Some sample questions from this category:
* The First American Scientist to win a Nobel Prize taught at the University of Chicago. Name him:
* Who was Chicago's mayor when the Volstead Act was (mildly) enforced?
* He arrived as an orphaned infant in 1930. Name Lincoln Park Zoo's most famous resident.
* What High School was closest to Riverview amusement park?
* Chicago was the ______ leading war supplier during the civil war?
* Who said, 'The dark girders of the El were the city's rusty heart'?
* What was the only surviving building from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition?
* The Eisenhower Expressway passes under what building?
* What date did the lights come on at Wrigley Field?
* Who said, 'Give the lady what she wants'?
* Which Chicagoan was the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
* Why did the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 end on a sad note?
* Which of these cartoon characters was not created by Sidney Smith?
* What does the name 'Chicago' mean?
* What Fort was established on the site of Chicago and later became the location of a massacre of settlers by hostile Native Americans?
* What was the name of the fair, held to commemorate the 400 year anniversary of Columbus discovering America for Europe?
* The Great Chicago Fire destroyed much of the city and killed hundreds of people. When did it occur?
* In 1903, 602 people perished in a theater that caught fire. Though tragic, it led to increased fire safety in buildings in the long run. What was the name of the theater?
* Chicago is known as the meat packing center of the United States. But the stockyards of Chicago were not pleasant places. Upton Sinclair wrote a book describing the conditions of the Union Stockyards. What was the name of this book?
* Who became mayor of Chicago in 2003?
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