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The Great CAC Trivia Contest, September 2019 – What’s in a Name?

When I was a young lad, women had wonderful names like Agnes, Gertrude, Minnie, Sophie and the very popular Zelda. Can you identify the following uniquely named women and the role they played in Chicago history and/or Chicago architecture?

Bertha, Mamah, Olgivanna, Eulalia, and Dila

 

Send your answers to Hy****@ao*.comGOOD LUCK!

 

August 2019 Trivia Answers

Your task was to identify the restaurant, building and architect.

1. You’ve raved about their steak house on Rush, now you’ll shout “Molto Bene” about the view and the food at their newest restaurant on the river: Gibson’s Italia, River Point, Pickard Chilton

2. Daniel Burnham was recently spotted dining at this lovely café in his restored landmark building: Atwood Restaurant, Reliance Building, Burnham and Root.

3. This outstanding seafood restaurant is a favorite of author Joseph Heller: Catch 35, Leo Burnette Building, Kevin Roach and John Dinkaloo.

4. Whenever Mies is in town, he always dines at the restaurant atop a building designed by two of his students:  Cite, Lake Point Tower, Schipporeit & Heinrich.

5. This restaurant is head and shoulders above every restaurant in Chicago: The Signature Room, Lake Point Tower, Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill.

Congratulations to all participants: Jill Dahlke, Betsy Jenkins.Roy Slowinski, and Mike Weiland.

And the prize winner in the drawing is Roy Slowinski. Please contact Caroline for your prize.

And remember, PARTICIPATION, IS WINNING!

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  1. Mary

    oops, hy: the signature room is atop the hancock,…..

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