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Question 1

What state is the Indianapolis 500 held in every year?

  • A
    Indiana
  • B
    Hawaii
  • C
    Idaho
  • D
    Texas

Question 2

In which state is the Grand Canyon?

  • A
    Arizona
  • B
    Texas
  • C
    Kansas
  • D
    Hawaii

Question 3

In which state is the city of Minneapolis?

  • A
    Minnesota
  • B
    Missouri
  • C
    Mississippi
  • D
    Massachusetts

Question 4

What state is known as "The First State"?

  • A
    Delaware
  • B
    Colorado
  • C
    Pennsylvania
  • D
    Georgia

Question 5

What state is known as the "Centennial State"?

  • A
    Idaho
  • B
    Wyoming
  • C
    Colorado
  • D
    California

Question 6

This state is so famous for potatoes that they're even featured on the license plate.

  • A
    Ohio
  • B
    Pennsylvania
  • C
    Nebraska
  • D
    Idaho

Question 7

Which state directly borders Oregon to the south?

  • A
    Nevada
  • B
    Hawaii
  • C
    North Carolina
  • D
    Florida

Question 8

This national capital is one of the least prominent of any world capital population-wise. Just 0.2% of all people in the country live in the capital and residents there have no voting delegate in the country's Congress despite the fact that meetings are held there.

  • A
    New Delhi
  • B
    Canberra
  • C
    Washington, D.C.
  • D
    Brasilia

Question 9

What large body of water borders the United States on the east coast?

  • A
    Atlantic Ocean
  • B
    East Ocean
  • C
    Arctic Ocean
  • D
    Pacific Ocean

Question 10

This state's plate features palmetto trees and a crescent moon.

  • A
    South Carolina
  • B
    Georgia
  • C
    North Carolina
  • D
    Florida

Question 11

What is the name of the body of water that borders the US west coast?

  • A
    West Ocean
  • B
    Atlantic Ocean
  • C
    Pacific Ocean
  • D
    Indian Ocean

Question 12

Which river was the Hoover Dam built across?

  • A
    Mississippi River
  • B
    Au Sable River
  • C
    Missouri River
  • D
    Colorado River

Question 13

What 2,320-mile-long river starts in Lake Itasca in Minnesota and ends in the Gulf of Mexico on the coast of Louisiana?

  • A
    Columbia River
  • B
    Missouri River
  • C
    Rock River
  • D
    Mississippi River

Question 14

What state is actually the furthest west?

  • A
    Alaska
  • B
    Texas
  • C
    California
  • D
    Nebraska

Question 15

Which capital city is one of three cities in the lower 48 states to also serve as capital of another country, serving as a nation's capital from 1839 - 1845?

  • A
    Salem, OR
  • B
    Richmond, VA
  • C
    Santa Fe, NM
  • D
    Austin, TX

Question 16

What state has license plates which bear the slogan "First in Flight"?

  • A
    Michigan
  • B
    North Carolina
  • C
    Alaska
  • D
    Georgia

Question 17

This capital city had to share the spotlight with New Haven as co-capital of its state between 1701 - 1875.

  • A
    Hartford, CT
  • B
    Providence, RI
  • C
    Dover, DE
  • D
    Raleigh, NC

Question 18

Another old capital here. This capital city is home to the oldest capital building still in use, is the smallest capital city by area, and is home to the U.S. Naval Academy and is within 30 miles of our nation's capital.

  • A
    Annapolis, MD
  • B
    Providence, RI
  • C
    Trenton, NJ
  • D
    Dover, DE

Question 19

This state capital was the 6th ever in its state after the capital was repeatedly moved. Previous capitals included Monterey and San Jose.

  • A
    Carson City, NV
  • B
    Sacramento, CA
  • C
    Santa Fe, NM
  • D
    Denver, CO

Question 20

What state's shape looks like this?

  • A
    Minnesota
  • B
    Wisconsin
  • C
    Louisiana
  • D
    Kansas

Question 21

What state has the most coastline?

