# Rivers and cities (a quiz) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 2, 2002, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rivers-and-cities-a-quiz/101330 "2002-04-02T03:28:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![meyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@meyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meyer)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rivers-and-cities-a-quiz/101330/41 "2002-04-06T05:09:10Z")
There certainly are a lot of Grosse things in Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![ijustdontcare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c57346/32.png) [@ijustdontcare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ijustdontcare)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rivers-and-cities-a-quiz/101330/42 "2002-04-06T15:41:47Z")
**tomndebb** , you’re wrong on a few. Dearborn, Allen Park and Lincoln Park don’t touch the river. But my city (not listed) does. And if you could guess it you’d deserve some kind of award, since no one ever seems to have heard of it, even in the Detroit area! Although, you seem pretty sharp, you said Del Ray. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lady\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Ice)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rivers-and-cities-a-quiz/101330/43 "2002-04-06T22:45:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Great Dave \* > \*\* > > Or one on the Grand River? > > \*\* Lansing Michigan. Not a large city, but it is the state Capital. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rivers-and-cities-a-quiz/101330/44 "2002-04-07T03:30:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Dearborn, Allen Park and Lincoln Park don’t touch the river. Well, I’m from the north end of Oakland County (just south of ShirleyUJest country), so I was never sure how close Lincoln Park got to the river. I thought Dearborn edged west of DelRay at Zug Island, but if it doesn’t, then River Rouge is probably blocking it. I admit, I did forget Ecorse and Trenton (and, in retrospect, I’ll bet that Gibraltar gets between Flat Rock and the river). I also never recall the town between Windsor and Amherstburg. But if you’re from a town that nobody knows exists, you must be from Riverview. ---
**Author:** ![ijustdontcare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c57346/32.png) [@ijustdontcare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ijustdontcare)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rivers-and-cities-a-quiz/101330/45 "2002-04-07T16:37:47Z")
Nope, you got it! Ecorse. I’m amazed, lots of people from downriver, I say I’m from Ecorse, and they say, “Where’s that?” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rivers-and-cities-a-quiz/101330/46 "2002-04-07T17:04:01Z")
Okay, how about: Volga Neva Allegheny Liffy ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rivers-and-cities-a-quiz/101330/47 "2002-04-07T21:55:27Z")
Liffy’s in Dublin. The Rhone, as well as the Saone, are in Lyon. ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rivers-and-cities-a-quiz/101330/48 "2002-04-07T23:11:56Z")
The Allegheny runs through Pittsburgh. ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rivers-and-cities-a-quiz/101330/49 "2002-04-08T03:33:30Z")
Neva (desperately trying to recall that Russian history class) - umm…St. Petersburg? Volga - Moscow? ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rivers-and-cities-a-quiz/101330/50 "2002-04-08T05:34:40Z")
Volga - VOLGAGRAD (formerly STALINGRAD) Neva - ST. PETERSBURG (formerly LENINGRAD, formerly ST. PETERSBURG) Allegheny Liffy ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rivers-and-cities-a-quiz/101330/51 "2002-04-08T05:59:24Z")
The Willamette is Portland, OR; correct. Chattahoochee is Atlanta. St. Johns is Jacksonville, FL (this one flows South to North, as does the Willamette for part of it), and Raccoon is Des Moines, IA. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rivers-and-cities-a-quiz/101330.md?page=2)