Mar 07, 2023
Today's puzzler is about geography. No cars in this one. Well, it is about cities and towns, so there are probably a bunch of cars in those cities and towns... but that doesn't really count.
Back in the day, my brother had stated on the show this little tidbit. He had said, years ago, that there was a town or city named Springfield in every state in the country. He said there were 50 towns named Springfield, one in each state.
Well, we got a lot of letters and a lot of calls... We were not correct about that one! We were very, very wrong. We were not even close to that fact. And we are still trying to recover from the chaos of that mistake!
So we had listeners writing in, telling us how many cities and towns were named Springfield, and it was not in every state, and that some states had two or three towns named Springfield!
Anyway, this leads us to our actual puzzler for today.
We originally thought that the most popular name in the country for a city or town was the name Springfield. But that is not the case.
So, what is the most popular name for a city or town in the United States? That is the question.
No cheating on the internet!
Honest guesses only!
Well, ladies and gentlemen. It seems this puzzler is just as popular now as it was when we first aired it.
We have received so many responses to last week's puzzler that we have decided that the deadline should be extended another week.
So to recap!
My brother made the mistake, years ago, of saying on the air that Springfield was the most popular name for a city or town in our country.
This is not the case. At all. Tommy was wrong about this one. And he also said there was a town or city named Springfield in every state in our country. That was also not true. Not even close to true.
We got a raft of letters and phone calls saying that's not true back when he said this on air.
In fact, there is a name even more popular than Springfield. And the question was very simply, what is the most popular name for a city or town in the United States of America? We have gotten so many responses, we are extending this one.
So now you get another week to answer.
Good luck!
