Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a quiz called “States of MIND,” in which the answers are words formed by combining the postal abbreviations of states. Try this clue: “A word that refers to your knowledge or intellectual ability. The seat of your faculty of reason.” The answer? Michigan and North Dakota, the abbreviations for which spell out the word MIND. This is part of a complete episode.
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