Stats: 99 “U.S. Geography by Letter” Questions of Increasing Difficulty

General Stats

This quiz has been taken 17 times
The average score is 62 of 99

Answer Stats

%	Letter	Hint	Answer	% Correct
66%	C	River that flows through the Grand Canyon	Colorado	100%
89%	D	Has the lowest elevation of any place on land in the United States	{Death} Valley	100%
80%	D	"The Motor City"	Detroit	100%
94%	K	Southernmost point in the contiguous 48 states	{Key} West	100%
92%	N	City known for country music	Nashville	100%
87%	P	"Steel City"	Pittsburgh	100%
99%	R	Smallest U.S. state	Rhode Island	100%
93%	S	State where you can find Mount Rushmore	South Dakota	100%
77%	B	The largest city in Alabama until it was passed by Huntsville in 2020	Birmingham	94%
86%	B	Thoroughfare in New York City famous for its many theaters	Broadway	94%
90%	E	Huge wetland region of southern Florida	Everglades	94%
74%	F	Neighborhood which Bourbon Street runs through	{French} Quarter	94%
82%	H	Historically black neighborhood in upper Manhattan	Harlem	94%
83%	M	California desert	Mojave	94%
85%	N	Region encompassing six northeastern U.S. states	New England	94%
96%	N	Collective name of Horseshoe, American, and Bridal Veil falls	{Niagara} Falls	94%
65%	Q	Religious group that founded Pennsylvania	Quakers	94%
91%	T	Capital of Florida	Tallahassee	94%
95%	T	State which is 440 miles east to west, but only 112 miles north to south	Tennessee	94%
72%	T	Second largest city in Oklahoma	Tulsa	94%
81%	W	Biggest city in Kansas	Wichita	94%
97%	W	State which produces the most cheese	Wisconsin	94%
68%	W	Stadium where the Chicago Cubs play	{Wrigley} Field	94%
98%	W	Least populous U.S. state	Wyoming	94%
88%	Y	The first national park in the U.S. (and also the world)	Yellowstone	94%
79%	A	Mountain range stretching from Georgia into Canada	Appalachian	88%
69%	G	Decaying industrial city in Indiana where Michael Jackson was born	Gary	88%
71%	G	Elvis's former home	Graceland	88%
60%	P	City where the Rose Bowl is located	Pasadena	88%
63%	O	Hilly region of Arkansas and Missouri	The {Ozarks}	88%
73%	B	In 1850, the second most populous city in the U.S.	Baltimore	82%
70%	C	Ocean bay which cuts into Maryland and Virginia	{Chesapeake} Bay	82%
48%	D	Formerly known as Mount McKinley	Denali	82%
55%	D	Minnesota port city on Lake Superior	Duluth	82%
58%	G	Texas city on a barrier island where a hurricane killed 8,000 people in 1900 – the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history	Galveston	82%
62%	H	Company town in Pennsylvania that bills itself as "the sweetest place on Earth"	Hershey	82%
84%	T	Large lake on the Nevada / California border	Lake {Tahoe}	82%
78%	N	Native American reservation larger than many states	{Navajo} Nation	82%
67%	S	In the U.S., there are three cities with this name that have a population over 100,000	Springfield	82%
64%	W	Site of the U.S. Military Academy	West Point	82%
54%	F	Group of narrow lakes in New York state	{Finger} Lakes	76%
53%	M	Massachusetts island where the Kennedy and Obama families have held court	{Martha}'{s} {Vineyard}	76%
46%	P	River that flows past Washington D.C.	Potomac	76%
75%	P	Body of water on which Seattle lies	{Puget} Sound	76%
61%	S	The first U.S. city to host the Olympics	St. Louis	76%
56%	W	Famous Honolulu beach	Waikiki	76%
52%	A	Island chain which is 1,200 miles long and has 57 volcanoes	{Aleutian} Islands	71%
57%	D	International airport serving Washington D.C.	Dulles	71%
59%	G	The smallest city in the U.S. with a major professional sports team	Green Bay	71%
40%	K	City with a funny name that is home to Western Michigan University	Kalamazoo	71%
38%	R	City near Durham and Chapel Hill	Raleigh	71%
51%	B	National Park in South Dakota known for its deeply eroded landscape	Badlands	65%
47%	C	Deepest lake in the U.S., located atop a volcano	{Crater} Lake	65%
36%	D	Dormant volcanic cone just outside Honolulu	{Diamond} Head	65%
