The Grand Finale

My kind of town...Chicago

Superheros
like us

"reading is knowledge" or something like that

Kid at heart

Art

100

What is the name of Chicago's Major League soccer team?

A. United

B. Sky

C. Fire

D. Union

C. Fire

100

Finish the superhero quote "With great power comes..."

A. No responsibility

B. A great electricity bill

C. A need for a nap

D. Great responsibility

100

Finish the Dr. Seuss quote

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn..."

A. it will equal more dough.

B. then you won't stub your toe.

C. the more places you'll go.

D. you can defeat your foe.

C. the more places you'll go

100

Which of the following is one of the seven dwarves?

A. Dopey

B. Dizzy

C. Silly

D. Sniffy

A. Dopey

100

What artist created a stained glass window for the United Nations?

A. Pablo Picasso

B. Marc Chagall

C. Jean-Michel Basquiat

D. Georgia O'Keeffe

B. Marc Chagall

200

What is the official name of the bean?

A. The Bean

B. Cloud Gate

C. Reflections

D. Passage between the realms

B. Cloud Gate

200

Batman protects which city?

A. Metropolis

B. Gotham

C. Chicago

D. Harlem

B. Gotham

200

Which of the following is not a well known opening line?

A. "It was a dark, gloomy day in April, and the clocks were striking one"

B. ''It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness"

C. ''All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.''

D. "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.''

A. "It was a dark, gloomy day in April, and the clocks were striking one"

real quote: It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. —George Orwell, 1984 (1949)

200

What are the names of Hades' minions in Hercules?

A. Fear and Panic

B. Pain and Suffering

C. Suffering and Fear

D. Panic and Pain

200

What color is a current Crayola Color?

A. Light Blue

B. Maize

C. Olive Green

D. Orange- Red

C. Olive Green

300

How many official neighborhoods does Chicago have?

A. 77

B. Over 200

C. 9

D. 116

A. 77

300

Which of the following is not one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

A. Donatello

B. Marco

C. Raphael

D. Leonardo

B. Marco

300

Which of the following is considered the best-selling book series?

A. Berenstain Bears

B. Harry Potter

C. Goosebumps

D. Star Wars

B. Harry Potter

300

What is the sorcerer's name in Fantasia?

A. Yensid

B. Trick question- we don't know

C. Disney

D. Walt

A. Yensid

300

Which of the following paintings sold for the largest amount?

A. Eight Elvises by Andy Warhol

B. Meules by Claude Monet

C. Number 17A by Jackson Pollock

D. A Wheatfield with Cypresses by Vincent Van Gogh

C. Number 17A by Jackson Pollock

400

Which building is the oldest?

A. Navy Pier

B. Adler Planetarium

C. Museum of Science and Industry

D. The Art Institute

D. The Art Institute - 1879

400

Which villain did Jim Carrey play in one of the batman movies?

A. The Riddler

B. Mr. Freeze

C. The Joker

D. Penguin

A. The Riddler

400

How many cataloged books and non classified print collections are in the Library of Congress?

A. 28,000,000+

B. 17,000,000+

C. 6,000,000+

D. 39,000,000+

24,863,177 cataloged books in the Library of Congress classification system
15,039,990 items in the nonclassified print collections, including books in large type and raised characters, incunabula (books printed before 1501), monographs and serials, music, bound newspapers, pamphlets, technical reports and other printed material

130,214,985 items in the nonclassified (special) collections, including:
- 4,233,807 audio materials (discs, tapes, talking books and other recorded formats)
- 73,908,819 manuscripts
- 5,617,774 maps
- 17,376,100 microforms
- 1,849,175 moving images
- 8,135,588 items of sheet music
- 17,075,339 visual materials, including:
  - 14,840,703 photographs
  - 109,796 posters
  - 685,938 prints and drawings
  - 1,438,902 broadsides, photocopies, nonpictorial information, etc.
- 2,018,383 other items (including machine-readable items);

400

What were Mickey Mouse's first spoken words ever?

A. Toodles!

B. Oh Boy!

C. Yikes!

D. Hot dog!

400

What artist's work has been stolen more than any other's?

A. Picasso

B. Da Vinci

C. Van Gogh

D. Renoir

A. Picasso

500

Which one is not a theory of how Chicago got it's name?

A. Pottowattamie words of "shecaugo" and "Choccago" meaning "playful waters" and "destitute" respectively

B. Miamis Indian Tribe word "se-kaw-kwaw" meaning "skunk"

C. Ojibway dialect "Kech-shi-gaug-uh-wunzh" meaning "onion"

D. Named after a farmer and early leader- Chief Camacho

500

Which one is not an actual superhero name?

A. Squirrel Girl

B. Arm Fall-off Boy

C. Matter-Eater Lad

D. Colossal Woman

500

Which of the following is the most expensive book ever sold? (prices adjusted for inflation)

A. The Codex of Leicester

B. The Book of Mormon Manuscript

C. The Magna Carta

D. The Gutenberg Bible

A. The Codex of Leicester - 52.8 million

by Leonardo Da Vinci. bought by Bill gates in 1994 for 30.8 million

b= 36.3 million

c= 26.1 million

d=12 million

500

What was the first Pixar movie?

A. Monsters Inc.

B. Finding Nemo

C. Toy Story

D. Cars

C. Toy Story

500

Which artist was struck in the face with a mallet by an envious rival, disfiguring him for life?

A. Torregiano

B. Raphael

C. Rembrandt

D. Michelangelo