Zip Through This Quiz

By David Mezzera, PRP

Believe it or not, Robertville is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, South Carolina, with its own ZIP Code (29922). It is named after the Robert family who initially settled in the area and was the birthplace of Henry Martyn Robert.

Below is a list of town and community names in the United States with some tie to a parliamentary term (first set) or to a name associated with a parliamentary authority (second set). Well, actually, only eleven of the locations are real and one is a phony. Guess which one does not really exist.

Majority Junction, Smith County, Kansas (66952) Orderville, Kane County, Utah (84758) Protem, Taney County, Missouri (65616) Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois (60162) Table Rock, Pawnee County, Nebraska (68447) Teller, Seward Peninsula, Alaska (99778)

Balch Springs, Dallas County, Texas (75180) Cushing, Payne County, Oklahoma (74023) Gerber, Tahema County, California (96035) Mason, Warren County, Ohio (45036) Seabold, Bainbridge Island, Washington (98110) Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota (57785)

Answer on page 24.

David Mezzera, PRP, is a past president of the California State Association of Parliamentarians and past District 8 Director.