Before & After
Books & Literature
2020 Bright Spots
Animals in the News
Chicago Trivia
AACVPR Trivia
100
A landmark Louisiana area featuring Bourbon Street gets a classic burger from McDonald's
What is The French Quarter Pounder
100
This 2003 book tells the story of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the story of H.H. Holmes, a criminal figure in that same time often credited as the first modern serial killer.
What is The Devil in the White City (By Erik Larson)
100
This country, led by Prime Minister Jacinda Arden, was among the first to effectively contain the spread of Coronavirus in May.
What is New Zealand?
While not led by Jacinda Ardem, Taiwan has also successfully managed COVID - with a population of 24 million, they've only had 700 cases and 7 deaths
100
This type of animal was found in the lagoons at Humboldt Park in 2019 and was affectionately named after a Chicago rapper?
What is An Alligator OR Who is Chance the Snapper 
100
What is the Chicago River famous for? Name one of two unique facts for credit.
What is Flowing Backwards OR what is the St. Patrick's Day Dyeing of the River? 
100
Which former AACVPR President is also known as the "Craw Daddy"
Who is Todd Brown?
200
1971 Clint Eastwood Movie and JK Rowling’s magical protagonist
What is Dirty Harry Potter
200
What eight episode Hulu series premiered in March of 2020, featuring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington, and was based on the winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Fiction in 2017.
What is Little Fires Everywhere (by Celeste Ng)
200
The use of this type of electronic file type increased by 50% during the pandemic
What are PDFs
200
This type of animal was recently moved from Pakistan to Cambodia amid significant media attention and and a personal appeal from Cher to have the animal moved to a new home. Hint: the specific animal was referred to as the “world’s loneliest”
What is an Elephant named Kavaan? 
200
What ultimately led to the arrest of Al Capone?
What is Tax Fraud/Tax Evasion?
200
In what year did AACVPR migrate to the new eLearning Center?
What is 2018?
300
Celestial Body of Extremely Intense Gravity That Scores an Ace in Golf
What is A Black Hole in One
300
The 1952 Novel by Ernest Hemingway that begins off the coast of Cuba and ends on the shore three days later
What is The Old Man and the Sea
300
According to a survey from Nielsen, 20% of respondents said they expanded their families by doing this between March and June, up from 5% over the same period in 2019
What is Adopting a Pet?
300
This type of insect with a rather scary name made headlines across the US when it was discovered to have arrived in Washington State earlier this year?
What is the Murder Hornet (technically called the Asian Giant Hornet)
We didn't include the photo in case you'd prefer to avoid seeing one this year!
300
What Chicago Museum was named the best museum in the world in 2014 by Trip Advisor?
What is The Art Institute of Chicago?
300
How many continuing education credits are required for CCRP recertification?
What is 60 hours of continuing education credits?
400
Radio Show/Podcast hosted by Ira Glass that will sell you a 20-year-term policy
This American Life Insurance
400
The children’s book Where the Wild Things Are was not originally about monsters. What ungulate animal was initially slated to be featured in the book instead, but was eventually replaced because Maurice Sendak claimed he was unable to draw them?
What are Horses?
Note: While Mauice Sendak himself said he was unable to draw horses, he may have changed the horses to beasts for another reason. Below is a mock-up of the original concept, where the child pulled on the tails of the horses and was then kicked into the air and out of his clothes!
400
This common pandemic hobby may see people using the words “starter” and “rise”
What is Bread Baking?
Fun fact: the increase in popularity of this hobby led to yeast and flour shortages in some parts of the country!
400
What animals at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium captured hearts during the initial March quarantine when they were featured on “field trips” throughout the aquarium?
What are penguins?
400
What dessert staple was created at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago for the 1893 World's Fair?
What is the Brownie?
400
List three AACVPR Joint Affiliate Societies.
Full list available here: https://www.aacvpr.org/Affiliate-Societies
Must list three Joint Affiliate societies for credit!
500
Horse Racing’s Biggest Trio of Events that the Queen Only Wears on Special Occasions
What is Triple Crown Jewels
500
What was Stephen King’s first published novel?
What is Carrie?
500
This fashion designer and Project Runway alum held a socially distant, masked-up fashion show in September. A few pictures from the event are below. Please name the designer. 
Who is Christian Siriano?
500
A positive news story recently came out of Utah and involved the following photos. What was the news story about?
What is the opening of a new wildlife bridge? This new bridge over a highway will likely save the lives of many animals and prevent car accidents due to animal crossings.
500
Name the famous Chicago blues musician depicted in this downtown mural in Chicago. This musician is #17 on the Rolling Stone List of 100 Greatest Artists of all time and is known as the “father of modern Chicago blues.”
Who is Muddy Waters
(McKinley Morganfield)?
500
Which of the following AACVPR Annual Meetings had the highest attendance?
A) Charleston
B) Nashville
C) Portland
D) Virtual Meeting 2020
What is the Virtual Meeting?