Look Smart Trivia: Great Lakefronts

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Most human cities are oriented toward some body of water - and almost all of those bodies are either oceans or rivers. But there’s a rare third type: the city on the lake. It takes a great lake to offer the kind of navigational advantages that make the other two bodies of water such natural city sites. And Great Lakes are exactly what we’re looking at here. Be the first to name the five North American cities shown here, each of which is built around one of the five Great Lakes, and you’ll score a $5 Meh coupon. That’s a dollar per lake! Insert signoff catchphrase here!

Well, it finally happened: nobody got all five of yesterday’s Coen Brothers screenshots right. The savage clue was #2: I thought maybe the southwesterly motif of the carpet, and the noir-ish image, would point people toward the Texas-set desperation caper that launched the Brothers’ career, but maybe I got a little too cute. Anyway, the first player to identify four out of five was @kujadt, so they score a $5 Meh coupon without needing to double-cross a jealous saloonkeeper:

  1. No Country for Old Men
  2. Blood Simple
  3. Raising Arizona
  4. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  5. Inside Llewyn Davis