Are you a true Chicagoan?

[vancouver]

This was mailed to me today.

To say, I have never been to Chicago, I must have scored well to be labelled a Surburbanite. :D

You are a Suburbanite. You know some stuff about the city, but maybe it's been colored by your suburban fear of urban life, or you just haven't cared enough about your neighboring metropolis to investigate. Maybe you should.


http://quizilla.com/users/roolet/quizzes/Are%20You%20a%20True%20Chicagoan%3F

[Opposite Lock]

If you're a "True Chicagoan", you can complete this series:

Paulina, Melvina, and ____. :)

btw, I only got a 3.91 - where are the "correct" answers? :confused:

[chop456]

If you're a "True Chicagoan", you can complete this series:

Paulina, Melvina, and ____. :)



Lunt. :D

[G.]

You are a true Chicagoan! You've probably lived here for a long time, or are thoroughly obsessed with the city and its history. Congratulations! Maybe you should run for office.

Don't know the "right" kind of people to run for office.

Have run FROM office(rs) a few times. ;)

[tllips]

You are a true Chicagoan! You've probably lived here for a long time, or are thoroughly obsessed with the city and its history. Congratulations! Maybe you should run for office.


I guess that I should score well since I have lived in the area my whole life.

[vancouver]

They didn't provide the correct answers.

What really did cause the Great Fire of Chicago, anyways? :confused:

Didn't have time to google it.

[tllips]

They didn't provide the correct answers.

What really did cause the Great Fire of Chicago, anyways? :confused:

Didn't have time to google it.

Legend says Mrs. O'Leary's cow knocked over a lantern.

They now believe it was started by some guys throwing dice in her barn. I think the main suspect is Peg Leg O'Sullivan.

[Easy]

The legend is that Mrs. O'Leary's cow knocked over a lantern starting the great fire. That is up for debate though.

Damn, beat me to it.

[Dr. Corkski]

You are a true Chicagoan! You've probably lived here for a long time, or are thoroughly obsessed with the city and its history. Congratulations! Maybe you should run for office. :laugh:

Must be all the undergrads here. :gomer:

[IlliniRacer]

Sez I'm from over by der! Think I'll get a hot beef and a pop.


You are a true Chicagoan! You've probably lived here for a long time, or are thoroughly obsessed with the city and its history. Congratulations! Maybe you should run for office.

Grew up 100 miles south of Chicago. The greatest city in the world. Even named my oldest son "Addison"

[Ankf00]

Sez I'm from over by der! Think I'll get a hot beef and a pop.

you mean some roast beef and coke? :saywhat: :D :p


You are a true Chicagoan! You've probably lived here for a long time, or are thoroughly obsessed with the city and its history. Congratulations! Maybe you should run for office.

3 stopovers at Midawy and 1 at O'Hare paid off :gomer:

so who is Dan Ryan? and is that the right highway to O'Hare? and was it the botanical collection or library? and what river flows backwards and wtf did you guys do that?!

[G.]

and what river flows backwards and wtf did you guys do that?!The Chicago river, and the the stinky goes out into the lake, and doesn't fester inland.

[Sean O'Gorman]

http://serio.quizilla.com/user_images/R/roolet/1077087158_ruechicago.gif

And I've only been there once. But now that I think about it, I do recall that I voted twice on election day back in '04...

[Opposite Lock]

(oh, to have had the Wiki during that Chicago History class in 1983, when I had to look in actual books for this stuff…)

the Chicago River reversal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_river
for more about the engineering – click the Canal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Sanitary_and_Ship_Canal

btw, Sean, my boss wishes to extend his appreciation for your votes, and hopes you enjoyed da lovely fruit basket dat was sent to yous.

While the Hancock is a beautiful building, the photo from the quiz doesn’t quite do the whole skyline justice. But it is from a nice vantage point in Streeterville, an historically rich area named after the irascible boat-owning Captain George Streeter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_George_Streeter

[tllips]

The Chicago river, and the the stinky goes out into the lake, and doesn't fester inland.


Actually, its the other way around. The river used to flow into the lake, but all sewage was dumped into the river and all drinking water came from the lake. If the river flows into the lake, the drinking water becomes contaminated. :eek:

They reversed the flow of the river so the sewage would flow away from the drinking water source and they moved the drinking water intakes out 1 mile from shore. (The intakes are called cribs)

[RTKar]

<- True Chicagoan....bang,bang

WGN, Ray Raynor,Cuddly Duddly Bozo's circus at noon, Kessinger, Beckert to Banks, school field trips to the museums, Bobby Hull, Dollar Bill Wirtz :mad: , GREAT running backs, lake effect snow, lake breeze, Jazz Fest, Blues Fest, "The Old Barn",quick out parking at the Stadium,seeing both the Cubs & Sox games in the same day, sport team futility, when XRT was outstanding, the Metro (smart bar), The Vic, the bleachers, Jack Brickhouse, Demon Dogs,many many great bars...my kind of town.

