Kaufmann quiz: Elections in Chicago
Photo: Barack Obama smiles after he voted in the 2008 presidential elections. Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images
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Where did President Obama give his victory speech in 2008?
The Conrad Hilton
Millennium Park
McCormick Place
Grant Park
Correct answer: Grant Park
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According to the Chicago Daily Tribune's newspaper headline on the morning after election day in 1948, who beat Truman?
Dewey
Eisenhower
Nixon
Kennedy
Correct answer: Dewey
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Which Illinois politician won the state's Democratic primary for president in 1988?
Jesse Jackson
Paul Simon
Barack Obama
Hillary Clinton
Correct answer: Paul Simon
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Which two candidates had a "Beer Summit" at the Billy Goat Tavern the day after Election Day in 2010?
Mark Kirk & Alexi Giannoulias
Dick Durbin & Roland Burris
Paul Simon & Sheila Simon
Peter Fitzgerald & Carol Moseley Braun
Correct answer: Mark Kirk & Alexi Giannoulias
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On election night in 2001, which indicted Cicero town president allegedly locked reporters into the election party as an alleged sign of intimidation?
Ed Olcyzk
Bruce Rauner
Betty Loren-Maltese
Larry Dominick
Correct answer: Betty Loren-Maltese
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Who did a "Terminator" impression saying "I'll be back" at a unity breakfast for state Republicans in 2010?
Jim Edgar
Pate Philip
Rod Blagojevich
Judy Baar Topinka
Correct answer: Judy Baar Topinka
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On election night in 1960, Mayor Richard J. Daley famously said this when allegedly asked by Robert F. Kennedy, "How many votes do we have in Cook County?"
"Politics ain't bean bag."
"You'll have plenty."
"Wudda had more if you ran a better campaign."
"How many do you need?"
Correct answer: "How many do you need?"
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What Chicago Democratic voting strategy not only helped Bill Clinton win Illinois in 1996, but helped defeat almost every Republican candidate down ballot. It was outlawed by the state a year later.
Daley Double
Early Voting
Vote Early, Vote Often
Punch 10
Correct answer: Punch 10
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Which Republican candidate led supporters on a march to the Cook County Election office after losing on election night in 2006?
Larry Dominick
Bob Fioretti
Jim Edgar
Anthony Peraica
Correct answer: Anthony Peraica
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In 1928, Al Capone helped reelect "Big Bill" Thompson for Chicago mayor by dispatching his goons to not only to assail Thompson's rivals but to throw hand grenades into polling places. What does history call this?
The Violent Vote
Capone's Campaign
Veto the Vote
The Pineapple Primary
Correct answer: The Pineapple Primary
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