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[Pub quiz] Americana: See the USA

16-August-09 / James Callan

Featured as round 1 at the Old Pequliar on July 7, 2009

1) Get a look at the Transamerica Pyramid, drive the “crookedest street in the world,” and eat dessert in Ghirardelli Square in what city?

2) Tour the Molly Brown House Museum, Coors Brewery, and a branch of the US mint in what city?

3) To take in the Tech Museum, tour the Winchester Mystery House, and see the original state capitol of California, you need to go where?

4) SEE the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Historical Site! The original Erie Canal Harbor! And Niagara Falls! All when you visit what city?

5) You can catch a live show at First Avenue and 7th Street Entry, stop by the largest literary and book arts center in the US, and watch the North Star Roller Girls tear up the track in what city?

6) Where should you go to tour the World War II destroyer USS Kidd, visit the Shaw Center for the Arts, and see the tallest state capitol building in the US?

7) If you’ve toured historic Quapaw Quarter, see the Central High School National Historical Site, and stroll along President Clinton Avenue, where have you been?

8) If you want to see the Sedgwick County Zoo, the original Pizza Hut, and the birthplace of Cessna, were do you need to go?

9) If you want visit the western edge of the Great Basin to attend a hot air balloon race and see the birthplace of Harrah’s Entertainment, what city is your best bet?

10) Visit the Hayden Planetarium, the International Center of Photography, and Grant’s Tomb in what city?

ANSWERS (no peeking)

Quiz: Americana (Tourist Edition)

25-March-09 / James Callan

Round 1 at the Old Pequliar on March 3, 2009
Average score: 7.5/10 (14 teams)

Each correct answer is a US city.

1) If you want to gorge on museums and visit the Carnegie Science Center, the National Aviary, and the Andy Warhol Museum, where do you need to go?

2) If you want to hear some blues on Beale Street, stop by the historic Sun recording studio, and catch an NBA game in the FedEx Forum, where should you go?

3) To take in the Diamond Head State Monument, the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, and a genuine royal palace located in the US, you need to head where?

4) To visit the Rice Eccles Olympic Stadium and Temple Square, then slather some fry sauce on your fries, where do you need to go?

5) If you’re in the Duke City to visit the National Atomic Museum and see the Isotopes play baseball, where are you?

6) If you want to see Ansel Adams photographs at the Center for Creative Photography, check out the Titan Missile Museum, and get to Saguaro National Park, what city should you visit?

7) If you’re visiting the American Jazz Museum and take the Hallmark Cards tour in the City of Fountains, where are you?

8) If you fly in to Mitchell International Airport to attend the Summerfest music festival and stop by the Bronze Fonz, where are you?

9) If you want to listen to the Kotzschmar Organ, take the Lucky Catch Lobster Cruise, and see the Sea Dogs play AA baseball, what city do you need to visit?

10) If you take TriMet to get married at Voodoo Doughnuts before visiting the Expose Yourself to Art statue, you’re in Little Beirut, better known as what city?

Quiz: See the U.S.A.

9-February-07 / James Callan

I’ll name a tourist attraction, you tell me what town or city it’s in.

1) OK Corral
2) Wall Drug
3) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
4) National Baseball Hall of Fame
5) Graceland (Elvis’ house)
6) Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
7) the Lowell Observatory
8) Glitter Gulch
9) Pimlico Race Course
10) Grant’s Tomb

Average score, out of 17 teams: 6.24.
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