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100

This Chicago-style hot-dog is "dragged through the garden" with tomatoes, pickles, onions, sport peppers, relish, mustard, and celery salt - but never this condiment.

What is ketchup?

100

Before Wrigley Field, the Chicago Cubs played at this ballpark from 1893 to 1915.

What is West Side Grounds?

100

Nashville’s Broadway is famous for this type of live music venue.

What are honky-tonks?

100

Nashville is home to a full-size replica of this ancient Greek temple.

What is the Parthenon?

100

Minneapolis is one half of the “Twin Cities.” The other half is ______.

What is St. Paul?

200

This Columbus-born candy is shaped like the state nut, dipped in Chocolate and peanut buter.

What is a Buckeye?

200

The Detroit Pistons originally played in this Midwest city before moving to Detroit.

What is Fort Wayne, Indiana?

200

This purple-loving pop star was born and raised in Minneapolis.

Who is Prince?

200

The Minneapolis Institute of Art is home to over this many works of art: 90,000, 1 million, or 10,000?

What is 90,000?

200

Kansas City is split between Missouri and Kansas, but this state holds most of the city proper.

What is Missouri?

300

This spicy fried dish is a Nashville specialty.

What is Nashville hot chicken?

300

Nashville's Nissan Stadium sits along the banks of this river.

What is the Cumberland River?

300

Detroit's Movement Festival is dedicated to this style of music, for which the city is world famous.

What is techno?

300

Chicago O'Hare Airport's Code is ORD, named after this former airport.

Answer: What is Orchard Field?

300

Kansas City’s nickname is the “City of ______,” with over 200 of them.

What are fountains?

400

Minneapolis and St. Paul consistently rank near the top in U.S. consumption of this brunch drink?

What is Bloody Mary?

400

The Columbus Blue Jackets NHL team is names after soilders from which American war.

What is the Civil War?

400

This Kansas City-born actor is known for Clueless, Ant-Man, and being Hollywood's nicest guy.

Who is Paul Rudd?

400

The world's first skyscraper built in 1885, Chicago's Home Insurance Building, was only this many stories tall. 

What is 10 stories (later 12 with additions)?

400

Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood was once the center of this cultural movement, sometimes called the "Harlem of the Midwest"

What is Chicago Black Renaissance?

500

Kansas City BBQ is known for burnt ends, which were once considered scrap. They typically come from this cut of beef. 

What is the brisket?

500

The NBA’s Lakers franchise originally began in Minneapolis, named after this state’s nickname.

What is the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”?

500

The 18th & Vine District in Kansas City was home to this saxophonist, a founder of bebop, nicknamed "Bird."

Who is Charlie Parker?

500

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium gained fame under the direction of this wildlife personality.

Who is Jack Hanna?

500

Columbus was the first U.S. city to build a municipal airport, in this decade. 

What are the 1920's?

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