What do you know about the state of Illinois? Even if you’ve never been there, learn what is there and maybe visit one day
…and the GUEST HOST for the state of Illinois?? @Erna_LaBeau!!!
In an effort to make sure that all attendees have a chance to become the KING/QUEEN of the featured state, we have decided to give all former Kings and Queens a deficit of “-200” points for each time they have previously won 1st place.
- This should give those who haven’t won before a better chance
- Provide some additional challenge to those who have won before
Here are our previous winners and their current deficits.
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Meeting
Details
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Date: Saturday, November 7, 2020
URL: https://meet.google.com/cut-uaau-dus
RSVP Link
Time:
- 12:00 noon New York, NY, USA
- 09:00 am Phoenix, AZ, USA
- 09:00 am Seattle, WA, USA
- 05:00 pm London, United Kingdom
- 05:00 pm Lagos, Nigeria
- 06:00 pm Berlin, Germany
- 09:00 pm Pakistan
- 09:30 pm New Delhi, India
- 02:00 am Sydney, Australia
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Study
Guide
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The currently posted articles
- The Chicago L - Cheapest Travel From the Airport to Downtown @Tushar_Suradkar
- The Flamingo - Chicago’s Beloved Big Red Sculpture @Tushar_Suradkar
- The Chicago Riverwalk - Peaceful Respite from Hustle of the City @Tushar_Suradkar
- Navy Pier in Chicago - Where Fun Lives Large @Tushar_Suradkar
- The Amtrak Union Station in Chicago, Illinois @Tushar_Suradkar
- The Magnificent Mile - Shoppers Paradise in Chicago @Tushar_Suradkar
- Cloud Gate: A Non-Edible Bean in the Heart of Chicago @Tushar_Suradkar
- Call it Willis Tower or the Sears Tower - It is Still Magical @Tushar_Suradkar
- Crown Fountain - Chicago, Illinois #TeamVietnam #StateChallenge @Thai_Ngh
- Portillo hot dog , Chicago, Illinois, #TeamVietnam #StateChallenge @Thai_Ngh
- What to do in Chicago, Illinois? @Erna_LaBeau
- BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Chicago Illinois #StateChallenge @jayasimha78
Articles will be added here as they are posted through Friday before the meet-up. There are a lot of good questions hidden in these posts! Time to study up!
===>>> Tell us about YOUR article!!! Provide a link in the comments below and fill out this form
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Some
Fun
Facts
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   Let’s try something NEW! Do you want your contributions in the meet-up trivia quiz? Do you know a fun fact or a piece of information you would like to share about Illinois? Fill out this form and we’ll pull them all together for a final article or integrate into the Study Guide.
So much cool information…
- The name “Illinois” comes from a Native American word meaning “tribe of superior men.”
- The world’s first skyscraper, the ten-story Home Insurance Building, was built in Chicago in 1885.
- The IATA airport code “ORD” for Chicago’s O’Hare Airport comes from its original name, Orchard Field. O’Hare Airport was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Edward H. “Butch” O’Hare.
- The first all-color TV station, WMAQ-TV, debuted in Chicago on April 15, 1956.
- Illinois is home to the world’s largest bottle of catsup, a 170-feet tall water tower located south of downtown Collinsville, Illinois.
- Carol Moseley Braun became the first female African-American Senator when she was elected to the U.S. Senate in Illinois in 1992.
- Illinois is the largest producer of pumpkins in the United States, and Morton is the self-proclaimed “Pumpkin Capital of the World.”
- In Illinois, the legal drinking age is 21. Those under 21 can drink legally provided that they are participating in culinary arts, food service, or restaurant management degree program of which a portion of the program includes instruction on responsible alcoholic beverage serving methods.
- The official State Snack Food in Illinois is popcorn. A group of elementary school students, with help from their teacher, Fran Hollister, at Cunningham Elementary School in Joliet petitioned Illinois legislators to make popcorn the official snack food of Illinois, and State Senator Larry Walsh sponsored the bill. The bill was passed in 2003.
(Source: https://state.1keydata.com/illinois.php#fun-facts)
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What?
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ALL Local Guides around the world are welcome to participate in the #StateChallenge!!
Everyone is invited to participate, whether they have visited the state themselves, or are daydreaming about what the featured have to offer.
If you write an article, make sure to link to it in the comments of this post AND put #StateChallenge in the title!
- Submit your article by NOON Pacific Standard Time the day before the meet-up.
- 500 words or less is best
- Link your article in the comments so we can add it to the #StudyGuide
More details of the challenge are here.
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Previous winner RULES
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This post is part of the #StateChallenge organized by @Kwiksatik and @Denise_Barlock. If you want to find out more, check out this post. You can also find other submissions by searching the #StateChallenge hashtag
What is our #StateChallenge meet-up schedule through the end of the year!
State
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Meet-up
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Halloween traditions around the WORLD! - Guest Host @JaneBurunina
- Come dressed up in your costume!
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10/31/2020
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| Illinois - Guest Host @Erna_LaBeau |
11/07/2020
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| Sindh - Guest Host - @Kashifmisidia @memonsaeed |
11/14/2020
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| Washington, DC - Guest Host @SP31 |
11/21/2020
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| Kansas - Guest host - @Tushar_Suradkar |
12/05/2020
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| Louisiana - Guest Host - @JordanSB |
12/12/2020
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| Texas - Guest Host - @Erna_LaBeau |
12/19/2020
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| Christmas & New Year traditions around the WORLD! - Guest Host - @SilvyC |
01/03/2021
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Want to be a #StateChallenge guest host? Or know someone who should be? Let us know!
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NOTICE: ALL meet-up URLs will ONLY be provided from the #Statechallellenge Google Group. If you want to attend a #StateChallenge meet-up, you MUST join https://groups.google.com/g/local-guide-statechallenge where the meet-up URLs will be posted.
To be approved as a member of the group, you MUST provide either your Connect ID, Connect Profile URL, or Google Maps Profile URL to validate that you are a Local Guide. Thank you 
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Tagging @JaneBurunina @SP31 due to user limits
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You are great and loyal to announce that we are seeing your beautiful face and youtakethe retirement from local work
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@Denise_Barlock there are SO MANY articles!!!
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NOTICE: ALL meet-up URLs will ONLY be provided from the #Statechallellenge Google Group. If you want to attend a #StateChallenge meet-up, you MUST join https://groups.google.com/g/local-guide-statechallenge where the meet-up URLs will be posted.
To be approved as a member of the group, you MUST provide either your Connect ID, Connect Profile URL, or Google Maps Profile URL
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REMINDER****
NOTICE: ALL meet-up URLs will ONLY be provided from the #Statechallellenge Google Group. If you want to attend a #StateChallenge meet-up, you MUST join https://groups.google.com/g/local-guide-statechallenge where the meet-up URLs will be posted.
To be approved as a member of the group, you MUST provide either your Connect ID, Connect Profile URL, or Google Maps Profile URL
The meet-up link will not be posted publicly
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@Denise_Barlock I really like the idea of these fun facts Denise … I would love to participate in the future
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@Erna_LaBeau Excellent! We’re always looking for ways to improve
