Try your hand at this election trivia quiz you won’t find on the editorial page:
1. Which of the candidates in Tuesday’s Illinois primary has a spouse who was a backup singer for James Brown?
A. Philip Crane
B. Al Sharpton
C. Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr.
D. Mel Reynolds
2. Which of these questions will be on Chicago ballots?
A. Should the Patriot Act be repealed?
B. Should the U.S. immediately withdraw from Iraq?
C. Should smoking be banned in all public and enclosed spaces?
D. All of the above.
3. When U.S. Senate candidate Maria Pappas is in a parade, she is most likely to:
A. Be at the very front, as is traditional in Cook County for the sitting treasurer.
B. Grab a baton and start twirling.
C. Grab a bassoon and start bassooning.
D. Drive a motorized “magic carpet” as part of the Medinah Flying Carpets precision team.
4. Which of the following roles has actress Jeri Ryan , ex-wife of GOP Senate hopeful Jack Ryan, not portrayed?
A. “West Wing” staffer.
B. Character named Seven of Nine on “Star Trek: Voyager.”
C. Lawyer-turned-teacher on “Boston Public.”
D. Last woman on Earth in “The Last Man.”
5. When was the last time Illinois played a significant role in choosing a presidential nominee in a primary?
A. Walter Mondale over Gary Hart in ’84.
B. Bill Clinton over Al Gore in ’92.
C. Richard Nixon over Nelson Rockefeller in ’68.
D. John Kennedy over Hubert Humphrey in ’60.
6. Which of the candidates in the Illinois primary has a sign over a desk that says: “Polka, bowling, and kielbasa are hallmarks of civilization”?
A. Maria Pappas
B. Jim Oberweis
C. Gery Chico
D. Dennis Kucinich
7. Which of the following was a special headache for the Chicago Board of Elections’ primary preparations this year?
A. Number of special referendums on ballot.
B. Finding a place to work.
C. Excessive number of petition challenges.
D. All of the above.
8. Michael Jordan has contributed $10,000 to the primary campaign of which U.S. Senate candidate?
A. Jim Oberweis
B. Joyce Washington
C. Chirinjeev Kathuria
D. Barack Obama
9. Which of the following is a candidate for clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County?
A. Chris Noth
B. Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth
C. Jerry Orbach
D. Bernie Mac t
10. Who recently sent a delegation here for a demonstration of how Chicagoans cast their votes?
A. The interim Iraqi government.
B. The North Korean Committee for Election Reform.
C. The government of Albania.
D. The Illinois General Assembly.
ANSWERS
1. B. Kathy Jordan was Brown’s backup singer when Sharpton was Brown’s road manager.
2. D, but in selected wards and only as non-binding referendum votes.
3. B. Pappas was a champion baton-twirler in her youth and often displays that skill in parades (and in her new campaign
commercials). Also, she plays the clarinet and the piano, not the bassoon.
4. A.
5. A. Paul Green, professor of policy studies at Roosevelt University in Chicago, says the outcome here in 1984 stopped what had been a Hart runaway and gave new life to Mondale, who went on to clinch the nomination by the convention.
6. D.
7. B. The staff moved three times since the deadly fire at 69 W. Washington St.
8. D.
9. C. Orbach, a retired judge and not the “Law & Order” actor of the same name.
10. C. The Albanians, one of numerous countries who’ve consulted with Chicago officials on how to organize (and presumably not steal) an election.
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ELECTIONDAY
Tuesday is Election Day. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Schools, courts and most government offices will be open. For more information on voting in your area, contact:
Chicago
Polling places:
312-269-7976
Registration verification:
312-269-1604
To report voter fraud or irregularities:
312-269-7870
Hearing impaired:
312-269-0027
Internet: chicagoelections.com or 66.107.4.19
Suburban Cook County
Information, registration verification and polling places: 312-603-0906
In Chinese: 312-603-6769
In Korean: 312-603-6745
In Polish: 312-603-6770
In Spanish: 312-603-6767
Voter fraud or irregularities:
312-603-0236
Disabled voters: 312-603-0929
Hearing impaired: 312-603-0902
Internet: www.voterinfonet.com
Hotlines for complaints
or problems
Illinois State Board of Elections:
312-263-7367
Hearing impaired:
800-964-3013
312-814-6431
Springfield:
217-782-4141
217-782-1518
800-243-0618
Springfield hearing impaired:
877-844-5461
Cook County state’s attorney:
312-603-7960
Illinois attorney general:
312-814-8790
U.S. attorney:
312-469-6157
Watch your vote count:
Beginning at 7 p.m. on
chicagotribune.com
6:30 p.m., CLTV, 7 p.m., WGN-AM 720, 9 p.m., WGN-TV
Find more coverage in Wednesday’s
