Absolute Historic Places in Chicago! Quiz

Answer: The Green Mill

The Green Mill has long been one of the best places in Chicago to see live jazz, with 'Slam' Poetry a regular on Sunday nights. Created in 1907 with the name 'Pop Morse's Roadhouse', this century old treasure hasn't changed greatly since the days Al Capone and Fred Astaire used to spend their time there. Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and Al Jolson were also all acts at the venue at one time or another.

The Green Mill is located on Broadway in Uptown, Chicago. One of Al Capone's gang, Jack McGurn, was a part owner during the Prohibition era. The 1957 film "The Joker Is Wild" was inspired by one of McGurn's goons slitting the throat of a Green Mill lounge singer, Joe E Lewis (who survived, thankfully).

Answer: Tiffany

The dome was designed by Tiffany's famed chief mosaicist, J. A. Holzer, in 1897 when the building was the Chicago Public Library. Holzer created the dome using thousands of fishscale-shaped pieces of Tiffany favrile (iridescent) glass. It had been covered over from the outside for some years with a cage to protect it; the cage somewhat reduced its lustre.

In a 2000s refurbishment, the cage was removed, allowing light fluctuations to reveal its magnificence.

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant

The monument was erected by Louis T. Rebisso, whose proposal for the statue won a competition. Emigrating from Italy to America in 1857, Rebisso was a Cincinnati-based artist, who worked with architect William Le Baron Jenney to create the memorial.

The statue was dedicated in 1891, with hundreds of thousands attending the ceremonies. It has a granite base, with Grant dressed in his American Civil War uniform and stands 5.56m (18ft) tall. The statue is situated above a reflecting pool.

Answer: Dylan Thomas

Woodlawn Tap is a scruffy place that has been in business since the late-1940s. It attracts a diverse group of people from artists, construction workers, and University of Chicago students and professors; due to its proximity to the university it once had five PhD students behind the bar on occasion. Woodlawn Tap is its official name; however, Jimmy Wilson owned and ran the place for over 50 years (he passed away in 1999) and gave the bar its more commonly used name.

Thomas frequented the bar three times - all on the same day! The tap boasts a wealth of original furnishing, including an ornate wooden cash register and a guest book that bears Thomas' signature, dated March 16, 1950.

Answer: Oak Woods Cemetery

The most prominent feature of the cemetery plot, whose dimensions are roughly approximately 145m (475ft) by 84m (275ft), is the Confederate Monument, erected in 1895. It is 9 m (30 ft) high, a granite column that is topped with a bronze statue of an unnamed Confederate soldier, though the was figure based on the painting "Appomattox" by John A. Elder.

The graves of more than 4,000 soldiers (some estimate as many as 6,000 soldiers are interred there) are in the plot. The site was first used as a burial ground in 1866. The memorial also contains the Cannonball Monument, numerous plaques and a cannon.

Answer: 63rd Street Bathing Pavilion

Located in Jackson Park on Chicago's South-Side lakefront, the 63rd Street Bathing Pavilion was built to gratify the city's developing interest in water sports and beachfront activities in the early 1900s.

The 63rd Street Bathing Pavilion is made of exposed aggregate concrete in the Classical Revival style; designed by local architects, it was modelled after earlier buildings in the region, mimicking those built by the firm of D. H. Burnham and Company. Burnham's "White City" buildings were created for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.

Answer: Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park is both a neighbourhood and park. The Burwood Tap itself dates back to the repeal of Prohibition and many Victorian-era homes stood in the area when it was first developed. Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, and Lincoln Park's North Avenue was established as the city's northern boundary. Today, with urban development, that region lies to the south of the current Lincoln Park neighbourhood.

Opened in 2005, the restaurant 'Alinea', which was awarded 3 Michelin stars in 2010, is located in the Lincoln Park district.

Answer: It only sold beer from one company

This neighborhood gem, located at 9401 S. Ewing, was originally built by the Schlitz beer company in the 1920s, one of dozens of tied houses built by the company. Tied houses were part of a Prohibition era tradition, and used character architecture and quality fittings to convey an air of respectability.

However, many of the tied houses of Chicago are now in danger of losing the battle against modernisation. Indeed, the Bamboo Lounge recently had its Schlitz logo removed. Schlitz was a Milwaukee-based company which was later taken over by Strohs and is now owned by the Pabst Brewing Company.

Answer: Edgar Britton

Take a trip to Chicago Heights if you want to see an absolutely beautiful piece of architecture. This famous high school was designed by Royer, Danley and Smith, with frescoes by Edgar Britton, who was born in Nebraska.

In 1935, Britton produced a series of six frescoes at the entrance of Bloom Township High School. These were created for the Federal Arts Project of the Works Progress Administration, part of the New Deal to develop interest in the visual arts. 'Classroom Studies and Their Application' were three of the six panels installed at Bloom High.

Answer: True

Comiskey Park, a concrete-and-steel stadium, was built on the site of a former rubbish dump, and in its time, hosted four World Series and more than 6,000 major league baseball games. It was home to many baseball traditions, including that of playing the Star-Spangled Banner at baseball games, which started there in 1918. Knowing that military service personnel overseas would be listening where they could, the anthem was played as a tribute during the seventh-inning stretch of the first game of the World Series.

Bertucci's Corner, a local establishment and one of a chain of famous Italian/Mediterranean restaurants, served Chicago White Sox fans from 1930, and was known in particular for its Chicken Carlos.