Coins & Currency
What are Numismatists?
The Cubs have played in this iconic, ivy-covered stadium since 1916.
What is Wrigley Field?
This Chevrolet sports car first hit the assembly line in 1953.
What is the Corvette?
This deep-dish staple was invented in Chicago, famously at Pizzeria Uno in 1943.
What is Deep-Dish Pizza?
This "King of Rock and Roll" had his first #1 hit with "Heartbreak Hotel" in 1956.
Who is Elvis Presley?
This 1-cent coin featured two stalks of grain on the back from 1909 until 1958.
What is the Wheat Penny?
This Hall of Famer and shortstop what affectionately known as "Mr.Cub"
Who is Ernie Banks?
Ford's biggest failure of 1950s was this car, named after Henry Fords son.
What is the Edsel?
This river is famous for being dyed green every St. Patrick's Day.
What is the Chicago River?
President Eisenhower signed an Act in 1956 that began the construction of this massive road system.
What is the Interstate Highway System?
What is Steel?
After 108-year drought the Cubs finally won the World Series in this year.
What is 2016?
This Chrysler division, which produced the "Belvedere" and "Fury," was shut down in 2001.
What is Plymouth?
This 110-story building was the tallest in the world for 25 years (many locals still refuse to call it "Willis")
What is the Sears Tower?
This actress became real-life royalty in 1956 when she married Prince Rainer III of Monaco.
Who is Grace Kelly?
If you see a small "D" on a modern US coin, it means it was minted in this city.
What is Denver?
What were the White Stockings?
In the 1960s, this Pontiac model is widely credited with starting the "Muscle Car" era.
What is the GTO?
This 1893 event in Jackson Park introduced the world to the first-ever Ferris Wheel.
What is the World's Columbian Exposition?
Don Larsen of the Yankees threw the only perfect game in World Series history in 1956 against this cross-town rival.
Who are the Brooklyn Dodgers?
This 1776 coin was the first pattern struck for the United Sates, often attributed to a design by Benjamin Franklin.
What is the Continental Dollar?
According to legend, the "Curse" that kept the Cubs from winning was placed on the team by a man and his pet of this animal.
What is a Goat?
What is the Eldorado?
What is the Brownie?
IBM invented the first one of these in 1956; it weighed over 2,000lbs and held only 5MB of data.
What is Hard Disk Drive/DD?