Dan Tilque wrote:
>
> For this quiz, your job is to list as many names of real cities, towns,
> villages, municipalities, etc. that have two or more words in their name
> and the last of them are one of these: River, Creek, Brook, Falls,
> Rapids, or some other word that refers to a flowing stream. However,
> words about landforms that a stream might carve out (e.g. valley,
> canyon, ravine, gulch, etc.) are not allowed as that last word. Words
> about other forms of water (ocean, lake, glacier, etc.) are also out.
RQ #263 is over and Don Piven is the winner! Congratulations.
Only four entrants; I'd hoped for more, but perhaps many of our usual
participants are on vacation.
Valid answers submitted, followed by number of people who gave that answer:
Black River Falls, WI 1
Chagrin Falls, OH 1
Chippewa Falls, WI 2
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 1
Glens Falls, NY 1
Great Falls, VA 1
Hudson Falls, NY 1
International Falls, MN 1
Jim Falls, WI 1
Menomonee Falls, WI 2
Niagara Falls, NY 2
Niagara Falls, ON 2
Oconto Falls, WI 1
Park Falls, WI 1
River Falls, WI 1
Rock Falls, IL 1
St Croix Falls, WI 1
Sheboygan Falls, WI 1
Sioux Falls, SD 2
Wichita Falls, TX 1
Big Rapids, MI 1
Cedar Rapids, IA 2
Grand Rapids, MI 2
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 1
Blue River, WI 1
Eagle River, WI 1
Fall River, MA 2
Green River, WY 1
Rainy River, ON 1
Two Rivers, WI 1
Oak Brook, IL 1
Stony Brook, NY 1
Carol Stream, IL 2
Battle Creek, MI 1
Johnson Creek, WI 1
Oak Creek, WI 1
Berwick-upon-Tweed, UK 1
Kingston upon Thames, UK 1
Kingston upon Hull, UK 1
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK 1
Stratford-upon-Avon, UK 1
Frankfurt am Main, Germany 1
Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany 1
Scores:
Don Piven: 20 + 16*2 = 52
Mark: 17 + 12*2 = 41
Dan Blum: 13 + 5*2 = 23
Erland: 2 + 1*2 = 4
Notes:
1. Carol Stream is not actually named for a body of water. Instead,
that's someone's name. I still allowed it.
2. I figured everyone would get Niagara Falls. Some of you guys
disappointed me.
3. There were no cases where I disqualified an answer because of
insufficient specification. In the case of Fall River, there are two
others in the US besides the largish one in Massachusetts, but both were
below the minimum 2000 population. Now if USA hadn't been specified,
then there's one in Nova Scotia that would have disqualified it.
4. Very smart move on Mark's part to note that I hadn't required the
last word to be a generic term.
5. I ruled against Three Rivers, QC because that's not its official
name. I don't think using Canada Post as an official reference is a good
idea. If they're like the US Postal Service (and for this, I think they
are), it doesn't matter what city name you put on the envelope as long
as you have the right postal code.
6. There were very few wrong answers given. Besides the "* Springs"
answers Mark gave, these were the wrongs ones:
Rock Creek MD (there's a creek named that, but no town)
Three Rivers QC (already discussed)
White River VT
Great Rapids
Roaring Brook
Thanks to everyone who entered. And now over to Don for RQ 264......
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Dan Tilque