Chicago Sports
Name one Chicago Professional Sports team: extra credit if you can tell me how many total professional sports teams chicago has
many answers possible: 7 professional sports teams
Everyone in the room name a movie filmed or set in chicago
many answers
T/F: Wrigley Field is the second oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball.
True
In what recent year did the Cubs win the World Series? How long had it been since they had last won the World Series and why was that fun / significant?
2016 after 108 years and there are 108 double stitches on a baseball
t/f: Chicago serves as the backdrop for Batman's Gotham City (ec for knowing which chicago building served as Wayne Tower in the movies)
True! (Chicago Board of Trade Building
T/F: Chicago is the fifth largest city in the U.S. and is home to an estimated 2.7M residents.
False: Chicago is the third largest city in the U.S
True or False: The Chicago Bears was the first team in the NFL to have an African-American quarterback
true! in 1953 Willie Thrower
Winnetka, Illinois
Chicago is the birthplace of many kinds of music and was home to many musicians, name one famous musician that credits the city of chicago as their home
Louis Armstrong, Jennifer Hudson, Earth, Wind and Fire, Chance the Rapper, Common Smashing Pumpkins, Rise Against, Muddy Waters, and Kanye West.
How many Stanley Cup titles do the Blackhawks have
They have won 6 Stanley Cup titles
Ferris Bueller's Day off is considered a love letter to chicago, name one famous chicago landmark, tradition, or event that was featured in the movie
Willis Tower, Wrigley Field, Lake Shore Drive, The Art Institute, Grant Park, Glenbrook North Highschool, and MORE
T/F The Chicago River is the only river in the world that permanently flows backwards.
True!
T/F: Chicago is one of only 10 cities to have teams from the five major American professional team sports
True! chicago has teams for baseball, football, basketball, hockey, soccer.
John Hughes - filmaker and director of the breakfast club - graduated from what nearby Highschool that served as the inspiration for the movie
Glenbrook North High School but it was filmed at Maine North High school
Chicago is credited for having the worlds tallest building designed by a female architect, which building is this?
the 82-storey Aqua is the tallest structure in the world to be designed by a woman, architect Jeanne Gang