Not in MY Town! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Hoboken

Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Staten Island, as well as Manhattan and Queens, make up the five boroughs of New York City. Hoboken is a city in nearby New Jersey.

Interestingly, each of New York City's five boroughs is in a different county, while being parts of the same great city. The Bronx is in Bronx County and is the only borough partially located on the mainland, the others all being parts of islands. Manhattan is in New York County. Queens is in Queens County. Staten Island is in Richmond County. Brooklyn is in Kings County.

Answer: Venice Beach

Venice Beach is located in Los Angeles, while the other three choices are parts of San Francisco.

Nob Hill is one of San Francisco's original "Seven Hills." Today it is one of a total of 44 hills in the City By the Bay. Fisherman's Wharf is one of "The City's" original neighborhoods when it was a fishing community of Italian immigrants. Haight-Ashbury, also known as "The Upper Haight," is famous as a center of Hippie culture.

Answer: Malibu

Malibu is a beach community within greater Los Angeles and about 30 miles west of LA's downtown, occupying 21 miles of California coastline.

Also known as the Paseo del Rio, the San Antonio River Walk is a series of walkways along the banks of the river of the same name as the fourth largest city of Texas. The Alamo was originally known as "Mision San Antonio de Valero." Because the Monte Vista Historic District was registered with the National Register of Historic Places in 1998, homeowners in the affluent neighborhood must abide by the rules set up by the Monte Vista Historic Association.

Answer: Redwood Heights

Redwood Heights is a middle-class neighborhood of Oakland, California, home of the Golden State Warriors, who lost to the Cavaliers in the 2016 NBA finals.

The Cleveland suburb of Canton, the seat of Stark County, is also the home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Located in Cuyahoga County, Shaker Heights is "an inner-ring streetcar suburb" of Cleveland, sharing the eastern boundary of the latter. Cleveland's Edgewater neighborhood is three neighborhoods east of Downtown Cleveland on the shore of Lake Erie.

Answer: Wrigleyville

Wrigleyville is actually a section of Chicago, so it celebrated the Cubs' World Series title in 2016, a whopping 50 years after the Braves moved to Atlanta.

Marietta, an Atlanta suburb, Peachtree Street (there are at least 16 streets in Atlanta with "Peachtree" in their names), and Stone Mountain (a granite dome, a state park, and an Atlanta suburb) all are familiar parts of greater Atlanta.

Answer: La Jolla

Actually, only 18th and Vine is mentioned in any of the choices. That, of course, is a street corner in KC as well as the name of the city's historic Jazz District. While Crown Center and the 18th and Vine Jazz District are located in Kansas City, Missouri, however, Olathe is a suburb of Kansas City, Kansas. All are part of the Kansas City Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, which ranks 30th in population in all of America's SMSAs in the 2016 estimates.

La Jolla, often referred to as "The Jewel of San Diego," is a seaside village and part of California's second-largest city.

Answer: Tangletown

Two other great American cities have neighborhoods called Tangletown. One is in Minneapolis, Minnesota (where my son lives), and the other is Seattle. Originally known as Fuller, Minneapolis' Tangletown had its name changed in 1996 to reflect a number of winding streets following or influenced by Minnehaha Creek, which flows through part of the neighborhood.

Answer: Pimlico

Pimlico is a neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, and site of Pimlico Racetrack, home of the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown.

Chelsea is a Boston suburb located just across the Mystic River from Boston itself. Roxbury is one of 23 official neighborhoods of Boston. Jamaica Plain, once part of Roxbury, is now another official neighborhood as designated by Boston's Office of Neighborhood Services.

Answer: Lake Mendota

Lake Mendota is the largest of the four lakes around which Madison, Wisconsin, is built.

Around 1900, Capitol Hill was known as "Broadway Hill," and was often called "Catholic Hill" up to the 1980s. It has some of Seattle's wealthiest neighborhoods and is one of its key nightlife and entertainment centers. One of America's oldest continuously operated farmers' markets, Pike Place Market is often highlighted by its Fish Market on television nationally. Queen Anne sits on Seattle's highest hill and is known for its mansions and craftsmanship homes.

Answer: Foggy Bottom

Foggy Bottom is an historic residential district of Washington, D.C.

Pullman was originally established as a company town by George Pullman for the workers in his Pullman Palace Car Company. Part of Pullman is a National Monument. The Loop is the central downtown business district of the city of Chicago and also contains City Hall and the seat of Cook County. Located on the northwest side of Chicago, the O'Hare neighborhood includes Chicago O'Hare International Airport, which was the world's busiest airport measured by the number of takeoffs and landings in 2014.