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U.S. States by First Letter and Clue

For each clue, enter the FIRST LETTER of the U.S. state it applies to. Five wrong guesses ends the quiz!
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Clue
State
Drive west from Colorado and you
will be here
Utah
Its capital is named for the
fourth President
Wisconsin
"The Grand Canyon State"
Arizona
Mobile, Huntsville, and Tuscaloosa
are three of its largest cities
Alabama
Home to Nike headquarters
Oregon
The Hudson River flows by
this state's capital
New York
Dolly Parton's home state
Tennessee
Where "South Park" is set
Colorado
The Cornhusker State
Nebraska
Its three largest cities all start with C
Ohio
Churchill Downs is its largest
sporting venue
Kentucky
Borders Maine
New Hampshire
Located just to the north of
Long Island Sound
Connecticut
Where jazz music started
Louisiana
The Snake River flows through
the entire state from east to west
Idaho
Princeton is its oldest university
New Jersey
Where Fort Sumter is located
South Carolina
Where Tupac was shot
Nevada
Has most of Yellowstone
Wyoming
Billings is its biggest city
Montana
The first state to ratify
the Constitution
Delaware
Where Superman grew up
Kansas
Donated the territory that is today
Washington D.C.
Maryland
Southernmost of the original
thirteen states
Georgia
Site of the first airplane flight
North Carolina
The birthplace of 4 of the first 5
U.S. Presidents
Virginia
Gettysburg is here
Pennsylvania
Has four letters. The last letter is A.
Iowa
Lake Okeechobee is here
Florida
The largest state by area
Alaska
Where Starbucks started
Washington
Borders Lake Superior but no
other Great Lakes
Minnesota
Has four i's in its name
Mississippi
Northernmost state in New England
Maine
Almost heaven, according to the
song "Country Roads"
West Virginia
Admitted to the Union in 1791
as the 14th state
Vermont
The humuhumunukunukuapua
is its state fish
Hawaii
The smallest state
Rhode Island
Home to Mount Rushmore
South Dakota
Cities include Muncie, Kokomo,
and Terre Haute
Indiana
GM and Ford are headquartered here
Michigan
Little Rock is its capital
Arkansas
Where Mark Twain was born
Missouri
"Home Alone" happened here
Illinois
Where the Trail of Tears ended
Oklahoma
J. Robert Oppenheimer lived here
from 1943–1945
New Mexico
Where the Salem witch trials happened
Massachusetts
Has the highest population
California
"The Lone Star State"
Texas
Borders Manitoba and Saskatchewan
North Dakota
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27 Comments
Alexquiz17
+2
Level 94
Jan 14, 2025
How can I copy this format to make one for European Countries?
Dimby
+9
Level 83
Jan 22, 2025
Just use plagiarism. It’s easy!
Dimby
+2
Level 83
Jan 22, 2025
Go to the type-ins tab and set whammies there.
buck1017
+8
Level 78
Jan 14, 2025
I was down to my last two and then stupidly instead of N for New Mexico i typed NEW really quick and burned my last 2 whammys.
mrputter
+2
Level 89
Jan 15, 2025
Noooooo! I feel your pain...
JacobSilverman
+5
Level 65
Jan 16, 2025
I think Country Roads is about the Western part of the State of Virginia...may be wrong but may be worth checking
cornflakesfu
+1
Level 89
Jan 18, 2025
No
22ZDS
+5
Level 71
Jan 19, 2025
It definitely is. The areas the song describes are located in the western part of Virginia, not the state of West Virginia.
Lithian5032
+2
Level 59
Apr 30, 2025
see the comment below
RobNobody
+6
Level 80
Jan 22, 2025
The songwriters very specifically say they were writing about the state of West Virginia.
Rougarou
+1
Level 64
Jan 22, 2025
Got Florida thanks to That’s So Raven.
RuthlessCosmo
+8
Level 78
Jan 22, 2025
22ZDS is partly right, since the Shenandoah River and the Blue Ridge Mountains are in Virginia.

But he's completely wrong if he claims they aren't in West Virginia too. The Shenandoah River is largely in Virginia, but ends up in West Virginia, where it joins the Potomac at Harpers Ferry. The same is true for the Blue Ridge Mountains, which run through eastern West Virginia after starting in Pennsylvania and then running south all the way to Georgia.

And being partly right about the geography doesn't mean you're right about the song. While Virginia has mountains in its western counties Virginia has never embraced mountains as part of its identity--as opposed to West Virginia, whose state university's teams adopted The Mountaineer as their mascot in 1890--80 years before the song was written. The lyrics of the song refer to "West Virginia," not "western Virginia." And the state has adopted it as one of its state songs; Virginia hasn't. I could go on but I'm running out of characters.

arjay1977
+1
Level 72
Jan 22, 2025
Both Maryland and Virginia donated land for the District of Columbia.
wtstoudt
+3
Level 82
Jan 22, 2025
But Virginia reclaimed its territory. So the territory that is today Washington DC, is only what Maryland gave.
vindsins
+1
Level 47
Jan 22, 2025
im an idiot. i got stuck on the jazz question because i confused new orleans and louisiana again
jensencj
+2
Level 20
Jan 22, 2025
Iowa.... Four letters and ends with 'A'... That's all you got? Field of Dreams? Birthplace of the Digital Computer? Other things...? C'mon...
LuckyCat
+1
Level 72
Jan 22, 2025
im sure they be hiding a lot of things in all them corn fields
KWOrpheus
+4
Level 79
Jan 22, 2025
Half of my family is from Iowa and I have been many times. Gotta say, there might be more than four letters to it but it ain't much more than corn hahaha
InterAlia
+2
Level 83
Jan 23, 2025
"Other things...?"

So many other things, you exhausted your supply after two, one of which is a stretch in terms of common knowledge. Your point may be valid, but you certainly haven't made it effectively.

Lojants
+1
Level 75
Jan 22, 2025
There's an extra 'a at the end of the Hawaiian fish that makes it the humuhumunukunukuapua'a instead of humuhumunukunukuapua
Canuckler
+1
Level 58
Jan 22, 2025
Me: Knowing it is Mississippi that has four letter i’s in it’s name

My hand: “i”

Pontiac
+1
Level 61
Jan 22, 2025
Almost Heaven, It is Heaven if you live here in West Virginia!
sarmoj
+1
Level 74
Feb 4, 2025
Cool format!
Lithian5032
+1
Level 59
Apr 30, 2025
why would you make the order change after every attempt? i lost to texas because my keyboard is garbage and then it changed suddenly so i lost again.
MovieQuizGuy
+1
Level 64
May 29, 2025
I got three whammies for typing out Iowa. O, w, and a were all wrong on the next one. At least it wasn't Mississippi..
bananawana
+1
Level 32
Dec 4, 2025
Who else thought the Salem witch trials were in Oregon?
dorindai
+1
Level 89
Jan 22, 2026
Not enough time for a non american to complete. But great quiz
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