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Naming Cities, Cars & Teams Survey
 
 

 

Cities, Towns, Sports Teams & Cars That Have Been Named After Ethnic Groups

1.  Check all geographic entities that you know of.

Washington, D.C.
Pontiac, Michigan
The nation of Colombia
Washington state
Chicago (Local Indian word for 'onion')
Ontario
Columbus, Ohio
Los Angeles

2.  Do you think George Washington, Peter the Great, Columbus and some angels would be proud to know     that major cities have been named in honor of them?

Yes
No

3.  Check all car brands that you know of.

Ford
Dodge
Chevrolet
Chrysler
Pontiac
DeSoto
Cadillac
Mercedes Benz

4.  Do you think Henry Ford, Louis Chevrolet and Fritz Chrysler would be proud to know that successful automobile brands and major corporations have been named in honor of them?

Yes
No

5.  Check all sports teams that you know of.

Stanford's Indians
Washington Redskins
Cleveland Indians
U. of Illinois' Illiniwek
Canucks
San Diego Ducks
Chicago Cubs

6.  Do you think bear cubs, Indian chiefs and tribes would be proud to know that successful sports teams have been named in honor of them?

Yes
No

7.  If you were founding a city or town in the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th or 20th century would you want it to have a "good" name that would be positive and suggest success?

Yes
No

8.  If you were starting a car company would you want it to have a "good" name that would be positive and suggest success?

Yes
No

9. If you were founding a sports team would you want it to have a "good" name that would be positive and suggest winning?

Yes
No

10. If you answered 'Yes' to either question 7 or 8 above, do you see that the logical answer to question 9 is 'Yes'?

Yes
No
No, because I am too emotionally involved in the issue

11. Have you heard of the controversy about naming sports teams and mascots after Indian tribes & chiefs?

Yes
No

12. Why do you think people who have no lives themselves attempt to destroy, distort and generally meddle in other people's affairs?

They have no lives
They are bored with their lives
They can't figure out any way to be productive so they resort to destruction

13. I am: Female
Male

14. My age group is:
Under 20
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70 & older

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