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State
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Question
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Answer
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Alabama
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In 1836, Alabama became the first state to make what a holiday?
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Christmas
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Alaska
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Which country did the United States buy Alaska from?
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Russia
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Arizona
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Arizona became a state in 1912 on what holiday?
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Valentines Day
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Arkansas
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The state capital of Arkansas: Little ____.
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Rock
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California
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What is the largest county in the United States, located in California?
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San Bernardino
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Colorado
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What year did Colorado gain statehood? (Hint: Think of Colorado's nickname!)
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1876
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Connecticut
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Connecticut and Rhode Island were the only states not to prohibit what product in the early 20th century?
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Alcohol
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Delaware
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Delaware is one of only five states without which tax?
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Sales Tax
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Florida
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From which country did many refugees arrive in Miami from in the 1960s?
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Cuba
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Georgia
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Which civil rights leader was born in Atlanta in 1929?
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Hawaii
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Who is the only president who comes from Hawaii?
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Barack Obama
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Idaho
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What is the capital city of Idaho?
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Boise
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Illinois
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From which country did the first Europeans to settle Illinois come from?
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France
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Indiana
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Indianapolis is the capital of Indiana. In Greek, what does 'Polis' mean?
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City
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Iowa
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Painter Grant Wood was born in Anamosa, Iowa. What is the title of his most famous piece?
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American Gothic
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Kansas
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Which film has a main character from Kansas called Dorothy?
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The Wizard of Oz
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Kentucky
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What is the name of a very small exclave of Kentucky, formed by the border with Tennessee and the Mississippi River?
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The Kentucky Bend
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Louisiana
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What music genre is New Orleans known for, famously performed by Louisiana-born Louis Armstrong?
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Jazz
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Maine
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What type of seafood is Maine famous for?
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Lobster
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Maryland
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What major estuary is located in the East of Maryland?
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Chesapeake Bay
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Massachusetts
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Which colony in Massachusetts was founded by the Pilgrims?
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Plymouth Colony
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Michigan
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What major city lies on Michigan's border with Canada?
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Detroit
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Minnesota
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What city in Minnesota is the Mall of America located in?
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Bloomington
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Mississippi
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Which famous musician was born in Mississippi on the 8th of January, 1935?
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Elvis Presley
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Missouri
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Which famous rapper, despite being associated with a city in Michigan, was actually born in Missouri?
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Eminem
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Montana
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Aside from Alaska, what is the only US state with a lower population density than Montana?
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Wyoming
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Nebraska
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Which tributary of the Missouri River in Nebraska hosts the migration of thousands of sandhill cranes?
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Platte River
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Nevada
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What military facility located in Nevada is subject to many conspiracy theories?
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Area 51
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New Hampshire
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What is the state motto of New Hampshire, harkening back to the Revolutionary War?
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"Live Free or Die"
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New Jersey
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What is New Jersey's nickname?
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The Garden State
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New Mexico
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What language is spoken by just over a quarter of New Mexico's population?
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Spanish
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New York
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The National Hall of Fame for which sport is located in Cooperstown, New York?
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Baseball
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North Carolina
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What invention was first successfully tested in North Carolina in 1903?
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Aeroplane
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North Dakota
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Jamestown, North Dakota is home to the world's largest statue of which animal?
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Buffalo
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Ohio
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Cincinnati, Ohio is home to the biggest of which German festival in the United States?
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Oktoberfest
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Oklahoma
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Which Hollywood actor was born in 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma?
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Brad Pitt
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Oregon
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What has been famously photographed and sighted many times in McMinnville, Oregon since the 1950s?
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UFOs
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Pennsylvania
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What film, based in Philadelphia, was about a zero-to-hero boxer, and won best picture in 1976?
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Rocky
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Rhode Island
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What is the name of the fictional Rhode Island town home to Peter, Joe, Cleveland and Quagmire?
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Quahog
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South Carolina
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In 1860, South Carolina was the first state to do what?
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Secede from the Union
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South Dakota
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What does the Sioux word 'Dakota' mean?
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Friend
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Tennessee
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In what Tennessee city did Elvis Presley begin his music career?
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Memphis
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Texas
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What city is NASA's mission control centre located in?
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Houston
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Utah
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What religion is practiced by around half of the population of Utah?
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Mormonism
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Vermont
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How many states were part of the union before Vermont joined?
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13
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Virginia
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Virginia's full name: _____________ of Virginia.
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Commonwealth
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Washington
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What was a proposed name for the state during its accession to statehood, sharing its name with a city in western Washington?
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Tacoma
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Washington DC
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Washington DC was formed from territory donated from Virginia and which other state?
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Maryland
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West Virginia
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During which war did West Virginia split off from Virginia?
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Civil War
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Wisconsin
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In 1962, what fell from the sky in a farm in Wisconsin?
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Sputnik
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Wyoming
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Yellowstone was the United States' first national park. Which president made Yellowstone a national park?
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Ulysses S. Grant
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minnesotas question has an error
the mississipi river delta is located in louisiana