Welcome to the
Postcard History
United States Landmarks Quiz
Part 1 of 5
Those who enjoyed the Postcard History quizzes have requested more. We are happy to indulge them. The new quizzes will appear in a series of five at random intervals. Each quiz will include ten challenges. There will be fifty challenges (questions). If you answer the 50 correctly, you will receive an official Postcard History Know-it-All certificate. The answer to all challenges will be the name of a state. Name the state in the U.S.A. where the postcard image is located. You must use the Answer Form if you participate; no answers will be accepted from the comments section.
And, you should know the card captions will be altered to enhance the challenge, but the image size will be at 100% so you can search the picture for clues.
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This sample challenge will give you an idea of how to participate.
When a handkerchief is dropped into this pool of hot swirling water it disappears immediately but reappears two minutes later thoroughly laundered by the hot water.
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Each challenge will show a full-size postcard with a very brief description. The image will be unique to one state in our country. The description will offer a clue and other clues may be found in the image. When you decide on your final answer, go to the Answer Form and insert your answer in the corresponding numbered box. When you have ten answers, click the SUBMIT button.
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American landmarks appear on millions of postcards, in Part I of this 5-part series, you will find ten images, each one unique to one state. Answer the challenge of – NAME THE STATE – by using the Answer Form. Then click, the Submit Button.
No. 1 – The Livezey House sits on the banks of a creek, in a valley, along an
avenue. Each takes its name from the Native American word “wisameckham,”
meaning “catfish stream.”
NAME THE STATE!
No. 2 – Mr. Daniel, himself, once worked here, so did his nephew Lem
Motlow. They don’t work here anymore; they built a new office in 1952.
NAME THE STATE!
No. 3 – The gold in these bricks came from the deepest goldmine in America.
NAME THE STATE!
No. 4 – This historic hotel was built in 1853. It may be the oldest mountain
top hotel in America, and it once served as the office of the Among the Clouds newspaper.
NAME THE STATE!
No. 5 – Climb the mountain or fish for bass and trout in a lake whose
water reflects the snow-capped mountain.
NAME THE STATE!
No. 6 – This track is a ¾-mile site. It is located in a place with a familiar
name, but it may not be the place that first comes to mind.
NAME THE STATE!
No. 7 – The big coffee post was made to advertise a tinsmith’s forge and shop.
NAME THE STATE!
No. 8 – This monument commemorates a battle on a Great Lake.
NAME THE STATE!
No. 9 – This blockhouse has no blocks; it was erected in 1927 using
wood from the barn that stood in this place during a battle.
NAME THE STATE!
No. 10 — The first Café on this site was built in 1813.
NAME THE STATE!
I enjoyed that. Please consider additional (perhaps non US) puzzles.
I knew only Nos. 2, 8, and 10 without Googling, so this was a good challenge!
I had to Google all 10 clues although I think (hope) I would have done better had it been my small home country of Scotland.