Q 01/05

Which US city is nicknamed the Windy City?

A) Chicago

B) Oklahoma City

C) Buffalo

D) Boston

Answer · why

A) Chicago

It has also been called Second City and City of the Big Shoulders, and it built the world's first steel-skeleton skyscraper in 1885.

Q 02/05

Which city's engineers reversed its namesake river so sewage would flow away from Lake Michigan?

A) Chicago

B) Milwaukee

C) Cleveland

D) Gary

Answer · why

A) Chicago

The lake was the city's drinking water; the fix sent the waste toward the Mississippi instead. Chicago is also home to the world's first steel-skeleto...

Q 03/05

Which city is known as the Big Easy?

A) Memphis

B) New Orleans

C) Savannah

D) Charleston

Answer · why

B) New Orleans

Its other nickname, Crescent City, comes from the bend of the Mississippi around it.

Q 04/05

Which city is called the Motor City?

A) Flint

B) Cleveland

C) Indianapolis

D) Detroit

Answer · why

D) Detroit

It also gave the world Motown and techno, and in 2013 became the largest US city ever to file for bankruptcy.

Q 05/05

Seattle's Space Needle was built for what 1962 event?

A) A World's Fair

B) Washington's statehood centennial

C) The Winter Olympics

D) Boeing's 50th anniversary

Answer · why

A) A World's Fair

The Century 21 Exposition also gave the city its monorail; Seattle's official nickname changed from Queen City to Emerald City in 1982.