are windier

4. One in three Chicagoans are black

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32.9% of Chicagoans identified as Black or African-American in the 2010 census

5. The Chicago Tribune is the oldest continually published newspaper in the US

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The Hartford Courant is

6. Cook County, which contains Chicago, is the most populous county in the US

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Los Angeles County is

7. In 2019, Chicago had the highest per capita murder rate of any city in the US

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With 18.26 murders per 100,000 people, Chicago ranked 28th

8. The Chicago Cubs are the oldest Major League Baseball team to have never changed their city

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They have played in Chicago since 1871

9. Chicago annually dyes its river green to celebrate St Patrick's Day

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10. Over 3,000 people were killed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871

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The death toll was estimated at 300

11. Barack Obama is the only US president to have been born in Chicago

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Obama was born in Hawaii; no US presidents were born in Chicago

12. Infamous Chicago mobster Al Capone was sentenced to prison for smuggling alcohol into the US during Prohibition

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Capone was arrested and sentenced for tax evasion

13. The films Thief, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and The Fugitive are all set in Chicago

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14. McDonald's, Boeing and United Airlines are all headquartered in Chicago

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15. The first presidential debate of the modern era, between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, took place in Chicago in 1960

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