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Virginia True or False?

Can you guess whether these statements about the state of Virginia are true or false?
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Last updated: May 6, 2024
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First submittedMay 6, 2024
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1. Pocahantas lived in what is today Virginia
True
False
2. Virginia is one of the 10 poorest states by median household income
Virginia's median household income is well above average
True
False
3. Richmond, Virginia was the capital of the Confederate States
True
False
4. More Presidents were born in Virginia than in any other state
Eight Presidents were born in Virginia, including four of the first five
True
False
5. Virginia is named for Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth was known as the "Virgin Queen"
True
False
6. Virginia borders Delaware
Maryland comes between them
True
False
7. The Green Mountains and White Mountains run through the state
Virginia does have the Blue Ridge Mountains
True
False
8. The Pentagon is located in Virginia
True
False
9. The U.S. Naval Academy is located in Virginia
It is located in Annapolis, Maryland
True
False
10. Virginia's land area was once much larger than today
West Virginia left during the Civil War. In colonial times, Virginia's claimed territory stretched as far as Alaska!
True
False
11. Catholics in the state outnumber Protestants more than 2 to 1
As of 2014, 58% of the state was Protestant and only 12% Catholic
True
False
12. Virginia is home to Duke University
Duke is located in North Carolina
True
False
13. There is an element of the periodic table named for Virginia
True
False
14. Norfolk is located in the Hampton Roads region
True
False
15. Tobacco was once the state's most important export
True
False
15 Comments
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Level 61
May 7, 2024
15/15 from your famous crab state!
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Level 74
May 7, 2024
I went "WHAAAAT ?" upon seeing my 15/15. Half of it was constituted of educated guesses x)
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Level 91
May 7, 2024
Easy 100% from this Virginia native :)
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Level 49
May 10, 2024
I thought NJ had most presidents for some reason, oh well!
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Level 78
Jul 6, 2024
8 presidents were born in Ohio therefore Virginia does not have more than any other state.
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Level 71
Jul 6, 2024
I agree, I think the question may need to be reworded.
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Level 91
Jul 6, 2024
Who's the eighth Ohio-born President?
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Level 68
Jul 6, 2024
I think there is only 7 for Ohio.
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Level 80
Nov 5, 2024
I thought this was true as well but apparently going by birthplace, Virginia has one more than Ohio. There's some confusion with presidents "from" a state and presidents actually born in a state. It'd be helpful if the explanation actually explained that instead of just saying Virginia has eight.
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Level 75
Jul 6, 2024
That was my thinking too, but it turns out Virginia leads 8-7.

VIRGINIA: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Woodrow Wilson

OHIO: Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, Warren G. Harding

If you want to be a real wise guy, if someone asks you to name the one President who was born in Delaware, the answer is "Rutherford B. Hayes, who was born in Delaware, Ohio."

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Level 80
Jul 6, 2024
Sometimes a question on these state quizzes reads like, “Bumblefuzz is located in the Obscurayankee Valley” and it is almost always true.
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Level 52
Jul 6, 2024
"Pocahantas"?
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Level 62
Jul 7, 2024
Yep. The movie was (very loosely) based on a historical person. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas

Edit: My apologies, I think you're talking about the spelling. Foreign names that had to be transliterated into English often have multiple spellings, but the spelling used in the quiz seems to be very uncommon.

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Level 18
Jul 8, 2024
you should add nettspend to the quiz since he is virginia's finest
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Level 43
Jul 8, 2024
I've been to Virginia :)