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If, like Neil Simon, you were lost in Yonkers, you'd be in Westchester County in what state?
In addition to being called "Fort Liquordale," Fort Lauderdale also has what often nickname, because of its extensive canal system?
When this Alaskan town incorporated in 1902, it wanted to call itself Ptarmigan, for the bird that fed so many of the local gold miners. What unorthodox spelling did they choose?
What reliably Republican Kansas community was named for SS Rogers' generosity with his well water?
Salt Lake City is a three-name state capital. How many US state capitals have two names?
MI is the state abbreviation for Michigan. Which other musical note, of "do re mi fa sol la ti," is also a state abbreviation?
From 1854 to 1900, what small state had room for two capitals: Newport and Providence?
What former Confederate capital laid out Monument Avenue in 1887, complete with statues honoring Confederate leaders?
Which city's Winter Olympics held events in the Wasatch Range?
Established in 1565 by the Spanish explorer Pedro Menndez de Avil's, what Florida city is the oldest permanent European settlement in the US?
Salem is the name of communities in Massachusetts, Oregon, and South Carolina. And it is the anglicized form of what language's word for peace?
The Kennedy Center Honors are named for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Where is it?
Since it was finished in 1964, the Beltway, and particularly the area "inside" the Beltway, has been synonymous with what community's insiders?
Officially, the Mall extends from the Capitol to the Washington Monument. How long is it?
Which president's Washington memorial is held up by 36 columns, one for each state of the Union at the time he died?
Which country gave the United States the cherry trees that bloom every year in Washington along the Tidal Basin?
Opened in 1997, what presidential memorial depicts its subject seated, along with his dog?
The name of what former Saturday Night Live cast member is also the name of a plush Washington suburb?
In 1957, what became the first major city in America with a black majority?
Which building contains the original drafts of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights?
I went to the South by Southwest music festival in the Live Music Capital of the World, but I also got to see a million bats fly out from under the Congress Avenue Bridge. Where am I?
Tobacco scion Abbot Kinney built a city along Ballona Creek and tried to model it for which European namesake?
Muscle Beach is found on the boardwalk of what beachfront California community?
Known for its artists and a mysterious hum, Taos is a community in what state?
The name Tacoma was chosen by General Morton McCarveris, who was inspired by "Tahoma," the Puyallup name for what mountain?
On arriving in the Great Salt Lake Valley, who said, "This is the right place" and laid out Salt Lake City in 10-acre plots around Temple Square?
Balboa Park is chock full of museums. The Gaslamp Quarter is a great place to get a bite to eat. Horton Plaza is an open-air mall. And they're all in what city?
In what city would you find a world-famous zoo in Balboa Park, a Sea World in Mission Bay and a Wild Animal Park in Escondido?
What city is across the Golden Gate Bridge from Marin County?
Three of these cities are in the same metropolitan region. But which is the odd one out?
The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system moves commuters around in what city?
It's 630 feet high and was finished in 1965, but by what name is the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Historic Site better known?
Originally, San Jose was called El Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe. Who was the San Jose for whom the California city is named?
What was Palo Alto named after?
The home to Grace on "Will & Grace," Jonathan Archer on "Star Trek" and Spider-Man nemesis Dr Octopus, what New York community gets its name from the Mohawk for "across the pine plains"?
In the 2000 census, what state was home to the most Native Americans?
You will find several of what state's largest cities around Puget Sound?
The Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is split between Skagway, Alaska and what other city?
Officially known as the Emerald City, what city is unofficially known as Jet City?
Count Agoston Haraszthy of Hungary had a nose for wine, and he was an early settler in a city whose name means "nose" in the Wintun language. What is this city?
In addition to being called "Fort Liquordale," Fort Lauderdale also has what often nickname, because of its extensive canal system?
When this Alaskan town incorporated in 1902, it wanted to call itself Ptarmigan, for the bird that fed so many of the local gold miners. What unorthodox spelling did they choose?
What reliably Republican Kansas community was named for SS Rogers' generosity with his well water?
Salt Lake City is a three-name state capital. How many US state capitals have two names?
MI is the state abbreviation for Michigan. Which other musical note, of "do re mi fa sol la ti," is also a state abbreviation?
From 1854 to 1900, what small state had room for two capitals: Newport and Providence?
What former Confederate capital laid out Monument Avenue in 1887, complete with statues honoring Confederate leaders?
Which city's Winter Olympics held events in the Wasatch Range?
Established in 1565 by the Spanish explorer Pedro Menndez de Avil's, what Florida city is the oldest permanent European settlement in the US?
Salem is the name of communities in Massachusetts, Oregon, and South Carolina. And it is the anglicized form of what language's word for peace?
The Kennedy Center Honors are named for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Where is it?
Since it was finished in 1964, the Beltway, and particularly the area "inside" the Beltway, has been synonymous with what community's insiders?
Officially, the Mall extends from the Capitol to the Washington Monument. How long is it?
Which president's Washington memorial is held up by 36 columns, one for each state of the Union at the time he died?
Which country gave the United States the cherry trees that bloom every year in Washington along the Tidal Basin?
Opened in 1997, what presidential memorial depicts its subject seated, along with his dog?
The name of what former Saturday Night Live cast member is also the name of a plush Washington suburb?
In 1957, what became the first major city in America with a black majority?
Which building contains the original drafts of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights?
I went to the South by Southwest music festival in the Live Music Capital of the World, but I also got to see a million bats fly out from under the Congress Avenue Bridge. Where am I?
Tobacco scion Abbot Kinney built a city along Ballona Creek and tried to model it for which European namesake?
Muscle Beach is found on the boardwalk of what beachfront California community?
Known for its artists and a mysterious hum, Taos is a community in what state?
The name Tacoma was chosen by General Morton McCarveris, who was inspired by "Tahoma," the Puyallup name for what mountain?
On arriving in the Great Salt Lake Valley, who said, "This is the right place" and laid out Salt Lake City in 10-acre plots around Temple Square?
Balboa Park is chock full of museums. The Gaslamp Quarter is a great place to get a bite to eat. Horton Plaza is an open-air mall. And they're all in what city?
In what city would you find a world-famous zoo in Balboa Park, a Sea World in Mission Bay and a Wild Animal Park in Escondido?
What city is across the Golden Gate Bridge from Marin County?
Three of these cities are in the same metropolitan region. But which is the odd one out?
The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system moves commuters around in what city?
It's 630 feet high and was finished in 1965, but by what name is the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Historic Site better known?
Originally, San Jose was called El Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe. Who was the San Jose for whom the California city is named?
What was Palo Alto named after?
The home to Grace on "Will & Grace," Jonathan Archer on "Star Trek" and Spider-Man nemesis Dr Octopus, what New York community gets its name from the Mohawk for "across the pine plains"?
In the 2000 census, what state was home to the most Native Americans?
You will find several of what state's largest cities around Puget Sound?
The Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is split between Skagway, Alaska and what other city?
Officially known as the Emerald City, what city is unofficially known as Jet City?
Count Agoston Haraszthy of Hungary had a nose for wine, and he was an early settler in a city whose name means "nose" in the Wintun language. What is this city?