Kaufmann quiz: Local malls!
Let's go shopping! How well do you know the history of our malls?
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For years, this mall was the number one tourist attraction in the state, outside of Chicago.
Correct answer: Woodfield
Woodfield
Old Orchard
Orland Square
Brickyard
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What Chicago mall made history in 1975 for being one of the first vertical malls in the country?
Correct answer: Water Tower Place
Saks 5th Avenue
Water Tower Place
Block 37
Yorktown Center
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What was the first outdoor shopping mall in the Chicago area, opening in 1952?
Correct answer: Evergreen Plaza
Old Orchard
Golf Mill
Water Tower
Evergreen Plaza
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This mall is located on the site of a former naval air base.
Correct answer: The Glen
Riverside Mall
The Glen
Spring Hill Mall
Ft Sheridan Mall
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This North Shore strip mall boasts Spanish architecture and breathtaking views of the lake. It is the second-oldest strip mall in America, built in 1928.
Correct answer: Plaza Del Lago
Wilmette Grocery
Des Plaines Oasis
Barrington Plaza
Plaza Del Lago
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This mall was the first of its kind, bringing outlets indoors. A great place to get Guess Jeans and a marked-down factory outlet winter coat.
Correct answer: Gurnee Mills
Hawthorn Mall
Chicago Ridge
Crystal Point Mall
Gurnee Mills
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The Stratford Square Mall was demolished last year. What town was it located in?
Correct answer: Bloomindale
Schaumburg
Naperville
Bloomingdale
Crete
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What one of these attractions was NOT at or around the Woodfield Mall?
Correct answer: Kiddieland
Ice skating rink
Woodfield Wonderland
Legoland
Kiddieland
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This mall was prominently used as a location in John Hughes' film "Weird Science."
Correct answer: Northbrook Court
Northbrook Court
Brickyard
East Riverside Plaza
Cherry Hill Mall
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Which one of these malls is NOT outdoors?
Correct answer: Hawthorn Mall
Evergreen Plaza
Hawthorn Mall
Oakbrook Shopping Centre
Old Orchard
Rookie mallwalker: You got {number correct}/{number of questions} correct answers 😥
You were more of a strip mall shopper anyway.
Tourist: You got {number correct}/{number of questions} correct answers 🙂
Not bad, but you only went to the malls around the holidays.
Mallrat: You got {number correct}/{number of questions} correct answers 🥳
Yes! You were at the mall every day and it shows! Congrats!