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Emile

(22,668 posts) Sun Jan 23, 2022, 11:38 AM Jan 2022

Without naming where you are from, name one thing it's famous for! [View all]

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All the governors are in jail.

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Without naming where you are from, name one thing it's famous for! [View all] Emile Jan 2022 OP

Our last three governors had sex scandals Sanity Claws Jan 2022 #1

New York Emile Jan 2022 #11

We have this Zoo. Anon-C Jan 2022 #2

San Diego, CA sdfernando Jan 2022 #53

Wheat lapfog_1 Jan 2022 #3

Kansas Emile Jan 2022 #12

Gold was just a windy Kansas wheat field. ShazzieB Jan 2022 #177

More Lakes than Minnesota LakeArenal Jan 2022 #4

Alaska Emile Jan 2022 #13

Maybe but that's not the this state. LakeArenal Jan 2022 #16

How about we grow the most cranberries? LakeArenal Jan 2022 #18

Wisconsin? Emile Jan 2022 #25

Ding ding. LakeArenal Jan 2022 #33

I thought it was Massachusetts? smirkymonkey Jan 2022 #156

Lots of people think that. But no. LakeArenal Jan 2022 #184

Learn something new every day. smirkymonkey Jan 2022 #186

Hello fellow snowybirdie Jan 2022 #5

Do you mean Illini nocoincidences Jan 2022 #8

Blues Haggard Celine Jan 2022 #6

Mississippi Emile Jan 2022 #15

That's it! Haggard Celine Jan 2022 #36

That and Elvis. 😉 ShazzieB Jan 2022 #178

Oh yes, St. Elvis of Tupelo! Haggard Celine Jan 2022 #179

Delta Air Lines (edited for clarity!) CurtEastPoint Jan 2022 #7

Mississippi? Emile Jan 2022 #17

Atlanta kacekwl Jan 2022 #52

Yep! I was gonna say UPS but a lot of folks don't know that. CurtEastPoint Jan 2022 #54

Yale. CTyankee Jan 2022 #9

Connecticut Emile Jan 2022 #20

Coca-Cola Glorfindel Jan 2022 #10

Georgia Emile Jan 2022 #22

Absolutely! I almost said "Jimmy Carter," but that would be TOO obvious. Glorfindel Jan 2022 #43

Joe Biden Walleye Jan 2022 #14

Delaware Emile Jan 2022 #23

Sort of put it on the map.It's strange to see your hometown in the background Walleye Jan 2022 #27

The last bastion of education for conservative values. gibraltar72 Jan 2022 #19

Alabama or Aladamnbama Emile Jan 2022 #28

Actually no. Authored the 1776 project for Trump. gibraltar72 Jan 2022 #29

Lots of mountains... 2naSalit Jan 2022 #21

California Emile Jan 2022 #72

Nope. 2naSalit Jan 2022 #75

Colorado, or Arizona electric_blue68 Jan 2022 #169

The Summer of Love (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Jan 2022 #24

San Francisco Emile Jan 2022 #32

Famous statue in the harbor........ secondwind Jan 2022 #26

New York Emile Jan 2022 #30

New Jersey jmowreader Jan 2022 #125

If you are taking the Statue of Liberty, Sanity Claws Feb 2022 #230

Jersey doesn't want it either. jmowreader Feb 2022 #231

First Presidential Primary. zanana1 Jan 2022 #31

New Hampshire or Iowa Emile Jan 2022 #73

Iowa has a caucus. zanana1 Jan 2022 #187

I believe the first COVID cases in the (continental?) USA were diagnosed here in town. Ron Obvious Jan 2022 #34

State of Washington Emile Jan 2022 #74

Correct. Ron Obvious Jan 2022 #82

GOAT Quarterback and carl Yastrzemski Fla Dem Jan 2022 #35

Boston Old Ironside Emile Jan 2022 #76

Put a bird on it. Mme. Defarge Jan 2022 #37

Portland, Oregon Emile Jan 2022 #77

One bigAss flood...or two..nt mitch96 Jan 2022 #38

New Orleans Emile Jan 2022 #78

Nope, farther north... caused by rich people wanting to play...nt mitch96 Jan 2022 #115

Johnstown N/T Retired Engineer Bob Jan 2022 #140

BINGO!..give that man a cupie doll.......nt mitch96 Jan 2022 #153

Microencapsulation. OilemFirchen Jan 2022 #39

I googled.... may I offer what I think it is? CurtEastPoint Jan 2022 #56

Nope. OilemFirchen Jan 2022 #58

Durn. Not even close. CurtEastPoint Jan 2022 #61

Also Dayton. OilemFirchen Jan 2022 #65

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M&Ms n/t Quakerfriend Jan 2022 #40

