U.S. State General Knowledge #3 - Alaska

Guess the following facts about Alaska, USA

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Politics
Capital	Juneau
Abbreviation	AK
Official nickname	The Last Frontier
U.S. Senator for Alaska (R)	Lisa Murkowski
U.S. Senator for Alaska (R)	Dan Sullivan
Governor (I)	Bill Walker
He is the longest-serving House member	Don Young
"Hockey Mom" nominated as John McCain's VP in 2008	Sarah Palin
State motto	North to the Future
Alaska is administratively divided into ...	Boroughs

Geography
Highest mountain	Denali
Old name of this mountain	Mount McKinley
Range where ^ is located	Alaska Range
Neighboring country	Canada
Longest river	Yukon River
Largest lake	Iliamna Lake
Biggest island	Kodiak Island
Long island chain in the Ring of Fire	Aleutian Islands

The Five Biggest Cities
294,356	Anchorage
32,094	Juneau
31,644	Fairbanks
10,151	Wasilla
8,689	Sitka

Other Fun Stuff about Alaska
Northernmost city in the United States	Barrow
Annual long-distance sled dog race run	Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
City where ^ ends	Nome
Ranking of the 50 states (area)	1st
Ranking of the 50 states (population)	48th
It is the only state in which you can regularly see these natural lights	Northern Lights

History
These native people inhabit Alaska for more than 500 years	Inuit
The Americans bought Alaska from whom in 1867?	the Russians
In 1896, miners in Klondike discovered this rare element	Gold
This husky led the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome	Balto
Year of admission to the Union	1959
In 1964, the Good Friday ___ happened	Earthquake
Ship that spilled crude oil in 1989	Exxon Valdez

Bordering Bodies of Water
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Beaufort Sea
Bering Sea
Gulf of Alaska

Wildlife of Alaska
Bears	Black Bear
	Brown Bear
	Polar Bear
Other word: Reindeer	Caribou
Other word: Buffalo	Bison
Other word: Killer whale	Orca
National animal of the United States	Bald Eagle

Famous Alaskans
He led the Philadelphia Phillies to the World Series in 1993	Curt Schilling
This cowboy and gambler built a saloon in Nome	Wyatt Earp
A military stay in Alaska influenced this painter (The Joy of Painting) a lot	Bob Ross
Founder and critic of Wikipedia	Larry Sanger
The town of Talkeetna had this type of mayor from 1997 to 2017	a Feline Mayor

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