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One Question About Every US State - Statistics
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- The average score is 31 of 51
Answer Stats
| State | Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| Arkansas | The state capital of Arkansas: Little ____. | Rock | 100%
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| Alaska | Which country did the United States buy Alaska from? | Russia | 100%
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| Hawaii | Who is the only president who comes from Hawaii? | Barack Obama | 93%
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| Maine | What type of seafood is Maine famous for? | Lobster | 93%
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| New Mexico | What language is spoken by just over a quarter of New Mexico's population? | Spanish | 93%
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| New York | The National Hall of Fame for which sport is located in Cooperstown, New York? | Baseball | 87%
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| Idaho | What is the capital city of Idaho? | Boise | 87%
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| Louisiana | What music genre is New Orleans known for, famously performed by Louisiana-born Louis Armstrong? | Jazz | 87%
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| Washington DC | Washington DC was formed from territory donated from Virginia and which other state? | Maryland | 87%
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| Tennessee | In what Tennessee city did Elvis Presley begin his music career? | Memphis | 87%
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| Ohio | Cincinnati, Ohio is home to the biggest of which German festival in the United States? | Oktoberfest | 87%
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| North Carolina | What invention was first successfully tested in North Carolina in 1903? | Aeroplane | 80%
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| Florida | From which country did many refugees arrive in Miami from in the 1960s? | Cuba | 80%
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| Texas | What city is NASA's mission control centre located in? | Houston | 80%
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| New Jersey | What is New Jersey's nickname? | The Garden State | 80%
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| Montana | Aside from Alaska, what is the only US state with a lower population density than Montana? | Wyoming | 80%
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| Vermont | How many states were part of the union before Vermont joined? | 13 | 73%
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| Connecticut | Connecticut and Rhode Island were the only states not to prohibit what product in the early 20th century? | Alcohol | 73%
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| West Virginia | During which war did West Virginia split off from Virginia? | Civil War | 73%
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| Michigan | What major city lies on Michigan's border with Canada? | Detroit | 73%
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| Georgia | Which civil rights leader was born in Atlanta in 1929? | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | 73%
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| Mississippi | Which famous musician was born in Mississippi on the 8th of January, 1935? | Elvis Presley | 73%
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| Missouri | Which famous rapper, despite being associated with a city in Michigan, was actually born in Missouri? | Eminem | 73%
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| Kansas | Which film has a main character from Kansas called Dorothy? | The Wizard of Oz | 73%
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| Nevada | What military facility located in Nevada is subject to many conspiracy theories? | Area 51 | 67%
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| Illinois | From which country did the first Europeans to settle Illinois come from? | France | 67%
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| Utah | What religion is practiced by around half of the population of Utah? | Mormonism | 67%
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| Iowa | Painter Grant Wood was born in Anamosa, Iowa. What is the title of his most famous piece? | American Gothic | 60%
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| Indiana | Indianapolis is the capital of Indiana. In Greek, what does 'Polis' mean? | City | 60%
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| Virginia | Virginia's full name: _____________ of Virginia. | Commonwealth | 60%
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| Pennsylvania | What film, based in Philadelphia, was about a zero-to-hero boxer, and won best picture in 1976? | Rocky | 60%
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| South Carolina | In 1860, South Carolina was the first state to do what? | Secede from the Union | 60%
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| Colorado | What year did Colorado gain statehood? (Hint: Think of Colorado's nickname!) | 1876 | 53%
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| North Dakota | Jamestown, North Dakota is home to the world's largest statue of which animal? | Buffalo | 53%
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| Maryland | What major estuary is located in the East of Maryland? | Chesapeake Bay | 53%
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| Alabama | In 1836, Alabama became the first state to make what a holiday? | Christmas | 53%
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| Massachusetts | Which colony in Massachusetts was founded by the Pilgrims? | Plymouth Colony | 53%
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| Oklahoma | Which Hollywood actor was born in 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma? | Brad Pitt | 47%
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| New Hampshire | What is the state motto of New Hampshire, harkening back to the Revolutionary War? | "Live Free or Die" | 47%
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| Rhode Island | What is the name of the fictional Rhode Island town home to Peter, Joe, Cleveland and Quagmire? | Quahog | 40%
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| Minnesota | What city in Minnesota is the Mall of America located in? | Bloomington | 33%
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| South Dakota | What does the Sioux word 'Dakota' mean? | Friend | 33%
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| Washington | What was a proposed name for the state during its accession to statehood, sharing its name with a city in western Washington? | Tacoma | 33%
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| Nebraska | Which tributary of the Missouri River in Nebraska hosts the migration of thousands of sandhill cranes? | Platte River | 27%
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| Wyoming | Yellowstone was the United States' first national park. Which president made Yellowstone a national park? | Ulysses S. Grant | 27%
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| Delaware | Delaware is one of only five states without which tax? | Sales Tax | 20%
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| California | What is the largest county in the United States, located in California? | San Bernardino | 20%
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| Kentucky | What is the name of a very small exclave of Kentucky, formed by the border with Tennessee and the Mississippi River? | The Kentucky Bend | 20%
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| Oregon | What has been famously photographed and sighted many times in McMinnville, Oregon since the 1950s? | UFOs | 20%
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| Arizona | Arizona became a state in 1912 on what holiday? | Valentines Day | 20%
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| Wisconsin | In 1962, what fell from the sky in a farm in Wisconsin? | Sputnik | 7%
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