Chicago
Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable
A popular Mexican beer is characterized by two of these in its logo.
Xs
Leonard, the experimental physicist and roommate of Sheldon Cooper, goes by this last name on The Big Bang Theory.
Hofstadter
This historical capital is also known as the "City of Seven Hills", as well as the "Eternal City", and became the capital of its country after being won in military conquest from the Papal States in 1870.
Rome (Italy)
This physically diminutive European general is often ranked alongside Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar as one of history's most brilliant generals. His namesake has also been used for a coming-of-age comedy film produced in 2004.
Napoleon Bonaparte
This 1986 movie follows Matthew Broderick's character as he gallivants around the city of Chicago. The director, John Hughes, describes this movie as his "love letter" to the city.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
This famous cocktail was pruportedly whipped up by bartender Dick Bradsell when a young model came up to him and asked for something to "wake me up and f**k me up".
Espresso Martini
Troy Barnes and Abed Nadir develop a bromance in this sitcom based in the fictional town of Greendale, Colorado.
Community
Located at an altitude of 4,500 feet, this capital belongs to one of the only countries that has never been conquered or colonized.
Kathmandu
This famous institution in Alexandria, perhaps the most famous of its kind, is best known for its destruction by fire.
Library (of Alexandria)
Chicago has the largest network of these urban features in the U.S., with over 1,900 miles of these within city limits.
Alleys / Alleyways
This famous Greek deity, son of Zeus and Semele, was the god of wine-making, amongst other things.
Dionysus
The single character on the popular sitcom Modern Family with the highest screentime.
Philip Dunphy
This is the only country in the world that has three capital cities - one each for its executive, judicial, and legislative branches.
South Africa
This famous Scottish knight was one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence (circa 1296 - 1328), and was played by Mel Gibson in the film Braveheart.
William Wallace
This motto is on the city seal, seen everywhere from manhole covers to the massive flag outside City Hall, and translates to "City in the Garden".
Urbs in horto
This category of beers was originally brewed by British brewers to be shipped to a colony, meant for British soldiers abroad as well as for native administrators. Modern-day enjoyers of these are usually regarded as insufferable.
India Pale Ale (IPA)
This is the rarely mentioned middle name of Chandler Bing on Friends, revealed to be the source of much embarrassment.
Muriel
This capital of a country in southwestern Europe is the only capital in the world whose name begins with a certain letter.
Zagreb (Croatia)
This navigator is credited for the first recorded European navigation to India via the Cape of Good Hope in the 15th Century, a much shorter route than previously.
Vasco de Gama
Up until last year, you might have smelled chocolate while walking in and around West Loop, thanks to this company's chocolate factory.
Blommer Chocolate Company
This country prides itself on being the birthplace of wine production, with evidence of grape wine production as far back as 8,000 BCE.
Georgia
In the series HIMYM, this object of a certain color was left behind by "the Mother" at a party, and was later found by Ted Mosby, tying them together.
Yellow Umbrella
This capital houses nearly 2.5 million people and belongs to a landlocked country in West Africa that was previously called the "Republic of Volta", until it received its current name in 1984.
Ougadougou (Burkina Faso)
The first dynasty of Imperial China that ruled from 221 to 206 BCE, and was the origin of the name of the country.
Qin dynasty