Midwest States - Which City is Closest?

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1. Which of these Illinois cities is closest to the Missouri border? Rockford Aurora Springfield Chicago

2. Which of the following four Indiana cities is closest to the Ohio River? Indianapolis Fort Wayne Bloomington Evansville

3. The four answers listed are cities from the state of Iowa. If you could pick any location from Nebraska to reach one of them, which city would you reach first? Davenport Des Moines Council Bluffs Cedar Rapids

4. Of the four Kansas cities listed, which one would you reach first when traveling from Oklahoma? Topeka Kansas City Overland Park Wichita

5. Of these Michigan cities, which is closest to Lake Michigan? Detroit Grand Rapids Lansing Warren

6. Which of these four cities in Minnesota is closest to Lake Superior? Minneapolis Duluth St. Paul Rochester

7. Name the Missouri city that is closest to the Ozark Mountains. Kansas City Jefferson City St. Louis Branson

8. If you traveled directly from Colorado, which of these four Nebraska cities would you come to first? Nebraska City Omaha Lincoln Bellevue

9. When going from Canada across the border into North Dakota, which of these four North Dakota cities would you come to first? Fargo Minot Grand Forks Bismarck

10. Ohio is fronted on most of its northern border by Lake Erie. If you picked your starting point from the lake, which of these four Ohio cities could you reach first? Cincinnati Dayton Columbus Cleveland

11. If you are traveling from Iowa, which of the following South Dakota cities would you come to first? Pierre Aberdeen Rapid City Sioux Falls

12. If you start in Iowa, which of these four Wisconsin cities would you reach first? Green Bay Milwaukee Madison Oshkosh

13. Now looking at the twelve Midwestern states as a whole, which of these non-Midwestern states can you reach directly from one of the borders of the Midwest? Mississippi New Mexico Montana Maryland

14. If we are in Chicago and want to visit these four Midwestern landmarks, which one would we reach first? The Mall of America Mount Rushmore The Gateway Arch Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

15. Expanding now to Canada, which of these Midwestern states could you reach first, essentially being able to step over the USA/Canada border? South Dakota Ohio Indiana Michigan