Chicago
Cars
Before and After
Lighting
General Knowledge
100

A creation of Chicago's Puerto Rican community, the jibarito is a sandwich with this banana relative fried as the bread

Plantains

100
  1. The opposite of active, or a verb for what cards do in standstill traffic 

Idle

100

He wrote “Bennie and the Jets” & the 2005 Supreme Court Decision Martin v. Franklin Capital Corp.

Elton John Roberts

100

Instead of a fancy fixture, kitchens commonly have this type of lighting named for the way it fits into the ceiling

Recessed  

100

Eminem released this, his follow up to “The Slim Shady”, & often considered his best album  

The Marshall Mathers

200

In the 1920s, Chicago began building the soaring stretch of Michigan Avenue known by this grandiloquent & alliterative name

Magnificent Mile

200

This 2-word term meaning “large prize” in French refers to a formula one championship auto race

Grand Prix

200

Long Russian novel smoked to prevent fighting between Native American tribes

War and Peace Pipe

200

LED stands for light-emitting this component, common in electrical engineering

Diode

200

This team flies the coop for spring training at TD Ballpark in Florida  

The Blue Jays

300

An unusual event, like, say, a certain Chicago music festival

Lollapalooza 

300

Raise a Red Bull, his team, for this Belgian-born driver who has won four consecutive Formula One season championships

Max Verstappen

300

Fairy tale in which a girl’s loyalty is tested when she sleeps atop 20 mattresses & a double-breasted outer garment  

Princess and the Pea Coat

300

The sleep foundation says using blue-light devices before bed may suppress production of this hormone the body makes naturally

Melatonin

300

Barney on “How I Met Your Mother” often implored his friends with this command that superheroes might receive  

 Suit Up

400

This family name is on a school of medicine at the University of Chicago & on the most prestigious of architecture awards

Pritzker

400

Going back to steam-engine cars, this word for a limo driver is from the French for “to heat” or “to stoke”

Chauffeur

400

Paul Blart portrayer takes a ride on a really big piece of fruit

Kevin James and the Giant Peach

400

Not a surprise based on their names, glowworms and fireflies exhibit this, a chemical reaction that produces light

Bioluminescence  

400

In 2000 this future Oscar winner won an Emmy & a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Dorothy Dandridge

Halle Berry

500

A college of social work at the University of Illinois, Chicago honors this social worker & co-founder of Hull House

(Jane) Addams

500

This French family introduced a 3-wheeled, steam-powered car at the 1889 World’s fair; they’re still producing cars

Peugeot

500

Paul McCartney’s Bond theme plays as Bruce Willis fights off bad guys at the Nakatomi Building

Live and Let Die Hard

500

If you enter a room with a matchbook and there’s a candle, oil lamp, and heater, this is what you’d light first

A Match

500

Sid & Marty Krofft produced '70s Saturday morning TV like "H.R. Pufnstuf" & this one where a family ends up in a time with dinosaurs

Land of the Lost

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