Comments on: Lunchtime Quiz: Land o’ Lakes

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:09:16 +0000

I got nine (though I had to look up how to spell Pontchartrain) and gave up to find that I had never heard of the other eleven.

By: Calli Arcale

Calli Arcale — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:09:35 +0000

Mind you, Land o’ Lakes name doesn’t refer to the United States, but to a specific part of it — Minnesota, which carries the nickname “Land of 10,000 Lakes”. Indeed, four of the lakes on the list are at least partly in Minnesota.

I got 12 out of 20. Of the remainders, I kicked myself for St Clair. I knew it was on the list, and I was picturing its shape on a map, but just couldn’t for the life of me come up with its *name*.

Jonny — Red Lake is indeed considered one lake, but has two major sections, which are usually designated “upper” and “lower” on maps.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:12:50 +0000

Shouldn’t Lake Mead be on the list?

This one was tough, I got 7, 8 if Lake Mead should’ve been there, and I never even heard of a few of the others.

By: Jonny

Jonny — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:52:44 +0000

I guess I discounted Lake of the Woods, as most of it resides outside the US. The Great Lakes would still have considerable surface area inside the US, but I thought the US portion of Lake of the Woods would be way down the list.

also, I was always under the impression Red Lake was 2 lakes, Upper Red and Lower Red, that are connected, cuz that’s how they’re always referred to on a map. I’ve never seen a “Red Lake” on a MN map. (I tried Upper Red and Lower Red)

still, got 9 right plus Pontchartrain and my Red Lake snafu woulda been 11.

By: Sandy Wood

Sandy Wood — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:45:46 +0000

You’re right, Steve, my bad. The quiz was bumped up a day so I didn’t do my usual double-check of the spelling. Thanks for the heads up!

And Zach, I have a feeling a lot of folks will feel the same way. I may have guessed at a few of them, but that’s part of why I wrote the quiz — I was disappointed that, after seeing the list, I knew so few of them. I’d heard of most of the names, but other more famous lakes that I thought would be on the list actually weren’t.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:11:28 +0000

Lake Pontchartrain is spelled wrong in the quiz.

By: Zach

Zach — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:45:13 +0000

After the great lakes and great salt, I was totally lost.