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Oregon	Oregon
What caldera did Mount Mazama form when it erupted about 7,700 years ago?	Crater Lake
What river valley was the destination of Oregon Trail pioneers?	Willamette
What TV series was created by Matt Groening in 1989?	The Simpsons
In what day and month of 1859 did Oregon become a state? (hint: same date as Valentine's Day)	February 14
In 1994, what did Oregon become the first state to legalize?	Physician-assisted Suicide

Oklahoma	Oklahoma
What Native American tribe was expelled from eastern Tennessee and forced to walk to Oklahoma?	Cherokee
What type of "rush" did Oklahoma have 1889?	Land Rush
What "trail" brought Native Americans to Oklahoma?	Trail of Tears
What Yankees from Oklahoma slugger dueled Maris in 1961?	Mickey Mantle
What drought hit western Oklahoma in the 1930s?	Dust Bowl

Nevada	Nevada
What Nevadan boxer fought Pacquiao in 2015?	Floyd Mayweather
What "area", famous for UFO's, did USAF acquire in 1955, primarily for flight testing the Lockheed U-2 aircraft?	Area 51
What type of weapons were mainly being tested at the Nevada Test Site?	Nuclear Weapons
What former Senator Majority Leader who represented Nevada from 1987-2017?	Harry Reid
What sport did Andre Agassi play professionally between 1986-2006?	Tennis

Kentucky	Kentucky
What famous horse race was inaugurated in 1875 in Churchill Downs?	Kentucky Derby
What boxer floated like a butterfly, and stung like a bee?	Muhammad Ali
What Harland Sanders was famous for?	Kentucky Fried Chicken
What modern-day army fort used to house a large portion of the United States' official gold reserves?	Fort Knox
What president was born in a log cabin in Kentucky, but grew up in Indiana?	Abraham Lincoln

Idaho	Idaho
What were the original trading European settlers in Idaho looking for?	Fur
What was designed by Emma Edwards in 1891 - the only to have been designed by a woman?	Seal of Idaho
What author bought a house in Ketchum, Idaho and committed suicide in 1961?	Ernest Hemingway
What Lemhi Shoshone women helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition?	Sacagawea
What daredevil tried to jump over the Snake River in a steam-powered rocket?	Evel Knievel

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