Kaufmann quiz: Haunted Chicago
How well do you know the haunted history of the Chicago area?
Photo: Drake Hotel/Getty Images
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What is the name of the ghost that hitchhikes along Archer Avenue between Willow Springs and Justice?
Resurrection Mary
Hitchhiking Helen
Bloody Mary
Southside Susan
Correct answer: Resurrection Mary
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This real horror story, set in Cabrini Green, was so popular it was made into not one, but two feature films.
"Cooley High"
"Candyman"
"Judgment Night"
"Blade"
Correct answer: "Candyman"
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What was the name of the theater company that threw a huge Logan Square Halloween parade and festival every year (until it folded in 2014)?
Goodman Theatre
Arts in the Dark
Congo Square
Redmoon Theater
Correct answer: Redmoon Theater
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Which one of these famous Halloween towns is an actual village in our area?
Sleepy Hollow
Eastwick
Amityville
Christmas Town
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What North Side music venue and dance club is supposedly haunted by a cleaning woman who hung herself in the 1940s.
Thalia Hall
Fireside Bowl
Empty Bottle
Metro/Smart Bar
Correct answer: Metro/Smart Bar
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What fictional town is Michael Myers from in the "Halloween" franchise?
Calumet City
Algonquin
Haddonfield
Crystal Lake
Correct answer: Haddonfield
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What's the name of the year-round Halloween-themed amusement park in Burbank?
Scary City
Spooky's
Evil Clown Town
Haunted Trails
Correct answer: Haunted Trails
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Where did the family that Chucky terrorized in the original "Child's Play" live?
Brewster Apartments in Lakeview
The Drake Hotel
The "Home Alone" house
Sears Tower
Correct answer: Brewster Apartments in Lakeview
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Why did people say Harpo Studios was haunted?
It was formerly a tuberculosis hospital.
Oprah producers went missing.
It was the building that housed dead bodies after the Eastland Disaster.
It was a former insane asylum.
Correct answer: The Eastland Disaster
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In 1994, the Bears played the Packers in the pouring rain on Halloween night. Who's halftime jersey retirement ceremony was forever ruined by the weather?
Noah Jackson
Virginia McCaskey
Dick Butkus & Gale Sayers
Walter Payton
Correct answer: Dick Butkus & Gale Sayers
Nightmare Novice: You got {number correct}/{number of questions} correct answers 😥
Good for you! You don't keep useless info about scary stories in your memory banks.
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Not bad! Not really spooky, but strong effort.
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You scare me with your knowledge of haunted history! Seriously, this was a tough quiz. Congrats!