Question of the day
Tuesday, May 22, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller
By Hannah Meisel
* I saw on Twitter that today’s episode of Jeopardy! served up a category called “Illinois at 200.” So I fast-forwarded through the first half so you don’t have to! (Spoiler: they were quite easy, so I was a little disappointed)…
$200 question:
Illinois has 63 miles of coastline along this great lake.
- What is Lake Michigan?
$400 question:
Completed in 1973, it was the world’s tallest building until 1996.
- What is the Sears Tower?
$600 question (and the Daily Double):
This official slogan of Illinois honors a man who moved there at age 21.
- What is the “Land of Lincoln?”
$800 question:
Nauvoo briefly became Illinois’ largest city after this Mormon leader and his followers began settling there in 1839.
- Who is “Joseph Smith?”
$1,000 question:
In 1942 at the University of Chicago, this Italian-American achieved the first controlled nuclear chain reaction.
- Who is Enrico Fermi?
* The Question: Your favorite Illinois trivia?
- A guy - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:19 pm:
The symbolism of the Chicago Flag, both stars and stripes…and why six point stars?
- Anyone Remember - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:27 pm:
Cairo, Illinois is further South than Richmond Virginia and halfway between Chicago and Jackson, MS.
- Johnny Tractor - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:27 pm:
What part of Illinois is located west of the Mississippi River?
- Anonymous - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:29 pm:
The silo was invented in Illinois
- Keyrock - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:29 pm:
The county seat of Lincoln County.
- Arthur Andersen - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:30 pm:
John Deere’s invention of the steel plow drew many immigrant farmers from Germany and Sweden to Illinois, including AA’s forebearers.
- Earnest - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:31 pm:
What Illinois town, in the late 1930s, made a claim to being the world’s largest inland grain shipping port? Bonus: this town was also the subject of the book: Elmtown’s Youth. Morris, IL
- Anonymous - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:31 pm:
A. This parcel of land lies on the western shore of the Mississippi but is still part of the State of Illinois and was its first capitol.
Q. What is Kaskaskia?
- Grandson of Man - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:36 pm:
Who was the first Beatle to come to America?
George Harrison, who visited his sister in Illinois.
- Robert the 1st - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:38 pm:
Nice Johnny. I never knew about Kaskaskia.
- Chris Widger - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:39 pm:
A trivia website I frequent had a wonderful one-day quiz on Illinois; if you follow this link, you’ll see twelve great questions on the right-hand side.
https://learnedleague.com/oneday.php?illinois
- ChrisB - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:41 pm:
Schoolkids across Illinois know THIS Revolutionary War General’s birthday is in March.
-Who is Casimir Pulaski?
- VanillaMan - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:42 pm:
Ulysses Grant’s home is located in what Illinois mining town?
-Galena, Illinois
The largest US city before the arrival of European settlers was which city in Illinois?
-Cahokia
- Tom - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:46 pm:
Land from the “Illinois Military Tract” was giving to veterans of what war? What is War of 1812?
- 47th Ward - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:47 pm:
A: Illinois joins Louisiana and New Jersey as the top states for what infamous distinction?
Q: What are states with the most FBI Public Corruption Units?
- IllinoisBoi - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:50 pm:
Q: Trump’s Florida retreat, Mar-a-Lago, was built by what Springfield native and breakfast cereal heiress?
A: Marjorie Merriweather Post.
- VanillaMan - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:50 pm:
Which Illinois community is named after an American automobile? - Ford Heights
- VanillaMan - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 5:01 pm:
This Freeport Illinois movie screenwriter was the first American movie columnist, and Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood archrival. - Louella Parsons
- VanillaMan - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 5:04 pm:
This Illinoisan was Hollywood’s first million dollar movie actor in 1940, - Ronald Reagan
- wordslinger - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 5:05 pm:
Before he was elected president (and the war, of course), Lincoln worked as a lawyer for the Illinois Central Railroad, headed by George McClellan.
They had a different, rather bumpier history in the years following.
