Geography DU-ers: Illinois quiz--- test your wits!

[Padraig18]

Although I'm not native-born, like Abraham Lincoln I have come to love deeply my adopted state and it's peoples. As a result, I'm fascinated by it's history, geography, etc., and do a great deal of reading about all things 'Illinoisan'.

That said, let's get on with the questions; I'll post the correct answers and the source later on.

1.) When did Illinois become a state?

2.) What is now on the site of the O'Leary cottage in Chicago?

3.) What are the three nicknames for Illinois?

4.) What rank among the states is Illinois in corn production?

5.) Where does Illinois rank in agricultural exports?

6.) Where does Illinois rank in manufactured goods exports?

7.) In which Chicago park is a famous statue of Abraham Lincoln located?

8.) What is the southermost city in Illinois?

9.) What is the northernmost city in Illinois?

10.) Where is the terminus (city) of The National Road, which started in Cumberland, MD?

11.) What gift did King Louis XV of France make to the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Kaskaskia Island, the 1st such item west of the Appalachians?

12.) Near what city are Abraham Lincoln's father and step-mother buried?

13.) What is the only town in the US named for a future President?

14.) What were the only 2 public buildings to survive the Chiago Fire?

15.) What part of Illinois lies west of the Mississippi River?

Have fun! :hi:

[pmbryant]

1. My home state. Let's see how I do...

1.) When did Illinois become a state? 1818

2.) What is now on the site of the O'Leary cottage in Chicago? ???

3.) What are the three nicknames for Illinois? Land of Lincoln, Prairie State, and Flatland (Ok, I couldn't think of the 3rd one.)

4.) What rank among the states is Illinois in corn production? First! (Wild guess)

5.) Where does Illinois rank in agricultural exports? Second (Wild guess)

6.) Where does Illinois rank in manufactured goods exports? Fourth (Completely wild guess)

7.) In which Chicago park is a famous statue of Abraham Lincoln located? Grant Park (What famous status of Lincoln??? Lincoln Park would be too obvious.)

8.) What is the southermost city in Illinois? Cairo

9.) What is the northernmost city in Illinois? Zion (Probably tied with a whole bunch of others.)

10.) Where is the terminus (city) of The National Road, which started in Cumberland, MD? ??? (Never heard of The National Road)

11.) What gift did King Louis XV of France make to the Chruch of the Immaculate Conception on Kaskaskia Island, the 1st such item west of the Appalachians? ??? (I've hit a rut here. :-( )

12.) Near what city are Abraham Lincoln's father and step-mother buried? Springfield (Educated guess)

13.) What is the only town in the US named for a future President? ??? (Probably not East St. Louis, I'd guess.)

14.) What were the only 2 public buildings to survive the Chiago Fire? The water tower and the other water facility right across the street (Educated guess)

15.) What part of Illinois lies west of the Mississippi River? ??? (Again, probably not East St. Louis.)


Guess I didn't do too well.....

:shrug:

--Peter

[Padraig18]

2. You got 4 of them right!

Not saying which 4, though. :hi:

[papau]

3. bad memories of evil tests on state and county history in grade school

Chicago Fire Academy is at the O'Leary site

I'll take one correct - and run!

:-)

Do we consider the 14 thousand acre Kaskaskia Island as west of the Mississippi - I guess so.

as to Lincoln statue - which is famous among the five?

Lincoln Park - Standing Lincoln
Garfield Park - The Railsplitter ,
Senn Park -Young Lincoln
Lincoln Square has the "Chicago Lincoln"
Grant Park has the Sitting Lincoln

[Padraig18]

4. And 2 correct for you!

:hi:

[papau]

5. I added all the statues I know of on edit

But this could be worse

Waukegan - meaning little fort

Chicago - meaning marsh that stinks from onion weed

sigh....

:-)

and you could have asked about the Milwaukee Road RR.

or the fact that the old train from Waukegan to Chicago (not the NorthWestern!!!!) was heated by a tiny coal furnace that they stopped firing up in the 50's - it was cold!

[Padraig18]

6. The Grant Park one.

Bonus question: Where is the most famous Grant statue in Chicago located?

[papau]

7. cute: :-)

and it is the most famous - cause it is the only one I know - as in Lincoln Park!

Now - we need a test your Cub knowledge exam!

but I am too old for this - it is tiring to recall how old one is!

:-)

[Padraig18]

8. Hehe!

:)

[Padraig18]

9. Prime-time kick

:dem:

[Padraig18]

10. The answers:

1.) When did Illinois become a state? 1818.

2.) What is now on the site of the O'Leary cottage in Chicago? The Chicago Fire Department's Training Aacademy.

3.) What are the three nicknames for Illinois? "Land of Lincoln", "Inland Empire" and "The Prairie State".

4.) What rank among the states is Illinois in corn production? 2nd only to Iowa, most years; some years 1st.

5.) Where does Illinois rank in agricultural exports? 1st in the nation.

6.) Where does Illinois rank in manufactured goods exports? 2nd only to CA.

7.) In which Chicago park is a famous statue of Abraham Lincoln located? Grant Park.

8.) What is the southermost city in Illinois? Cairo, at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

9.) What is the northernmost city in Illinois? East Dubuque.

10.) Where is the terminus (city) of The National Road, which started in Cumberland, MD? Vandalia, IL, at the "Madonna of the Trail" memorial.

11.) What gift did King Louis XV of France make to the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Kaskaskia Island, the 1st such item west of the Appalachians? A cast bronze bell, renamed 'The Liberty Bell of the West', following the Revoultionary War.

12.) Near what city are Abraham Lincoln's father and step-mother buried? Charleston, in Coles County; they are buried at the Shiloh Presbyterian Church cemetery.

13.) What is the only town in the US named for a future President? Lincoln, after young lawyer Abraham Lincoln, who drew up the legal documents in 1837.

14.) What were the only 2 public buildings to survive the Chicago Fire? The Water Tower and Pumping House, adjacent to it.

15.) What part of Illinois lies west of the Mississippi River? Kaskaskia Island, which became separated from the mainland when the Mississippi changed course.

:)