The Only Remaining U.S. State . . .

For each box, enter the only state that fits the description excluding states that have already appeared on the quiz.

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First submitted	December 26, 2018
Times taken	64,647
Average score	58.0%
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The only remaining state that ....	State
is bigger than Mongolia	Alaska
has more people than Poland	California
has a megacity (urban area > 10 million)	New York
gets less than 10 inches of rain annually	Nevada
is less than 1/500th the size of another state (by land area)	Rhode Island
was visited by Europeans before the start of the Protestant Reformation	Florida
is home to one of the world's five largest companies (by market cap)	Washington
has a mountain peak over 14,000 feet	Colorado
has the majority of its population living on islands	Hawaii
touches the Pacific	Oregon
has multiple urban areas over 5 million people	Texas
was an independent country prior to joining the U.S.	Vermont
has more than 5,000 miles of coastline	Louisiana
is more than 1/3rd Hispanic	New Mexico
borders Mexico	Arizona
has more than 3 national parks	Utah
Portland is its biggest city	Maine
became a state in the 20th century	Oklahoma
is bigger than Gabon	Montana
was the birthplace of more than 20 astronauts	Ohio
has territory in the White Mountains	New Hampshire
has the same first and last letters	Alabama
touches the Gulf of Mexico	Mississippi
is the birthplace of more than 5 presidents	Virginia
has "New" in its name	New Jersey
has a bigger population than any state it borders	Illinois
has a largest city starting with P	Pennsylvania
has 3 urban areas with a population over 1 million	North Carolina
Where Benjamin Franklin lived	Massachusetts
is more than 25% water by area	Michigan
has a population over 10 million	Georgia
is part of New England	Connecticut
is smaller than Rwanda	Delaware
has at least one NBA, NHL, NFL, and MLB team	Minnesota
more than 20% of its land is administered by the U.S. Forest Service	Idaho
borders Canada	North Dakota
is more than 5% Native American	South Dakota
has a population less than 1 million	Wyoming
has no cities with a population over 100,000	West Virginia
has a smaller population than every state it borders	South Carolina
was one of the original 13 colonies	Maryland
starts with M	Missouri
is on the Appalachian Trail	Tennessee
was part of the Confederacy	Arkansas
became a state in the 18th century	Kentucky
has a star on its flag	Indiana
touches a Great Lake	Wisconsin
lies on the Mississippi River	Iowa
has > 75 tornadoes per year	Kansas
is a state	Nebraska

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104 Recent Comments

+12

Level 89

Sep 30, 2020

Now with SVG map! Thanks, Jetpunk, for making it easy for lazy people like me!

+19

Level 52

Mar 22, 2022

Great quiz- Nothing special about Nebraska... It's just simply a state

Level 55

Jun 30, 2022

Here is a video with 10 interesting facts about Nebraska:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&ab_channel=RickAstley

Just copy and paste the link.

+28

Level 72

Mar 27, 2023

"ab_channel=RickAstley"

Subtle.

Level 43

Jan 4, 2026

here

+21

Level 89

Sep 11, 2022

Bruh, you know it says Rick Astley in the url, right?

+12

Level 73

Apr 16, 2021

Rhode Island was the hardest one!

Level 89

May 3, 2021

Indeed, but you don't have to answer in order, and it's much easier to get when comes the "New England" question.

Level 45

Jan 23, 2022

Inded good isr

Level 33

Apr 16, 2025

Just pick the smallest state, which just happens to be Rhode Island!

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Level 71

May 3, 2021

Great quiz! Apparently poor Nebraska is the most boring state out there.

Level 73

May 6, 2021

It really is. Absolutely nothing to see once you get past Lincoln.

Level 27

Jun 22, 2021

And people say we’re boring...

+10

Level 90

Aug 3, 2021

What about "Carhenge" in Alliance? It's like Stonehenge -- with cars!

Level 59

Jun 12, 2022

On I-80, going from east to west? Yeah.

Level 60

Apr 18, 2025

Yeah, that was my first thought -- Nebraska, what a burn.

Level 76

May 3, 2021

Whew, a toughie

Level 99

May 4, 2021

Super-fun! Thank you!

Level 68

Jun 2, 2021

Amazing quiz, hope it's featured soon!

Level 77

Jun 3, 2021

Got them all with 0:42 left. Pretty close. Great quiz! I love it! Nominated!

Level 68

Jul 31, 2021

Fun! Nominated.

+19

Level 87

Aug 1, 2021

LOL @ the most notable thing about Nebraska being that it is a state.

Level 92

Aug 2, 2021

Perfect summary of Nebraska.

+12

Level 78

Aug 3, 2021

LOL "Is a state"

Personally, i think the time is a little long. I had 4:37 left. I think that's plenty of time to just spam a bunch of states rather than trying to get them.

