Architecture
This building was once the tallest in the world, and is still the tallest in the city.
What is Willis Tower?
A New Trier Township village is named for this French-Potawatomi family.
Who are the Ouilmettes?
This Irish woman (or her cow) was unfairly blamed for the Great Chicago Fire.
Who is Mrs. O'Leary?
This television host, once television’s highest-paid entertainer, founded Harpo Productions.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Chicago’s canal connected the waters of the Great Lakes to what major south-flowing river?
What is the Mississippi?
This style of single-family home is typically one-and-a-half stories tall.
What is a bungalow?
This tribe had the largest Native American presence in the region at the time of European settlement.
Who are the Potawatomi?
This amusement park attraction was introduced at Chicago 1893 World’s Fair.
What is the Ferris Wheel?
This Mississippi-born artist is known as the “father of Chicago Blues.”
Who is Muddy Waters?
Chicago has this many Community Areas.
What is 77?
This style, associated with Frank Lloyd Wright, incorporated elements of Chicago’s environment.
What is Prairie Style?
This trader, likely Haitian born, was the first non-Native settler of Chicago
Who is Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable?
This was the year of the Great Chicago Fire.
This DC comics film series was prominently filmed in Chicago.
What is Batman? (The Dark Knight)
This West-Side neighborhood is known for its Mexican-American murals
What is Pilsen?
This building is the world's tallest designed by a woman.
What is the St. Regis (Vista Tower)
What is 1833?
This South-Side park, now home to the in-progress Obama Presidential Library, was the site of the World’s Fair.
What is Jackson Park?
This 1992 take on the Boogieman and its 2021 sequel of the same name take place in the Cabrini Green housing projects.
What is Candyman?
This South Side neighborhood is the home to University of Chicago.
What is Hyde Park?
This German-born architect was guided by the principle that “Less is More”
Who is Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe?
This railroad executive was Chicago's first mayor.
Who is William Butler Ogden?
This Texas-born anarchist’s husband was executed for his purported role in the Haymarket Affair; she would go on to continue her radical career.
Who is Lucy Parsons?
This author of The House on Mango Street grew up in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Who is Sandra Cisneros?
This street is Chicago’s border with Evanston, and the Northernmost stop on the Red Line.
What is Howard?