Chicago Trivia
This popular Chicago park was originally a cemetery and still contains buried bodies.
What is Lincoln Park?
This notorious alder embarrassed his constituents by standing on his desk and waving his arms screaming in a desperate attempt to be recognized so that he could end a council meeting.
Who was Richard Mell?
Chicago’s iconic Water Tower was the model for this national fast food franchise.
What is White Castle?
This noble alder won their election by a mere 13 votes.
Who is Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez?
This popular tourist attraction was the original home of Chicago's "Circle Campus."
What is Navy Pier?
This notorious 1st ward poilitician served the longest term as alder spanning the 19th and 20th centuries until his record was broken by the nototious Ed Burke.
Who was "Bathhouse John" Coughlin?
African Americans offended by stereotypical portrayals of Black people at Chicago’s 1933 World's Fair responded with this event in 1940.
What is The American Negro Exposition of 1940
This fair commemorated the 75th anniversary of the end of slavery and the end of the Civil War. It was held at the Chicago Coliseum and had 120 exhibits honoring people such as women’s activist Mary McLeod Bethune, labor activist A. Phillip Randolph, track and field star Jesse Owens, and architect Paul R. Williams.
This notorious alder was recorded telling Lori Lightfoot, "I'm not going to let you hold my feet to the fire, or anybody else!"
Who is Raymond Lopez?
Chicago's official motto is City in a Garden but legendary columnist Mike Royko once suggested another motto for our fair city.
What is "Where's mine!"
This notorious alder complained that he was bodily threatened when a constituent told him he would have his feet held to the fire if he voted against Harold Washington.
Who was Wilson frost?