Level 96

Aug 5, 2021

Nebraska "is a state" is barely worse than Missouri "starts with an M".

Level 41

Aug 21, 2021

Missouri's could be improved, if Tennessee is moved before it, then Missouri is the only remaining state to border 8 other states

Level 55

Jun 30, 2022

Nebraska, along with Maine, are the only two states where the electoral votes are split into two districts. Additionally, its capital is named after a US president. It's the only US state to be triply landlocked, if Canadian provinces are accounted for. Other than that, I don't think there's anything else particularly special about Nebraska.

Level 72

Jan 30, 2025

Replace the N with Z and it's Zebraska

Level 45

Apr 18, 2025

Missouri's most popular city is named after another state and was the place that originated the north-south dividing line despite crossing it.

Level 61

Jan 29, 2026

It’s a good amount of time for those of us doing it on our phones. Without the map to reference, having to constantly scroll back and forth to read the question, and having to type with error prone thumbs slows it down enough that I only had a minute left by the time I got them all.

Level 85

Aug 4, 2021

I got them all in the end, but having to scroll between the clues and the map was troublesome.

Level 72

Aug 6, 2021

Really nice quiz

Level 99

Aug 8, 2021

good...anybody from Massachusetts??

Level 65

Jan 24, 2025

H E R E

Level 59

Aug 10, 2021

When I got to more populous than any state bordering it, Pennsylvania was also a valid answer, as NY had been selected.

Level 89

Aug 10, 2021

The clue is "has a bigger population than any state it borders," not "has a bigger population than any UNSELECTED state it borders."

Level 88

Aug 14, 2021

Isn't Indiana smaller than every state it borders?

Level 89

Aug 14, 2021

Hmm . . . I believe the intent of this clue was to be "by population" rather than "by area," though if that is the case then the clue is poorly worded. I will take a look at this when I get a chance.

Level 89

Aug 14, 2021

Rechecked and confirmed that the clue works as written "by population" (though not, as cpgatbyu points out, "by area"). I will adjust the wording of the clue, though I'm not sure what the policy is on editing quizzes so soon after they are put on the main page.

Level 68

Aug 14, 2021

Neat quiz

Level 31

Aug 14, 2021

surely florida and texas have coastline > 500miles

Level 63

Aug 14, 2021

The idea is that the answer is the only one among states that haven't been used as answers yet. Otherwise there's a lot of states that would work for many of the questions (for example, Nebraska isn't the only state that is a state.)

Level 44

Aug 14, 2021

Really? I thought that of the 50 states, Nebraska was the only state

Level 64

Feb 10, 2022

Is nebraska even a state tho? Like, has anyone ever been to nebraska just to check?

Level 33

Apr 16, 2025

At this point, Alaska is big enough to be it's own country lol

Level 63

Aug 14, 2021

Great quiz but needed more time, a little slow on the uptake

Level 79

Aug 14, 2021

"Nebraska: It's a State" ... something to put on their license plates and travel brochures.

Level 73

Aug 14, 2021

Certainly better than its existing slogan: "It's not for everyone."

Level 70

Aug 14, 2021

I've lived in Vermont my whole life. I did not know it was ever is own country.

Level 89

Aug 15, 2021

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Republic

Level 47

Aug 15, 2021

New Jersey now has a population that is more than 10% Asian so the stat for Hawaii should be shifted upwards a bit since NJ comes after Hawaii in this quiz.

Level 89

Aug 15, 2021

Is this based on the latest census numbers? Do you have a source?

Level 71

Aug 26, 2021

census.gov says that 10.0% of the New Jersey population is Asian

Level 70

Aug 15, 2021

Excellent quiz!

Level 75

Aug 16, 2021

Twice, I selected Louisiana, not having selected it before, but it would not accept it as touching the Gulf of Mexico, nor as lying on the Mississippi River.

Level 89

Aug 16, 2021

The "only remaining" element of the quiz applies to the order the clues appear in, not the order in which you fill them in.

Level 89

Aug 26, 2021

Update (pending approval): fixed issues with "is more than 10% Asian-American" (replaced with a different clue) and "is smaller than every state it borders" (improved ambiguous wording).

Level 67

Nov 15, 2021

Good ol' Nebraska.

"Is a state."

I suppose that's about the most interesting thing about it...

Level 75

Dec 2, 2021

Can you do one for the Caribbean sovereign countries please

Level 45

Jan 22, 2022

I wrote Rhode Island so many times

Level 79

Mar 11, 2022

maybe i'm overthinking it but how exactly are we defining a silent letter? by my reckoning maine for example has two, as the i and e are not pronounced - leave them out and it sounds the same. or illinois - the second l and final s both seem silent to me?

