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
Bloody Mary
Southside Susan
Hitchhiking Helen
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.
"Candyman"
"Blade"
"Cooley High"
"Judgment Night"
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)?
Congo Square
Arts in the Dark
Redmoon Theater
Goodman Theatre
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.
Fireside Bowl
Metro/Smart Bar
Empty Bottle
Thalia Hall
Correct answer: Metro/Smart Bar
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What fictional town is Michael Myers from in the "Halloween" franchise?
Algonquin
Haddonfield
Crystal Lake
Calumet City
Correct answer: Haddonfield
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What's the name of the year-round Halloween-themed amusement park in Burbank?
Scary City
Evil Clown Town
Spooky's
Haunted Trails
Correct answer: Haunted Trails
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Where did the family that Chucky terrorized in the original "Child's Play" live?
The Drake Hotel
Brewster Apartments in Lakeview
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?
Virginia McCaskey
Walter Payton
Noah Jackson
Dick Butkus & Gale Sayers
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!