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"Stand up", "get out", "hold on" are all examples of this type of English verb
phrasal verbs
While Ibn Khaldun may have a more compelling claim to the title "founder of economic thought", this Scotsman is typically referred to as the first economist.
Adam Smith
Debuted at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, one of these has become a famous Chicago landmark at Navy Pier.
Ferris Wheel
This actor's character in Despicable Me attempts to develop advanced technology to steal the moon
Steve Carell
"Huevos" in Spanish is used to refer to what body part?
Testicles
Words in different languages that share an etymology are referred to as "cognates". Unfortunately for language learners, many words that sound similar in two different languages actually have distinct meanings. Regardless of their etymology, these word pairs are referred to as this
false friends
A famous economist who served as treasury secretary under Bill Clinton (and a frequent thorn in the side of the Biden administration), this Harvard professor recently resigned due to an investigation into his ties to Jeffrey Epstein
Larry Summers
Chicago's street grid, a brilliantly designed feat of urban planing, has as its center this intersection.
State and Madison
This actor portrayed Minecraft's "Steve" in the 2025 A Minecraft Movie
Jack Black
This phrase, common in Mexican Spanish, could be translated as "f--- yeah!"
A huevo!
Turkey famously shares its name with the English word for the large birds, but "Perú" also means "turkey" in this language
Portuguese
While not formally trained in economics, this trailer park business guru taught his colleagues about the importance of "supply and command"
Ricky from the TV show Trailer Park Boys
This famous Puerto Rican sandwich actually has its roots in Chicago
Jibarito
Woz
Steve Wozniak
This egg based insult might be translated to Chicago-ese as "jagoff"
huevón
"This-dropping" is the name in phonetics for when the /j/ sound is dropped after certain vowels, giving us the British pronunciation "Chewsday" for "Tuesday"
yod
This economist served as the chair of the Federal Reserve, and later, as US Treasury Secretary. She was the first woman to hold either position.
Janet Yellen
In 2024, Chicago sports legend Michael Jordan sold his 9-bedroom, 19-bathroom mansion in this Chicago suburb. It recently became more famous for a tragic act of violence than as the home of the athlete.
Highland Park
Abdulfattah "John" Jandali is the name of the Syrian immigrant who is the biological father to this iconic tech founder.
Steve Jobs
This egg term refers to a stupid thing to say or do
huevada
While it may have been appropriate in Julie Andrew's transatlantic stage accent to use "far, a long long way to run" as a mnemonic device to teach the fourth pitch in solfege, "far" is not an adequate stand-in for "fa" in most modern American dialects because of the presence of this
rhoticity
This Canadian-American "labour" economist's work studying the effects of the 1980 mariel boatlift on the south Florida labor market was extremely influential in showing the positive effects of immigration.
David Card
The tallest building in the world designed by a woman is right here in Chicago. It was designed by this architect (the name of the building is also an acceptable answer)
Jeanne Gang, The St. Regis Chicago
This former Microsoft CEO and current owner of the Los Angeles Clippers is still remembered for his eccentric 1999 NET conference speech in which he simply repeated the word "developers"
Steve Ballmer
This English-language imperative playground insult becomes much more profane when translated directly into Spanish
"Suck an egg"