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Name a Valid U.S. State #2

Name any of the U.S. states that belong in each selected category.
Answer must correspond to the yellow box
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First submittedFebruary 18, 2020
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that borders at least 7 other states
4
Missouri | Tennessee | Colorado | Kentucky
whose capital starts with A
5
Georgia | Maine | Maryland | New York | Texas
admitted to the Union during the Civil War
2
West Virginia | Nevada
with more males than females
10
Alaska | North Dakota | South Dakota | Colorado |
Utah | Wyoming | Montana | Washington |
Nevada | Idaho
where less than 20% of land is forested
8
North Dakota | Nebraska | South Dakota | Kansas |
Iowa | Illinois | Nevada | Wyoming
where at least 5% of residents are Mormon
(other than Utah)
4
Alaska | Arizona | Idaho | Wyoming
whose capital was named for a President
4
Mississippi | Missouri | Nebraska | Wisconsin
where at least 15% of workers are employed
in manufacturing
3
Indiana | Wisconsin | Michigan
with more cows than people
9
South Dakota | Nebraska | North Dakota | Kansas |
Wyoming | Montana | Idaho | Oklahoma | Iowa
where at least 30% of residents live in the
largest city
2
New York | Alaska
that shares its name with a tributary of the
Mississippi River
8
Arkansas | Iowa | Illinois | Minnesota | Missouri |
Ohio | Tennessee | Wisconsin
that gets less than 1 tornado per year on average
3
Alaska | Rhode Island | Vermont
that doesn't have state income tax
9
Alaska | Florida | Nevada | New Hampshire |
South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas |
Washington | Wyoming
that has no cities with a population over 100,000
5
Delaware | Maine | Vermont | West Virginia | Wyoming
that mines more coal than Pennsylvania
2
West Virginia | Wyoming
with a U.S. military academy
4
Connecticut | Colorado | Maryland | New York
where Ernest Hemingway lived
4
Illinois | Missouri | Florida | Idaho
voted for Biden in 2020 but Trump in 2024
6
Arizona | Georgia | Michigan | Nevada |
Pennsylvania | Wisconsin
became a state in 1959
2
Alaska | Hawaii
that has a Z in its name
1
Arizona
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50 Comments
MrPi2002
+11
Level 73
Feb 18, 2020
Would be nice with a little more time, I was halfway through with 30 secs left and had to rush through the last and missed some obvious ones. Also, I think that I'm not the only one since the two least guessed are the two last questions. They are not the hardest ones.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 18, 2020
Added another minute.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Mar 11, 2020
First try finished with almost 2 minutes left.
MCdoesgeography
+29
Level 69
Jun 6, 2023
NOBODY ASKED
ECon211
+8
Level 89
Feb 18, 2020
Not sure what other questions would only have New York and Alaska as the answer.
Quizmaster
+12
Level ∞
Feb 18, 2020
How about "States associated with William H. Seward". Bit of a stretch...
markthoma
+13
Level 73
Mar 3, 2020
The only two states whose standard-issue license plate features blue plate numbers on a gold background!
AlexThirkell
+9
Level 75
Jun 7, 2023
States where at most 60% live outside the largest city?
loshy
+2
Level 49
Dec 1, 2024
70*
FreeStater
+3
Level 76
Nov 29, 2024
The only two states to have a state park bigger than one million acres?
stevediverse
+4
Level 89
Feb 18, 2020
Wisconsin River is a tributary of the Mississippi
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Feb 18, 2020
Added, thanks!
60bitter
+3
Level 77
Feb 19, 2020
The Minnesota River is a tributary of the Mississippi River.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Feb 19, 2020
Added
Findlay
+8
Level 82
Feb 19, 2020
Tried Rhode Island for the 40% question - given that the Providence metro area is about 152% of the population of the state, but I guess you're going for city proper - a metric, which personally, I've never liked as its kinda artificial.
markthoma
+3
Level 73
Mar 3, 2020
Thanks, I learned a fun fact.
MrBubbles
+1
Level 66
Mar 5, 2020
"That mines more coal that Pennsylvania"
idontkn1
+2
Level 91
Mar 11, 2020
Even though he might not have technically "lived" in Michigan, Hemingway certainly spent enough extended time there to make it a correct answer. Especially since the house on Walloon Lake is on the register of historic places as the Hemingway Cottage.
ander217
+2
Level 74
Jun 10, 2023
While not a legal resident, Hemingway also spent months of each year between 1926-1932 at the home of his wife’s parents, the Pfeiffers, in Piggott, AR. They converted their barn loft into an office for him and he wrote much of A Farewell to Arms there. When the movie premiered in 1934 in New York, a world premiere was also held at the same time in the tiny town of Piggott. The Pfeiffer home and farm is now a Hemingway museum.
bumbletub
+3
Level 78
Mar 11, 2020
Does Colorado really border seven other states? I assume you're counting Arizona as the seventh. They meet at Four Corners, but in my mind that doesn't constitute a border.
martay
+6
Level 70
Mar 4, 2022
The question is "can a single point constitute a political border?"

