| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| If it were a country, it would be the fifth-largest economy in the world | California | 95%
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| Ponce de León spotted and landed on the peninsula on April 2, 1513 | Florida | 89%
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| Widely known as the center of the U.S. automotive industry | Michigan | 89%
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| Spoken languages: English 69.7%, Spanish 28.5%, Navajo 3.5% | New Mexico | 83%
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| The most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states, its biggest city is Newark | New Jersey | 81%
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| The only U.S. state that lies entirely above 1,000 meters elevation | Colorado | 80%
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| Is also known for horse racing, bourbon distilleries, coal, and bluegrass music | Kentucky | 77%
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| The State Constitution of 1812 gave English official status in legal proceedings, but use of French remained widespread | Louisiana | 73%
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| Founded on mining and refounded on sin - beginning with prizefighting and easy divorce a century ago and later extending to gaming and prostitution | Nevada | 71%
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| McCain's running mate was Sarah Palin, the state's governor | Alaska | 70%
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| The USGS considers Mt. Rainier the most dangerous volcano in the Cascade Range | Washington | 70%
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| The Chesapeake Bay nearly bisects the state | Maryland | 68%
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| Played a central role in the westward expansion of the United States, as memorialized by the Gateway Arch | Missouri | 67%
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| The 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union | Arizona | 61%
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| Nickname(s): Big Sky Country, The Treasure State | Montana | 59%
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| George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, grew up in Greenwich | Connecticut | 53%
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| The first presidential caucus in the country | Iowa | 53%
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| Abolitionists John Brown and Sojourner Truth lived in Springfield and Northampton, respectively | Massachusetts | 41%
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| Major land runs, including the Land Run of 1889, were held for settlers where certain territories were opened to settlement starting at a precise time | Oklahoma | 39%
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| Hydraulic fracturing technologies enabled mining companies to extract huge amounts of oil from the Bakken shale rock formation | North Dakota | 36%
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