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Test Your Chicago News Knowledge with Our November News Quiz
Meredith Francis
November 30, 2023
Credit: Michael Izquierdo for WTTW News
<section data-block="MultipleChoice"><h2></h2><p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt">The high-profile corruption trial of former Alderman Ed Burke began this month. When did FBI agents first raid Burke’s offices?</span></p></p><ul><li>2018</li><li>2019</li><li>2020</li><li>2021</li></ul></section><section data-block="MultipleChoice"><h3></h3><p><p>A CTA crash left 23 people injured after a train derailed when it struck construction equipment. Which train line was it?</p></p><ul><li>Red</li><li>Purple</li><li>Yellow</li><li>Green</li></ul></section><section data-block="MultipleChoice"><h3></h3><p><p>True or false? Chicago City Council did not approve Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2024 budget.</p></p><ul><li>True</li><li>False</li></ul></section><section data-block="MultipleChoice"><h3></h3><p><p>This month, the Chicago Cubs hired Craig Counsell to be the team’s new manager. From which team is Counsell departing?</p></p><ul><li>Detroit Tigers</li><li>Milwaukee Brewers</li><li>St. Louis Cardinals </li><li>Minnesota Twins </li></ul></section><section data-block="MultipleChoice"><h3></h3><p><p>An earthquake struck about 100 miles from Chicago in Standard, Illinois on November 15. What was the quake’s magnitude?</p></p><ul><li>3.2</li><li>3.4</li><li>3.6</li><li>3.8</li></ul></section><section data-block="MultipleChoice"><h3></h3><p><p>Chicago City Council voted this month to guarantee Chicago workers paid time off. How many days off are guaranteed under the new measure?</p></p><ul><li>5</li><li>8</li><li>10</li><li>15</li></ul></section><section data-block="MultipleChoice"><h3></h3><p><p>True or false: According to police, Chicago is on track for a decline in shootings and homicides in 2023.</p></p><ul><li>True</li><li>False</li></ul></section><section data-block="MultipleChoice"><h3></h3><p><p>Chicago’s iconic seafood spot, Calumet Fisheries, suffered extensive damage after a fire broke out in the building’s roof. When did Calumet Fisheries first open?</p></p><ul><li>1948</li><li>1958</li><li>1968</li><li>1978</li></ul></section><section data-block="MultipleChoice"><h3></h3><p><p>Chicago put out its annual call for the city’s official Christmas tree back in September, and the De La Cruz family of Darien answered with their Colorado Blue Spruce. How tall is the tree?</p></p><ul><li>35 feet</li><li>40 feet</li><li>45 feet</li><li>50 feet</li></ul></section><section data-block="MultipleChoice"><h3></h3><p><p>An animal at the Brookfield Zoo had a rare, so-called “virgin birth.” What animal was it?</p></p><ul><li>Frilled lizard </li><li>Blanding’s turtle </li><li>Ball python</li><li>Epaulette shark</li></ul></section>
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