Robert Wadlow
History
Claim to Fame
Local Lore
Illinois Facts
100
Robert Wadlow's claim to fame
What is "being the tallest person in history?"
100
The center of Native American civilization from 600-1700
What is Cahokia?
100
The main issue of focus in the Lincoln-Douglas debates
What is slavery?
100
A bird who devours men, drawn on the side of a rock face
What is the Piasa Bird?
100
The capital of Illinois
What is Springfield?
200
The height of Robert Wadlow when he died
What is 8'11"?
200
A circle of posts set up as a type of calendar
What is Woodhenge?
200
Series of tunnels and hideouts used to help escaped slaves (several existed in Alton)
What is the Underground Railroad?
200
The founder of Alton (and first postmaster of St Louis)
Who is Rufus Eaton?
200
The year Illinois was admitted as a state
What is 1818?
300
The weight of Robert Wadlow when he died?
What is 439 pounds?
300
Largest mound at Cahokia
What is Monk's Mound??
300
Famous Jazz musician from Alton
Who is Miles Davis?
300
Started a religious newspaper, St Louis Observer, then moved to Illinois because it was a free state
Who is Elijah Lovejoy?
300
The Illinois state tree is
What is the white oak?
400
Robert Wadlow stated, "People should utilize their disabilities instead of..."
What is "fussing about them?"
400
The first state capital of Illinois
What is Kaskaskia?
400
The year in which Alton had it's 2nd highest flood
What is 2019?
400
Open in Alton in 1833, closed because of bad conditions in 1860, reopened as a Federal Military prison in 1862, closed in 1865 after deaths of 1,354 Confederate soldiers, 215 civilians, and 240 Union soldiers and guards died
What is the Illinois State Penitentiary?
400
The Illinois state fish
What is bluegill?
500
The size shoes Robert Wadlow wore
What is 37?
500
He had a home on Henry St, and he helped write the 13th Amendment to end slavery.
Who is Lyman Trumbull?
500
One of the fastest growing cities in the US is the 1920s (had more people than homes)
What is Wood River?
500
The number of days in a row of flooding in Grafton during the Flood of 1993
What is 195?
500
The state flower of Illinois
What is native violet?