Illinois History
What year did Illinois become a state?
1818
What is Illinois' largest city?
Chicago
What is the state bird?
Cardinal
What is the name of the large lake that borders Chicago?
Lake Michigan
In which county is Wauconda located?
Lake County
What event happened in 1871 which killed hundreds and destroyed 3 miles of buildings?
The Great Chicago Fire
What state borders Illinois to the north?
Wisconsin
What is the state insect?
Monarch butterfly
What is the name of the system of rivers and canals that runs through the city?
The Chicago River
Name one Native American tribe that held this land before us.
Potawatomi, Winnebago
What US president spent much of his life near Springfield, Illinois?
Abraham Lincoln
What river borders Illinois to the West?
The Mississippi River
What is the state's nickname?
The Prairie State
(Land of Lincoln will also be accepted as an answer, but that's really the state slogan.)
What caused the Great Chicago Fire?
Legend says that a cow tipped over a lantern (but it was never proven)
Who was the first person to build a home in Wauconda? (Hint: There is a lake named after him.)
Justus Bangs
What is the name of the Indian tribe that Illinois is named after?
Illiniwek
How many state flags has Illinois had?
Two
What is the state flower?
Each star on the Chicago flag symbolizes an important part of Chicago's history. Name the significance of two of the stars.
Fort Dearborn, the Great Chicago Fire, and the two world's fairs that took place in Chicago
Who constructed the first brick house in Wauconda?
What caused the early Native Americans from the Mississippian culture to disappear before the 1600's?
Nobody knows for sure
What is the state motto? (Hint: It's listed on the state flag.)
State Sovereignty, National Union
The state seal has two years listed on it. What do those two years represent?
1. The year Illinois became a state
2. The year the state seal was adopted
Name one of the years that Chicago hosted a world's fair.
1893 and 1933/34
What is the name of the street that the library and historical building are on?
Main Street