Illinois Trivia

History

100

What year did Illinois become a state?

1818

200

Name one president that lived in Illinois

Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Ronald Reagan, or Barack Obama

300

What is the all-time low temperature for Illinois recorded on January 5, 1999 in Congerville?

a. -36 degrees        b. -10 degrees

c.  20 degrees         d. -105 degrees

a. -36 degrees

400

What is the all-time high temperature recorded on July 14, 1954 at East St. Louis?

a. 105 degrees              b. 117 degrees

c. 95 degrees        d. 89 degrees

b. 117 degrees

500

What is the average number of tornadoes that occur yearly in Illinois?

a. 35                b. 15

c. 103                d. 7

a. 35

History #2

100

What took place from Sunday, October 8, 1871, until Tuesday, October 10, 1871?

a. Chicago Fire               b. Stock Market crashed

c. O’Hare airport built       d. IL Constitution written

a. Chicago Fire

200

What date did the lights come on at Wrigley Field?

a. 2/14/2006                  b. 4/06/1908

c. 8/08/1988                       d. 7/04/1976

c. 8/08/1988

300

What is the name of the oldest community in Illinois?

a. Sycamore               b. Champaign

c. Chicago                d. Peoria

d. Peoria

400

The world’s first skyscraper (Home Industrial Building) was built in Chicago in what year?

a. 1818                    b. 1885

c. 1901                    d. 1970

b. 1885

500

Where was the first Farm Aid concert held to help out the American farmers in 1985?

a. Crystal Lake              b. Champaign

c. Carbondale              d. Hebron

b. Champaign

Name Illinois State...

100

Bird

Northern Cardinal

200

Animal

Deer

300

Fish

Bluegill

400

Insect

Monarch Butterfly

500

Snack Food

Popcorn

Name Illinois State...

100

Dance

American Folk Dance (Square Dance)

200

Flower

Blue Violet

300

Tree

White Oak

400

Vegetable

Sweet Corn

500

Nickname

The Prairie State

Random!

100

Which southern Illinois city boasts that it’s the home of Superman?

a. Carbondale                         b. Dixon

c. Matoon                  d. Metropolis

d. Metropolis

200

This city is the home of the ice cream sundae.

a. Hebron                b. Wonder Lake

c. Evanston                d. Riverdale

c. Evanston

300

The NFL’s Chicago Bears were first known as the “Staley Bears,” organized in Decatur in 1920. What year were they Super Bowl champions?

a. 1925                    b. 1985

c. 2013                    d. 1921

b. 1985

400

The first Mcdonald's opened in this Illinois town.

a. Elburn                   b. Arlington Heights

c. Aurora                   d. Des Plaines

d. Des Plaines

500

Last year, this was to most popular baby name for boys in Illinois

a.  Justin                      b. Noah

c. Michael                     d. Jacob

b. Noah