Name a Valid U.S. State #3

Name any of the U.S. states that belong in each selected category.

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First submitted	February 18, 2020
Times taken	24,365
Average score	75.0%
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Name a state ...	Answer
whose lowest point is higher than 2000 feet	Colorado \| New Mexico \| Utah \| Wyoming
that borders exactly two other states	Florida \| Rhode Island \| South Carolina \| Washington
that has an NBA team, but no other major pro sports teams	Oklahoma \| Oregon \| Utah
that touches the "Four Corners"	Arizona \| Colorado \| New Mexico \| Utah
that was a slave state in 1860 but didn't join the Confederacy	Delaware \| Kentucky \| Maryland \| Missouri
whose capital ends in -ON	Massachusetts \| Mississippi \| New Jersey \| West Virginia \| Wisconsin
which averages more than 55 inches (140 cm) of precipitation annually	Alabama \| Hawaii \| Louisiana \| Mississippi
where a majority of households own a gun	Alaska \| Arkansas \| Idaho \| Montana \| West Virginia \| Wyoming
voted for Trump in 2016 but Biden in 2020	Arizona \| Georgia \| Michigan \| Pennsylvania \| Wisconsin
whose most populous city starts with A	Alaska \| Georgia \| New Mexico
whose population increased > 250% since 1960	Alaska \| Arizona \| Florida \| Nevada \| Utah
whose most valuable crop is cotton	Alabama \| Georgia \| Texas
whose biggest city shares its name with the biggest city in a different state	Maine \| Oregon \| South Carolina \| West Virginia
where more than half of the population lives on islands	Hawaii \| New York
whose tallest building is taller than its tallest mountain	Florida \| Louisiana \| Illinois
that starts with a letter that no other states start with	Delaware \| Florida \| Georgia \| Hawaii \| Louisiana \| Pennsylvania \| Rhode Island \| Utah
whose eastern border is nearly entirely formed by the Mississippi River	Arkansas \| Iowa \| Missouri
that is within visual range of a foreign country that it doesn't share a land border with	Alaska \| Florida \| Ohio \| Pennsylvania
with land on the Delmarva Peninsula (put on your thinking cap!)	Delaware \| Maryland \| Virginia
that has some land at the same latitude as parts of Great Britain	Alaska

Level 68

Feb 28, 2020

Nominated

Level 74

Apr 9, 2020

Ran out of time :(

Level 74

Jun 27, 2021

Got them all this year :)

Level 27

Sep 6, 2021

poggers! :)

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Level 89

Jun 23, 2021

Alaska does have a land border with a foreign country...

Level 74

Jun 23, 2021

Needs to have the wording changed: "which can see a foreign country from its shores despite not having a land border with".

Or just remove Alaska.

Level ∞

Jun 23, 2021

Changed the wording.

Level 94

Jun 23, 2021

Great quiz apart from the Alaska issue already mentioned.

Level 74

Jun 23, 2021

Delmarva is the lowest guessed answer? Come on people, you can do better than that...

Level 65

Jun 23, 2021

Michigan and Canada have no land border but they’re right across the river from each other by Detroit/Windsor.

Level 68

Jun 23, 2021

If we're being technical here, Michigan doesn't actually share a "land" border with Canada, its all rivers

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Level 90

Jun 23, 2021

42°31'27.1"N 82°40'38.7"W

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Jun 23, 2021

The hero we need.

Level 66

Aug 5, 2023

Michigan and Canada do not share a land border. This is well known among the Michigan population. Google maps do not display this accurately. The borders were drawn specifically to avoid land borders.

Level 88

Jun 23, 2021

I was curious and found Gull Island in Lake Superior at 48.262415°N 88.261533°W, northeast of Isle Royale. I couldn't find anything official to back it up, just a boundary line on Google Earth.

The boundary through the river near Sault Ste. Marie seems to clearly go through several islands though.

Level 77

Jun 23, 2021

Also 46°29'40.0"N 84°15'55.9"W

Level 68

Jun 23, 2021

The many treaties and agreements over the St Clair, St Mary's, and Detroit rivers state that the border runs right through the middle, it's not suppose to cut any islands across. That one island in Lake Superior does indeed go across the border however, so "technically" you're right but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Level 69

Sep 5, 2021

International Boundary Commission shows no land borders.

Level 72

Sep 7, 2021

Disputed, at best. Neither of those islands are inhabited any longer. Being that I grew up near Seaway Island, I know full well that if you land there and you don't phone the Canadian authorities first, you will get into big trouble. No one locally considers those little blobs of land to be part of the USA, unlike here in Vermont, where we actually celebrate Provence Point. If you look up whether Michigan has land borders with Canada, there are plenty of sources that say it does not, and only a few few overly pedantic arguments that it does.

Level 44

Jan 2, 2023

I can't find an article that defines the term "land border." Several articles all give conflicting information.

Since there doesn't seem to be an official definition, it seems like "land border" should just be self evident...So only land, no water borders.

But if we're not counting lakes then Pennsylvania would be included. You can see parts of Ontario at lookout points in Northern PA.

Level 84

Jun 23, 2021

Have to laugh that the high point of Louisiana, Driskill "Mountain" stands at 535 feet above sea level. At least Florida and Illinois have the good sense to call their high points (345 and 1,235 ft above MSL, respectively) a mound or a hill!

Level 55

Jun 24, 2021

New Jersey has the best highest point of them all. It's called High Point.

Level 66

Jul 1, 2021

Flew threw with enough time to just go through all the states that border an ocean for the Delmarva one. Got it on about the 15th try.

Level 66

Jul 5, 2021

DEL-MAR-VA

how have I not noticed this

Level 64

Sep 5, 2021

I'm curious what the definition of "visual range" is? In the case of Florida, are we talking about being able to see another country from the shore, or are we talking about going up in a really tall building? Bimini and Havana are decently far away... certainly not visible standing on the beach.

Level 75

Sep 6, 2021

You cannot see Cuba from Florida. However, the Bahamas are visible.

Level 64

Sep 7, 2021

You can't see the Bahamas from Miami at sea level either... you've got to be at the top of that new high-rise building on a really clear day. Not sure if that should count here?

Level 70

Sep 6, 2021

What mountain in New York is taller than most of the skyscrapers in NYC?

Level 75

Sep 6, 2021

Mount Marcy-5,344 feet

Level 58

Sep 8, 2021

yes there are no buildings in new york that are nearly 1 mile tall

Level 64

Sep 9, 2021

Kind of impressive that Illinois is hundreds of miles inland and still doesn't have a point higher than the height of the Sears Tower.

Level 64

Sep 30, 2021

Quizmaster - I'm curious of your documented source for "that is within visual range of a foreign country that it doesn't share a land border with." I'm assuming that you're saying that Florida can see the Bahamas, but under what conditions?

Level 75

Sep 30, 2021

Because there are no qualifications listed, the quiz is asking for any country that can be seen anywhere in the United States.

Level 70

Jan 9, 2022

I liked this quiz, very happy with my 19/20 score and looking forward to the next states quiz.

Level 72

Sep 13, 2022

Love the hint for the Delmarva Peninsula question, wouldn't have got it otherwise.

Level 21

Apr 15, 2023

I thought Alaska bordered Russia by an island