Gutter's 10 Questions of the Day for the rest of the week.

[Deleted User 183]

These are NOT "general knowledge" questions - and I believe that none of the questions bandalum asked are geographically specific (as to where someone lives being able to answer them correctly or not) but these are going to be questions that I feel range from easy to difficult for NATIVE Chicagoans to answer correctly - and those who are not native Chicagoans would have a more difficult time answering. I am actually going to rate on a scale of 1-10 how difficult I feel the questions are for NATIVE Chicagoans and non-Chicagoans.
If you don't know the answers please truthfully answer that you don't know. There should be no shame in not knowing.

1) (1 for NATIVE Chicagoans and 5.825 for non-Chicagoans)
What is name of the lake that borders eastern Chicago?

2) (6.25 for NATIVE Chicagoans and 9.825 for non-Chicagoans)
What is the Viagra Triangle?

3) (1.25 for NATIVE Chicagoans and 9 for non-Chicagoans)
If I said I took the L and LSD today what would that mean?

4) (1.5 for NATIVE Chicagoans and 8.75 for non-Chicagoans)
What was the former name of the Willis Tower?

5) (3.75 for NATIVE Chicagoans and 9.275 for non-Chicagoans)
When talking about a "Chicago Style" hot dog - what is 1 ingredient/topping you should NEVER put on it?

6) (6 for NATIVE Chicagoans and 9.5 for non-Chicagoans)
It's winter time and you claim "dibs". What does that mean / what are you doing?

7) (7.825 for NATIVE Chicagoans and 9.975 for non-Chicagoans)
You are near Downtown and/or the Loop and sometimes you can smell a somewhat pleasant odor. What it is - and I am not referring to Garrets Pop Corn?

8) (5.825 for NATIVE Chicagoans and 8.75 for non-Chicagoans)
People assume Chicago is nicknamed the "Windy City" because it's windy. What was the original origin of the nickname the Windy City?

9) (7.275 for NATIVE Chicagoans and 9.275 for non-chicagoans)
What is Cloud Gate?

10) (6.925 for NATIVE Chicagoans and 9.75 for non-Chicagoans)
Name 3 towns/cities/suburbs that comprise the "North Shore".

[NewtonHawk11]

Non-Native. But my dad has visited there many times so here goes nothing.

1. Lake Michigan. That's easy.
2. No idea
3. Lake Shore Drive??
4. Sears Tower
5. Ketchup? I always hear that's a sin for hotdogs..
6. Reserving something. Not sure with it being winter and snow, but I'm guessing something with snow?
7. Isn't there a chocolate factory or something downtown?
8. I actually just read something on this on MSN the other day. It has something to do with corrupt politicians, right?
9. No idea. Something with clouds always covering the buildings?
10. Evanston is the only one I can think of..

[jhawks99]

1) Michigan
2) Gutter's living room
3) Lake Shore Drive ( I cheated off of Newton)
4) Sears (I already knew that)
5) Ketchup (should never go on anything) Also, leave off the chocolate ice cream
6) Claiming a seat
7) Gutter took a bath
8) It was windy?
9) A gate in the sky that lets the clouds in
10) Milwaukee

[TDub]

1. Michigan
2. No clue
3. The ell is the train right? Lsd lake shore drive i assume
4. Sears
5. Ketchup apparently
6. What does dibs have to do with wintertime? Ive heard it used all times of year
7. No idea
8. No idea
9. No idea
10. No idea


Im not nearly as adept at answering city questions.

[DrPepper]

1. Lake Michigan
2. I don’t know, but I am imagining it as a bar district for an older crowd (not college kids)
3. Elevated train I knew. Lake shore drive (which Gutter sometimes mentions) is my guess for lsd.
4. I don’t know. I can think of three tall buildings in Chicago: Sears tower, John Hancock building, and the Wrigley building.
5. I don’t know. I think a Chicago style hot dog has onions on it or something
6. I’m guessing that you are claiming something but I don’t know what it would be specific to winter
7. I’m guessing oatmeal
8. Politicians full of talk. I think we learned that in school discussing Carl Sandburg
9. I’m imagining apartment buildings fighting over a view
10. Lake Forest I know. I’m guessing Evanston. I don’t know any other suburbs at all except Illinois (as the joke goes)

[PhDhawk]

1) (1 for NATIVE Chicagoans and 5.825 for non-Chicagoans)
What is name of the lake that borders eastern Chicago?

