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100

This style of journalistic writing calls for arranging information in descending order of importance, meaning the most important information at the top and the least important at the bottom.

What is the inverted-pyramid style?

100

The country where DePaul's namesake, St. Vincent de Paul, is from.

What is France?

100

This Chicago newspaper is among the top 10 in the country in terms of overall subscribers and print circulation.

What is the Chicago Tribune? 

100

This founder of Chicago is also the namesake of the city's famous scenic drive.

Who is Jean Baptiste Point du Sable?

100

DePaul alum Joe Keery, who performs under the name Djo, recently had his first Hot 100 hit with "End of Beginning." But he is most well-known for starring in this show.

What is Stranger Things?

200

A print journalist might be accused of this type of defamation.

What is libel?

200

The number of colleges DePaul has.

What is 10?

200

Her newspaper, The Free Speech, was ransacked and destroyed in Memphis, Tennessee because of her reporting on and criticism of lynchings in the South. 

Who is Ida B. Wells?

200

This rapper became the first male solo rap artist to win the Grammy award for "Best New Artist" in 2013.

Who is Chance the Rapper?

200

This international pop star in 2022 topped the most streamed artist list on Spotify and won a WWE Wrestling Title.

Who is Bad Bunny?

300

This story was the result of reporting by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.

What is Watergate?

300

This DePaul alum has often starred alongside Will Ferrell on the big screen.

Who is John C. Reilly?

300

The Chicago Tribune company founded WGN in 1918, an abbreviation that stands for this.

What is "World's Greatest Newspaper"? 

300

This pizzeria is widely credited with inventing deep dish pizza.

What is Pizzeria Uno?

300

As of 2023, this woman was the highest grossing female artist of all time, even ahead of Taylor Swift and Beyonce.

Who is Madonna?

400

A term given to a style of journalism in the 19th century that sensationalized the news.

What is yellow journalism?

400

This was the year DePaul men's basketball team appeared in its first NCAA Final Four.

What is 1943?

400

This influential Black-owned newspaper founded the Bud Biliken Day Parade and published the works of literary luminaries like Gwendolyn Brooks.

What is the Chicago Defender?

400

At over 4.3 million square feet, this was the largest building in the world when it was built in 1930.

What is Merchandise Mart?

400

Best Actor nominee Bradley Cooper was nominated for his role in the film Maestro about this famous American composer.

Who is Leonard Bernstein? 

500

This trailblazing 19th-century journalist gained fame and notoriety for infiltrating an asylum to report on the mistreatment of women at the facility.

Who is Nellie Bly?

500

The original name of DePaul University when it was founded in 1898.

What is St. Vincent's College?

500
The Chicago Sun-Times was formed in 1948 when these two papers merged. 

What are the Chicago Sun and the Chicago Daily Times?

500

This amusement park attraction debuted for the first time at the World's Fair in 1893.

What is the Ferris wheel?
500

This band was slated to headline Lollapalooza in 1994 but had to withdraw after the death of a band member.

Who is Nirvana?