Chicago Facts
This popular condiment is specifically excluded from Chicago-style hot dogs.
Ketchup
Song #1
Thong Song - Sisqo
This arctic animal has black skin, but scattered light causes their fur to appear white
Polar Bear
In his first feature film, this pop icon played the Scarecrow in The Wiz.
Michael Jackson
Trader Vic's (originally in Oakland, now in Emeryville) claims to be the birthplace of this tiki drink.
Mai Tai
The Chicago Field Museum of Natural History is home to the most complete T-Rex specimen, which goes by this name.
Sue
Song #2
Square Biz - Teena Marie
This mammal has no nipples, lays eggs, and has a poisonous stinger behind their ankles.
Platypus
In 1945, scientists in this state witnessed the detonation of the world’s first atomic bomb.
New Mexico
In this 2011 film, the main characters battle their way across the Golden Gate Bridge to form their own community in Muir Woods after escaping from the San Francisco Zoo
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Before he was fast and furious, this rapper spent his freshman year of high school at Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park, Illinois.
Ludacris
Song #3
Everywhere - Michelle Branch
This only flying mammal can eat up to 1,200 mosquitoes in an hour
Bat
This West Coast sports team is the only one whose team's city and name are both in Spanish.
San Diego Padres
Oakland had a professional NHL team from 1967-1976 named this.
The Oakland Seals/Golden Seals
Due to the color of many of its grand exposition buildings, the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago received this nickname referenced in the title of a 2003 bestseller about the first serial killer in the US.
The White City
Song #4
Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede
This group of aquatic animals have existed longer than dinosaurs, trees, and even the Rings of Saturn
Sharks
"How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways" was a tagline for this high school-set adaptation of "The Taming of the Shrew"
10 Things I Hate About You
Berkeley is sister cities with 2 cities located in 2 different countries. Name one of these 2 countries.
Russia/South Africa
The name Chicago comes from the Algonquian word Chigagou, which translates into what?
Onion Field
Song #5
Raspberry Beret - Prince
The largest "turf war" in the animal kingdom spans 560 miles along the West Coast & Mexico, involving this group of insects
Ants (The California Large Argentine Ant)
This is the only continent with no active volcanoes.
Australia
This Illinois-born lawman, the last surviving participant in the shootout at the OK Corral, was buried in Colma, CA.
Wyatt Earp