NJ or TN? marzipanni Feb 2022 #226

The Wright Brothers. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2022 #41

Ohio CurtEastPoint Jan 2022 #44

Yep. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2022 #47

I was gonna say Dayton but wasn't sure. I did some training at the AFB there and remember CurtEastPoint Jan 2022 #51

Yes, that would be Wright-Patt AFB. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2022 #55

Strawberry Fields Donkees Jan 2022 #42

New York Emile Jan 2022 #79

🌹 Yes :) Donkees Jan 2022 #83

Summer of 2020... pdxflyboy Jan 2022 #45

DC Emile Jan 2022 #105

A prison.... Glamrock Jan 2022 #46

Indiana Emile Jan 2022 #103

Birthplace of Martin Luther King, Jr.. Solly Mack Jan 2022 #48

we are neighbors, then! CurtEastPoint Jan 2022 #60

Where I'm from. Not where I still live. Solly Mack Jan 2022 #64

Music SouthernIrish Jan 2022 #49

Nashville Emile Jan 2022 #71

Ayuh! GPV Jan 2022 #50

Maine Emile Jan 2022 #102

Hofbrauhaus sdfernando Jan 2022 #57

Munich flying rabbit Jan 2022 #69

Our Three Rivers meet at The Point FakeNoose Jan 2022 #127

Three Rivers, Wisconsin Emile Jan 2022 #143

Being weird Lettuce Be Jan 2022 #59

Portland, OR? sdfernando Jan 2022 #62

Could be Austin. Sneederbunk Jan 2022 #66

The Minutemen DBoon Jan 2022 #63

Massachusetts Emile Jan 2022 #92

No, let me give another hint DBoon Jan 2022 #114

LA California Emile Jan 2022 #118

yes DBoon Jan 2022 #124

Beavers and Ducks. Binkie The Clown Jan 2022 #67

Oregon Emile Jan 2022 #96

Sunshine! patricia92243 Jan 2022 #68

Florida Emile Jan 2022 #84

BBQ flying rabbit Jan 2022 #70

Texas Emile Jan 2022 #85

Well played flying rabbit Jan 2022 #86

A ton of gold arrived on a ship..... Ferryboat Jan 2022 #80

Seattle Emile Jan 2022 #88

SS Portland Ferryboat Jan 2022 #91

Packo's hotdogs VGNonly Jan 2022 #81

Toledo, Ohio Emile Jan 2022 #87

Weed Ohio Joe Jan 2022 #89

California Emile Jan 2022 #94

Nope... Ohio Joe Jan 2022 #95

Colorado Emile Jan 2022 #99

Yoopers VGNonly Jan 2022 #90

The UP Emile Jan 2022 #98

Olympic white water river trials. cbabe Jan 2022 #93

Studebaker Hill. INDIANA Emile Jan 2022 #100

Do you mean Bendix Woods, St. Joseph County Parks? cbabe Jan 2022 #104

I use to drive from LaPorte to South Bend once a week for Auto Zone. Emile Jan 2022 #106

Morris the Cat. Harker Jan 2022 #97

Eureka Springs, Arkansas Emile Jan 2022 #101

Hinsdale, Illinois. Harker Jan 2022 #116

Iced Tea lucca18 Jan 2022 #107

South Carolina Emile Jan 2022 #108

No, that's not it. lucca18 Jan 2022 #192

New York city? Emile Jan 2022 #198

No, but you are close. lucca18 Feb 2022 #201

Newport, RI Emile Feb 2022 #207

Incorrect. Thank you for guessing. (Hint in text) lucca18 Feb 2022 #214

Long Island Emile Feb 2022 #216

Yes! (Long Island Iced Tea)! lucca18 Feb 2022 #223

I don't know why I had such a hard time with this one, but I did. Emile Feb 2022 #224

You stayed with it! Good for you!😍 lucca18 Feb 2022 #227

The most expensive horse shit on the planet. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2022 #109

Louisville, Kentucky Emile Jan 2022 #110

+1... KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2022 #145

Karoon Rodgers sarcasmo Jan 2022 #111

Wisconsin Emile Jan 2022 #112

Albert Einstein, John Wheeler, Robert Oppenheimer, Andrew Wiles, John Von Neumann. NNadir Jan 2022 #113

