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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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| First submitted | 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
True
False
2. The Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) was once the tallest building in the world
It was the tallest building in the world between 1974 and 1998
True
False
3. Chicago has the highest average wind speed of any city in the US
Several cities, notably Boston, are windier
True
False
4. One in three Chicagoans are black
32.9% of Chicagoans identified as Black or African-American in the 2010 census
True
False
5. The Chicago Tribune is the oldest continually published newspaper in the US
The Hartford Courant is
True
False
6. Cook County, which contains Chicago, is the most populous county in the US
Los Angeles County is
True
False
7. In 2019, Chicago had the highest per capita murder rate of any city in the US
With 18.26 murders per 100,000 people, Chicago ranked 28th
True
False
8. The Chicago Cubs are the oldest Major League Baseball team to have never changed their city
They have played in Chicago since 1871
True
False
9. Chicago annually dyes its river green to celebrate St Patrick's Day
True
False
10. Over 3,000 people were killed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871
The death toll was estimated at 300
True
False
11. Barack Obama is the only US president to have been born in Chicago
Obama was born in Hawaii; no US presidents were born in Chicago
True
False
12. Infamous Chicago mobster Al Capone was sentenced to prison for smuggling alcohol into the US during Prohibition
Capone was arrested and sentenced for tax evasion
True
False
13. The films Thief, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and The Fugitive are all set in Chicago
True
False
14. McDonald's, Boeing and United Airlines are all headquartered in Chicago
True
False
15. The first presidential debate of the modern era, between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, took place in Chicago in 1960
True
False
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