| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What is the state capital of Maryland? | Annapolis | 98%
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| What ocean bay does the above lie on? | Chesapeake Bay | 96%
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| What river makes some of Maryland's border with Virginia? | Potomac | 91%
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| What is the name of the top-ranked medical school in Baltimore? | Johns Hopkins | 72%
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| What surveyor's line covers Maryland's northern and eastern borders? | Mason-Dixon Line | 71%
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| What city near D.C. is home to the main campus of the University of Maryland? | {College} Park | 65%
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| What seaside resort becomes the second most populated municipality in Maryland during each summer? | Ocean City | 63%
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| What Maryland county, with namesake of a Southern state capital, is the most populous? | Montgomery | 60%
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| What small tributary of that river gave its name to the deadliest one-day battle of the Civil War? | {Antietam} Creek | 58%
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| What major peninsula does Maryland share with Delaware and Virginia? | Delmarva | 57%
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| What bridge in Baltimore famously collapsed in 2024? | Francis Scott Key Bridge | 57%
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| What black member of the Supreme Court was the Baltimore/Washington International Airport named for in 2005? | Thurgood Marshall | 55%
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| What place is considered the official country retreat of the U.S. President? | Camp David | 54%
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| What fort was Francis Scott Key watching the bombardment of while writing"The Star-Spangled Banner"? | Fort McHenry | 50%
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| What common male name does the second-largest incorporated city in Maryland carry? | Frederick | 43%
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| What is the most famous nickname of Maryland? | Old Line State | 42%
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| What ridge in that section is home to the tallest point in Maryland?hint: synonym of the human spine | Backbone Mountain | 34%
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| What series of rapids and waterfalls are located on the above near D.C.? | Great Falls | 31%
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| By what town's name, also located nearby that site, is that same battle known? | Sharpsburg | 24%
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| What section of the Appalachian Mountains touch the far western end of the state? | Allegheny Mountains | 20%
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