Your Trip Around the U. S. Trivia Quiz

Answer: Swim in the Great Salt Lake

The Walk of Fame is in Hollywood. Lombard Street, billed as the crookedest street, is in San Francisco. The world's biggest tree is the General Sherman Sequoia, which stands as tall as a 27-story building and is 36 feet wide at the base. Some redwood trees are taller, but General Sherman wins the "biggest tree" title because of height plus volume.

Answer: Learn about the Shaker religion in Hancock

Hancock Shaker Village is in Massachusetts. Shelter Island is at the tip of Long Island. Saratoga is known for the racetrack and its trendy boutiques. Fort Ticonderoga played an important role in the U.S. Revolutionary War.

Answer: Attend mass at Mission Dolores

Mission Dolores, in San Francisco, was one of the original California missions. The Cowgirl Hall of Fame moved to Fort Worth in 2002. Houston is the busy port city. Remember the Alamo? It's in San Antonio.

Answer: Swim in Lake Ontario

Ohio borders Lake Erie. Although not as well known as Pennsylvania, Ohio had a large Amish population. Some burial mounds found in Ohio were built by the Adena and Hopewell Indians 1500-3000 years ago. Internationally renowned architect I.M. Pei designed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.

Answer: see Fort Sumter

Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the American Civil War were fired, is in South Carolina. Thomas Jefferson was the architect of his home, Monticello, as well as the Rotunda at the University of Virginia. Fredericksburg & "Spotsylvania National Military Park" commemorates the Civil War battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House. Every year an auction of wild ponies helps keep the herd on Assateague National Seashore down to about 150.

Answer: Attend a home game of the Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers are at home in Wisconsin. Sir Tyrone Guthrie founded a Shakespeare theater in Minneapolis that carries his name. The Boundary Waters are along the border of Minnesota and Canada. A 55 foot statue of the Jolly Green Giant stands in his valley.

Answer: Visit the world's largest shopping mall

Air-conditioning made its public debut at in 1904 at the St. Louis World's Fair, which commemorated the explorations of Lewis and Clark and the purchase of the Louisiana Territory. The Harry S Truman Library is located in Independence where he spent much of his life. Andy Williams, Roy Clark and the Osmond Family, Yakov Smirnoff own a theater in Branson.

Answer: Shop at the Mall of America

The Mall of America is in Minnesota. Airboats must be used in the Everglades because underwater motors would quickly be choked with and would damage vegetation. South Beach is the part of Miami Beach also called the Art Deco District. Founded by Ponce de Leon on March 17, 1513, St. Augustine claims the title of the Oldest Town in the US.

Answer: Take a day trip to Block Island

Block Island is off the coast of Rhode Island not Massachusetts. Humpbacks and smaller whales summer off Cape Cod. Tanglewood, in Lenox, is the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It also hosts many other performing artists during the summer. The Five Colleges, located in the Pioneer Valley, are the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith.

Answer: Dip in the Gulf of Mexico at Fort Walton Beach

Fort Walton Beach is on the Gulf but in Florida. Space Camp is in Huntsville. The 1965 Civil Rights march from Selma to Montgomery was called by Roy Wilkins the "last great parade." The University of Alabama sports teams are called the "Crimson Tide".