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5. What's the largest US city on a non-navigable river

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Fri Apr 11, 2025, 06:53 PM

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Post a general knowledge trivia question & see if anyone knows the answer without using Google [View all] red dog 1 Apr 11 OP

Frank Robinson Captain Zero Apr 11 #1

Well done! red dog 1 Apr 11 #3

F. Robby is my all-time favorite Oriole. Prof. Toru Tanaka Saturday #52

my baseball era AltairIV Apr 11 #2

You got it! red dog 1 Apr 11 #4

What's the largest US city on a non-navigable river Captain Zero Apr 11 #5

My guess: Los Angeles. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 11 #6

Tucson Grumpy Old Guy Saturday #26

Albuquerque. Prof. Toru Tanaka Saturday #53

What is the oldest city in the United States? FM123 Apr 11 #7

St. Augustine. rsdsharp Apr 11 #8

Yes! FM123 Apr 11 #9

St. Augustine FL VGNonly Apr 15 #21

Yes! FM123 Apr 15 #24

What's the longest U.S. river not used for commercial shipping? Harker Apr 11 #10

My curiosity was killing me so looked it up. Not going to put it here but I had never heard of ti. efhmc Apr 11 #11

My guess is the Colorado River RazorbackExpat Apr 12 #16

That was mine, too, initially, but there is some commercial traffic. Harker Apr 12 #18

Commercial traffic? From where to where? RazorbackExpat Apr 12 #19

Between poor question forming, and even poorer knowledge, I'm going to eat it. Harker Apr 12 #20

Wouldn't the damn of the Colorado disqualify it? brush Saturday #35

There was some limited freight traffic prior to the damming, brush. Harker Saturday #40

Name 5 chemical elements whose chemical symbol is not same as its name tornado34jh Apr 12 #12

Off the top of my head: Gold (Au think); silver (Ag) KitFox Apr 12 #13

Mercury is Hg Wolf Frankula Apr 12 #14

Potassium K RazorbackExpat Apr 12 #15

Also, Potassium.... ProfessorGAC Saturday #44

This message was self-deleted by its author Prof. Toru Tanaka Saturday #54

Gale singing the elements. VGNonly Apr 15 #23

awesome! Kittycatkat Saturday #57

What was the first state admitted to the Union in the 19th century, RazorbackExpat Apr 12 #17

Guess dweller Saturday #38

What was the largest wood-walled fortification in North America? VGNonly Apr 15 #22

Louisbourg, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia? applegrove Saturday #29

Good guess but Louisbourg is stone and brick. VGNonly Saturday #43

Oh great. I was at Louisburgh when I was 4 and before applegrove Saturday #46

Wow, Louisbourgh is very impressive! VGNonly Saturday #50

I remember going to Old Fort Henry as a child. The tour applegrove Saturday #59

What is the name of the spot farthest away from any land in the world? red dog 1 Friday #25

It is that dead zone in the Pacific. I never know names. applegrove Saturday #28

Point Nemo VGNonly Saturday #42

Ding! red dog 1 Saturday #58

Canada is the country with the most coastline in the world. Who is second? applegrove Saturday #27

Norway, I would think. Harker Saturday #41

Right on! applegrove Saturday #47

Takk! Harker Saturday #48

Where is the southern-most point in the US? brush Saturday #30

Key West, FL? EverHopeful Saturday #39

My Answer, Too ProfessorGAC Saturday #45

Key West is correct. There's an actual monumemt there to signigfy it as the southern-most point of the continental US. brush Saturday #49

It isn't in Hawaii? Prof. Toru Tanaka Saturday #55

Key West is the southern-most point in the continental US brush Saturday #56

Who said this? brush Saturday #31

MLK dweller Saturday #32

You are correct on my question. Is Barrack Obama one of the two of your question? brush Saturday #33

Not to my knowledge dweller Saturday #34

What's the answer? brush Saturday #36

The only 2 people to win both an Oscar and a Nobel prize dweller Saturday #37

What was the name of the ship VGNonly Saturday #51

Well it wasn't dweller Sunday #60

No... it wasn't the Edmund. VGNonly Sunday #61

Well dweller Sunday #62

Mia Farrow, Sally Field, VGNonly Monday #63

"Coalminer's Daughter"? Harker 22 hrs ago #65

The role was Mattie Ross in True Grit. VGNonly 20 hrs ago #66

What's the most remote populated spot on Earth? red dog 1 Yesterday #64

McMurdo AFB in antarctica. Angleae 15 hrs ago #68

Tristan da Cunha VGNonly 6 hrs ago #70

Aside from Alaska VGNonly 19 hrs ago #67

Minnesota Angleae 15 hrs ago #69