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In article <1992May16.081346.12394@midway.uchicago.edu> psd1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>Around this time each year, a list of trivia questions and various goodies 

I'm answering this as someone who was born in Chicago, grew up in the
suburbs, moved away in '84, but still read the Tribune until '90.

>Who is taller, Mayor M. Daley or WBBM's Larry Jacobsen?
>
*Larry* Jacobsen? Any relation to Walter? If so, then probably the mayor.

>What is the number of trash dumpster at the Argonne Child Care Center?
>
>Where did Enrico Fermi stay in Chicago in 1942?
>
Um, under the bleachers at Stagg Field?

>What was the purpose of the tower portion of the Water Tower?
>
It's a standpipe for the pumping station across the street. It's to help
you get more even water pressure.

>Where is the oldest building in Chicago located?
>
I forget where the new oldest building is, since they tore down the
actual oldest building in the '70s.

>Give directions to the nearest 24-hour pay phone from the information booth
>on Bailey Road near Argonne National Laboratory.
>
>Which bus won the great CTA Bus Race on May 15, 1992?
>
Who really cares?

>How many aldermen were convicted on federal bribery charges between 1970 and
>1987?
>
I don't know if I can count that high.

>What are the colors of the fire hydrant nearest to the Visitor's Reception
>Center at Argonne National Laboratory?
>
What IS this Argonne fetish? I don't go to the South Side (suburbs).


Ok, here's some more trivia. I'll start with easy ones.

Who donated the Field Museum of Natural History?

What was the Museum of Science and Industry building left over from?

Next to the Hancock is what used to be known as the Playboy building.
What was its name before that?

What was the tallest building before the Hancock was built?

What's the neighborhood built by a railroad car magnate for his workers?

Who was Dan Cook? What did they name after him?

Where is the world's largest Tiffany dome?


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