Chicago True or False? - Statistics

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  • The average score is 11 of 15
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Question Answer % Correct
Chicago has the highest average wind speed of any city in the US False
92%
Barack Obama is the only US president to have been born in Chicago False
92%
The Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) was once the tallest building in the world True
92%
Chicago annually dyes its river green to celebrate St Patrick's Day True
92%
The films Thief, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and The Fugitive are all set in Chicago True
92%
Cook County, which contains Chicago, is the most populous county in the US False
83%
The Chicago Tribune is the oldest continually published newspaper in the US False
75%
One in three Chicagoans are black True
75%
The Chicago Cubs are the oldest Major League Baseball team to have never changed their city True
75%
In 2019, Chicago had the highest per capita murder rate of any city in the US False
67%
Chicago was the second-largest city in the US before being overtaken by Los Angeles in the 1980s True
67%
The first presidential debate of the modern era, between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, took place in Chicago in 1960 True
67%
Infamous Chicago mobster Al Capone was sentenced to prison for smuggling alcohol into the US during Prohibition False
58%
McDonald's, Boeing and United Airlines are all headquartered in Chicago True
50%
Over 3,000 people were killed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 False
33%
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