  • A
    Alaska
  • B
    Georgia
  • C
    Texas
  • D
    Colorado

Question 22

Which of these is the name of a mountain range in the eastern United States?

  • A
    Cascade Mountains
  • B
    Appalachian Mountains
  • C
    Sierra Nevada Mountains
  • D
    Rocky Mountains

Question 23

What state capital is the largest by population?

  • A
    Dover, Delaware
  • B
    Helena, Montana
  • C
    Phoenix, Arizona
  • D
    Augusta, Maine

Question 24

What US territory is located in the Caribbean Sea, southeast of Miami, Florida?

  • A
    Cuba
  • B
    Puerto Rico
  • C
    Dominican Republic
  • D
    Guam

Question 25

Which southern state's shape looks like this?

  • A
    Mississippi
  • B
    Alabama
  • C
    Georgia
  • D
    Louisiana

Question 26

This tornado-prone capital is a newbie compared to the others on this list, having been named the capital of its state in 1910, more recently than any other capital city. (Hint: This city is located in the Southwest)

  • A
    Lincoln, NE
  • B
    Oklahoma City, OK
  • C
    Bismarck, ND
  • D
    Pierre, SD

Question 27

What state has the smallest state capital by population in the United States?

  • A
    Vermont
  • B
    Hawaii
  • C
    Michigan
  • D
    Texas

Question 28

Which state in the Pacific Northwest is shaped like this?

  • A
    Oregon
  • B
    Wyoming
  • C
    Utah
  • D
    Colorado

Question 29

What state was admitted into the Union as the 23rd state?

  • A
    Maine
  • B
    Virginia
  • C
    Alaska
  • D
    Hawaii

Question 30

Which state has this shape?

  • A
    Ohio
  • B
    Tennessee
  • C
    Virginia
  • D
    Kentucky

Question 31

Which state was the 50th and most recent to have joined the United States?

  • A
    Alaska
  • B
    Oregon
  • C
    Hawaii
  • D
    Nevada

Question 32

Which state has this interesting shape?

  • A
    New Mexico
  • B
    Utah
  • C
    Idaho
  • D
    Mississippi

Question 33

This heartland capital city has a rather boring name which sits #1 on the list of most common U.S. place names.

  • A
    Madison, WI
  • B
    Springfield, IL
  • C
    Salem, OR
  • D
    Columbia, SC

Question 34

This state capital down the mountain from Lake Tahoe is well known to coin collectors as the site of a U.S. Mint location that produced silver and gold coins intermittently from 1870 to 1893. It also has the honor of being the very smallest Metropolitan Statistical Area in the entire U.S., with a population barely exceeding 50,000.

  • A
    Salt Lake City, UT
  • B
    Salem, OR
  • C
    Carson City, NV
  • D
    Boise, ID

Question 35

Which state was the first to secede from the Union?

  • A
    South Carolina
  • B
    Virginia
  • C
    Florida
  • D
    Tennessee

Question 36

What state is Mackinac Island part of?

  • A
    Wisconsin
  • B
    California
  • C
    Alabama
  • D
    Michigan

Question 37

Which state famously had six different national flags fly over its capital?

  • A
    Alaska
  • B
    Texas
  • C
    California
  • D
    Nevada

Question 38

What western state, which shares a border with the western side of Kansas, has the highest mean elevation of any state at 6,800 feet, with its lowest point still being 3,317 feet above sea level.

  • A
    Wyoming
  • B
    Colorado
  • C
    Arkansas
  • D
    Nebraska

Question 39

What state boasts the most NFL teams?

  • A
    New Jersey
  • B
    New York
  • C
    Florida
  • D
    California

Question 40

Break out the sunblock! This is the hottest state capital, with a breezy average temperature of 77 F and an all-time record low of only 52!

  • A
    Tallahassee, FL
  • B
    Phoenix, AZ
  • C
    Austin, TX
  • D
    Honolulu, HI

Question 41

In which state would you find Stanford University?

  • A
    Massachusetts
  • B
    California
  • C
    Oregon
  • D
    New York

Question 42

Which state's shape looks like this?

