Unusual Town Names Puzzle
by David Pleacher

Determine the names of these unusual towns from the clues below. The state in which the town is located is given in parentheses.

_____ 1. The town without a frown (Texas)

_____ 2. His wife wanted a boat (Indiana)

_____ 3. A popular day-time television game show (New Mexico)

_____ 4. A place that is perfect - also, the name of a song by Coldplay (Kentucky)

_____ 5. The buck doesn't stop here but your luck might (Kentucky)

_____ 6. Description of Elvis' hair - it was a Pompadour style, dyed black, and _____ (Oklahoma)

_____ 7. A place filled with candy, cake, and other desserts (Idaho)

_____ 8. This is worth two in the bush (Pennsylvania)

_____ 9. Quaker Oats (Texas)

_____ 10. You definitely do not want to drink this (Arizona)

_____ 11. If you are starved and really hungry (Montana)

_____ 12. A large family of fish with fleshy lips (Tennessee)

_____ 13. Nickname for President Zachary Taylor (California)

_____ 14. Delay of an athlete's participation in order to lengthen his period of eligibility (South Dakota)

_____ 15. Opposite of failure, as in "The secret of my _____" (Missouri)

_____ 16. Home of the Dukes (Kentucky)

_____ 17. This town's motto is "Where the 'odds' are with you." (Missouri)

_____ 18. It's Valentine's Day all year long (Colorado)

_____ 19. This town has gone to the dogs (Alabama)

_____ 20. Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex, or Stegosaurus, for example (Colorado)


Map from Estately Real Estate showing one weird town name for each state

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