Test how
much you know about American towns. Take this quiz for fun
and see your results.
*Answers
are below in small font.
1) What
town was named for a famous radio show of the 1940's?
2) What
town in Michigan was known at one time as Clam Lake, but was
later changed by some early settlers there who had originally
lived in Detroit?
3) What
was the famous "Zip to Zap" in 1969?
4) What
is the name of a city in Washington that Lewis and Clark first
heard during their historic trip to the Pacific Coast in 1805-1806?
5) Name
two states that have towns named Woonsocket?
6) Fishkill,
New York is derived from what two Dutch words?
7) What
town in Mississippi received its name because of a poker game?
8) What
town in Pennsylvania has a very sexual name?
9) What
is unique about the museum in Regent, North Dakota?
10) What
town in North Carolina received its name because of a grove
of chinaberry trees in the area?
Answers:
1)
Truth & Consequences, New Mexico
2) Cadillac, Michigan
3) 2,500+ college students arrived at Zap, N.D. for spring
break hoping for a swinging spring break.
4) Walla Walla, Washington
5) Rhode Island and South Dakota
6) "Vis" which means Fish, and "Kill"
which means stream.
7) Midnight, Mississippi
8) Intercourse, Pennsylvania
9) Has tools, furniture, and rooms setup depicting pioneer
days.
10) China Grove, North Carolina