  • A
    Minnesota
  • B
    Pennsylvania
  • C
    Michigan
  • D
    Wisconsin

Question 43

Which state has the motto "Live Free or Die"?

  • A
    New Hampshire
  • B
    Arizona
  • C
    Utah
  • D
    California

Question 44

What state is shaped like this?

  • A
    New York
  • B
    Virginia
  • C
    North Carolina
  • D
    Pennsylvania

Question 45

Which large state looks like this?

  • A
    Kansas
  • B
    South Dakota
  • C
    Wyoming
  • D
    Nebraska

Question 46

What U.S. state has the city of Springfield as its capital?

  • A
    Missouri
  • B
    Michigan
  • C
    Hawaii
  • D
    Illinois

Question 47

What state is home to Honeymoon Island State Park?

  • A
    Massachussetts
  • B
    California
  • C
    Iowa
  • D
    Florida

Question 48

Which capital city holds the record for closest proximity to another US capital - it lies only 30 miles from some neighborhoods of Boston, MA.

  • A
    Providence, RI
  • B
    Albany, NY
  • C
    Augusta, ME
  • D
    Harrisburg, PA

Question 49

What state shares the southernmost border with Mexico?

  • A
    Texas
  • B
    Michigan
  • C
    Nevada
  • D
    New Mexico

Question 50

This city is only the 22nd-largest city in its state, the lowest such ranking of any capital. It also has more rainy days on average than any other city in the lower 48 states.

  • A
    Olympia, WA
  • B
    Lansing, MI
  • C
    Salem, OR
  • D
    Augusta, ME

Question 51

What state was the site of the Pilgrims' landing in 1620, and will celebrate that quadricentennial in 2020?

  • A
    Massachusetts
  • B
    Virginia
  • C
    Connecticut
  • D
    Delaware

Question 52

Which state has this unique shape?

  • A
    West Virginia
  • B
    Arkansas
  • C
    Kentucky
  • D
    Virginia

Question 53

What is the capital of the state of Pennsylvania?

  • A
    Pittsburgh
  • B
    Harrisburg
  • C
    Philadelphia
  • D
    Centralia

Question 54

What state is smallest in population at less than 600,000, but has the second-highest mean elevation at a whopping 6,700 feet?

  • A
    Wyoming
  • B
    Idaho
  • C
    Texas
  • D
    South Dakota

Question 55

Which rugged state is shaped like this?

  • A
    Wyoming
  • B
    Nebraska
  • C
    South Dakota
  • D
    Montana

Question 56

This state capitol building is located in the city of Bismarck. What state is it in?

  • A
    Nebraska
  • B
    South Dakota
  • C
    Hawaii
  • D
    North Dakota

Question 57

Which state is home to a part of the cultural region of Appalachia?

  • A
    New York
  • B
    Indiana
  • C
    Florida
  • D
    Louisiana

Question 58

This state is billed as a "Sportsman's Paradise" and also features a pelican - which, not coincidentally, is also the mascot for their lone NBA franchise.

  • A
    Maryland
  • B
    Louisiana
  • C
    Delaware
  • D
    South Carolina

Question 59

What state is directly above Oklahoma?

  • A
    South Dakota
  • B
    Kansas
  • C
    Nebraska
  • D
    New Mexico

Question 60

This capital city holds the distinction of being the longest-chartered city in the United States, receiving city status in 1686. It also was the original eastern terminus of the Erie Canal.

  • A
    Hartford, CT
  • B
    Harrisburg, PA
  • C
    Concord, NH
  • D
    Albany, NY

Question 61

This Southern state capital has an identity crisis, being just 6 miles from another state yet a 640 mile drive from places within its own state's borders.

  • A
    Athens, GA
  • B
    Baton Rouge, LA
  • C
    Little Rock, AR
  • D
    Tallahassee, FL

Question 62

Which Midwestern state looks like this?

  • A
    Indiana
  • B
    Wisconsin
  • C
    Iowa
  • D
    Missouri

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