Level 68

May 19, 2022

This would all be solved by moving this question to later in the quiz.

Level 55

Jun 30, 2022

Lol, 67% of people got "Nebraska is a state" wrong. Like, how can you not know that Nebraska is a state!

Level 54

Jan 18, 2024

They didn’t make it to the end in time, so they had a bunch of states left.

Level 59

Aug 22, 2024

I feel bad for some people's lack of intelligence

Level 49

Sep 8, 2022

Why did they have to do Nebraska like that

Level 65

Jul 28, 2023

The most elaborate burn for the State of Nebraska... great quiz.

Level 65

Apr 22, 2024

You should have made the states disappear as they get eliminated.

Level 60

May 7, 2024

NEBRASKA IS A STATE 💀💀💀

Level 33

Apr 16, 2025

You must be from Nebraska!

Level 86

Sep 17, 2024

Love this quiz!

One suggestion though, since I had to keep scrolling up and down to look at the map and read the questions too.

Maybe it would be possible to have them side-by-side or scrolling separately (?)

Level 89

Sep 17, 2024

Yeah, I've heard similar feedback before. I agree that would be nice, but unfortunately I do not know how to set it up like that.

Level 76

Nov 5, 2025

Was my thought exactly. Maybe one day :) a fixed miniature map would be a plus for many quizzes.

Level 36

Apr 15, 2025

Nebraska...

is a state.

That's what I have in my mind too.

Level 75

Apr 16, 2025

Truely one of the states of all times

Level 48

Apr 16, 2025

*Gulf of America

Level 57

Apr 16, 2025

Cool

Level 72

Apr 16, 2025

Beans

Level 49

Apr 16, 2025

Fun test but very, very generous on time. I had seven minutes left!

Level 76

Nov 5, 2025

Nearly 70% do not even complete it, so there is definitely not too much time.

Level 94

Apr 16, 2025

The trillion dollar company question is incorrect as the date of my post. Berkshire Hathaway's market cap is 1.13 trillion and is located in Omaha. So Nebraska is more than just a state.

Level 89

Apr 18, 2025

Fair point, I've updated (pending approval) the wording of the clue to exclude Nebraska as a possibility.

Just to be clear: I don't actually hate Nebraska (see https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/252568/the-only-remaining-us-state-2). But I do think its place as the final answer on this quiz has become so iconic that I am hesitant to move it.

Level 33

Apr 16, 2025

10/50. I need more knowledge about the states

Level 66

Apr 16, 2025

Really cool format, would love to see a version of this quiz that was actually hard

Level 61

Apr 16, 2025

How did only 39% get West Virginia? It is not surprising that it has no major cities!

Level 64

Apr 16, 2025

Did not realize how big Gabon was. Always thought of it as a smaller country.

Level 58

Apr 18, 2025

Louisiana has 5,000 miles of coastline??? Get serious.

Level 57

Nov 10, 2025

I thought the same thing. Evidently, it has to do with the method for calculating the length: at a large scale, it has about 400 miles of coast, but zooming in to account for all the fiddly bits in the bayou, it rockets up to 7,700 miles of coast.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox

Level 55

Apr 7, 2026

Yeah, I had to skip that one and come back. Alaska was already taken...

Level 84

Apr 19, 2025

Doesn't Hawaii have all of its population living on islands, not just the majority?

Level 68

Apr 22, 2025

Yes but New York.

Level 67

Apr 22, 2025

Why is "the White House" not accepted for where Ben Franklin lived? He was our first and greatest president!

Level 53

Nov 14, 2025

list everything wrong with this comment in 1 minute impossible challenge

Level 24

Aug 12, 2025

i swear that alabama touches the gulf of mexico

Level 76

Nov 5, 2025

Does not matter since it is already an answer to a previous question so is out of the running anyway.

Level 28

Aug 21, 2025

i think there is some mistake, pensylvania both starts with P and is part of appalachian trail

Level 76

Nov 5, 2025

Pennsylvania has already been taken by the time you get to that question.

Level 76

Nov 5, 2025

Well put together! Quite a challenge for me but good fun

Level 49

Nov 9, 2025

Nebraska is indeed a state

Level 34

Nov 19, 2025

Nebraska is a state LOL

Level 60

Jan 26, 2026

Would be improved if there was a way to move the map down as you answer the questions. Kind of a minor pain to keep scrolling up and down to look at the map and see what was left. Fun quiz, though.

Level 55

Apr 7, 2026

Yeah, I was using a pretty large monitor and made the font as small as readable, and still couldn't see the map while seeing all of the questions.

Level 52

Mar 24, 2026

Very annoying to have to keep scrolling up and down and up and down but good concept!

Level 55

Apr 7, 2026

Poor Nebraska.