Which alderman …
has advised the president of Kosovo?
Scott Waguespack, 32nd Ward
is married to an Illinois supreme court justice?
Ed Burke, 14th Ward
pushed for a citywide ban on pit bulls?
Virginia Rugai, 19th Ward
expressed concern that posting information online about the city’s tax increment financing program could
“overwhelm” the public?
Margaret Laurino, 39th Ward
is a former president of the Cook County Bar Association?
Freddrenna Lyle, Sixth Ward
got the nickname “City Hall Santa” for handing out jobs to relatives?
Patrick O’Connor, 40th Ward
was the only alderman not to sign a letter criticizing a property-tax cap proposed by state house speaker Mike Madigan in 2007?
Frank Olivo, 13th Ward
led other council members in pressing Daley to divulge his secret wish list for federal stimulus funds?
Pat Dowell, Third Ward
began his or her career sweeping floors at the Welles Park field house?
Eugene Schulter, 47th Ward
claims his or her dad was the chemist who “perfected fake suede”?
Helen Shiller, 46th Ward
used to be a legislative aide to John Stroger?
Michelle Harris, Eighth Ward
was executive producer of a film called Love Relations?
Ed Smith, 28th Ward
regardless of the subject at hand refers to military veterans nearly every time he or she takes the council floor?
James Balcer, 11th Ward
represents the area where the country’s biggest urban solar power facility is slated to be built?
Carrie Austin, 34th Ward
is not the mayor’s sibling, cousin, or in-law, but is often mistaken for a relative?
Vi Daley, 43rd Ward
is known for his or her cinnamon buns?
Tom Tunney, 44th Ward
represents the ward with the city’s only Walmart?
Emma Mitts, 37th Ward
has a daughter who’s been known to snack on spiders?
Richard Mell, 33rd Ward
chairs the committee on aviation and has a brother who was a top city aviation official until retiring in 2004?
Patrick Levar, 45th Ward
led the fight against the plan to site the new children’s museum in Grant Park?
Brendan Reilly, 42nd Ward
is the council’s only Republican?
Brian Doherty, 41st Ward
once taught history?
Toni Preckwinckle, Fourth Ward
tried to ban aluminum bats in Chicago?
Robert Fioretti, Second Ward
worked as an administrative assistant to the first Mayor Daley?
Ray Suarez, 31st Ward
succeeded an alderman known for his home renovations?
Deborah Graham, 29th Ward
could only be reached by the artist after 11 tries, inspiring the price on the portrait in the “50 Aldermen/50 Artists” show of $11?
John Pope, Tenth Ward
has fought for more than five years to bring a Walmart to the south side?
Howard Brookins Jr., 21st Ward
got elected after leading a successful movement to vote parts of the south side dry?
Anthony Beale, Ninth Ward
was a cop before replacing an imprisoned alderman who said “Most aldermen, most politicians, are hos”?
Willie Cochran, 20th Ward
proposed a dress code for taxi drivers?
Thomas Allen, 38th Ward
worked in a supermarket bakery before becoming alderman?
Toni Foulkes, 15th Ward
has worked as a flight attendant and in food service?
Sharon Denise Dixon, 24th Ward
led the movement to ban foie gras?
Joe Moore, 49th Ward
serves on the board of the bike advocacy group Active Transportation Alliance?
Ariel Reboyras, 30th Ward
wields the gavel when Mayor Daley leaves the City Council chambers?
Michael Zalewski, 23rd Ward
owns a money transfer business called Quick Dinero?
George Cardenas, 12th Ward
works for a company that has the same name as a planetarium in Pittsburgh?
Proco “Joe” Moreno, First Ward
wanted to ban ice cream trucks from his or her ward?
Lona Lane, 18th Ward
is known as the best friend circus elephants have ever had in the City Council?
Mary Ann Smith, 48th Ward
once nicknamed an opponent “Mellma” in honor of the powerful politician from another ward who backed her?
Rey Colon, 35th Ward
took office by beating a Daley-backed incumbent, but has voted the mayor’s way on every major piece of legislation?
JoAnn Thompson, 16th Ward
rents office space from Saint Sabina, the church of the controversial Reverend Michael Pfleger?
Latasha Thomas, 17th Ward
can be seen on YouTube throwing a guy out of his office?
Ricardo Munoz, 22nd Ward
just went to Pittsburgh to talk to its city council about Chicago’s parking meter privatization deal?
Leslie Hairston, Fifth Ward
ran campaign billboards with his or her spouse Photoshopped in?
Sandi Jackson, Seventh Ward
owns the most real estate?
Roberto Maldonado, 26th Ward
turned his or her life around after serving time for armed robbery as a teenager?
Walter Burnett Jr., 27th Ward
has said he or she wants to become the oldest alderman in Chicago history?
Bernard Stone, 50th Ward
once led the powerful United Neighborhood Organization?
Daniel Solis, 25th Ward
was his or her predecessor’s chauffeur?
John Rice, 36th Ward
At the opening for the “50 Aldermen/50 Artists” group show, which inspired the quiz:
