The Illinois Chronicles Bicentennial Mastermind Quiz! - What on Earth! What On Earth? Books

Illinois’ third state capital is:

Chicago
Springfield
Vandalia
Kaskaskia

The Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago’s Millennium Park is nicknamed:

The Bean
The Mirror
The Blob
The Big Apple

The home of which U.S. President can be found in Galena:

Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Ronald Reagan
Barack Obama

Who played a leading role in the campaign to allow women in Illinois to vote for U.S. President:

Bessie Coleman
Grace Wilbur Trout
Hillary Clinton
Oprah Winfrey

Fazlur Rahman Khan designed which world-famous landmark in Chicago:

The Water Tower
Navy Pier
Wrigley Field
The Willis (Sears) Tower

The current Constitution of Illinois dates from:

1776
1818
1918
1970

“Little Egypt” is located in:

Central Illinois
Southern Illinois
Chicagoland
Disneyland Park, California

The lab technician from Peoria who helped find a way of mass-producing Penicillin came to be known as:

Miserable Mary
Moldy Mary
Moaning Mary
Bloody Mary

What is Illinoisan Colonel Tibbets famous for dropping?

A baseball bat
An antique vase
A museum exhibit
An atomic bonb

Athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee won gold in the heptathlon in which Olympics Games?

Barcelona
London
Sydney
Beijing

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