Geography by Letter - W

Yeah, just learned that. Was trying Wyoming at first. Amusing to read the Wikipedia article. "The Midwestern United States... occupies the northern central part of the United States." Of course it does. Obviously due to the history, but fun anyway :)

They must have seen someone wearing a cheesehead hat.

Interesting QM!

Ohio doesn't really fit anywhere. It seems too far east for the Midwest, too far west for the Mid-Atlantic, and too far north for the South. The eastern part of Ohio is like the Mid-Atlantic, the western part is like the Midwest, and the area around Cincinnati is like the Upper South.

I agree it's a cultural distinction. I always think the Midwest starts with Pittsburgh. People from Pittsburgh are much more like people from Cincinnati than they are like people from Philadelphia.

Originally from Chicago and when I moved to Pittsburgh, I was very shocked to find that they considered themselves midwest!

Australia has a city named Wollongong near Sydney.

Even if that's true, everything else komrad said is correct. I don't understand why people think this site needs to be some kind of representative democracy. I think QM does an admirable job mixing up the subject matter, but he and probably the majority of users are American, so the site is going to lean that way. It's like if you went to McDonald's and demanded pasta. That's not part of their menu. There are other places to go if you want that. This site does not need to be everything to everyone. I've played quizzes and trivia games where the host, in an attempt to have mass appeal, clearly wrote questions on subjects about which he himself doesn't know anything, and the questions often come across as bizarre or needlessly specific. They're not fun. You need the quiz writer to be grounded in his subject matter, or the quiz will not be good.

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