Scenes of Chicago
Metalocolypse
STEM Grab Bag
Cartoon Characters
Gen Alpha Slang
100

If a Chicagoan wanted to take a lakeside trip, this famous road's acronym would be their best bet. 

LSD (Lake Shore Drive)

100

Don't look up! This event made the dinos go the way of the dinos.

Meteor impact/Chicxulub impact event

100

Any more than a couple of crows has this bone-chilling name. 

A murder of crows 

100

This feline fiend just can't seem to get his weekly Lasagna.

Garfield

100

Are you a charmer? This charismatic quality would make or break a night on the town. 

Rizz

200

Intended to embody Progressive Era values of charity to immigrants and the poor, this building on UIC's campus was established by Ellen Gates Starr and her more famous collaborator.

Hull House

200

This odious orb is featured on nearly all GAPS meeting posters as an Easter egg.

The demon core.

200

Ouch! Peppers have this chemical that makes you feel the burn. 

Capsaicin 

200

This perky pipsqueak sacrificed an arm and a leg to try to get his family back together. 

Edward Elric

200

Alpha, Beta, Omega? No way! This category of males is beyond the normal hierarchy and seeks to go his own way.

Sigma

300

The Museum of Science and Industry and this other Chicago museum represent the remnants of the Columbian Exposition's White City. 

The Field Museum

300

This fortunate fellow's personality fell flat after his head was pierced by a metal rod, leading medical researchers to uncover the connection of brain regions and temperament. 

Phineas Gage

300

Conditional on good priors, this probability theorem is applied widely, from uses in Montecarlo simulations to analyzing explosions. 

Bayesian statistics 

300

This much-memed mammalia rolled into the entertainment sphere in 1991 and quickly zoomed to an international franchise. 

Sonic the Hedgehog

300
A caca word that gained prominence following the resounding international success of its titular TV series. 

Skibidi

400
Need a lift? Try this transit to get your trip back on track.

The L 

400

This sweet metal produces very unsavory effects, notably symptoms similar to tuberculosis, causing respiratory failure.  

Beryllium

400

This looped mathematical object is best known for its elegant butterfly-shaped model derived by Lorentz. 

The strange attractor

400

This capricious comic is well known for his musical antics and use of stimulants. 

Rockso the Rock and Roll Clown

400

Gen Alpha let the rest of us know that online, zombies aren't the ones suffering from exhaustion, distraction, and tuning out of reality. 

Brain rot

500

This revolutionary Polish general holds a special place in Chicago's culture, being the only city in the US to have a city holiday in his name. 

Casimir Pulaski 

500

The title of William Jennings Bryan's bombastic 1892 Democratic National Convention speech in Chicago provided a silver lining to beleaguered Republicans in the upcoming election. 

The Cross of Gold 

500

Feline friends beware! This parasite has been suggested to proceed to the much-maligned crazy cat lady.  

Toxoplasmosis

500

This titular precocious preteen and her pal Sluggo rough it through life on the pages of Ernie Bushmiller.

Nancy

500

Categorically flooring your competition, this word gained its meaning as a descriptor of someone's relative piety before being applied as a general descriptor of comparative excellence. 

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