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2. Which of these word mashups is a nickname for Crosby, Texas?

Yeafrog
Dogbeard
Lickskillet The city supposedly earned the nickname from travelers who either loved the spring water or came late to community dinners and were told to "lick the skillet."
Pondscum

3. The state has honored its cowboy tradition with some Wild West-inspired towns. Which one is real?

Cut and Shoot The town was named after a 1912 community fight over an undetermined matter involving the local church. A boy at the scene reportedly said, "I'm going to cut around the corner and shoot through the bushes in a minute!" The name Cut and Shoot stuck.
Gunpowder Springs
Revolver
Dos Pistolas

4. A CBS broadcast kicked off the 1944 March of Dimes drive in this appropriately named town.

Dimeville
Dymamite
Dima Dozen
Dime Box The town was initially known as Brown's Mill but was too often confused with Brownsville. The name Dime Box came from a large wooden box at the mill where early settlers would drop off their mail with a dime for postage.

5. This town was named after a bit of onomatopoeia.

Ding Dong Two early settlers in the town, Zulis Bell and his nephew Bert Bell, had an artist paint two bells and "Ding Dong" on a sign at their country store. It stuck.
Quack
Bang Bang
Clip Clop

6. This town was named after a comic strip duo.

Batman and Robin
Mutt and Jeff It was named after two of the town's residents (one short, one tall) who resembled characters in the the comic strip of the same name.
Calvin and Hobbes
Hi and Lois

7. Residents of this town wanted to name it after someone, but there was already a town with that name. So they spelled it backward.

Sallad
Nosidam
Reklaw It was named after Margaret Walker, who owned the land the town site was laid out on.
Smada