Princeton Emile Jan 2022 #119

No Daylight Saving Time Ptah Jan 2022 #117

You must live near A mountain Emile Jan 2022 #121

Buckeyes: the trees or candies SamKnause Jan 2022 #120

Ohio Emile Jan 2022 #122

Yes. SamKnause Jan 2022 #123

Highest elevation seaport in the world jmowreader Jan 2022 #126

I tried, but I'm having a hard time with this one! Emile Feb 2022 #225

Lewiston, Idaho jmowreader Feb 2022 #228

Wow, never would have got that! Emile Feb 2022 #233

Perpetual drizzle Angleae Jan 2022 #128

Seattle Emile Jan 2022 #133

Governors In Jail? ProfessorGAC Jan 2022 #129

Correct Emile Jan 2022 #137

Correct Emile Jan 2022 #138

Highest wind speed recorded in the US Rastapopoulos Jan 2022 #130

New Hampshire Emile Jan 2022 #134

Coney Island hot dogs CJW Jan 2022 #131

Indiana Emile Jan 2022 #135

A Team That Wins The World Series Every 108 Years ProfessorGAC Jan 2022 #132

Chicago Emile Jan 2022 #136

Yes, Chicagoland ProfessorGAC Jan 2022 #139

..... is seven suburbs in search of a city IcyPeas Jan 2022 #141

The city of Angels Emile Jan 2022 #142

The college Harrison Ford got thrown out of has the same name as the town. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2022 #144

Ripon WI VGNonly Jan 2022 #150

You got it! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2022 #154

Expelled for not passing a philosophy class. Emile Jan 2022 #200

Nirvana Evergreen Emerald Jan 2022 #146

Aberdeen, Washington Emile Jan 2022 #161

Most water fountains. chowder66 Jan 2022 #147

Kansas City, Missouri or Rome, Italy Emile Jan 2022 #162

1st one! chowder66 Jan 2022 #188

Stampede ironflange Jan 2022 #148

Calgary VGNonly Jan 2022 #151

Yep ironflange Jan 2022 #152

Former Sen. Harris Scottie Mom Jan 2022 #149

California Emile Jan 2022 #163

grid failure darkens the state Skittles Jan 2022 #155

Texas Emile Jan 2022 #164

The first public school in the US was founded here... smirkymonkey Jan 2022 #157

Boston, Massachusetts Emile Jan 2022 #165

Yes, Boston Latin School, 1632. smirkymonkey Jan 2022 #185

Eastman School of Music. 3catwoman3 Jan 2022 #158

Rochester, New York Emile Jan 2022 #166

Allegiant Stadium Moebym Jan 2022 #159

Paradise Emile Jan 2022 #167

Me. 🤣 sprinkleeninow Jan 2022 #160

Maine Emile Jan 2022 #168

Okay. Maine an' me 😁 sprinkleeninow Jan 2022 #193

Blue Crabs NurseJackie Jan 2022 #170

Maryland Emile Jan 2022 #171

... and a tax-evading former Vice President... NurseJackie Jan 2022 #172

Must be Nixon's VP Spiro Agnew Emile Jan 2022 #174

We Marylanders are SO PROUD of our former governor. NurseJackie Jan 2022 #175

Having the most distinctive state flag design. NurseJackie Jan 2022 #173

+1 That state flag is really different! Emile Jan 2022 #176

a pagoda on a hillside onethatcares Jan 2022 #180

Reading, Pennsylvania Emile Jan 2022 #181

pretzel capitol was just too easy. onethatcares Jan 2022 #189

The Villages -nt Piasladic Jan 2022 #182

Sumter County Florida Emile Jan 2022 #183

A massive building of a particular geometric shape. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2022 #190

Arlington, Virginia Emile Jan 2022 #195

Dirty John's hot dogs nuxvomica Jan 2022 #191

Glens Falls, New York Emile Jan 2022 #196

mine... WilmywoodNCparalegal Jan 2022 #194

Bologna, Italy and Las Vegas, Nevada Emile Jan 2022 #197

Winner winner chicken dinner! n/t WilmywoodNCparalegal Jan 2022 #199

First teacher in space. Sadly, died in the Challenger explosion. Vinca Feb 2022 #202

Concord, New Hampshire Emile Feb 2022 #205

Correct, although I'm just in the state not the city. Vinca Feb 2022 #210

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Arizona Emile Feb 2022 #206

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New Mexico Emile Feb 2022 #209

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Prisons. canuckledragger Feb 2022 #212

