The Place They Made Famous
Last Name's a Verb
Going "Green"
State Capitals without VWLS
First Name's the Same
100
The town in North Carolina that became famous after the Wright brothers made the first controlled powered airplane flights four miles south of the town, on December 17, 1903.
What is Kitty Hawk?
100
This entertainer and comic actor was known for his jokes and one-liners, as well as his success in the entertainment industry and his decades of overseas tours to entertain American troops.
Who is Bob Hope?
100
The largest island in the world, it lies between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.
What is Greenland?
100
HNLL ("Sheltered Harbor")
What is Honolulu?
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100
Buffet, Connors, Stewart
What is Jimmy (James)?
200
A town in New Mexico that is recognized as the development and creation place of the atomic bomb.
What is Los Alamos?
200
Last name of comedian, writer, and television and film actor Chevy.
What is Chase?
200
Third-largest Wisconsin city, named after an arm of Lake Michigan.
What is Green Bay?
200
SCRMNT ("Blessed Sacrament")
What is Sacramento?
Bonus: Sacramento is the 6th capital city of California. Name at least one of the other 5 cities that have served as state capital.
200
Serling, Stewart, Laver
What is Rod?
300
A New York music festival held on a dairy farm in 1969 was named after this town 40 miles away.
What is Woodstock?
300
The first American woman in space.
Who is Sally Ride?
300
A range in Vermont that extends to Massachusetts and Connecticut. Hint: it's also home to Ethan Allen and the rest of his boys!
What are the Green Mountains?
Bonus: What is the range called in Massachusetts and Connecticut?
300
SLM (No witches here?)
What is Salem?
300
Washington, Stewart, Plimpton
What is Martha?
400
The town where Wyatt, Morgan and Virgil Earp, and Doc Holliday had a famous O.K. Corral shootout with Ike and Billy Clanton and the "Cowboys."
What is Tombstone?
400
Last name shared by musician Courtney and NBA player Kevin.
What is Love?
400
Three major interstate highways (Interstate 40, Interstate 85, and Interstate 73) were built to intersect in this third-most populous North Carolina city.
What is Greensboro?
Bonus: What is the largest city in North Carolina?
(Hint: It was named for King George III's wife)
400
CNCRD (Can't we all just get along?)
What is Concord?
400
Stewart, McEnroe, Henry
What is Patrick?
500
"The World Turned Upside Down" was played at this location upon the fateful final meeting of Washington and Cornwallis.
What is Yorktown?
Bonus: What state is Yorktown in?
500
Last name of actor Charles who played Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones and Lord Mountbatten in The Crown.
What is Dance?
500
A city in Kentucky was named this, after a New York City spot where the statue of King George III was pulled down during the American Revolution--later, an Ohio city (home of a famous university) was named after the Kentucky city!
What is Bowling Green?
500
JN (Hint: the only U.S. capital with no roads connecting the city to the rest of the state)
What is Juneau?
500
Chenowith, Stewart, Scott Thomas
What is Kristin?