Could not parse query - google-maps-api-3

Question

I have tried rewriting this query a few different ways, but with no luck. Help here is much appreciated.
function createWaterBodyDropDown(region) {
var query = "SELECT 'LAKE_NAME' FROM 1IfQgRAeKPbVJwEpAnqqpYlN8sgiPMg1VQ_RyArI WHERE 'REGION'=" + '"' + region + '"';
var queryText = encodeURIComponent(query);
var gvizQuery = new google.visualization.Query(
'http://www.google.com/fusiontables/gvizdata?tq=' + queryText);
//Send query and draw table with data in response
gvizQuery.send(function (response) {
var str;
var numRows = response.getDataTable().getNumberOfRows();
var numCols = response.getDataTable().getNumberOfColumns();
var name = [
'<label style="font-weight:bolder;font-size:16px">Water body: </label>' + '<select id="waterbody_menu" style="font-size:16px;" onchange="select_waterBody(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value);">' + '<option value="">--All--</option>'
];
for (var i = 0; i < numRows; i++) {
var val = response.getDataTable().getValue(i, 0);
name.push("<option value=" + "'" + val + "'" + ">" + val + "</option>");
}
name.push('</select>');
document.getElementById('waterBody_container').innerHTML = name.join('');
});
}

Answer 1

Your column names have no special characters so they don't need to be quoted, though they could be (with single quotes). String values must be quoted with single quotes. See the reference manual for more details.
So:
SELECT LAKE_NAME FROM 1IfQgRAeKPbVJwEpAnqqpYlN8sgiPMg1VQ_RyArI WHERE REGION = 'foobar'