76%	E	The state motto of California, Greek for "I have found it"	Eureka	65%
49%	M	World's largest cave system	{Mammoth} Caves	65%
39%	C	Louisiana ethnic group of Acadian French	Cajuns	59%
29%	F	City on Route 66 in northern Arizona	Flagstaff	59%
32%	K	City on the coast of Maine where the Bush family has an estate	{Kennebunk}port	59%
50%	N	City in Rhode Island famous for its many gilded age mansions	Newport	59%
44%	L	Pennsylvania county notable for its Amish community	{Lancaster} County	53%
33%	M	Bridge which connects Michigan's two main peninsulas	{Mackinac} Bridge	53%
45%	W	City in Virginia with a famous colonial historical district	Williamsburg	53%
43%	G	National Park in northern Montana	Glacier	47%
26%	H	Opulent estate in San Simeon, California built by a newspaper baron	{Hearst} Castle	47%
12%	I	Ore-mining region around Lake Superior in northern Minnesota	{Iron} Range	47%
42%	M	Term for one of the 21 outposts in California which Spain built to convert the native population	Mission	47%
19%	S	Bay in Lake Huron which gives Michigan's "thumb" its shape	{Saginaw} Bay	47%
25%	H	National Park located in Arkansas	Hot Springs	41%
34%	K	Area on the western shore of Hawaii's Big Island known for coffee and the Ironman World Championship	Kona	41%
41%	L	Town in New Mexico built in 1943 for the Manhattan Project	Los Alamos	41%
37%	H	Pointy volcano visible from Portland, Oregon	Mount {Hood}	41%
35%	W	Destination of Oregon Trail pioneers	{Willamette} Valley	41%
30%	C	New York mountain range whose summer resorts were known as the "Borscht Belt"	{Catskill} Mountains	35%
14%	I	City on the South Shore of Long Island, New York	Islip	35%
15%	K	Largest city in northwestern Montana	Kalispell	35%
21%	P	Former military installation near Golden Gate bridge, now a park	The {Presidio}	35%
6%	V	Indiana's oldest city, named by French fur traders, was once the territorial capital.	Vincennes	35%
24%	C	Valley in California producing more than half the nation's vegetables, fruits, and nuts	{Central} Valley	29%
22%	D	Boom town from the Black Hills gold rush	Deadwood	29%
23%	D	Washington D.C. neighborhood known for its many embassies	{Dupont} Circle	29%
27%	G	U.S. territorial acquisition of 1853	{Gadsden} Purchase	29%
31%	W	Largest lake entirely within Wisconsin	Lake {Winnebago}	29%
9%	R	Largest lake by volume entirely within Minnesota	{Red} Lake	29%
8%	Z	Indian Reservation in New Mexico and Arizona	Zuni	29%
16%	B	1,280 mile long river located entirely within Texas	{Brazos} River	24%
10%	I	City in Marquette County, in the Upper Peninsula (U.P.) of Michigan	Ishpeming	24%
28%	S	The largest lake in California by surface area, it was formed by accident in 1905 when an irrigation channel flooded	{Salton} Sea	24%
18%	W	Mountain range visible from Salt Lake City	{Wasatch} Range	24%
13%	D	Most photographed arch at Arches National Park	{Delicate} Arch	18%
11%	Y	Only tropical rainforest in the U.S.;located in Puerto Rico	El {Yunque}	18%
20%	B	Volcano in Washington state which holds the record for the most snow ever recorded in one winter season (95 feet)	Mt. {Baker}	18%
7%	Q	Largest body of water in Massachusetts	{Quabbin} Reservoir	18%
3%	P	Capital city of the now-dissolved Indigenous confederacy of Tecumseh	Prophetstown	12%
5%	U	Highest summit of the San Juan Mountains in Colorado	{Uncompahgre} Peak	12%
2%	U	Largest of Alaska's Aleutian Islands that start with this letter, and 9th largest island in the U.S.	Unimak	12%
17%	V	National park in Minnesota	Voyageurs	12%
4%	R	What is the term that describes Washington D.C. returning the donated land back to Virginia?	Retrocession	6%
1%	A	Easternmost point of the United States	{Adak} Island	0%

Score Distribution

Percent of People with Each Score

Percentile by Number Answered

Your Score History

You have not taken this quiz

99 “U.S. Geography by Letter” Questions of Increasing Difficulty - Statistics