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Chicago True or False?
Can you guess whether these statements about Chicago are true or false?
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Last updated: October 12, 2021
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| First submitted | October 12, 2021 |
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1.
Chicago was the second-largest city in the US before being overtaken by Los Angeles in the 1980s
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2.
The Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) was once the tallest building in the world
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It was the tallest building in the world between 1974 and 1998
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Chicago has the highest average wind speed of any city in the US
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Several cities, notably Boston, are windier
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One in three Chicagoans are black
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32.9% of Chicagoans identified as Black or African-American in the 2010 census
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The Chicago Tribune is the oldest continually published newspaper in the US
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The Hartford Courant is
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Cook County, which contains Chicago, is the most populous county in the US
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Los Angeles County is
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In 2019, Chicago had the highest per capita murder rate of any city in the US
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With 18.26 murders per 100,000 people, Chicago ranked 28th
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The Chicago Cubs are the oldest Major League Baseball team to have never changed their city
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They have played in Chicago since 1871
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Chicago annually dyes its river green to celebrate St Patrick's Day
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10.
Over 3,000 people were killed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871
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The death toll was estimated at 300
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Barack Obama is the only US president to have been born in Chicago
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Obama was born in Hawaii; no US presidents were born in Chicago
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Infamous Chicago mobster Al Capone was sentenced to prison for smuggling alcohol into the US during Prohibition
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Capone was arrested and sentenced for tax evasion
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The films Thief, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and The Fugitive are all set in Chicago
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14.
McDonald's, Boeing and United Airlines are all headquartered in Chicago
True
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False
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15.
The first presidential debate of the modern era, between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, took place in Chicago in 1960
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False
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