Here is where you can post answers to the "Illinois" chapter. You may also post questions and comments too! Also, post why you think the answer is right (or a website for source) in case some one disagrees, you have back up.

Cryptogram   Word Scrambles

1. Lake Michigan, the Wabash River, the Mississippi River and the Ohio River are all part of the state boundary
2. Jane Addams made the first playground in Chicago
3. In 1902 Thomas Tippit set free the first two white squirrels in  Olney
4. Jane Addams founded Hull house which was a daycare, kindergarten and school for children and adults
5. The people of Metropolis claim that their town is the home of Superman
6. Jane Addams was the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931
7. Comes an echo on the breeze, rustling through the leafy trees, and its mellow tones are these, Illinois
8. Jane Addams wanted cleaner streets, better homes and fair labor laws for children
9. Illinois was the twenty-first state to enter the union

http://sudoku.sourceforge.net/      to  help with solving the sudoku 

Does anyone know how many collegate baseball championships the University of Chicago has shared?

The only thing I could find on it said they won or shared 4 so that's what I used and it seems to fit.

TY Zach!

With the help of WInnie, Scoutmom and Zach, the following is the Sudoku solution:

598 436 271
167 289 453
423 517 689

685 973 124
941 628 537
372 145 896

856 391 742
734 862 915
219 754 368

Too tired to bother posting the answers to all the questions.

Scout helped us by getting the book required to solve, I am exhausted - need help, pm.

 

Ryan

PS.Thanks a ton Winnie and Scout for working together with us through most of the day!

TY Eeyore for that too, I forgot to thank you for the baseball answer!

 

Ryan

Now am I being dense--where in the world online to we find a copy of 1776 to read.  It's copyrighted.  Amazon only lets you see a few pages......

I picked up a copy at the library.  I lucked out, every other time I have gone to check out the book to read, all the copies were already out.

can anyone  post  the  site where it  tells (#26) how many  amateur baseball teams  Chicago had after  the  Civil  War.  I  have the  answers to all but 3  -    #'s 20, 25 & 26  I've  given up on 26 (for now)  and  will move on  to the  other 2  questions.    Thanks  for  your  help!

Try http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/114.html, second paragraph.  This page will also help you with question 25.

Thanks for the link eeyore.  That's  the page I was  looking  for but couldn't find my  way  back  to.   

Now  here's  something to think about.

I'm  still  not sure of   25 The  # of  shared  titles by U of  C.   The article  lists 4 wins or ties  through the 40's.  You could assume  some  were wins  that were  not shared.  With all  the other answers entered into the sudoku  and solved as far as can  be with those answers the # could  be either  2,4  or 5.   If some wins were not shared the #  would  have to be  2.

But what about since the 40's?  Has Uof C shared  any titles since then?   If so, it could be  2,4 or 5.

If anyone  has  found  out  anything  to shed  some  light  on  this one please  post a  link  here.   I'm on my  way to the  library   to  look  for  the book  and  then out of  town.    This  has  been  the  hardest  one  so  far.  If the  next one  is harder  .   .   .   don't want  to think about  it!!!

Thanks  everyone!!!!

As far as I could find, it is 4.  GL!

Hi all:

Can someone help with the musical phrase.  Maybe some clues of where we can find it other than buying the book????? The library is closed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks,

dat4255

 

I picked  up  the book  at  my library this  morning on  my  way  out  of  town.    I  just  got home  and  will  look  things up  in  it tomorrow.   Will  post  what  I  find if  someone  else  hasn't  got  to  it  by  then.