Chicago History
Who was the first mayor of Chicago, serving from 1837 to 1839?
What movie had this infamous quote: "Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ferris Bueller, 1986
Who was the MVP of Super Bowl XX?
Richard Dent
What NANI founder and Chicago based nephrologist famously set up the first outpatient dialysis in the 1970s in the basement of a West side Chicago church?
Robert Muehrcke
Who is the only physician to sign the Declaration of Independence?
Benjamin Rush. He was one of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
What movie had this infamous quote: "Here’s my offer, you bring Capone to me. You do that, and I’ll let you live. You don’t, you’ll die."
The Untouchables, Eliot Ness, 1987
In what year did Michael Jordan famously retire from basketball for the first time to play baseball?
1993
In 1959, the first successful kidney transplant in Chicago was performed at which hospital?
The University of Chicago Hospitals
What famous architect is responsible for a style of rectilinear forms, crafted in elegant simplicity, epitomizing the International Style and exemplified his famous principle that “less is more.” Many of his buildings in Chicago are known as “black boxes”.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German-born American architect
What movie had this infamous quote: "Sometimes you gotta say, ‘What the f@%$.’"
Risky Business, Joel Goodson, 1983
In 2010 the Blackhawks ended a 49 year drought and won the Stanley Cup. Who did they beat?
Philadelphia Flyers
In the 1960s, who designed and created the device that allowed for a high blood flow to be delivered to a dialysis machine to allow patients to remain on hemodialysis?
Belding Scribner, The Scribner shunt
What infamous Chicago gangster was involved in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre of 1929?
Al Capone
What movie had this infamous quote: "We got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses."
Blues Brothers 2000, Elwood Blues, 1998
In 2016, the Chicago Cubs ended a 108-year World Series drought. Which team did they defeat in Game 7 to win the championship?
Cleveland Indians
In the early 1990s, who was the lead investigator for landmark randomized controlled trial of captopril in diabetic nephropathy, defining what we know now as “renoprotection”
Edmund J Lewis
In 1929, the Chicago Cubs made baseball history by installing the first permanent, manually operated scoreboard at which ballpark?
Wrigley Field
What movie had these 2 infamous quotes: "I didn’t kill my wife!" "I don't care!"
The Fugitive, Dr. Richard Kimble and Sheriff Samuel Gerard, 1993
What happened at Comiskey Park on 7/12/79?
Disco Demolition Night
Name of the nephrologist born in Brazil who rotated through West Suburban Hospital during nephrology fellowship, and became head of the nephrology department at Univeristy of IL-Chicago (UIC)
Jose Arruda
In 1871, this person’s cow was rumored to start the Great Chicago Fire after it kicked over a lantern in her barn.
Mrs. Kate O'Leary
What movie had this infamous quote: "You know what they say: You're either in or you're out. You’re either in the show, or you’re out of the show."
Chicago, Roxie Hart, 2002
The halftime show at Super Bowl XLI (Bears v Colts) is widely regarded the best ever. Who performed?
Prince
Which NANI physician went to Baltimore to lobby for reimbursement for dialysis in 1973?
Art Morris, MD
Which Chicago skyscraper, completed in 1973, was the tallest building in the world for a time and remains an iconic symbol of the city?
Sears Tower (now Willis Tower)
What movie had the infamous quote: "You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
The Dark Knight, Harvey Dent, 2008
Which Chicago Bulls coach led the team to six NBA championships in the 1990s alongside Michael Jordan?
Phil Jackson
Which NANI physician built a dialysis machine from a Maytag washing machine?
George Dunea, MD
Which Chicago landmark park was the site of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s arrival in the Americas?
Jackson Park
What movie had the infamous quote: "There’s no crying in baseball!"
A League of their Own, Jimmy Dugan, 1992
Which legendary Chicago Bears coach is known for his "Monsters of the Midway" defense and leading the team to a Super Bowl victory in 1985?
Mike Ditka
Name one of two physicians from Rush University help develop and popularize the percutaneous renal biopsy for safe and adequate diagnosis?
Robert Muehrcke, MD and Dr Robert Kark, MD