Lakeview
Suburbs
Chicago
Geography
Filmed in Chicago
Social Justice
100
What are two of the streets that are the boundaries of Lakeview?
Diversey Parkway
Ravenswood Avenue
Irving Park Road
Clark Street
Montrose Avenue
(Lake Michigan is the other boundary)
100
Born in Chicago, in what suburb was Pope Leo XIV (Robert Francis Prevost) raised?
Dolton
100
Weeghman Park was renamed in 1924, and is now known as what famous Chicago baseball park?
Wrigley Field
100
What do we call land that has water on two sides and joins two larger land masses (like the country of Panama)?
Isthmus
100
What 1980 film starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd was filmed extensively in Chicago?
The Blues Brothers
100
What Indian lawyer (1869-1948) who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, advocated for the rights and dignity of all individuals, particularly those marginalized by the British colonial system and the rigid caste system in India?
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
200
What is one of the smaller neighborhoods within Lakeview?
Boystown
East Lakeview
Graceland West
North Halsted
Southeast Ravenswood
Wrigleyville
200
What suburb was the base of Al Capone’s operations after he left Chicago in the 1920s?
Cicero
200
What is the name of the 18.5-mile-long trail in Chicago that generally follows the shoreline of Lake Michigan?
The Lakefront Trail
200
What is the name of the water that separates Alaska from Russia?
Bering Strait
200
What 1985 movie starring Matthew Broderick involved a student who skipped school and drove through Chicago?
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
200
What 1962 book was written by American marine biologist, writer, and environmental activist Rachel Carson (1907-1964), who is credited with launching the modern environmental movement and inspiring the ban of DDT in the United States?
Silent Spring
300
What Lakeview bookstore opened in 1980 and was voted “Best Bookstore in Chicago 2015” by Chicago Magazine?
Unabridged Bookstore
300
In what suburb did Frank Lloyd Wright, Ernest Hemingway and Edgar Rice Burroughs once live?
Oak Park
300
What are the names of 4 of the 8 harbors in the City of Chicago?
Montrose Harbor
Belmont Harbor
Diversey Harbor
Chicago Harbor
Monroe Harbor
Burnham Harbor
31st St. Harbor
59th St. Harbor
300
What are the names of the five Great Lakes?
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Ontario,
Lake Superior
300
What 1991 firefighter movie starring Kurt Russell was filmed at many locations in Chicago?
Backdraft
300
What American labor leader and civil rights activist co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962, started the 10-year boycott of California Grapes in 1968, achieving dignity, respect, fair wages, medical coverage, pension benefits, and humane living conditions, as well as countless other rights and protections for hundreds of thousands of farm workers?
Cesar Chavez
400
What monochromatic show was performed at the Briar Street Theatre for 28 years, finally closing in January 2025?
The Blue Man Group
400
In what suburb is the Ravinia Festival located?
Highland Park
400
What streets are the northern and southern boundaries of Lincoln Park (the park, not the neighborhood)?
Ardmore St. (5700 north)
Grand Ave. (500 north)
400
In the year 1900, what Chicago waterway reversed course and flowed away from Lake Michigan instead of into it?
The Chicago River
400
What 2002 movie, based on the 1975 stage musical, won six Academy Awards including Best Picture, about celebrity, scandal, and corruption in Chicago during the Jazz Age, was filmed on location in Chicago, showcasing the city's architectural and cultural landmarks?
Chicago
400
What woman born enslaved (1822–1913) rescued approximately 70 enslaved people in 13 missions through the Underground Railroad, and became an abolitionist and social activist?
Harriet Tubman
500
What was the name of the structure built in 1853 to provide hotel rooms to travelers at what is now West Sheridan Road and Lake Shore Drive in Lakeview, overlooking Lake Michigan?
Hotel Lakeview
500
In what suburb is the Chicago Botanic Garden located?
Glencoe
500
What are the names of the 3 museums located in the Museum Campus (1200 to 1400 S DuSable Lake Shore Drive)?
Adler Planetarium
Field Museum of Natural History or Field Museum
Shedd Aquarium
500
What is the name of the ancient land trade route that connected the Mississippi River System with the Great Lakes Waterway in what is now Chicago?
The Chicago Portage
500
What 1987 film starring Kevin Costner as FBI agent Eliot Ness who hunts down Al Capone, played by Robert DeNiro, was filmed in Chicago?
The Untouchables
500
Who was a key figure (1918-2013) in the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, known for his lifelong fight against racial segregation and inequality, having spent 27 years in prison for his activism while continuing to inspire the movement from behind bars, then playing a crucial role in negotiating the end of apartheid and becoming South Africa's first black president, working towards reconciliation and equality?
Nelson Mandela