The First U.S. State to Do It

Try to name the first state in history to achieve each of these notable things.

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Last updated: October 30, 2023

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The first state to ...	Year	State
have an airplane flight	1903	North Carolina
ratify the Constitution	1787	Delaware
be settled by Europeans	1565	Florida
be settled by the English	1607	Virginia
secede from the Union	1860	South Carolina
have a Chinatown	1848	California
surpass 1 million in population	c. 1811	New York
have an oil well	1859	Pennsylvania
win the Super Bowl	1967	Wisconsin
have an institute of higher learning	1636	Massachusetts

The first state to ...	Year	State
celebrate Juneteenth	1866	Texas
allow women to vote	1869	Wyoming
have a nuclear reactor	1942	Illinois
have a nuclear weapons test	1945	New Mexico
host the Olympic games	1904	Missouri
have a major silver ore find (hint: Comstock Lode)	1859	Nevada
have a rock and roll concert	1952	Ohio
have jazz music	c. 1910	Louisiana
have Elvis	1935	Mississippi
have a Starbucks	1971	Washington

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22 Comments

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Level 89

Nov 1, 2023

"The first U.S. state to . . . have Elvis" is an interesting choice of words. I can't argue that the clue isn't technically correct as written, however.

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Level 87

Nov 1, 2023

Gave me a good chuckle

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Level 89

Nov 1, 2023

About halfway through the quiz I forgot I was supposed to be guessing states and started guessing cities for some reason.

Level 54

Aug 16, 2025

Me too! I actually typed San Francisco out twice for the first Chinatown being like "No, this is right!" lol

Level 47

Mar 12, 2026

same, on the same question!

Level 81

Nov 1, 2023

Cool quiz. South Carolina seceded in 1860, though.

Level 89

Nov 1, 2023

I'm assuming Quizmaster was thinking about the start of the civil war in 1861. But South Carolina definitely seceded on December 20, 1860.

Level ∞

Nov 1, 2023

Fixed

Level 73

Nov 1, 2023

Virginia was the first successful settlement by the British, technically North Carolina was first with Roanoke Colony

Level 94

Nov 14, 2023

Definitely second this. Either add permanently to the questions or accept North Carolina.

Level 61

Nov 15, 2023

definitely 3rd this.

Level 93

Nov 3, 2023

Just my $.02 - I like the idea for this quiz, but don't love the execution. Why give a hint on one question (and only one question) when there are several that are probably more obscure? Also didn't like the phrasing on the Elvis question or the Super Bowl question...

Level 88

Nov 3, 2023

Agree that the question with the hint doesn't really it - it's not nicknamed the silver state for nothing, after all !

Level 80

Nov 14, 2023

What's wrong with how the Super Bowl question is phrased?

Level 61

Nov 15, 2023

I found the wording odd: the state didn't win the super bowl; a team from this state won the super bowl.

Level 68

Mar 12, 2026

"Have a Super Bowl-winning team" would be more accurate. Easy fix.

Level 43

Nov 16, 2023

Only got the nuclear reactor question because of Simpson lore... and George H W inferred that the simpsons weren't useful to American families hahahaha

Level 77

Oct 31, 2024

The first nuclear reactor was made in Chicago by Enrico Fermi with a large pile of cadmium and uranium in a football field.

Level 68

Mar 12, 2026

Like 95% of my knowledge of high culture comes from the Simpsons, but I don't recognize that reference. ("Nuclear power" always makes me think of Homer and the plant, but I don't recall a reference to Illinois and the first reactor.)

Level 81

Nov 17, 2024

Small nitpick: New Jersey let women vote from 1776 to 1807, so long as they owned land. Maybe change the clue to 'universal women's suffrage'?

Level 33

Mar 12, 2026

Sorry if this is nit-picky b it the first state to allow women to vote was New Jersey even if it was by a technicality by using the word they instead of men which lasted 30 years from 1776 to 1807 as long as the could prove they owned property. Also the first settlers is confusing too.

Level 22

Mar 13, 2026

New Hampshire was the first state to host a lottery if anyone wanted to know