Question | Answer | % Correct |
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What President was born in a Kentucky log cabin, but built his political career in Illinois? | Abraham Lincoln | 98%
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What Illinois resident became President of the U.S. in 2008? | Barack Obama | 97%
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What disaster was falsely blamed on an Irishwoman's cow kicking over a lantern? | Great Chicago {Fire} | 96%
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Who was the Chicago area's most notorious gangster during Prohibition? | Al Capone | 92%
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What Chicago talk show host was the richest African-American person of the 20th century? | Oprah Winfrey | 87%
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What was the world's tallest building from 1973–1998? | Sears Tower | 82%
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What historic highway starts in Chicago and ends in Santa Monica, California? | Route 66 | 81%
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What team was accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series? | Black Sox | 78%
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What Civil War general lived in Galena, Illinois? | Ulysses S. Grant | 78%
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What city did that President live in? | Springfield | 77%
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Illinois celebrates Casimir Pulaski Day on the first Monday of March. What country was Casimir Pulaski born in? | Poland | 73%
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What event, also known as the Columbian Exposition, was held in Chicago in 1893? | World's Fair | 72%
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What Mormon prophet was killed by an angry mob in Carthage, Illinois? | Joseph Smith | 61%
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What notable novelist was born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1899 before traveling to Missouri, Italy, France, Spain, Cuba, and Africa? | Ernest Hemingway | 60%
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What "shoeless" player was the best player on that team? | Shoeless Joe Jackson | 60%
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What genre of music was played by Howlin' Wolf and Buddy Guy? | Blues | 59%
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And what "untouchable" federal agent brought him down? | Elliot Ness | 47%
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What industry was centered around Chicago's Union Stock Yards? | Meatpacking | 46%
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What Italian physicist built the world's first nuclear reactor at the University of Chicago? | Enrico Fermi | 38%
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What Illinois socialist ran for President five times, winning 6% of the vote in 1912? | Eugene V. Debs | 21%
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