1. Carl Sandburg called it, among other things, the 'City of the Big Shoulders'.Which city is meant? Atlanta (Ga) Denver Buffalo Chicago

2. Henry Thoreau said that he had "travelled" a lot here, in what then was a relatively small city of Massachusetts. He may have met such people as Hawthorne, Emerson, L.M.Alcott. Which of these places is meant? Salem Nantucket Plymouth Concord

3. How would you complete this short 'poem' on Boston and the Bostoners: "I come from the City of Boston, The home of the Bean and the Cod, Where Cabots speak only to Lowells, and Lowells only to ____" Answer: (One Word)

4. Which American city has been called the "Athens of Dixie"? Nashville (TN) Hollywood L.A. Memphis (TN)

5. What in the U.S.A. has four eyes and cannot see, according to a popular riddle. The ______________? Answer: (You need as many letters as there are players in a soccer team.)

6. Of this supertown Harry Mencken said it was actually "Nineteen suburbs in search of a metropolis".One of the attractions is "Mann's Chinese Theatre". Which town did he mean? New York L.A. San Francisco Seattle

7. Which U.S. City was described as a." Noisyville-on-the-Subway" b. a place with no greenery (by Nikita Kruschev when on a visit here in October 1960) c. " a city where everyone mutinies but no one deserts"? New York Las Vegas Philadelphia Washington D.C.

8. In 1751 Benjamin Franklin expressed the fear that this (future) state of the American Federation would become a "Colony of Aliens" as - in his opinion- it was being invaded by "Palatine Boors" who - he feared - would "shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of our Anglifying them"? Montana Idaho Pennsylvania Wisconsin

9. In which U.S.A. State have the locals been said to "fertilize their potatoes with cornmeal and to irrigate them with milk"? South Dakota Oregon Maine Idaho

10. Which state has been said to occupy - at least in the eyes of its inhabitants, and also in the maps they supply to their visitors - "all of the North American continent, except a fraction set aside for the U.S. of A, Canada and Mexico"? Florida California Louisiana Texas