American Tourist Traps Trivia Quiz

Answer: Georgia

At 10 feet long, the world's largest peanut sits on top of a fifteen foot pillar in Ashburn, GA. The peanut in Texas is only six feet long, and the one in Oklahoma is only a piddling 36 inches.

Answer: Spam Museum

The Spam Museum is located in Austin, Minnesota. The World's Largest Pecan, at 12 feet long, 7 feet wide, and weighing in at 12,000 pounds, is located in Brunswick, Missouri. Albert the Bull resides in Audubon, Iowa, standing 30 feet tall, weighs 45 tons, and has a horn span of 15 feet. The Garden of the Gods is a giant rock garden in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Answer: South Carolina

"South of the Border" is located in Dillon, South Carolina, off of I-95 and just south of the North Carolina border. By far, its most memorable feature are the billboards stretching from New Jersey to Florida, but it also features overpriced shops, a sombrero water tower, an indoor air-conditioned miniature golf course called "The Golf Of Mexico," and a giant statue of its mascot Pedro.

Answer: Nevada

The Four Corners is the only place in America where four states touch - Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.

Answer: North Carolina

Yuma, Arizona is home to a 7 X 12 foot church that they claim is the world's smallest. Iowa has two small churches - one 8 X 8 X 10 in Davenport, and one 12 X 16 in Festina. Georgia's claim comes from a 10 X 15 chapel in South Newport.

Answer: Enterprise

The official story of the boll weevil monument is that a plague of boll weevils ravaged the cotton crop, forcing the residents to grow other crops to avoid economic disaster. The statue, erected in 1919, has a plaque that reads: "In profound appreciation of the Boll Weevil and what it has done as the herald of prosperity, this monument is erected by the citizens of Enterprise -- December 11, 1919."

Answer: Riverside

Riverside claims that the Star Trek captain will be born in their town on March 21, 2233.

Answer: Monkey Caverns

The Watermelon Monument can be found in Lincoln, Illinois, "the only city ever named for Abraham Lincoln with his personal consent." Cranberry World, located in Plymouth, Massachusetts, is dedicated to the history and science of cranberries. The Shuffleboard Hall of Fame can be found in St. Petersburg, Florida, and contains more than you EVER wanted to know about shuffleboard.

Answer: Stockbridge, Georgia

Gardner was the first town with the world's largest chair, erected at 12 feet tall in 1905. It was replaced by Thomasville's first entry, a 13 foot, 6 inch chair. Gardner countered with a 15 foot chair, followed soon after by a 16 foot chair. Thomasville fought back with an 18 foot chair on a 12 foot pedestal that stands to this day.

After that came Bennington, Vermont (19'1"); Washington, DC (19'6"); and Morristown, Tennessee (20 feet tall). Gardner tried again with a 20'7" tall chair that was soon surpassed by Binghamton, New York's 24'9" tall chair. Wingdale, NY beat them out with a 25 foot chair, but they were finally beaten out by Anniston, Alabama, whose chair was 33 feet tall.

Answer: Waterloo, Nebraska

Kenton, Marionville, and Olney scoff at each other for claiming that they are the exclusive owners of white squirrels. Olney has a law that gives the squirrels the right of way on the street, and Marionville captures common gray squirrels and throws them out of town.

Other towns that claim white squirrels (though not necessarily albino) as a local emblem are Brevard, North Carolina, and Exeter, Ontario.

Answer: The Sand Museum

The Sand Museum is actually in The Desert of Maine, in Freeport, Maine. Here, you can see sand from all over the world, including Dwight Eisenhower's putting green. The Lock Museum of America is in Terryville, CT, where you can see exciting exhibits like "The History of Hinges." The Kerosene Lamp Museum can be found in Winchester Center, and is described as "an astonishing aspect of the spurt in burner development was the lack of interest in the Argand type, developed by Ami Argand, the father of scientific lighting." The World's Largest Dairy Store is in Norwalk, and features ... well, dairy stuff.

Answer: Oregon Vortex

The only one of the other names that actually exists is Mystery Hill: there's one in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and another in Marblehead, Ohio.

Answer: Clanton, Alabama

Memphis is obvious - Graceland. Kissimmee boasts an Elvis Museum, owned by Jimmy Velvet, who also has a museum in Nashville. Pigeon Forge has an Elvis museum with more of Elvis's personal effects.

Answer: Barney the War Bear Monument

Barney the War Bear is actually in Fort Bragg, NC. He was a pet of Sgt. Jerald Hilleson who smuggled him into the country from Vietnam by getting him drunk, putting him in a duffel bag and carrying him home in the overhead compartment of a 727. Chief Henry is the world's most photographed Indian, posing for five bucks a picture outside the Tepee Village Mall, behind Chief Saunooke's Bear Park, which keeps bears in pits so tourists can feed them and take pictures.

The World's Largest Bingo Game is no more, having been dumped for a casino, but was in Cherokee.

Answer: World's Largest Twine Ball - Darwin, Minnesota

At 21,140 pounds, and with a 12 foot circumference, it was made by Francis A. Johnson. It's the world's largest twine ball wrapped by one person. The Weird Al song, "The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota," was based on this feat. I hope you learned something in this quiz, and are now ready to blow all your money on souvenirs from all of these places, and many more. Enjoy!