Texas Emile Feb 2022 #213

Emeril Lagasse Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2022 #215

Fall River, Ma Emile Feb 2022 #218

Correct! Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2022 #219

Hewlett-Packard sakabatou Feb 2022 #217

Palo Alto, California Emile Feb 2022 #220

dry heat Kali Feb 2022 #221

Arizona Emile Feb 2022 #222

Vulcan statue trof Feb 2022 #229

Birmingham, AL Emile Feb 2022 #234

Landfills and toxic waste sites nt Wicked Blue Feb 2022 #232

New Jersey Emile Feb 2022 #235

Ding ding ding ding ding we have a winner! Wicked Blue Feb 2022 #242

dark fired tobacco yellowdogintexas Feb 2022 #236

Where they grow blue grass and raise racehorses, Kentucky! Emile Feb 2022 #237

Cheese steak. Samrob Feb 2022 #238

Philadelphia Emile Feb 2022 #239

Pink snow mia Feb 2022 #240

Most people would think Washington DC, but there is more cherry trees in Macon, Georgia! Emile Feb 2022 #241

It must be beautiful in Macon, Georgia! mia Feb 2022 #254

Gosh darn I thought I got that one, LOL! Emile Feb 2022 #255

Birthplace of the Jeep liberaltrucker Feb 2022 #243

This one I knew, I had a couple Jeeps, CJ 5 and a CJ 7, Butler, Pa Emile Feb 2022 #248

Rubber capital of the world.....or Zips we can do it Feb 2022 #244

The 5th largest city in Ohio, Akron Emile Feb 2022 #249

Yep😍 we can do it Feb 2022 #262

White horses and a State College that was once a State Mental Hospital.. Tikki Feb 2022 #245

In one of the most beautiful states there is a town called Camarillo, California. Emile Feb 2022 #250

Yes, yes and we have been in this home near Camarillo for 44 years. Tikki Feb 2022 #251

Now "The Nation's Summer Capitol" we can do it Feb 2022 #246

For the past 100 years its been called "The Nation's Summer Capitol" Emile Feb 2022 #252

Yep🍻🥰 we can do it Feb 2022 #263

They got some pretty little women there sky_masterson Feb 2022 #247

and I'm gonna get me one! Kansas City, Missouri Emile Feb 2022 #253

The other kansas city.(Kansas side) sky_masterson Feb 2022 #256

That was my first thought, but I knew KC, Missouri had a larger population Emile Feb 2022 #257

I would bet the song really meant the Missouri side anyways sky_masterson Feb 2022 #258

As an old retired truck driver I been there a few times. One place Emile Feb 2022 #259

Here you will see pics of the Space Center and you will see why I never liked going there! Emile Feb 2022 #260

Subtropolis sky_masterson Feb 2022 #261

The city gave its name to the Angora wool shorn from Angora rabbits n/t ornotna Feb 2022 #264

The ancient city of Ankara, Turkey Emile Feb 2022 #265

Bingo ornotna Feb 2022 #280

The city that never sleeps. mnhtnbb Feb 2022 #266

I want to wake up in a city that never sleeps, New York, New York! Emile Feb 2022 #267

Rock and roll festival Auggie Feb 2022 #268

Blue Ridge Rock Fest in Danville, Virginia Emile Feb 2022 #269

Head west. Way west. Auggie Feb 2022 #270

Back near Lodi again is the city of Sacramento, California Emile Feb 2022 #271

Further west Auggie Feb 2022 #272

Napa, California Emile Feb 2022 #273

Got it! Auggie Feb 2022 #274

Without wine, where would I be? Emile Feb 2022 #275

Green Chile BarbaRosa Feb 2022 #276

185 miles south of Albuquerque is a town called Hatch, New Mexico Emile Feb 2022 #277

Hatch is an two hour drive from where I live, BarbaRosa Feb 2022 #278

New Mexico is a beautiful state! Emile Feb 2022 #279

Last soldier to die in the war to end all wars struggle4progress Feb 2022 #281

Henry Nicholas Gunther from Baltimore, Maryland died November 11, 1918 Emile Feb 2022 #283

Nylon. GoneOffShore Feb 2022 #282

Seaford, Delaware in 1938 Dupont started construction on a nylon production Emile Feb 2022 #284

Yes. However the Dupont Experimental Station was upstate in Wilmington. GoneOffShore Feb 2022 #285

Pork Roll/Taylor Ham MichaelSoE Feb 2022 #286

New Jersey is famous for landfills and the Sopranos, but in Trenton Emile Feb 2022 #287

that was an easy one, eh!? MichaelSoE Feb 2022 #288

Thanks, some are almost impossible Emile Feb 2022 #289

Upside down waterfall Hekate Feb 2022 #290

Honolulu the state capital of Hawaii is on the island of Oahu Emile Feb 2022 #291

Right. The winds along the Pali, the cliffs, are so powerful they blow the falling water back... Hekate Feb 2022 #292