[SteveH]

True Chicagoan also. Was the 999th person to take the quiz, or the field is maxed out at 999.

[Gangrel]

You are a true Chicagoan! You've probably lived here for a long time, or are thoroughly obsessed with the city and its history. Congratulations! Maybe you should run for office.

Born and raised in the suburbs by a family of true Chicagoans. 6 years living on the North Side. Woo-hoo!

Oh, and for the rest of you....for God's sake, Chicago style pizza is NOT deep dish!!! That's just what the tourist industry wants you to think! :D

[Gangrel]

...Bobby Hull...
Hell yeah!

...GREAT running backs...
R.I.P #34 :(

...sport team futility...
Not anymore...

...when XRT was outstanding...
WLUP, WCKG, Johnny B, Kev Matthews, Steve Dahl, and for God's sake, get Mancow the hell out of there!!!!

...the Metro (smart bar), The Vic...
...the Dome Room (R.I.P.), The Aragon Brawlroom, The Admiral Theater :D

...Demon Dogs...
R.I.P. :(
Girtie's Ice Cream, Lindy's Chilli, Home Run Inn, Huck Finn Donuts...

...my kind of town.
Can I have a HELL YEAH!!!

[Fitti Fan]

Tri tip and a Pepsi please.

[vancouver]

What is the last question all about?

[IlliniRacer]

Oh, and for the rest of you....for God's sake, Chicago style pizza is NOT deep dish!!! That's just what the tourist industry wants you to think! :D

AMEN!!!!!

Observe ----

http://featuredfoods.com/a-store/graphics/GINO-02.jpg

THIS IS REAL PIZZA
Gino's East (http://featuredfoods.com/cgi-local/SoftCart.exe/a-store/c-GinoAns_East.shtml?L+scstore+bpfz5396ginosffa9c0a9 )

[Gangrel]

AMEN!!!!!

Observe ----

http://featuredfoods.com/a-store/graphics/GINO-02.jpg

THIS IS REAL PIZZA
Gino's East (http://featuredfoods.com/cgi-local/SoftCart.exe/a-store/c-GinoAns_East.shtml?L+scstore+bpfz5396ginosffa9c0a9 )

Umm....real Chicago style pizza is thin crust with kind of a spicy sauce in large pies cut into squares. Even Gino's is part of the problem on this one...

See Baracco's, Palarmo's, Aurelio's, Falco's....That's Chicago style pizza. The deep dish crap didn't get to this city until Pizzaria Uno opened here in 1943. Chicago style pizza goes back way further than that. Trust me, so do my parents. See this link, just take with a grain of salt what they say about Deep Dish and Stuffed.

http://www.answers.com/topic/chicago-style-pizza

[G.]

Actually, its the other way around. The river used to flow into the lake, but all sewage was dumped into the river and all drinking water came from the lake. If the river flows into the lake, the drinking water becomes contaminated. :eek:

They reversed the flow of the river so the sewage would flow away from the drinking water source and they moved the drinking water intakes out 1 mile from shore. (The intakes are called cribs)
Thanks for pointing out that I had it backwards.

(now let's see how long you can go without garbage services... grumble, grumble) ;)

[JLMannin]

Aurelio's is my favorite! The one in Joliet is the best in my opinion. The one in Frankfort has never been as good - too much sugar in the crust. The one in Macomb, Illinois is very good as well. For deep dish and/or stuffed pizza, I like Nancy's or Connie's.


Umm....real Chicago style pizza is thin crust with kind of a spicy sauce in large pies cut into squares. Even Gino's is part of the problem on this one...

See Baracco's, Palarmo's, Aurelio's, Falco's....That's Chicago style pizza. The deep dish crap didn't get to this city until Pizzaria Uno opened here in 1943. Chicago style pizza goes back way further than that. Trust me, so do my parents. See this link, just take with a grain of salt what they say about Deep Dish and Stuffed.

http://www.answers.com/topic/chicago-style-pizza

[JLMannin]

You are a true Chicagoan! You've probably lived here for a long time, or are thoroughly obsessed with the city and its history. Congratulations! Maybe you should run for office.


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[chop456]

7The one in Macomb, Illinois is very good as well.

This may be the first reported incident of anything good in Morecorn, IL.

[JLMannin]

This may be the first reported incident of anything good in Morecorn, IL.

I know what you mean. Macomb was definately not a destination, but was along the way from where we lived at the time (Hamilton, Illinois- across the river from Keokuk IA) to where our parents lived.