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:
Correct answer: The Alley
Candles Etc
Spencer's Gifts
Lidz
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.
Correct answer: Chicago Reader
Newcity
Chicago Reader
Illinois Entertainer
RedEye
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What caused protests in Wicker Park in 2001?
Correct answer: MTV taping "The Real World"
Defunding schools
MTV taping "The Real World"
Opening a Starbucks
Building a new bridge
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This theater debuted the show "Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind" in 1988.
Correct answer: Neo-Futurists
About Face
Steppenwolf
Neo-Futurists
Rivendell
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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.
Correct answer: Lounge Ax
Double Door
Lounge Ax
Czar Bar
Wax Trax
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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.
Correct answer: Silver Room
Silver Room
Medici's
Hyde Park Records
Mellow Yellow
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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."
Correct answer: The Wild Room
"The Wild Room"
"Cafe Bogart"
"Mambo Express"
"This Chicago Life"
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This street musician and artist famously said "rock over London, rock on Chicago" before headbutting fans.
Correct answer: Wesley Willis
Fred Armisen
Jeff Tweedy
Billy Corgan
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.
Correct answer: Lumpen
Bridgeport Daily
CHIRP
Lumpen
The Reader
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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."
Correct answer: Quimby's Bookstore
Quimby's Bookstore
The Book Stall
Anderson's Bookshop
Barbara's Bookstore
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I've always known you to be more culture than counterculture.
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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.