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	32,518
Average score	58.0%
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The only remaining state that ....	State
is bigger than Mongolia	Alaska
has more people than Canada	California
has a megacity (urban area > 10 million)	New York
gets less than 10" of rain annually	Nevada
is less than 1/500 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 a trillion dollar company	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 1/3 Hispanic	New Mexico
borders Mexico	Arizona
has more than 3 national parks	Utah
has Portland as 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 more than 20% of people with French ancestry	New Hampshire
has the same first and last letters	Alabama
touches the Gulf of Mexico	Mississippi
is the birthplace of > 5 presidents	Virginia
has "New" in its name	New Jersey

The only remaining state that ....	State
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 > 1 million	North Carolina
Benjamin Franklin lived in	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
has > 20% of its land 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
with no cities proper 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

Level 72

Dec 28, 2018

Nice!

Level 84

Jan 5, 2019

It seems to me that there's a good chance that Michigan's population exceeds 10 million as of now (Jan 2019), since it allegedly was less than 5000 people short in July 2018 and allegedly gained over 75,000 people from July 2017 to July 2018.

Level 85

Jan 5, 2019

Very likely, yes. I was going to say I'd wait for the numbers to be updated in Wikipedia before worrying about it, but it was an easy fix, so I went ahead and made it now.

Level 87

Aug 10, 2019

Fun, thank you!

Level 38

Mar 31, 2022

Ditto. This is my favorite quiz on the site. Very creative.

Level 74

Sep 28, 2020

Cool quiz, really nice idea!

Level 85

Sep 30, 2020

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

Level 52

Mar 22, 2022

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

Level 42

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.

Level 71

Mar 27, 2023

"ab_channel=RickAstley"

Subtle.

Level 73

May 23, 2023

Ah yes, definitely would never fall for that

Level 79

Sep 11, 2022

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

+11

Level 69

Apr 16, 2021

Rhode Island was the hardest one!

Level 85

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

+17

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 28

Jun 22, 2021

And people say we’re boring...

Level 86

Aug 3, 2021

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

Level 51

Jun 12, 2022

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

Level 75

May 3, 2021

Whew, a toughie

Level 94

May 4, 2021

Super-fun! Thank you!

Level 66

Jun 2, 2021

Amazing quiz, hope it's featured soon!

Level 72

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.

+14

Level 84

Aug 1, 2021

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

Level 88

Aug 2, 2021

Perfect summary of Nebraska.

Level 77

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 91

Aug 5, 2021

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

Level 42

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 42

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 74

Aug 4, 2021

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

Level 70

Aug 6, 2021

Really nice quiz

Level 78

Aug 8, 2021

good...anybody from Massachusetts??

Level 56

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 85

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 84

Aug 14, 2021

Isn't Indiana smaller than every state it borders?

Level 85

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 85

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 66

Aug 14, 2021

Neat quiz

Level 28

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 43

Aug 14, 2021

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

Level 63

Feb 10, 2022

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

Level 61

Aug 14, 2021

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

Level 83

Aug 14, 2021

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

Level 71

Aug 14, 2021

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

Level 66

Aug 14, 2021

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

Level 85

Aug 15, 2021

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

Level 48

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 85

Aug 15, 2021

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

Level 70

Aug 26, 2021

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

Level 66

Aug 15, 2021

Excellent quiz!

Level 71

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 85

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 85

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 66

Nov 15, 2021

Good ol' Nebraska.

"Is a state."

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

Level 68

Dec 2, 2021

Can you do one for the Caribbean sovereign countries please

Level 46

Jan 22, 2022

I wrote Rhode Island so many times

Level 75

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 64

May 19, 2022

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

Level 59

Apr 30, 2022

wow, actually never thought of Nebraska as a state, haha!

Level 42

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 49

Sep 8, 2022

Why did they have to do Nebraska like that