THE MIDWEST
What two cities make up Minnesota’s Twin Cities?
Minneapolis and St. Paul
You can tighten this article of clothing … or you can get hit below it.
Belt
Because Puritan women didn’t cook on the Sabbath, they often baked this staple dish the night before, earning Boston one of its most recognizable nicknames.
Beans (Beantown)
Where would you be if you attended a Nobel Prize in Physics ceremony?
Stockholm, Sweden. (Noble Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine and Literature are all awarded in Stockholm; the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway.)
The 1933 film about this big ape won no Oscars, but both remakes did for their effects
King Kong
This controversial labor leader, missing since 1975, was born in 1913 in Brazil, Indiana. At eleven, his family moved to Detroit, where he lived for the rest of his life.
Jimmy Hoffa
You can keep a straight one of these … or you can fall flat on it.
Your Face
From Boston Common to the Bunker Hill Monument, this 2.5 mile-long walking path passes by or through at least 16 locations that are significant to the history of the United States.
The Freedom Trail
Where would you be if you visited the Acropolis?
Athens, Greece
President Bartlet won a different election as this show was Emmy's top drama series for 2003
The West Wing
Famous sons of this quintessentially Midwestern state include Fred Astaire, Henry Fonda, and Johnny Carson.
Nebraska
You can go forward with this kind of light … or you can garden with this kind of thumb.
Green
This ensemble cast TV show from the 1980s was set not in one of Boston’s world famous, first-class hospitals, but rather in a fictional, run-down hospital called St. Eligius.
St. Elsewhere
Where would you be if you went to see Stonehenge?
England (to be precise, on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, roughly two hours southwest of London)
This racehorse won the 1977 Triple Crown
Seattle Slew
Only in the Midwest can you travel though three contiguous states that begin with the same first letter. What are they?
Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa (going from east to west)
You can find one of these in a hat … or on a hot tin roof.
Cat
On April 18, 1775, the sexton of Boston’s North Church climbed up to the steeple to send a “code of lights” to colonial Patriots letting know which route British soldiers were planning to take from Boston into the surrounding countryside. According to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1860 poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride,” what was that famous eight-word code?
“One if by land, two if by sea” (referring to the number of lights to be lit)
Where would you be if you entered the Forbidden City?
Beijing, China
She's the most powerful female superhero; her lasso of truth will keep you honest
Wonder Woman
With a population of nearly three million, Chicago is by far the most populous city in the America Midwest. Other than Chicago, can you name four of the ten most populous Midwestern cities?
Columbus, OH; Indianapolis, IN; Detroit, MI; Milwaukee, WI; Kansas City, MO; Omaha, NE; Minneapolis, MN; Wichita, KS; Cleveland, OH. (Note: St. Louis, MO; Lincoln, NE; Toledo, OH; and Madison, WI follow the top ten.)
You can have blood on this … or a bird in this.
Your hand(s)
This coach, always with a cigar in the corner of his mouth, led the Boston Celtics to eight NBA championships from 1959 to 1966.
Red Auerbach
Where would you be if you visited the Hagia Sophia?
Istanbul, Turkey
Mr. Miyagi taught his pupil Daniel to "wax on, wax off" in this award winner from 1984