CB Radio Terminology: Cities Part 3 Quiz

Answer: Cheyenne

Cheyenne, the capital and largest city in Wyoming was founded on July 4, 1867 by General Grenville Dodge and his survey crew. It was originally called Crow's Creek Crossing but renamed in honor of the Cheyenne Indian Tribe. The city was originally seat to the largest cattle stockyards in the US and the contained the main loading facility of cattle on the Union Pacific Railroad. Cheyenne today is still thought of as a wild, wild west town, hence the term truckers use, and of course truckers love a good rodeo!

Answer: Akron

Akron, Ohio was founded in 1825 near the Ohio & Erie Canal. It quickly became a manufacturing leader due to it's location at a staircase of locks on the canal. The city was actually named Akron after the Greek word for "summit". In 1869 B. F. Goodrich opened its plant there, followed by General Tire in 1915.

These new manufacturing plants caused a 200% gain in population growth between 1910 and 1920 and Akron got the nickname "Rubber Capital of the World". Tires, of course, are very important to truckers, and even though Akron no longer has the rubber production it once did it is still the "Rubber Capital" to them.

Answer: Los Angeles

Thousands of years ago the Tongva and Chumash Indian tribes had settled the area now known as Los Angeles. The first Europeans arrived in 1542 but a permanent settlement wasn't established until 1781 when 44 settlers founded El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula," ("The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels on the River Porciúncula"). Today LA is one of the largest and most important cities in the world.

The nickname truckers gave the city is very easy to figure out. Los Angeles lays within the Pacific Ring of Fire, and relatively close to the San Andreas Fault, this geological instability causes about 10,000 earthquakes every year.

Answer: Boise

Boise, Idaho is the capital and largest city in Idaho. The area was settled by French Canadian fur trappers in the early 1820's who called the tree lined valley "La Riviere Boise" (the wooded river). The present day city was incorporated in 1864 and became capital of the Idaho territory in 1865.

The city today gets great recognition for its quality of life, ranking #3 for "Businesses and Careers" by "Forbes Magazine" and #8 as "Best Place to Live" by "Money Magazine". Idaho traditionally was known as the potato capital of the US, so of course truckers are going to label the capital/largest city as something to do with potatoes.

Answer: New Orleans

Ground was broken for The Louisiana Superdome in 1971 and the doors opened in 1975. It is located in New Orleans and is the largest fixed dome structure in the world, although no longer the largest dome overall. The dome came into world wide prominence in 2005 by housing thousands of evacuees seeking shelter from Hurricane Katrina.

It has been home to several sporting events including the Superbowl in 1978, 1981, 1986, 1990, 1997, and 2002 and the Final Four in 1982, 1987, 1993, and 2003. Truckers have many names for New Orleans but this is the one most used, as historically whenever anyone thought of a superdome they thought of New Orleans.

Answer: Corpus Christi

Corpus Cristi, Texas was founded by Spanish missionaries and named in honor of the Blessed Sacrament (Eucharist). The literal Latin translation is "Body of Christ". The city itself has one of the top 7 Hispanic populations in the US. 58% or 166,228 of the city's population is Hispanic or Latino, so of course there is going to be a lot of Mexican influenced food, and truckers love tacos, lol.

Answer: San Clemente

The area that would become San Clemente, California was first settled by the Juaneño Indians, although largely the area was uninhabited until 1776 when the Mission San Juan Capistrano was established by Father Junipero Serra. The area still was very sparsely inhabited until 1925 when Ole Hanson, a real estate developer founded the present day city.

In 1968 Richard Nixon bought the H. H. Cotton estate and named it "La Casa Pacifica," although the common name was "Western White House". After Nixon resigned and due in large part to his nickname truckers began to call the area "Tricky Dick's".

Answer: Texarkana

Texarkana is a city split in half by the boundary between Texas and Arkansas. If you go west of State Line Avenue, you are in Texas, east and you are in Arkansas. The post office actually straddles the state line, making it the only federal building to be located in two states.

The towns name actually includes three states, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana as original surveys showed the city would border all three states. The area is home to many ghost stories and mysterious creatures, the most famous being The Boggy Creek Monster, the Bigfoot of the South.

Answer: Chicago

Chicago was incorporated in 1837, although groups of Potawatomis Indians had settled there in the 1750's. The city was originally founded as a trading post although by the 1850's it had become an important transportation center between the eastern and western US.

The nickname was first used to describe the long winded politicians which came from the city in the 1800's and the citizens constantly talking about how great their city was, although the weather has obviously helped the name continue. Temperatures in the winter average 31 degrees Fahrenheit and it is often very breezy due to the closeness of Lake Michigan and the lay out of the city streets.

Answer: Washington

Washington, DC was founded in 1790 as a federal district which was established by the United States Constitution. The city is the capital of the United States and considered by many to be one of the most influential government centers in the world. Truckers use the "Watergate" nickname in reference to the Watergate scandal. On June 17, 1972 five men broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel Complex.

Investigations showed this was only one of many illegal activities authorized and/or carried out by President Nixon's staff. I hope you enjoyed by "CB City" quizzes half as much as I did making them!