U. S. States Trivia: Can You Spot the Real Fact?

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What Is The Lone Star State's Official Nickname?

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Which State Is Home To The Grand Canyon?

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Where Is The Famous Hollywood Sign Located?

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Which State Is Known As The Sunshine State?

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Which State Has Mount Rushmore Carved Into It?

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Which State Is The Only One That Grows Coffee Commercially?

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Which State Is Home To Graceland, Elvis Presley's Famous Mansion?

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What Is The Smallest U.S. State By Size?

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Which State Is Famous For Its Mardi Gras Celebrations In New Orleans?

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Which State Is Known As The Land Of 10,000 Lakes?

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Which State Is Known As The Peach State?

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Where Is The Famous Space Needle Located?

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Which State Is Known As The Garden State?

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Where Is Niagara Falls Located In The U.S.?

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Which State Is Home To The Famous Gateway Arch?

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Which State Is Known As The Windy City's Home State?

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Which State Is Home To The Famous Bourbon Trail?

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Which State Is Known As The Silver State?

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Which State Is Famous For The Indy 500 Race?

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Where Is The Famous French Quarter Located?

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Which State Is Home To The Famous Alaskan Iditarod Race?

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Which State Is Known As The Cornhusker State?

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Where Is The Famous Fenway Park Baseball Stadium?

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Which State Is Known As The Beehive State?

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Which State Is Known As The First State?

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Which State Is Home To The Famous Cheesesteak Sandwich?

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Which State Is Known As The Magnolia State?

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Where Is The Famous Wrigley Field Baseball Stadium?

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Which State Is Famous For Its Maple Syrup Production?

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Which State Is Home To The Famous Pikes Peak Mountain?

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Which State Is Known As The Buckeye State?

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Which State Is Home To The Famous Crater Lake?

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Which State Is Known As The Mother Of Presidents?

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Which State Is Known As The Tar Heel State?

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Which State Is Home To The Famous Yellowstone National Park?

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Which State Is Known As The Hawkeye State?

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Which State Is Known As The Pine Tree State?

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Which State Is Home To The Famous Albuquerque Balloon Festival?

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Which State Is Known As The Gem State?

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Which State Is Known As The Natural State?

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Which State Is Home To The Famous Mackinac Island?

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Which State Is Known As The Sooner State?

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Where Is The Famous Liberty Bell Located?

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Which State Is Known As The Badger State?

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Which State Is Known As The Palmetto State?

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Where Is The Famous Alamo Located?

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Which State Is Home To The Famous Cape Cod?

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Which State Is Known As The Mountain State?

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Which State Is Home To The Famous Chesapeake Bay?

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Which State Is Famous For The World's Largest Ball Of Twine?

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Texas

2

Nevada

3

Florida

4

Arizona

Texas earned the Lone Star nickname from its 1836 republic flag, which it kept after joining the U.S. in 1845.

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Utah

2

Arizona

3

Colorado

4

New Mexico

Arizona's Grand Canyon stretches 277 miles long and took the Colorado River about six million years to carve.

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California

2

Washington

3

Oregon

4

Nevada

Originally built in 1923 to advertise a real estate development, the sign once read 'Hollywoodland' before being shortened.

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Hawaii

2

California

3

Georgia

4

Florida

Florida officially adopted the Sunshine State nickname in 1970, though it had been used on license plates since the 1940s.

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South Dakota

2

Montana

3

Wyoming

4

North Dakota

Sculptor Gutzon Borglum spent 14 years carving four presidents into South Dakota's Black Hills, finishing in 1941.

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Hawaii

2

Florida

3

Louisiana

4

California

Hawaii's volcanic soil and tropical climate make Kona coffee one of the most prized and expensive varieties in the world.

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Kentucky

2

Tennessee

3

Mississippi

4

Alabama

Elvis bought Graceland in Memphis in 1957 for $102,500, and it is now the second most-visited home in America after the White House.

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Connecticut

2

Rhode Island

3

Vermont

4

Delaware

Rhode Island covers just 1,214 square miles, meaning you could fit it inside Alaska more than 400 times.

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Mississippi

2

Louisiana

3

Alabama

4

Georgia

New Orleans has celebrated Mardi Gras since 1699, making it one of the oldest and largest annual festivals in North America.

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Michigan

2

Iowa

3

Wisconsin

4

Minnesota

Minnesota actually has over 14,000 lakes — the state modestly rounded down when it put the slogan on license plates in 1950.

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Alabama

2

North Carolina

3

South Carolina

4

Georgia

Georgia earned its Peach State nickname in the 1800s, though South Carolina actually produces more peaches today.

1

Denver

2

Portland

3

San Francisco

4

Seattle

The Space Needle was built for the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle and stands 605 feet tall.

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Connecticut

2

Delaware

3

New Jersey

4

Maryland

New Jersey got its Garden State nickname in 1876, celebrated for its rich farmland and produce markets.

1

Michigan

2

Pennsylvania

3

New York

4

Ohio

The American side of Niagara Falls sits in New York, while the larger Horseshoe Falls belongs to Canada.

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Illinois

2

Missouri

3

Kansas

4

Indiana

The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, was completed in 1965 and stands as the tallest arch in the world.

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Wisconsin

2

Iowa

3

Michigan

4

Illinois

Chicago, Illinois earned the Windy City nickname in the 1800s, likely from boastful politicians rather than actual wind.

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Virginia

2

West Virginia

3

Tennessee

4

Kentucky

Kentucky produces about 95 percent of the world's bourbon, and the Bourbon Trail draws millions of visitors every year.

