Hey, homies, did you know . . . ?  June 21, 2002  Chicago tours
are filled with trivia, some of it obscure enough to stump a
native. See how you do on our quiz.  1. Chicago is home to the
most-visited tourist spot in the Midwest. What is it?  2. What
is the Fire Station on Chicago Avenue credited with doing first?
3. What has the black-and-white sculpture titled "Monument with
Standing Beast" in front of the James R. Thompson Center, 100 W.
Randolph St., been nicknamed by locals?  4. What is Ceres, the
35-foot-tall statue atop the Board of Trade Building at 141 W.
Jackson Blvd., missing?  5. Which Chicago bridge is supposed to
be haunted?   1. Navy Pier, drawing more than 8 million visitors
annually.  2. The fire pole, but it was wood, not brass (ouch!).
3.Snoopy in a blender.  4. A face. Built in 1930, it was the
tallest building in Chicago and the architect thought nobody
ever would see it.  5. The Clark Street bridge, site of the 1915
Eastland ship disaster in which 840 people died.