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Edited on Mon Nov-24-03 08:57 PM by Padraig18
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.
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