Hippopotamus'
American Geography
Austria
Chicago History
Other Animals
100
The literal meaning of the word "Hippopotamus" (hint: it's very similar to the German word)
What is "water horse?"
100
The two countries that border the USA by land
What are Canada and Mexico?
100
An Austrian Bundesland annexed from Hungary after a plebiscite in 1921
What is Burgenland?
100
Chicago has very few buildings from before 1871 because of the devastating impact of this disaster
What is the Chicago fire?
100
A black bird, common in Europe and North America, and known for its intelligence
What is a crow?
200
An ancient kingdom, whose nobles hunted hippos for sport
What is Egypt?
200
The second-largest of the great lakes (the city of Chicago lies at its southern tip)
What is Lake Michigan?
200
Franz II & I was the last Holy Roman Emperor and the first to hold this imperial title
What is the Empire of Austria?
200
The Chicago River used to carry raw sewage directly into this body of water until 1900, when the course of the river was reversed, sending sewage downstate instead
What is Lake Michigan?
200
A nocturnal mammal with opposable thumbs that lives in many North American cities
What is a Raccoon?
300
A hard, white, easily carved material, for which hippos are sometimes illegally hunted (hint: elephant tusks are more commonly used for this purpose)
What is ivory?
300
The US state with the largest population
What is California?
300
A name given to the period in which the Social Democratic Party controlled the city of Vienna (1918-1934)
What is "Red Vienna"?
300
The Democratic National Convention will be held in Chicago this year; the last time it was held there (in 1968) it was disrupted by massive protests against this war
What is the Vietnam War?
300
The Everglades, a nature preserve in southern Florida, are struggling with increasing numbers of this invasive species, first released into the area in the 1930s
What is a Burmese Python?
400
The only non-human mammal that kills more people per year than hippos
What is a dog?
400
The US state with the largest land area
What is Alaska?
400
The highest point in Austria is located in this Bundesland
What is Kärnten?
400
The Haymarket Affair, in which several Chicago anarchists were sentenced to death for a crime they most likely didn't commit (a bombing at a rally on May 4th, 1886), is the reason for the celebration of this springtime holiday in Austria and most of the world
What is International Workers' Day? (Also acceptable: May Day, Labor Day, etc.)
400
A South American mammal which I once saw being walked down the street on a leash in Warsaw
What is a Coati?
500
The closest living relatives of the hippopotamus
What are whales?
500
The Mississippi River, which runs north-south through the middle of the continental US, originates in this far Northern state
What is Minnesota?
500
Austria's land area (83,879km2) makes it about the same size as this US state
What is Maine?
500
The South Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River is sometimes called "Bubbly Creek" because factories dumped waste from this industry into the water
What is meatpacking?
500
Raccoons were introduced to this country because of the success of a popular TV show about a boy and his pet raccoon
What is Japan?