Only A Real Chicagoan Can Get 100% On This Slang Quiz!

Only A Real Chicagoan Can Get 100% On This Slang Quiz!

Only A Real Chicagoan Can Get 100% On This Slang Quiz!

Chicago is the Second City, the City of Broad Shoulders, and the people who live there have a different way of talking and looking at things. Chicagoans are loyal to their city, their sports teams, and their neighborhoods. So take our Chicago slang quiz and see if you are a native Chicagoan or if you need to head back to the ‘burbs!

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Question 1/20

"Chicago mix" refers to which of the following?

A mix of wind, sleet, and snow in the winter
Cheddar and caramel popcorn mixed together
A type of house party

Question 2/20

If someone calls you a "Grabowski," they are lovingly saying you are:

A middle class, blue-collar Polish person
Someone who can't help but steal; a kleptomaniac
A handsy person at a bar or club

Question 3/20

What is the term Chicagoans use to hold their street parking spaces (usually with lawn chairs or other random objects) after digging them out of the snow?

Concrete corner
Dig 'em, park 'em
Dibs

Question 4/20

If someone tells you they are going to Jewels, it means they are going to:

Go shopping for an engagement ring
Go shopping for secret sales
Go shopping for groceries

Question 5/20

Who are Trixie and Chad?

Mayor Daley's pet poodles
Any annoying couple from a trendy neighborhood
The local slang names for buses and trains

Question 6/20

If you are going clubbing in the "Viagra Triangle," you'll be in which area of the city?

Clark & Belmont
Rush & Division
Clark & Broadway

Question 7/20

If someone asks you "Wet, dry, or dipped," they are referring to which of the following?

How you want your Italian beef
If you are sunbathing or swimming in Lake Michigan
If you are rich, poor, or middle class

Question 8/20

To true, die-hard White Sox fans, the name of their team's stadium will always be what?

Guaranteed Rate Field
U.S. Cellular Field
Comiskey Park

Question 9/20

What color do North Siders bleed?

Hawks red
Bears orange
Cubbie blue

Question 10/20

What is the name of the festival that takes place every July near the lakefront?

The Taste
The Chew
The Sampler

Question 11/20

Born-and-raised Chicagoans don't have living rooms. What do they have instead?

Parlor rooms
Gathering rooms
Frunchrooms

Question 12/20

Kennedy, Ike, Dan Ryan, and Stevenson are what?

Family names of the founders of Chicago
The name for expressways running through Chicago
Sandwiches you can get at The Berghoff

Question 13/20

What is giardiniera?

A unique Chicago rooftop gardening technique
The most popular Italian restaurant on the South Side
Italian relish Chicagoans put on Italian beefs and other sandwiches

Question 14/20

This liquor is a long-time Chicago favorite, maybe because it managed to stay legal throughout prohibition.

Jeppson's Malort
Irish whiskey
Guinness

Question 15/20

Finish this phone number: 773-202-____.

Cubs
Luna
Chgo

Question 16/20

If traffic is bad in the summer on the North Side, you might ask if there is one of these going on:

Hawks game
Bulls Game
Cubs game

Question 17/20

What do locals call Lake Shore Drive?

Traffic buster road
LSD
Long street drive

Question 18/20

Which train brings hordes of suburbanites into the city on weekends?

CTA
Amtrak
Metra

Question 19/20

After a night of drinking and dancing at your favorite bars, you and your friends will head here for a 2:00 a.m. snack.

Jack in the Box
Golden Waffle
Checkers

Question 20/20

An order of tips and links always comes with:

Rib tips, hot links, and crackers
Rib tips, hot links, and a buttermilk biscuit
Rib tips, hot links, and a piece of white bread

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