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100

Lillian, Nathan and Owen all went to what middle school?

Taft


100

A unique downtown Chicago feature is its multi-leveled streets, the most well-known of which is: 

Wacker Drive


100

 Which popular Christmas beverage is also called "milk punch?"

Egg nog

100

Name one of the two astronauts to walk on the moon in July of 1969.

Neil Armstrong or Buzz Aldrin

100

What is the world’s longest river called?

The Nile


200

What level is Lillian in gymnastics?

Diamond 


200

The name Chicago was first recorded in 1688, where it appears as Chigagou, an Algonquian word meaning: 

Onion field 

200

Which real-life person is Santa Claus based on?

The Christian bishop St. Nicholas

200

 Before the Battle of Lexington and Concord, who took a midnight run to warn the militia of the approaching British forces?

Paul Revere

200

Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the US?

France

300

What is Mary's major and minor?

Speech and Hearing Sciences, Child Health and Well Being 


300

How many miles of lakefront does Chicago have?

28 miles


300

What was the highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time?

Home Alone


300

Name the English colony that, in 1607, became the first permanent colony in the U.S.

Jamestown


300

What is the rarest blood type?

AB-Negative

400

What was the company Nathan had his co op at, and the company he worked at this summer?

Peoples gas, Citgo

400

How many major league sports teams does Chicago have?

8

400

Three of Santa's reindeer's names begin with the letter "D." What are those names?

Dancer, Dasher and Donner

400

Protesters surrounded eight British soldiers in 1770 and were fired upon, starting what incident?

The Boston Massacre

400

What does Na stand for on the periodic table?

Sodium

500

How much does owen weigh 

146

500

How tall is the Sears tower?

1,730 feet tall

500

 In the 1964 movie Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, what was the name of Rudolph's elf friend?

Hermey

500

 This war left a bad taste in the mouths of the American people and was fought between 1959 and 1975.

Vietnam War

500

In which ocean is the Bermuda Triangle located?

Atlantic Ocean