- Texas Red - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 5:18 pm:
We are #1 in pumpkin production
https://www.ilfbpartners.com/family/illinois-the-great-pumpkin-state/
- Six Degrees of Separation - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 5:20 pm:
===Lincoln worked as a lawyer for the Illinois Central Railroad===
Which, when it was built, was the longest continuous rail line in the world. Cairo to Galena, with a “branch line” to the upstart city, Chicago. Today most of the original line between Centralia and Freeport is gone, with the “branch line” being the part that survived and became most successful.
- Skirmisher - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 5:33 pm:
The last French citidal in North America to surrender to Great Britain.
Answer: Ft. de Chartres, in Randolph County in 1765.
- Nitemayor - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 5:33 pm:
A:the first railroad Abraham Lincoln represented
Q:what was the Alton and Sangamon? (Later the Chicago and Alton).
- anon2 - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 5:51 pm:
Which US Senator from Illinois was indispensable in the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?
- DuPage Saint - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 6:02 pm:
What gubernatorial candidate’s spouse designed the chapel for the Airforce Acadamy?
Dawn Clark Netche
- Anonymous - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 6:13 pm:
Anon2. Who is Ev Dirksen.
- stlboy - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 6:55 pm:
Where is the tallest geyser in the United States?
East St. Louis, Illinois across from the Gateway Arch. The Gateway Geyser, on a no wind day, is capable of shooting 600′ in the air.
- RNUG - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 6:55 pm:
A: The start of westbound RT-66
Q: What is Jackson and Lake Shore Drive?
Or alternatively, what is Buckingham Fountain?
- RNUG - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 6:58 pm:
Anon / Anon2
Also:
Q: Who said: A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you’re talking real money.
- @misterjayem - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 7:03 pm:
“The Question: Your favorite Illinois trivia?”
The S is silent.
– MrJM
- BlueDogDem - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 7:04 pm:
RNUG. Me?
- jwk - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 7:20 pm:
what southern illinois town turned down Chicago for a loan answer Shaunetown.
- Huh? - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 8:00 pm:
Best town by a dam site.
What is Henry.
What is title of book.
- Gooner - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 9:13 pm:
The one that gets me involves my own neighborhood.
This famous event occurred at what was then the CBS studios at at McClurg and Ontario in Chicago.
Answer: The first televised presidential debate, between Nixon and JFK.
- JoanP - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 9:37 pm:
Despite never earning more than $30,000 a year, this Illinois pol left an estate worth over $4.5 million dollars.
Who is Paul Powell?
- Bigtwich - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 10:05 pm:
Who said: A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you’re talking real money.
Dirksen. An honorable man. Well deserved statue on the Capitol grounds.
- BlueDogDem - Wednesday, May 23, 18 @ 3:59 am:
Who makes the best cheeseburger in Illinois?
A. Wally’s. Breese
- SOIL M - Wednesday, May 23, 18 @ 8:32 am:
This bar held liquor license No. 1 in IL after prohibition.
A: Smith and Groves, Cairo
- SOIL M - Wednesday, May 23, 18 @ 8:37 am:
At the time, this bridge was the largest and most expensive ever undertaken in the United States. At 10,580 feet (3,220 m), it was the longest metallic structure in the world. Its total length was 20,461 ft (6,237 m) including wooden approach trestles. Its construction completed the first rail link between Chicago and New Orleans and revolutionized north-south rail travel along the Mississippi River.[3]
- Alex - Wednesday, May 23, 18 @ 8:40 am:
This Illinois town was the site of the first every Memorial Day service?
What is Carbondale.
- Anonimity - Wednesday, May 23, 18 @ 8:59 am:
This Illinois town, named after the Latin word for “lead ore” once produced 80% of the country’s lead.
What is Galena.
- Montrose - Wednesday, May 23, 18 @ 8:59 am:
What state is the nation’s largest producer of horseradish?
- ChrisB - Wednesday, May 23, 18 @ 9:07 am:
These two Illinois Politicians have congressional office buildings named after them.
-Everett Dirken and Joseph Cannon