Just Canines
Out and Nature - Chi
A Birdy Bunch
Odd Jobs
Family Ties
400
Approximately one year ago, dog CJ was adopted from this Chicago animal rescue organization.
What is PAWS Chicago?
400
One of the most birded places in Chicago, Montrose Beach is the summer home of this infamous shorebird.
What are piping plovers?
400
Unlike a murder of crows or unkindness of ravens, a group of these colorful corvids is called a band.
What is a jay?
400
CJ is a published author! This is the title of the semi-autobiographical story CJ got published in the UCBerkley’s Parks Stewardship Forum, as well as a category from the last round.
What is “Greco in Oz”?
400
While CJ’s family has origins in Italy, her last name, “Greco,” translates in Italian to this other European nationality.
What is Greek?
800
According to PAWS, this is the majority of dog CJ's breed.
What is a Shih Tzu?
800
After returning from abroad in 2018, CJ began using they/them pronouns and came out as this label, falling under the transgender umbrella.
What is nonbinary?
800
A group of owls is named for this body of Commonwealth legislators.
What is a parliament?
800
In Fall 2018, CJ worked as a naturalist at Lincoln Marsh Natural Area, which has this insect as its logo.
What is a dragonfly?
800
Whether holidays or big events, CJ's nonna would regularly make tarallucci al limone, made with extract from this fruit.
What is lemon?
1200
This date, merely a few days from now, is dog CJ's adopt-iversary.
When is August 17th?
1200
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This west-side park is associated with Puerto Rican culture, and its lagoons are home to Swan Boats.
What is Humboldt Park?
1200
A group of geese is called a plump while flying close together and is called this while on the ground.
What is a gaggle?
1200
DAILY DOUBLE
CJ briefly worked in a woodshop in college, where they accidentally powersanded this, resulting in them no longer working at a woodshop.
1200
The Greco family did not have a dog until CJ moved away to college, when they adopted a small white dog named for this luxury brand.
What/who is Gucci?
1600
Often nicknamed for a breed of Shepard and designed to discourage pulling, a dog harness from this country human CJ visited is what dog CJ uses.
What is Australia?
1600
CJ began medically transitioning with HRT on September 21st of this mid-pandemic year.
When is 2021?
1600
A group of these birds is called a gulp, perhaps named because it is a synonym of their name.
What is a swallow?
1600
While working for the now-bankrupt Schuler Scholar Program, CJ worked as an academic coach with students at this Lake County high school.
What is Waukegan High School?
1600
Tattooed on their right forearm, this Bible book is also the first name of CJ’s late father.
What is John?
2000
Not quite in Leo Season but still in August, this is the date of dog CJ's birthday according to his existing microchip.
When is August 26?
2000
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CJ took their first HRT dose at this southside park near MSI, where they watched birds on the wooded island and cried on a bench in Bobalink Gardens.
What is Jackson Park?
2000
With origins in “Paradise Lost”, the word ‘pandemonium’ can refer to ‘immoral’ or ‘uncivilized’, or to a group of these psittacine birds.
What are parrots?
2000
During their time at the Illinois Institute of Technology, CJ served on a board for those appealing this type of municipal citation.
What is parking?
2000
While both are educators, CJ teaches teens at the zoo, and their sister, Hailey, teaches this elementary grade.
What is 1st Grade?