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100
This is the official Illinois state insect
What is the Monarch Butterfly?
100
Lincoln Park Zoo opened after being gifted a pair of what animal from New York City?
A pair of swans were gifted the zoo in 1868 by Central Park's board of commissioners .
100
The Windy City, The City of Big Shoulders, and The Windy City are all nicknames for this city.
What is Chicago?
100
This amusement park attractions was first introduced in Chicago as a landmark for the 1893 World's Fair.
What is the ferris wheel?
100
In this year did Illinois became the 21st U.S. state.
What is 1818?
200
This is the official Illinois state animal.
What is the White Tailed Deer?
200
The famous Chicago "L" train system has this many lines.
What is eight?
200
This Chicago pizza joint is widely credited with inventing deep dish pizza.
What is Pizzeria Uno?
200
O'Hare International Airport begin offering passenger service to the public in this year.
What is 1955?
The airport opened during World War II but didn't begin offering commercial service for more than a decade afterwards
200
The first Farm Aid concert was held in this city in Illinois to help US farmers, in 1985.
What is Champaign?
300
This is the official Illinois state reptile.
What is the Painted Turtle?
300
The city first dye the Chicago River green to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in this year.
What is 1962?
300
There are this many toppings go on a Chicago-style hot dog
There are actually 7 toppings not including the all-beef hot dog, and poppyseed hot dog bun
(yellow mustard, sweet green pickle relish, chopped onion, tomato wedges, dill pickle spear, sport peppers, dash celery salt)
300
This many square miles were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
What is 4?
300
Name the three U.S. presidents were elected while living in the state of Illinois as of 2021
Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Barack Obama
400
.This is the official Illinois State flower
What is the Purple Violet?
400
This is combined number of NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL championships do the city's teams have as of May 2021.
What is 27?
400
This classic American snack food was first invented in the Chicago area.
What are Twinkies?
They were invented in the area by James Alexander Dewar in 1930.
400
Tthe original name of Wrigley Field?
What is Weeghman Park? (It opened in 1914 before landing on its current name 13 years later).
400
This President was the only US President born and raised in Illinois
Who is Ronald Reagan?
500
This is the official Illinois state fossil
What is Tully monster?
500
In this decade did Jean Baptiste Point du Sable become Chicago's first permanent settler.
What are the 1780's?
Point du Sable, widely considered the "Founder of Chicago,"
500
In this Illinois city, Ray Kroc open the first McDonald's franchise in 1960.
What is Des Plaines?
500
This Chicago institutions opened in 1894.
What is the Field Museum?
500
Charles Mound has the state's highest elevation above sea level at how many feet of elevation
What is 1,235 feet?