Chicago

Answer: TRUE

The name Chicago comes from the Miami-Illinois language of the Algonquian family, specifically the word shikaakwa (sometimes spelled shikaakwika), which means “wild onion,” “wild garlic,” or “striped skunk.”

FALSE!

Mrs. O'Leary's COW kicked over a pot of glue, which devasted Chicago, creating The Great Chicago Fire, a massive urban conflagration that swept through Chicago, over two days in October 1871. It devastated approximately 3.3–3.5 square miles of the city, including major business districts and dense residential areas. Yet, something wonderful happened where architects from around the world, poured into the flatland, giving birth to the name: "The Sky Scrapper."

FALSE!

Chicago is often referred to as "The Windy City" by New York politicians who found Chicagoans to be windy in their speeches... full of themselves.

FALSE!

The original Ferris Wheel, sometimes also referred to as the Chicago Wheel, was designed and built by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. as the centerpiece of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Since its construction, many other Ferris wheels have been constructed that were patterned after it.

TRUE!

H.H. Holmes (born May 16, 1861), Gilmanton, New Hampshire and died May 7, 1896, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American swindler and confidence man who is widely considered the country’s first known serial killer. It has been confirmed that H. H. Holmes murdered 9 people by exhumation, though estimates range widely from 9 to 50, and some suggest up to 200. Inspired by Jack the Ripper's White Chapel serial killer. The identity of the Ripper has never been confirmed, but Holmes' identity was, who was then hanged and buried. Yet, nobody can be found in his casket which remains a mystery today.

Upon his confession, he described graphic methods, such as burning a man alive, smothering children in trunks, and enticing victims into furnaces.

Holmes' capture marked the end of a notorious criminal career that had captivated the public and law enforcement alike, leading to his execution and cementing his legacy as one of history's most infamous serial killers.