Bananas
Despite looking like trees, banana plants are actually classified as this type of plant.
What is an herb?
The iconic rooftop dance scene in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off takes place on this Chicago landmark building.
What is the Sears Tower?
This is currently the most popular month for weddings in the U.S., according to surveys.
What is October?
This traditional Polish soup, made from fermented rye, is a staple at holidays and some Polish-American tables.
What is żurek?
This suburb’s name comes from the French word for “marsh.”
What is Des Plaines?
What is a finger?
This 1980 action movie features a jazz musician turned vigilante, famously chasing criminals through Chicago’s streets.
What is The Blues Brothers?
In modern weddings, this phrase replaced the traditional “obey” in many ceremonies.
This Chicago street, nicknamed the “Polish Broadway,” was famous for theaters, bakeries, and Polish shops in the 20th century.
What is Division Street?
This neighborhood was once an independent town before being annexed by Chicago in 1889.
What is Hyde Park?
Despite popular belief, bananas qualify as this type of fruit, while strawberries technically do not.
What is a berry?
This 1983 film starring Tom Cruise features a high school student who turns his bedroom into a cinematic escape in suburban Chicago.
What is Risky Business?
In medieval England, wedding dress’s were this color, symbolizing modesty and wealth?
What is black?
This Chicago church, built by Polish immigrants in the 19th century, is known for its towering Gothic spires and nickname “the Polish Cathedral.”
What is St. Mary of the Angels?
This downtown street was raised by several feet in the 1850s—buildings included—to improve drainage.
What is Lake Street?
Although bananas are radioactive, eating them doesn’t increase radiation risk because the body tightly regulates this nutrient.
What is potassium?
This 2007’s action-packed blockbuster features giant robots battling in downtown Chicago, leading to massive destruction of the city.
What is Transformers?
During the Victorian era, this fruit was considered a symbol of fertility and was often carried in bouquets or incorporated into wedding décor.
What is a pomegranate?
Each year on the first Sunday in October, Chicagoans celebrate this Polish revolutionary hero.
Who is Casimir Pulasky?
This unexpected event in 1992 revealed the existence of Chicago’s underground freight tunnels.
What is the Chicago Flood of 1992?
The inside of a banana peel can be used for this surprising household beauty trick.
What is whitening teeth?
What is Gotham City?
Brides wearing white at weddings began with this British monarch in 1840.
Who is Queen Victoria?
Polish Americans have made major contributions to U.S. politics; this Polish-born cardinal became the first non-Italian pope in 455 years, influencing Polish pride in the U.S. during the 20th century.
Who is Pope John Paul II?
What is World War II?