The Chicago Christmas Quiz-- Part 4: Take a Look at the 100 Year Predictions for 2008.

9.  The famed "Christmas Tree Ship" that sank in Lake Michigan in 1912 en route to Chicago was called the Rouse Simmons.  Who or what was Rouse Simmons?

A.  A duck dish popular among Norwegians
B.  A Kenosha businessman
C.  A Chicago alderman
D.  A poor translation of the Potawatami word for "wet"

10.  A 1908 Tribune article headlined :How Christmas Will be Celebrated One Hundred Years From Now Predicted that:

A.  Chicagoans will be visiting grandma Christmas morning at her cozy home 245 stories above the ground.
B.  Lights mounted on tall towers or on airships will illuminate every corner of the city.
C.  Cars and trains are likely to be obsolete--  "there will not be a wheeled vehicle of any kind on the streets...."  Rather, people will fly through the air or travel underground in pneumatic tubes.
D.  Christmas shoppers will be able to look at store merchandise remotely through a combination of telescope and moving picture machine by means of which you connect your room with the toy department and see the display by wire-- or perhaps by wireless."
E.  All of these.

Answers to yesterday's last post:  #6.  A,  #7.  E,  #8.  C.

Answers to today:  #9,  B,  #10  E.

As Usual, Some Interesting Stuff.  --Cooter

The Chicago Christmas Quiz-- Part 3

6.  Bears quarterback Jay Cutler is from:

A.  Santa Claus, Indiana
B.  Noel, Missouri
C.  North Pole, Alaska
D.  Christmas, Fla.

7.  The film "Home Alone" was set during Christmas in Chicago's north suburbs.  Which of these details about the film are true?

A.  The Winnetka home used in the movie sold for $1.58 million in 2012.
B.  The film features a clip from another Christmas movie, "It's a Wonderful Life."
C.  The Tribune's Gene Siskel gave the "cloying holiday comedy" only 2 stars; the Sun-Times' Roger Ebert said it was worth 2 1/2.
D.  When the filmmakers were done with their fake snow, they donated it to the Lyric Opera.
E.  All of the above

8.  John Alexander Dowie, the Scottish evangelist who founded the northern suburb of Zion, once described the story of Santa Claus as ...

A.  "a charming example of charity in these heathen-filled times"
B.  "an abomination worse than dancing or strong drink
C.  "a  shameful lie which is sapping the veracity on infant minds of the whole nation"
D.  "a harmless myth about a man with a large beard and larger sense of humanity."

Answers tomorrow.

Answers to the earlier post today   #3.  B,  #4 A,  #5.  E.

--SamefulCooter

The Chicago Christmas Quiz-- Part 2: Christmas Day and "A Christmas Song"

3.  What major Chicago event occurred on Christmas Day 1865?

A.  Mrs. O'Leary's cow was born
B.  The Union Stockyard opened
C.  The Haymarket Riot took place
D.  The Chicago Historical Society was founded.

4.  New Cubs manager Rick Renteria was born on Christmas Day 1961.  What Chicago baseball hero was born on Christmas Day 1927?

A.  Nellie Fox
B.  Ryne Sanberg
C.  Ernie Banks
D.  Luis Aparicio

5.  "The Christmas Song," known for the lyrics "chestnuts roasting on an open fire," has Chicago connections.  Co-writer Mel Torme was born here, and another Chicagoan, Nat King Cole, recorded a beloved version of the song.  Plus, it's the favorite Christmas song of a Chicagoan in the White House, Michelle Obama.  Which of these other alleged facts about the song are true?

A.    The song was written in California on a hot summer day.
B.  Torme referred to the song as "my annuity."
C.  The song has been covered by Cee Lo Green
D.  The song has been covered by Daffy Duck.
E.  All of the Above

Answers from yesterday  #1.  B   #2  A

Answers to these three will be given in the next post.

--Cootermas

The Chicago Christmas Quiz-- Part 1: Warmest and Coldest Christmases

From the December 25, 2015, Chicago Tribune by Mark Jacob.

I realize that Christmas is over (Liz even at this moment is rapidly taking down the decorations inside and I still have to get to the outside ones but snow, ice and cold say not today) but I figure I may have misplaced this by next December.

So, here goes.

1.  Which one of these Christmas characters was invented in in Chicago?

A. Ebenezer Scrooge
B.  Rudolph the Red-Nosed reindeer
C.  frosty the Snowman
D.  The Grinch


2.  The warmest and coldest Christmases recorded in Chicago came in back-to-back years--  1982 and 1983. What was the high temperature on Christmas 1982 and low on Christmas 1983?

A.  High of 64 and low of 17 below zero
B.  High of 40 and low of 10
C.  High of 55 and low of 1 below zero
D.  High of 82 and low of zero

Answers Tomorrow.  --DaCoot