TRIVIA


1. South Water Street where the Eastland was docked, is now what throughfare in Chicago?

2. The Second Regiment Armory, which housed the temporary morgue, now is home to what television show?

3. Who was the mayor of Chicago during the Eastland Disaster?

4. How many passengers died on the Eastland July 24, 1915?

5. What year was the Eastland launched?

6. What event is held on each anniversary of the disaster?

7. Where was the company picnic to be held?

8. What future mayor of Chicago organized a relief effort for victim's families?

9. Western Electric is now known as what corporation?

10. What year was the U.S.S. Wilmette scrapped?

11. Who was the only President to sail on the Wilmette?

12. What year was the flow of the Chicago River reversed?


1. Wacker Drive, 2. Oprah-Harpo Studios, 3. William Hale Thompson, 4. 841 passengers (3 crew), 5. 1903 in Port Huron, MI, 6. None, 7. Michigan City, IN, 8. Anton Cermak, 9. Lucent Technologies, 10. 1947 in Chicago, 11. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 12. 1900.

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