The area is high desert, but SLC is in a bowl surrounded by the Wasatch and Oquirrh Mountains. I've read that most of the snow in the city is actually lake effect from the Great Salt Lake. One of our daughters lives there, and whatever the reason, they do get a lot of snow.
Right, I explicitly skipped it and named the capital of every other state in the Mountain West. Then again, since it IS in the Mountain West...I should've tried it LOL
Salt Lake City native here - it's still a desert because the actual amount of water we get falls within that classification. We get a lot of snow (schools don't get a snow day even if we get 1 foot overnight), but it's mostly fluffy powder that's great for skiing but doesn't have a lot of water for the amount of snow. We get hardly any rain and rely on the snow pack in the mountains for most of our water through the summer.
Salt Lake hosted the Olympics, but most of the events were held at nearby Park City, which is in the Wasatches and gets much more snow. Salt Lake is at the base of the Wasatches.
Albany is about as close to Lake Placid as Salt Lake City is to the Olympic site. Both cities are also lower elevation than the mountains where the outdoor events were held.
100%. Alllmost missed Montpelier. I was all but certain that Vermont's capital was the final answer but I couldn't grasp the actual name until 10 seconds left. Also, anyone know which city is depicted in the picture? Montpelier?
Montpelier is a very small town. No roads that look like the one pictured there. If you ever want to visit a quaint capital, I'd highly recommend it. Unfortunately, though, the nearest airport is about an hour away, in Burling, VT, and even that is one of the smallest international airports.
I live near Montpelier. We don't get that much snow. 61.4" on average, annually. St. Paul, MN, gets around 52" annually, more than Lansing, MI, or Bismark, ND. I think the quiz might be a little off.
Had time to guess all the capitals of states that border Canada (other than Washington) as well as all of New England as well as all other midwestern states, such as South Dakota and Iowa. Still finished with 1:08 remaining even though I was really wrong about the answers.
It makes perfect sense that SLC is there, but it's still more surprising than Albany.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montpelier,_Vermont
In other words, too much time.