Staff!
Illinois Symbols
Fires
Pokemon
Clouds
100

What staff member is also an environmental education leader and naturalist?

Connor!

100

What "red bird" is the state bird of Illinois, in addition to six other US states?

Cardinal

100

The Great Fire of September 2, 1666, burned down large portions of what capital of England and of the UK?

London

100

What two types is Bulbasaur, number 1 in the Pokedex?

Grass/poison

100

True or false? Clouds can form on other planets beside Earth.

True! (all except Mercury in our solar system)

200

What staff member did archery in high school?

Jerny!

200

Since it took up over a third of our land area last year, its fitting that what is our state grain?

Corn

200

September 20, 1776 marks the start date of a fire that burned through portions of what major city that is NOT the capital of New York?

New York City
200

What can evolve into Pikachu, and what can Pikachu evolve into?

Picchu and Raichu

200

What do you call a stratus cloud that is very close to the ground, making it hard to see?

Fog (mist acceptable)

300

What staff member was formerly a storm chaser?

Jackie!

300

Illinois produces the most of what squash that are included in our state pie?

Pumpkin

300

Seeking to deny shelter to Napoleon, what capital of Russia was purposefully set on fire in September 1814?

Moscow

300

What Pokemon type is the move "Acid Armor"?

Poison

300

What cloud, named for its shape, has the potential to turn into a tornado if it touches down?

Funnel cloud

400

What staff member went to Arizona State University?

Katelyn

400

Named for a rush for shiny resources in California, what is our state apple?

Gold Rush

400

On September 5, 1881, one of the largest wildfires in American history started, burning over a million acres in the thumb of what state shaped like a mitten?

Michigan

400

How many Pokemon types are there?

Eighteen (Bug, dark, dragon, electric, fairy, fighting, fire, flying, ghost, grass, ground, ice, normal, poison, psychic, rock, steel, water)

400

The flat top of a cumulonimbus cloud, associated with thunderstorms, is shaped like what blacksmith's tool?

Anvil

500

What staff member came here from Utah?

Thea!

500

What mysterious creature is the state fossil of Illinois?

Tullimonstrum/Tully Monster

500

On September 17, 2015, a tanker truck exploded and caused a fire in Juba, the capital of what country that gained its independence from Sudan in 2011?

South Sudan

500

What Pokemon has forms from Kanto, Alola, and Galar, and can also Gigantamax?

Meowth

500

Clouds typically form in what part of Earth's atmosphere? The troposphere, stratosphere, or mesosphere?

Troposphere