How Well Do You Know Chicago?

Take this quiz to see how much you know about The Windy City!

1. Which of these 1920s factories is still in operation today?

A. Ford assembly plant on Torrence & 126th

B. Jays potato chip factory at 99th & Cottage Grove

C. Brach's candy plant on Kinzie & Cicero

D. Florsheim shoe factory at Belmont & Pulaski

2. Which of these famous Chicagoans doesn’t have a statue in his likeness in the city?

A. Irv Kupcinet

B. Michael Jordan

C. Jerry Springer

D. Jack Brickhouse

3. What’s so special about the city’s fire hydrants?

A. They were the first in the country to be painted red.

B. Their two-outlet design is patented and cannot be used outside city limits.

C. They were specially ordered from Ohio after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.

D. An 1872 law says they must be placed every 200 feet along city blocks.

4. Which famous Chicagoan attended the 1932 game where Babe Ruth allegedly called his home run?

A. John Paul Stevens

B. Adlai Stevenson II

C. Frank Lloyd Wright

D. Milton Friedman

5. How many Billy Goat Taverns currently exist in the city and/or suburbs?

A. 1 (the Lower Hubbard hole in the wall)

B. 2 (the original and one at Navy Pier)

C. 3 (Navy Pier, downtown, and near the United Center)

D. 7 (including spots in the South Loop and O’Hare)

6. How many operable drawbridges are there along the Chicago River?

A. 10

B. 18

C. 29

D. 37

7. Bruce Graham designed the Willis Tower and which other Chicago landmark?

A. John Hancock Center

B. Aon Center

C. Smurfit-Stone Building

D. Two Prudential Plaza

8. Why, according to Philip K. Wrigley, does the Wrigley building have a sky bridge?

A. So William Wrigley could inspect shipments of gum as they came in by boat on the river.

B. To provide structural support

C. Because William Wrigley wanted an easier way to go to the other tower

D. To create a single building, thereby skirting a law banning branch banking.

9. The Hilton Chicago served as a backdrop to which of these movies?

A. The Fugitive (1993), starring Harrison Ford

B. Primal Fear (1996(, starring Richard Gere

C. Road to Perdition (2002), starring Tom Hanks

D. All of the above

10. The Berghoff was the last men-only tavern in the city. In what year did it change its rules and why?

A. 1957, when Eleanor Daley told the Tribune that the policy “was not very nice”

B. 1961, when Rosemary Clooney promised to sing “Chicago (That Toddlin’ Town)” if the bar lifted its ban

C. 1969, when members of the National Organization for Women barged in and demanded bourbon

D. 1972, when family matriarch Caroline Berghoff insisted on having a beer at the bar before her death

11. What was the first film shot in Chicago after the city’s disastrous portrayal in 1969’s Medium Cool?

A. Risky Business

B. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

C. The Color of Money

D. The Blues Brothers

12. Russian president Vladimir Putin said he was excited to visit Chicago because who once lived here?

A. Barack Obama

B. Rahm Emanuel

C. Al Capone

D. Oprah Winfrey

13. Artist Steve Musgrave created which famous poster?

A. The 1980 response to Saul Steinberg’s View of the World from 9^th Avenue

B. The 1998 ad for the first Crosstown Classic

C. The Obama Hope image in 2008

D. None of the above

14. Which Gold Coast street was almost renamed Boxwood after World War i?

A. Schiller Street

B. Goethe Street

C. Astor Street

D. Sutton Place

15. Why was Chicago’s first gay pride parade held in June 1970?

A. To commemorate the anniversary of the Stonewall riots

B. To protest the recently passed housing discrimination law

C. To piggyback on other protests sweeping the city after the Kent State shootings and the Chicago Seven trial

D. To capitalize on the growing LGBT movement after Carl Wittman published A Gay Manifesto

ANSWERS – Now, no cheating!

1. A      2. C      3. C      4. A      5. D     6. D     7. A      8. D     9. D     10. C    11. D   12. C    13. B   

14. B   15. A