Chicago Skyscrapers

Which city built the first skyscraper?

• Paris
• Chicago
• New York
• Los Angelos

What was the name of the first skyscraper?

• Trump Tower
• Home Insurance Building
• Flat Iron Building
• Willis Tower

Who was the architect who built the first skyscraper?

• Frank Lloyd Wright
• Daniel Burnham
• William  LeBaron Jenney
• Doanld Trump

How many stories was the first skyscraper?

• 50 stories
• 10 stories
• 5 stories
• 15 stories

The first skyscraper in Chicago was completed in what year?

• 1871
• 1893
• 1885
• 1933

When was the home insurance building torn down?

• 1912
• 1890
• 1931
• 1944

Electricity was used in the Home Insurance building for what? 

• Run the elevators
• Run gym equipment
• Run the computers
• Run i-pads

Compared to older structures the new structures looked like...

• curtains of glass
• high towers
• short buildings
• heavy buildings

What holds the weight in a skyscraper?

• Top floor
• Support Columns
• Glass windows
• Buttresses

What is currently the tallest skyscraper in Chicago according to the number of floors?

• Willis Tower
• John Hancock Building
• Trump Tower
• Tribune Building