| Vague hint | U.S. State | Explanation of the vague hint | % Correct |
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| Utah | Utah has the shape of a concave irregular hexagon. | 99%
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| Idaho | Idaho is also called 'The Potato State'. All four of these terms are related to potatoes. | 97%
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| Maine | Mufasa is a lion in the movie 'The Lion King'. The headdress of a lion is called mane of that ilk homophone of Maine. | 96%
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| Alaska | In 1867 for $7.2 million Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. | 95%
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| Georgia | In Gori, a city in Georgia (the Asian nation) Joseph Stalin née Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili was born. | 91%
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| Oregon | Oregano is a very common herb in Italian cousine and sounds a little like Oregon. | 91%
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| Indiana | India is a subcontinent, the singular demonym of India is Indian, which needs the indefinite article 'an', not 'a'. 'Indian' and 'a' however make Indiana. | 90%
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| Virginia | Virginia is most likely named for Elizabeth I, who never married. Her father Henry VIII however married six times, murdered two of his wives, founded a church, so he could get divorced, etc. In essence, as his child one would have had a hard time not getting traumatised. | 89%
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| Kentucky | Rich Strike is a thoroughbred racehorse that won the 2022 Kentucky Derby against 80-1 odds. The Triple Crown is achieved, when the same horse wins the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes. Since Rich Strike didn't enter the second one, but won the first, a Triple Crown is impossible. | 87%
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| Arkansas | It would seem that Arkansas is pronounced R-Kansas, when actually it is pronounced R-Ken-saw. | 85%
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| Missouri | Kansas City, Missouri and St. Louis are the two largest cities in Missouri and both lie on the border. | 84%
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| Tennessee | Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Miley Cyrus and Justin Timberlake were born in Tennessee and Elvis Presley died there. | 81%
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| Louisiana | Jazz and Voodoo originated in Louisiana, Creole and Cajun are ethnicities of Louisiana, a pelican is on Louisiana's flag and Louisiana is divided into parishes, unlike other states. | 74%
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| Oklahoma | Oklahoma is shaped like a pan, just right for frying huge vegetables. | 71%
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| California | An Islamic steward is called Caliph and the layer in front of the iris is the cornea, of which we subtract the 'c' and are left with 'caliphornea'. | 65%
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