Q 01/05

The 1893 fair marked the 400th anniversary of what?

A) The Declaration of Independence

B) Columbus's 1492 landing

C) The founding of Chicago

D) The Louisiana Purchase

Answer · why

B) Columbus's 1492 landing

The centrepiece pool in Jackson Park represented the voyage itself.

Q 02/05

What was the fair's official name?

A) Centennial Exposition

B) Pan-American Exposition

C) World's Columbian Exposition

D) Louisiana Purchase Exposition

Answer · why

C) World's Columbian Exposition

The others were the Philadelphia 1876, Buffalo 1901 and St. Louis 1904 fairs.

Q 03/05

What nickname did the fairgrounds earn from their gleaming façades?

A) Silver City

B) White City

C) Emerald City

D) Crystal City

Answer · why

B) White City

Critics sniffed that the neoclassical buildings were just "decorated sheds".

Q 04/05

The fair's Ferris wheel was designed to rival which structure from the 1889 Paris fair?

A) Arc de Triomphe

B) Crystal Palace

C) Eiffel Tower

D) Galerie des Machines

Answer · why

C) Eiffel Tower

At 264 feet it was the tallest attraction in Chicago, though far short of the 1,063-foot tower.

Q 05/05

Where in Chicago was the fair held?

A) Jackson Park

B) Lincoln Park

C) Grant Park

D) Washington Park

Answer · why

A) Jackson Park

The swampy site was returned to parkland afterwards in far better shape than before.