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Famous Illinoisans Quiz

Based on the clues, name these famous people from the state of Illinois.
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Clue
Hometown
Answer
Illinois is the "Land" of him
Springfield
President #44
Chicago
Governor impeached in '09
Chicago
Chicago mayor, 1989-2011
Chicago
Chicago mayor, 2011-
Chicago
A Farewell to Arms writer
Oak Park
First Lady and
Secretary of State
Park Ridge
Prohibition-era crime boss
Chicago
Ben-Hur actor
Winnetka
Caddyshack and Ghostbusters star
Wilmette
Supermodel with a
famous mole
DeKalb
Animal House comedian
Wheaton
Playboy founder
Chicago
Clue
Hometown
Answer
Gipper President
Dixon
Gold Digger rapper
Chicago
Billionaire TV hostess
Chicago
Han Solo
Park Ridge
Bears linebacker, '65-'73
Chicago
"Untouchable" Prohibition enforcer
Chicago
High Fidelity star
Evanston
He was the "Devil in the White City"
Chicago
Heptathlon champion
East St. Louis
McDonald's founder
Oak Park
Birth of Cool trumpeter
East St. Louis
He pities the fool
Chicago
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MachoKing
What does "from" the state mean? Because while Oprah Winfrey resides in Chicago currently, she is from Mississippi, where she spent most of her early life. Otherwise, good quiz!
Jun 14, 2012  delete  reply
Tried spelling Blagojevich about four different ways before I passed on it.
Jun 14, 2012  delete  reply
Same here with Blagojevich. I tried so much time trying to spell it! Some acceptable misspellings with Y instead of J would probably help a lot of people.
Jun 14, 2012  delete  reply
Wildman1056
So, at the time I took this quiz, more people knew Hugh Hefner than Abraham Lincoln...even with the picture of Lincoln at the top of the quiz. A shame.
Jun 14, 2012  delete  reply
ineedahobby
Neither Obama nor Winfrey are from Illinois, nor did Kroc found McDonald's.
Jun 14, 2012  delete  reply
Quizmaster
They most definitely are from Chicago. Just because you are born in a place doesn't mean you are "from" there. What's more, a person can be "from" more than one place.
Jun 14, 2012  delete  reply
ineedahobby
Wrong again. Just because you move to a place or achieve your greatest notoriety there doesn't mean you're from there. Obama is from Hawaii and Winfrey is from Mississippi (and Lincoln is from Kentucky). No quotation marks necessary. Next you'll be claiming a person can have more than one hometown.
Jun 15, 2012  delete
dznychick
Missed Farewell to Arms because I spelled his name "Hemmingway"
Jun 14, 2012  delete  reply
I'm surprised Derrick Rose didn't make the list
Jun 14, 2012  delete  reply
barack obama spent most of his life in chicago. i'm from illinois. i was born in maywood, but moved when i was a kid, so i'm not going to go around telling people i'm from maywood if they ask me where i'm from. i'm going to say chicago. barack obama is most definately from chicago.
Jul 9, 2012  delete  reply
I guessed Bill Clinton for fun,and it accepted it as Hillary Clinton.Didn't even know she lived in Illinois.
Sep 18, 2012  delete  reply
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