This is "Z" Place Trivia Quiz

Answer: Nestle

Zephyrhills is owned by Nestlé Waters North America. It is one of several regional waters that is marketed by Nestlé in the United States, including Poland Springs.

Coca Cola markets under Dasani, and Pepsico's major brand is Aquafina. Donald Trump did market bottled water, first at his properties and then in the Greater New York area. Trump Water was not successful and he eventually stopped marketing it.

Answer: Wisconsin

Zion is directly south of Kenosha, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1901 by Scottish minister John Alexander Downie. It is named after Mount Zion in Jerusalem. Downie completely planned the city before it was built. It is located on Lake Michigan, and contains Illinois Beach State Park.

Answer: Indianapolis

Zionsville is about 15 miles northwest of Indianapolis. The town saw remarkable growth after 1990, tripling in size from around 9000 to over 26,000 by 2017. According to a 2010 study, Zionsville had one of the highest per capita incomes in Indiana, with a median family income over $100,000. Metta World Peace (aka Ron Artest) lived there when he played for the Indiana Pacers; he could certainly afford to.

Answer: first Louisiana city to elect a Republican mayor since Reconstruction

Jack Breaux was the first Republican to be elected mayor in Louisiana in almost a century. He was elected in 1966 and served until his death in 1980.

Ernest Morial was the first African-American mayor of New Orleans, elected in 1978, and serving until 1986.

Answer: westerns

Zane Grey wrote westerns. He is best known for "Riders of the Purple Sage" (1912) in which a young woman rejects the Mormon Church in 1871.

Zanesville is roughly 25 miles east of Columbus, Ohio. It was founded in the 1790s, and named Zanesville in 1801. For a brief period (1810 to 1812) it was the state capitol of Ohio. The town is located on the Muskingum and Licking Rivers.

Answer: Saginaw

Zilwaukee is in Saginaw County, about five miles north of Saginaw. The founders named the town in hopes people would confuse it with Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The plan does not seem to have worked, as Milwaukee has around 300 times more people than Zilwaukee. The town is located on the Saginaw River.

Answer: False

Zimmerman did change its name in 1967, but it is named after Moses Zimmerman, one of the town's early settlers. Zimmerman is around 40 miles north-northwest of the Minneapolis area. Before 1967, it was Lake Fremont, named after western explorer John C Fremont.

Bob Dylan is a native of Minnesota; he was born in Duluth and grew up in Hibbing, about 140 miles north of Zimmerman.

Answer: False

The Zebulons in Georgia and Kentucky are both in Pike Counties, and are named after the famous western explorer. The Zebulon in North Carolina is in Wake County, and is named after Zebulon Vance, a governor of North Carolina.

Zebulon Pike (1779-1813) was a contemporary of Lewis and Clark. Thomas Jefferson sent him to explore much of the new Louisiana territory. He is probably best known for his namesake mountain near Colorado Springs.

Zebulon Vance (1830-1894) served as governor of North Carolina twice (during the Confederacy and Reconstruction) and as US Senator (1879-1894). Vance is one of the most revered figures in North Carolina history.

Answer: hang gliding

Zapata is a haven for hang gliding enthusiasts. Because it is on the edge of two weather fronts, it creates perfect dry air conditions that generate thermals, gusts of wind that lift gliders. Several world record hang gliding runs have begun in Zapata.

Answer: German

Zelienople was founded by Baron Detmar Basse, an emigrant from Germany who arrived in 1802. A fellow German, George Rapp, founded the city of Harmony right next door. It was one of the first communes in America.

The town was declared a historic site by the state of Pennsylvania in October 1947. It notes the town was named after Basse's daughter Zelie. Why Zelienople was viewed as more historically significant than dozens of other small towns in Pennsylvania is uncertain.