My gut feeling is it can, but I also recognize there's a lot of weirdness to it. Like you can't cross a border that's a singular point without also temporarily crossing the borders of a third state.

But even though the Four Corners may be a single point on the ground, I'd assume there's also a vertical component to the borders as well (air space). That's a line. I'm no mathematician, but I believe that's the z-axis

So, ostensibly if you're cool with borders that touch along an x or y axis on the ground, then shouldn't a z axis count as well? Or do two states need to share a geometric plane to be considered bordering?

Really, though, in the politics of borders and geography, how much does math really matter if Congress can just pass a law declaring something to be so? Anyway, I'm just thinking out loud...

Charliezard
+1
Level 66
Sep 7, 2022
But if you consider Colorado and Arizona to border, then can New Mexico and Utah possibly be considered bordering? It really doesn't make sense.
plattitude
+3
Level 93
Jun 6, 2023
I don't see how the two are mutually exclusive. A shared point is a a shared point, and thus a border. Doesn't matter how many polygons share the point.
Danem20
+1
Level 84
Nov 9, 2024
Mine neither, but the USGS states that a single point constitutes a border.
iowacub
+1
Level 84
Jul 1, 2021
The Iowa River is a tributary of the Mississippi River. Flows into the Mississippi around the Wapello/Oakville area in Southeastern Iowa.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jul 1, 2021
Added, thanks.
wippichgood
+1
Level 71
Jul 30, 2021
Tennessee does not have state income tax for anyone now as Hall Income Tax was repealed
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 1, 2022
Updated, thanks.
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 89
Mar 4, 2022
Typing "Texas" doesn't work for the income tax question, even though it displayed as an answer when I guessed one of the other correct states.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 4, 2022
Fixed, thanks!
scumgang5717
+2
Level 60
Mar 4, 2022
Nebraska's 2nd Congressional district voted for Trump in 16 and flipped to Biden in 20
jmellor13
+3
Level 67
Mar 4, 2022
They called it "Joemaha," which is just so great.
MDawg396
+1
Level 56
Mar 4, 2022
YOU USED MY STATE FLAG FOR THE IMAGE :DDDDDDDD
MDawg396
+6
Level 56
Jun 7, 2023
don't you love when you see comments of yourself from a year ago
wendyl
+4
Level 46
Mar 8, 2022
NH has no state income tax
DrUsual
+2
Level 28
Jul 22, 2022
Really enjoying this series. I agree with a previous commenter, though, Colorado only borders six states. A single point is infinitely small, so there's no common border with Arizona, IMO.
tennyson
+2
Level 56
Feb 5, 2023
they really said if in doubt put wyoming
HighFidelity
+2
Level 57
Jun 6, 2023
Had only the income tax question left with about 15 seconds remaining so just started typing states in alphabetical order. Just made it.
DawnX
+1
Level 54
Jun 10, 2023
technically, ND should count for the president question as bismarck was president of prussia from 1862 to 1890
USGeographyLover
+3
Level 56
May 1, 2024
I dont think prime ministers and chancellors count as presidents.
pieman
+1
Level 48
May 8, 2024
randomly guessing Vermont, New york, Indiana, and west Virginia has saved me quite a few times
TheodoreE45
+1
Level 93
Nov 9, 2024
It's interesting to me that both times Trump won the election he flipped exactly six states.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 80
Nov 9, 2024
Also interesting that California and New York had a 10+ percentage point swing towards Trump in this election! Wonder if they'll ever flip red in the near future.
PynchonsOverbite
+2
Level 92
Nov 9, 2024
I don't think those numbers indicate a real political shift. A sizable portion of the Democratic base simply stayed home in 2024.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 80
Nov 9, 2024
Forgot to mention New Jersey, which also had a 10+ point swing to Trump!
Shamooski19
+1
Level 67
Nov 12, 2024
In fact, the only reason Trump won was because Democrats stayed home. Nationally, Trump only gained ~500,000 votes, which may seem like a lot, but in reality is only ~0.15% of the U.S. population. Meanwhile, Harris lost over 10,000,000 voters Biden had won, or ~3% of the U.S. population (Harris lost about 20 times the number of voters that Trump gained). To those saying there is some kind of large shift towards Republicans, spoiler alert: there's not. The biggest lesson we can learn from the election is that political parties shouldn't take their base of support for granted. Come 2026, we almost certainly will see a similar wave of support towards Democrats that we saw in 2018, if not more.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 80
Nov 16, 2024
Not all the votes have been counted, and so far (with 98% of the total vote in) Trump has got over 2 million votes more than 2020, while Harris is currently ~7.5 million votes behind Biden's total vote share.
Hedgehog76
+3
Level 68
Nov 9, 2024
Can't believe that Wisconsin doesn't have more cows than people - aren't they known as the dairy state or something?
CornishEuropean
+2
Level 55
Nov 11, 2024
WI was my first guess too. I suppose there are still quite a lot of people there, even if there are plenty of cows.
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 70
Nov 10, 2024
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