Extreme Travel Trivia

Contest 259: Election Chills

Worried about an election meltdown, campaign staffers from both parties are hunkering down on Halloween in a town northwest of Charleston, W.Va., near the Kanawha River.

Name the town.

Deadline for Contest 259 entries is Friday, Nov. 5, at 10 a.m. Send entries by e-mail (travtrivia@ washpost.com; put "ETT No. 259" in subject field); fax (202-912- 3609); or U.S. mail (postcards only) to Extreme Travel Trivia, Washington Post Travel Section, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20071). One entry per person. Winner chosen at random from correct entries.

RESULTS FROM NO. 257: NOSEY NOBELS

In Contest 257, we told you that the Nobel laureates who discovered the "smelling" genes celebrated above a ridge at the bottom of the ocean in the Vema Fracture Zone. Congratulations to Gary Patishnock of Laurel, for sniffing out Researcher's Ridge.

NEXT WEEK: WINNER OF NO. 258, SOX POX