City Trivia - Chicago

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1. Prior to becoming an airport, what was the majority of the land upon which O'Hare now rests used for?

Soybean farming ✓

Apple Orchard ✓

Railroad terminals ✓

Military base ✓

2. What is the name of Chicago's first female mayor?

Vi Daley ✓

Lori Lightfoot ✓

Jane Byrne ✓

Margaret O'Leary ✓

3. Until it closed in 1971, what was the name of the stockyards immortalized in song by Frank Sinatra?

Union ✓

Chicago ✓

State Street ✓

Hormel ✓

4. When it was first coined, what did 'Windy City' refer to?

Blown opportunites by its sports teams ✓

Frequent winds and weather changes ✓

The turbulent political scene ✓

Corruption in regards to criminal prosecutions ✓

5. What range below accurately describes the population of Chicago and its suburbs?

2.5 - 3.0 million people ✓

3.75 - 4.25 millions people ✓

6.0 - 6.5 million people ✓

9.25 - 9.75 million people ✓

6. Chicago has more 'what' than any other city in the United States?

Skyscrapers ✓

Boat Slips ✓

Restaurants ✓

Beaches ✓

7. Which of the following can be found at the Art Institute of Chicago?

'The Nightwatch' by Rembrandt ✓

'The Three Graces' by Paul Rubens ✓

'A Sunday Afternoonon the Island of La Grande Jatte' by Georges Seurat ✓

'Adam and Eve' by Albrecht Durer ✓

8. Which of the following is not a neighborhood within the city of Chicago?

Lincoln Square ✓

Oak Park ✓

Garfield Park ✓

Goldcoast ✓

9. What style of pizza was invented in Chicago?

Deep Dish ✓

Thin Crust ✓

Thick Crust ✓

Marguarita ✓

10. Which if the following retailers were not founded in Chicago?

Sears Roebuck & Company ✓

Marshall Field & Company ✓

Montgomery Wards ✓

J.C. Penney's ✓

11. What Chicago roadway immortalized in song starts at Hollywood Street?

Michigan Avenue ✓

State Street ✓

Lake Shore Drive ✓

Broadway ✓

12. By what Chicago theater was gangster John Dillinger shot?

Biograph Theater ✓

Auditorium Theater ✓

Oriental Theater ✓

Uptown Theater ✓

13. In 1858, what significant event occurred in Chicago?

The city hosts the World's Fair ✓

The city burns in the Great Chicago Fire ✓

City streets and buildings are raised to improve drainage ✓

The first elevated trains begin service ✓

14. Which of the following is the name of the zoo in the city of Chicago?

Brookfield ✓

Lincoln Park ✓

Field ✓

Shedd ✓

15. What is commonly considered the cause of the Great Chicago Fire?

Grass fires sparked from draught ✓

Fire from a blacksmith's shop ✓

A fire in the kitchen of the O'Leary family ✓

A cow kicks over a lantern ✓

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