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Pennsylvania - State Trivia Quiz

Can you guess this trivia about the northeastern state of Pennsylvania?
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Last updated: November 11, 2024
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First submittedJuly 31, 2024
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State capital
Harrisburg
Largest city
Philadelphia
Which is Greek for the City of...
Brotherly Love
Second largest city
Pittsburgh
State nickname
Keystone State
River on the eastern border of Pennsylvania
Delaware River
Name one of the three rivers in the second largest city
Ohio; Allegheny; Monongahela
Third largest city in PA
Allentown
River valley that city is in
Lehigh Valley
Widespread mountain range that makes up central Pennsylvania
Appalachian
Town at the site of the deadly turning point battle of the Civil War in 1863
Gettysburg
Northwestern PA city on large lake of the same name
Erie
Building where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the US were signed
Independence Hall
Quaker who founded Pennsylvania, name of the state literally means his woodlands
William Penn
Ivy League university
University of Pennsylvania
Founding Father and inventor who established that university
Benjamin Franklin
Lawyer from PA often regarded as one of the worst US presidents
James Buchanan
Actor from Birdman and Beetlejuice
Michael Keaton
City known for iron and steel and where Joe Biden was from
Scranton
Area where the Continental Army trained in winter of 1777-78
Valley Forge
Former coal-mining town that has been burning for over half a century
Centralia
Town in central PA with museum and theme park based on the popular candy
Hershey
Traditionalist Christian group that lives around Lancaster
Amish
City in PA that got destroyed by a flood in 1889 due to the South Fork Dam collapsing
Johnstown
State motto
Virtue, Liberty, and Independence
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