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Montana

2

Idaho

3

Colorado

4

Nevada

Nevada earned its Silver State nickname from the massive silver discovery at the Comstock Lode in 1859.

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Ohio

2

Michigan

3

Indiana

4

Kentucky

The Indianapolis 500 has been held in Indiana since 1911, making it one of the oldest major car races in the world.

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Charleston

2

New Orleans

3

Memphis

4

Savannah

The French Quarter is New Orleans' oldest neighborhood, founded by French colonists way back in 1718.

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Montana

2

Wyoming

3

Alaska

4

Idaho

The Iditarod dog sled race has run over 1,000 miles across Alaska every March since 1973.

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Iowa

2

Kansas

3

Nebraska

4

Illinois

Nebraska's nickname honors the hard work of early settlers who husked corn by hand before modern machinery existed.

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Baltimore

2

Philadelphia

3

Boston

4

Chicago

Fenway Park opened in 1912, making it the oldest Major League Baseball stadium still in use today.

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Wyoming

2

Utah

3

Idaho

4

Colorado

Utah adopted the beehive symbol in 1847 to represent industry and hard work among early settlers.

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Maryland

2

Delaware

3

Virginia

4

Pennsylvania

Delaware earned the nickname by being the first to ratify the U.S. Constitution on December 7, 1787.

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New York

2

Pennsylvania

3

New Jersey

4

Maryland

Pat Olivieri invented the Philly cheesesteak in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania around 1930 at his hot dog stand.

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Arkansas

2

Mississippi

3

Alabama

4

Louisiana

Mississippi adopted the magnolia as its state tree and flower, and the nickname appears on its official state seal.

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Detroit

2

Milwaukee

3

Cleveland

4

Chicago

Wrigley Field opened in Chicago in 1914 and is the second-oldest Major League Baseball stadium still in use.

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Maine

2

Wisconsin

3

New Hampshire

4

Vermont

Vermont produces about half of all U.S. maple syrup, tapping over 5 million trees every single spring.

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Idaho

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Colorado

3

Wyoming

4

Montana

Pikes Peak in Colorado inspired Katharine Lee Bates to write 'America The Beautiful' after visiting its summit in 1893.

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Ohio

2

Wisconsin

3

Indiana

4

Michigan

Ohio's buckeye trees were so plentiful that early settlers named both the state and its beloved football team after them.

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Oregon

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Washington

3

Colorado

4

Montana

Crater Lake in Oregon is the deepest lake in the U.S., formed inside an ancient collapsed volcano.

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Ohio

2

New York

3

Massachusetts

4

Virginia

Virginia produced eight U.S. presidents, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison.

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North Carolina

2

Virginia

3

South Carolina

4

Georgia

North Carolina's nickname dates to Civil War soldiers who reportedly had tar on their heels from the state's pine tar industry.

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Colorado

2

Montana

3

Idaho

4

Wyoming

Yellowstone, established in 1872, was the world's very first national park and sits on top of a massive supervolcano.

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Missouri

2

Iowa

3

Kansas

4

Wisconsin

Iowa's nickname honors Black Hawk, a legendary Sauk warrior chief who became famous during the 1832 Black Hawk War.

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Vermont

2

Maine

3

New Hampshire

4

Michigan

Maine's vast forests cover nearly 90 percent of the state, making it the most heavily forested state in the entire country.

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Nevada

2

Colorado

3

New Mexico

4

Arizona

Albuquerque's International Balloon Fiesta, held every October, is the largest hot air balloon festival in the world.

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Wyoming

2

Idaho

3

Oregon

4

Montana

Idaho earned the Gem State nickname because nearly every known gemstone has been found within its borders, including the rare star garnet.

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Montana

2

West Virginia

3

Vermont

4

Arkansas

Arkansas adopted the Natural State nickname in 1995 to highlight its stunning forests, rivers, and outdoor landscapes.

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Ohio

2

Minnesota

3

Wisconsin

4

Michigan

Mackinac Island in Michigan banned cars in 1898 and still relies entirely on horses and bicycles for transportation today.

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Missouri

2

Kansas

3

Texas

4

Oklahoma

Oklahoma earned the nickname from settlers who sneaked into the territory before the official 1889 land rush start time.

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Baltimore

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Boston

3

Philadelphia

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Washington D.C.

The Liberty Bell has been on display in Philadelphia since 1753 and famously cracked beyond repair around 1846.

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Minnesota

2

Illinois

3

Michigan

4

Wisconsin

Wisconsin got its nickname from early lead miners who dug hillside shelters to survive winters, earning the nickname badgers.

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North Carolina

2

Alabama

3

South Carolina

4

Georgia

South Carolina's nickname honors the palmetto tree used to build a fort that famously withstood a British naval attack in 1776.

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Dallas

2

San Antonio

3

Austin

4

Houston

The Alamo in San Antonio was a 1836 battle site where fewer than 200 Texans famously held off thousands of Mexican troops.

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Rhode Island

2

Massachusetts

3

New Hampshire

4

Connecticut

Cape Cod juts into the Atlantic Ocean and has been a beloved New England vacation destination since the 1800s.

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Colorado

2

Vermont

3

Montana

4

West Virginia

West Virginia is the only state that lies entirely within the Appalachian Mountain region, making it the most mountainous state east of the Rockies.

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Maryland

2

Virginia

3

Delaware

4

North Carolina

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the U.S. and Maryland's famous blue crabs have been harvested there for over 300 years.

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Iowa

2

Nebraska

3

Missouri

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Kansas

Cawker City, Kansas is home to a giant ball of twine started by Frank Stoeber in 1953 that locals still add to today.

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