Lake Michigan

2) (6.25 for NATIVE Chicagoans and 9.825 for non-Chicagoans)
What is the Viagra Triangle?

I dunno

3) (1.25 for NATIVE Chicagoans and 9 for non-Chicagoans)
If I said I took the L and LSD today what would that mean?

Lysergic (sp?)

4) (1.5 for NATIVE Chicagoans and 8.75 for non-Chicagoans)
What was the former name of the Willis Tower?

Sears Tower

5) (3.75 for NATIVE Chicagoans and 9.275 for non-Chicagoans)
When talking about a "Chicago Style" hot dog - what is 1 ingredient/topping you should NEVER put on it?

Ketchup...and that's true no matter what city you're in

6) (6 for NATIVE Chicagoans and 9.5 for non-Chicagoans)
It's winter time and you claim "dibs". What does that mean / what are you doing?

That's mine/eating

7) (7.825 for NATIVE Chicagoans and 9.975 for non-Chicagoans)
You are near Downtown and/or the Loop and sometimes you can smell a somewhat pleasant odor. What it is - and I am not referring to Garrets Pop Corn?

I dunno

8) (5.825 for NATIVE Chicagoans and 8.75 for non-Chicagoans)
People assume Chicago is nicknamed the "Windy City" because it's windy. What was the original origin of the nickname the Windy City?

The World's fair

9) (7.275 for NATIVE Chicagoans and 9.275 for non-chicagoans)
What is Cloud Gate?
A sculpture

10) (6.925 for NATIVE Chicagoans and 9.75 for non-Chicagoans)
Name 3 towns/cities/suburbs that comprise the "North Shore".

Evanston, Willmette,....that's all I got.

[pdub]

1. Michigan
2. Dunno
3. The train and maybe a highway
4. Sears
5. Ketchup
6. I dunno - front seat?
7. Dunno
8. The World Fair in the 1890s - Devil in the White City
9. Dunno
10. Dunno

[Deleted User 75]

Never put ketchup on hotdogs.

[pdub]

Ketchup is great on hotdogs.

[jhawks99]

Ketchup is great on hotdogs.

Communist.

[pdub]

[pdub]

BTW that's how sensei got banned.

[PhDhawk]

Ketchup is great on hotdogs.

Just when I think you couldn't get any worse.

[pdub]

I usually go with a hotdog with mustard and relish on it and then a hotdog with the works.
A hotdog with just mustard is stupid, we aren't Germany.

[pdub]

Also, I don't really mean that.
I eat hotdogs with just mustard on them often.
I just wanted to get a rise out of people who are so adamant about ketchup on hotdogs.

[NewtonHawk11]

Nothing wrong with a ketchup with ketchup, mustard, relish and maybe a few chopped onions. But I'll destroy a hot dog with the first 3 ingredients easily.

[PhDhawk]

Ketchup is pretty gross in general. I think I only eat it with fries.

I'll eat it on a burger if it comes with it, but not my fave. Having said that, There's nothing worse than the flavor of ketchup with bacon, so if I get a bacon cheeseburger, I jump through hoops to make sure there's no ketchup on it. Like way beyond Gutter not liking cheese on his burger level.

But I don't really care what other people use for condiments, except pwhitt...fuck that guy for putting ketchup on his hotdog.

[pdub]

[NewtonHawk11]

I'll eat it on a burger if it comes with it, but not my fave. Having said that, There's nothing worse than the flavor of ketchup with bacon, so if I get a bacon cheeseburger, I jump through hoops to make sure there's no ketchup on it. Like way beyond Gutter not liking cheese on his burger level.

This I agree with. If I get a bacon cheeseburger, it's an easy choice for some easy mayo or some siracha mayo on that bad boy and call it good.

[jhawks99]

My daughter and I make an annual trip to Hillbilly Hotdogs (as seen on a bunch of TV shows) in WV. We'll probably head there this weekend. Nice drive through the mountains in the fall and the hot dogs are pretty good. I get a spicy Polish dog with hot mustard and sauerkraut.