Let's play "Name That Flyover City!" Answer these 12 questions and test your regional knowledge. Good luck! 1. The movies, “Hustle & Flow,” Great Balls of Fire” and “The Firm” were all filmed in what southern city? Memphis, Tennessee Des Moines, Iowa Nashville, Tennessee 2. What midwestern city is home to Zug Island? St. Louis, Missouri Detroit, Michigan Milwaukee, Wisconsin 3. Celebrity chef Guy Fieri is from what midwestern city? Cleveland, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio Columbus, Ohio 4. What Midwestern city is the birthplace of SNL’s Chris Farley? Madison, Wisconsin Chicago, Illinois Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 5. Which city is the home of Arthur Bryant’s barbecue restaurant, the birthplace of “burnt ends?” Memphis, Tennessee Kansas City, Missouri Lexington, Kentucky 6. Which city is home to Shaw University, the first Historically Black College in the American South? Athens, Georgia Raleigh, North Carolina Birmingham, Alabama 7. Country musician and actor Dwight Yoakam has been known to sing about Kentucky (“Readin’, Writin’, Route 23”) and California (“Streets of Bakersfield”). However, he grew up in this midwestern city and attended the huge state college located there. Name the city! Omaha, Nebraska Columbus, Ohio Asheville, North Carolina 8. In 2019, this city celebrated the 40th Anniversary of “Scotfest,” a three-day event that recognizes Scottish and Celtic culture. Which city is it? Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Youngstown, Ohio Wheeling, West Virginia 9. Residents of this midwestern city are way into a local delicacy called the Pork Tenderloin Sandwich. You can find them at joints like the Aristocrat, the Big Lug Canteen and C.R. Heroes Pub. St. Louis, Missouri Louisville, Kentucky Indianapolis, Indiana 10. We know that Dr. Albert Sabin developed the polio vaccine. But he spent many years during and after World War II in which flyover city? Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Minneapolis, Minnesota Cincinnati, Ohio 11. Researchers in this city were the first to develop a mind-powered robotic arm. At what university did this research happen? Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania St. Louis, Missouri Oak Ridge, Tennessee 12. In what city was the G-suit for airplane pilots developed? Rochester, Minnesota Charleston, West Virginia Ann Arbor, Michigan
