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

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