Kaufmann quiz: Alt Chicago
How well do you know the city's counterculture history? Let's find out!
Photo: Double Door, 2000. Tim Boyle/Getty Images
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This clothing store/head shop went from Woodfield Mall to Lakeview, attracting punk rock customers from all over the world:
Lidz
Spencer's Gifts
The Alley
Candles Etc
Correct answer: The Alley
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This alt-weekly newspaper came in four sections and was the bible for upcoming concerts, performances and events. Also, missed connections.
RedEye
Illinois Entertainer
Newcity
Chicago Reader
Correct answer: Chicago Reader
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What caused protests in Wicker Park in 2001?
Defunding schools
MTV taping "The Real World"
Building a new bridge
Opening a Starbucks
Correct answer: MTV taping "The Real World"
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This theater debuted the show "Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind" in 1988.
Steppenwolf
Rivendell
Neo-Futurists
About Face
Correct answer: Neo-Futurists
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This Lincoln Avenue nightclub hosted everyone from Jeff Tweedy to Ani DiFranco to Phish's first show in Illinois. It closed in 2000.
Czar Bar
Wax Trax
Lounge Ax
Double Door
Correct answer: Lounge Ax
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This Hyde Park store (formerly in Wicker Park) not only sells T-shirts, jewelry and perfumes, it also hosts shows, community events and previously hosted a block party.
Silver Room
Mellow Yellow
Hyde Park Records
Medici's
Correct answer: Silver Room
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What was the name of the WBEZ radio show Ira Glass co-hosted with Gary Covino in the early 1990s? It preceded "This American Life."
"Cafe Bogart"
"The Wild Room"
"This Chicago Life"
"Mambo Express"
Correct answer: The Wild Room
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This street musician and artist famously said "rock over London, rock on Chicago" before headbutting fans.
Wesley Willis
Billy Corgan
Fred Armisen
Jeff Tweedy
Correct answer: Wesley Willis
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This alternative media company is a Bridgeport staple, producing a magazine, a radio show and even television and streaming.
Lumpen
Bridgeport Daily
The Reader
CHIRP
Correct answer: Lumpen
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This Wicker Park alternative bookstore sells small press books, comics and zines. Its website says it "favor(s) the unusual, the aberrant, the saucy and the lowbrow."
The Book Stall
Quimby's Bookstore
Barbara's Bookstore
Anderson's Bookshop
Correct answer: Quimby's Bookstore
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Not bad! This score tells me you may know now Chicago counterculture, but you respect it!
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Heck yeah! Congrats, let's all go hang out at Punkin' Donuts and see if we can get a table at Pick Me Up later.