One-of-a-kind Names Quiz | USA

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1. Where would you find French Lick, Gnaw Bone, and Santa Claus?

Answer: Indiana

People come from all over the country to visit the therapeutic hot springs near French Lick and visit the Holiday World amusement park in Santa Claus, Indiana. Gnaw Bone is in scenic Brown County.

2. Where would you find places like Loveladies, Ship Bottom, and Neptune City?

Answer: New Jersey

All of these one-of-a-kind New Jersey city names are on the Atlantic coast of the state. Shipbottom and Loveladies are in Ocean County stretching along a thin twenty mile long island. Neptune City is in Monmouth County. All three places are popular resort areas in the summertime.

3. What state would you be visiting if you were driving through Pocahontas, Gin City, and Blue Ball?

Answer: Arkansas

Pocahontas is in Randolph County in Northeastern Arkansas; Gin City is in Lafayette County in Southeastern Arkansas; Blue Ball is in the West-Central part of the state in Scott County. It is in the heart of the Ozarks and Ouachita National Forest.

4. Where would you be spending time in Punxsutawney, Good Intent, and Shy Beaver?

Answer: Pennsylvania

The popular Ground Hog Day festivities are held in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Shy Beaver is in South-Central Pennsylvania in Huntingdon County. The tiny place of Good Intent is in the south east part of the state in Washington County.

5. Where might you find Opportunity, Humptulips, and Walla Walla?

Answer: Washington

Fort Walla Walla and Walla Walla College is in Walla Walla, Washington. Opportunity is a large suburb of Spokane. Humptulips is along Highway 101 in Grays Harbor County, Washington. Highway 101 is a beautiful drive along the Pacific Ocean.

6. Where might you run across Cut Off, Plain Dealing, and Dry Prong?

Answer: Louisiana

Cut Off is in Lafourche Parish, along Highway 1 in the bayous of the south of the state; Dry Prong is in Grant in North Central Louisiana, in the heart of the Kisatchie National Forest; Plain Dealing is in the far Northwest corner of the state in Bossier County along Highway 3.

7. Where could you drive through Common Fence Point, Quonochontaug, and Pettaquamscutt Lake Shores?

Answer: Rhode Island

Even those these three towns are spread across the entire state, you could easily drive between them in less than one hour. Many towns in Rhode Island have long Indian names.

8. Where would you see Thousandsticks, Shoulderblade, and Pippa Passes?

Answer: Kentucky

These are all in Southeastern Kentucky. Pippa Passes, in Knott County, is famous for Alice Lloyd College. Thousandsticks is along the Daniel Boone Parkway in Leslie County. Shoulderblade is between the North, Middle, and South Forks of the Kentucky River in Breathitt County.

9. Where do you find Weed, 29 Palms, Rough and Ready?

Answer: California

Weed is along Interstate 5 in Northern California. It lies in Siskiyou County. Residents of Weed have a great view of Mount Shasta, one of the highest peaks in the lower 48. 29 Palms is a Mojave desert resort city and Indian reservation in San Bernardino County. Rough and Ready, population 140, is in the heart of gold rush land in Nevada County.

10. Where could you drive around Tappahannock, King and Queen Court House, Quantico, and Appomattox?

Answer: Virginia

Tappahannock is on the Rappahannock River in Essex County. South of Tappahannock is King and Queen Court House, in King and Queen County. Quantico is in Prince William County, south of Washington, D.C. Quantico is famous for its FBI training academy like in the movie "Silence of the Lambs." Appomattox, for all of you history buffs, has a famous war historical park.

11. Do you know where to find Knockemstiff, Kinnickinnick, and Spargursville, stopping to see the courthouse in Chillicothe?

Answer: Ohio

All these towns are located in Ross County, Ohio. The mighty Scioto River cuts through Ross County on its way to meeting the Ohio River.

12. If you were bicycling from Thief River Falls to Ah-Gwah-Ching to Embarrass, what state would you be in ?

Answer: Minnesota

These are all located in Northern Minnesota. Thief River Falls is about an hour from Canada in Pennington County. Ah-Gwah-Ching is in the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in Cass County. Embarrass is in Saint Louis County, in the heart of iron mining areas.

13. Has anyone seen West Enosburg, East Dummerston, North Hero, or South Lunenburg?

Answer: Vermont

North Hero is in Grand Isle County, a county in the middle of Lake Champlain and a short drive to Canada; South Lunenburg is in Essex County, it lies on the Connecticut River but New Hampshire is across the river; East Dummerston is in Windham County in the southern part of the state; West Enosburg is just south of Enosburg Falls which lies on the Missisquoi River. That river is interesting for starting in Vermont, flowing into Quebec in Canada, curving south back into the United States, then ending up in Missisquoi Bay back in Canada. Is everyone confused yet?

14. Where could you encounter Nankipoo, Pigeon Forge, and Pall Mall?

Answer: Tennessee

Pigeon Forge, Tennessee is the home of Dollywood, Dolly Parton's inspired theme park. Pall Mall is in Fentress County and home of the Sergeant Alvin C. York State Historical Site; Nankipoo is in Lauderdale County, just a skip from the Mississippi River.

15. Where might you see Frankentrost, Frankenmuth, Zeeland, and Zilwaukee?

Answer: Michigan

These are quaint villages with a European flair outside of Saginaw and Holland, Michigan. Holland is really the tourist site for Tulip Time Festival, Windmills, Dutch Dancing, and all of the old world Dutch heritage things and events. German Weinerschnitzel can be bought in Zilwaukee.

Source: Author TriviaHomo

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