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U.S. States by Clue #1

Can you name these U.S. states based on a clue?
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First submittedJanuary 28, 2013
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Clue
State
Top potato producer in the U.S.
Idaho
Named for Queen Elizabeth
Virginia
"The Quaker State"
Pennsylvania
Site of the first atomic bomb detonation in history
New Mexico
People from here are called Hoosiers
Indiana
Where Woodstock happened
New York
Home to Yale University
Connecticut
The first state to ratify the Constitution
Delaware
Has "parishes" instead of counties
Louisiana
Huck Finn's home state
Missouri
Its cities include Narragansett and Woonsocket
Rhode Island
Where Lincoln was born
Kentucky
Made up of two peninsulas
Michigan
Home to Lake Okeechobee, the second largest lake entirely within the U.S.
Florida
Was part of another state until 1863
West Virginia
Where the Air Force Academy and NORAD can be found
Colorado
Final destination of the "Trail of Tears"
Oklahoma
Where Edison had his laboratory
New Jersey
Holds the first Presidential caucus (not primary)
Iowa
Where Teddy Roosevelt played cowboy
North Dakota
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20 Comments
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Level 16
Mar 4, 2013
Why are these clues so hard??
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Level 26
Mar 4, 2013
To satisfy all the cracks here ;)
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Level 19
Mar 4, 2013
Yeah.. I wouldn't say these are really clues... I got 1/24. And I'm a pretty smart cookie. This was too hard.
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Level 45
Mar 5, 2013
If you got 1/24 on these and claim to know any facts about the United States, you should probably stop claiming that. If you're not from the U.S., then I can see why these would be difficult.
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Level 92
Oct 27, 2019
I think the cookie crumbled.
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Level 32
Jun 27, 2014
This was one of the best quizzes I have yet seen here. Relevant and yet still esoteric enough. Very similar to what I would expect to see on jeopardy.
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Level 36
Sep 17, 2014
Esoteric means obscure or highly specialized. Is that what you meant? Like how many tons of potatoes does Idaho produce each year? That is esoteric.
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Level 72
Dec 31, 2019
Great quiz.
+1
Level 68
Dec 31, 2019
Love this quiz! I got them all, but I really had to work at it.
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Level 74
Jan 11, 2020
You got me with two peninsulas. I was mentally covering every coastal state and couldn't figure out what I was missing.
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Level 68
Feb 8, 2020
Same here. It was driving me crazy. I was sure there was an error until I finally hit on the right answer.
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Level 76
Feb 8, 2020
Good quiz. Had to try a few states for Teddy Roosevelt to get the correct one.
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Level 94
Feb 10, 2020
Not that the answer for Teddy is incorrect but he recruited the Rough Riders at the Menger Hotel across from the Alamo. That is about as cowboy as it gets.
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Level 80
Jul 10, 2020
Woonsocket is a city, but Narragansett is a town.
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Level 61
Jan 16, 2022
Those two terms are commonly used interchangeably in the US
+2
Level 85
Apr 18, 2021
I'm always surprised by how few people know the Air Force Academy is in Colorado. Oh well, as a Coloradan I guess my POV is skewed.
+1
Level 64
Dec 1, 2025
It never occurred to me that the Air Force would have an academy until I took this quiz just now. But now I know!
+2
Level 95
Sep 3, 2023
Fun quiz! Just one note: The "Tears" in "Trail of Tears" should be capitalized.
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Level 35
Jul 19, 2025
Almost 2 years later-still hasn't been fixed lol.
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Level 90
Mar 20, 2026
Seems to be fixed now