Trivia Game Night

Question 1

What year was a memorial dedicated to the victims of the 1990 tornado?

Accepted Answer

1991

Question 2

What is the significance of the beans used in the construction in 1890s of Plainfield Florist on Lockport Street?

Accepted Answer

Came from the Mather's Grist Mill

Question 3

What is the name of Plainfield's weekly newspaper?

Accepted Answer

Enterprise

Question 4

Who platted and settled Plainfield?

Accepted Answer

Chester Ingersoll

Question 5

Plainfield has one interstate highway and two U.S. highways.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

What is the founding date of Plainfield?

Accepted Answer

1834

Question 7

There were only two tornadoes to hit Plainfield.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

During the Civil War, Plainfield resident abolitionists offered food, etc to runaway slaves.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Plainfield was settled by five families with the same last name.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Since 1890 our park was called The Village Green. Prior to that date, it was called Public Commons/

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

What was the year of the Plainfield Tornado?

Accepted Answer

1990

Question 12

What was the earlier name of Lockport Street?

Accepted Answer

Lincoln Highway, Dupage Street

Question 13

North Central College was founded in the village of Plainfield in 1861 and called Plainfield College.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

What was the location of a "Motel" in Plainfield?

Accepted Answer

Rt. 30 & Renwick

Question 15

What two years did fires destroy a huge part of downtown Plainfield?

Accepted Answer

In 1890's

Question 16

What is the coldest continuously running store building in Will County from 1849 to 2021?

Accepted Answer

Wine & Cheese

Question 17

What is the estimated population of Plainfield in 2019

Accepted Answer

44,308

Question 18

What was the name of Plainfield's hotel?

Accepted Answer

Central Hotel

Question 19

How many townships lie within Plainfield?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 20

How long was Fort Beggs used?

Accepted Answer

1 week in May 1832

Question 21

Reuben Flagg hauled lumber from Plainfield Mill to Chicago for first two frame structures in Chicago?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

Before people had refrigeration or freezers, where was the Plainfield Meat Locker Located?

Accepted Answer

Front Street Cantina

Question 23

Crime visited Plainfield in the form of a dangerous gang of bank robbers in the 1930s.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

Plainfield was referred to as the "Mother of Chicago"

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

What kind of store was open for over 100 years in the current Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell building?

Accepted Answer

Hardware Store

Question 26

What Indian tribe resided in Plainfield area a couple hundred years ago?

Accepted Answer

Potawatomi

Question 27

When were the railroad tracks constructed thru Plainfield?

Accepted Answer

1880

Question 28

In 1905 what new form of transportation run down Lockport Street?

Accepted Answer

Streetcars

Question 29

What was the area around Plainfield called prior to platting of village?

Accepted Answer

Walker's Grove

Question 30

There are two buildings in Plainfield listed on the National register of Historic Places.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 31

What was the predominate business in Plainfield 150 years ago?

Accepted Answer

Blacksmith

Question 32

What building held the first Jail and Village Hall?

Accepted Answer

Mora Restaurant

Question 33

Lincoln Highway and Route 66 crossed paths in Plainfield.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

How many counties lie within Plainfield?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 35

Where was the first bank located in Plainfield?

Accepted Answer

Opera House

Question 36

What was the upstairs of the recent Butcher Store originally used for in the 1865 era?

Accepted Answer

Civil War Veterans' Club

Question 37

Lincoln Highway was famous because it was the first paved road in Will County and it ran coast to coast.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

What is the oldest town in Will County?

Accepted Answer

Plainfield

Question 39

Plainfield has a total square mile area of 35 miles.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 40

The earliest Europeans to settle in the area were?

Accepted Answer

French

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