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Events by U.S. State #3

Can you guess the states where these famous events happened?
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Last updated: November 14, 2023
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First submittedNovember 14, 2023
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1. 1774: The First Continental Congress
New York ✓
Oregon ✓
Pennsylvania ✓
Virginia ✓
2. 1861: The Civil War begins with the Battle of Fort Sumter
Maryland ✓
New York ✓
South Carolina ✓
Texas ✓
3. 1692: The Salem witch trials
California ✓
Massachusetts ✓
North Carolina ✓
Rhode Island ✓
4. 1513: Juan Ponce de León leads the first European expedition to visit the mainland U.S.
Florida ✓
Maine ✓
Texas ✓
Virginia ✓
5. 1925: John Scopes is put on trial for teaching evolution
Iowa ✓
Minnesota ✓
Tennessee ✓
Washington ✓
6. 1846: Members of the Donner Party resort to cannibalism
Alaska ✓
California ✓
Colorado ✓
Montana ✓
7. 2001: United Airlines Flight 93 crashes into the ground after passengers fight back against terrorists
Massachusetts ✓
Michigan ✓
New York ✓
Pennsylvania ✓
8. 1886: Apache leader Geronimo is captured by U.S. forces
Arizona ✓
Idaho ✓
Iowa ✓
Washington ✓
9. 1878: Edison invents the first practical light bulb
California ✓
Michigan ✓
New Jersey ✓
Virginia ✓
10. 1971: The first Starbucks location opens
Massachusetts ✓
California ✓
New York ✓
Washington ✓
11. 1968: Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan
California ✓
Missouri ✓
Texas ✓
Tennessee ✓
12. 1925: A dog named Balto helps deliver medication to a remote town
Alaska ✓
Maine ✓
Wyoming ✓
North Dakota ✓
13. 1848: The Seneca Falls Convention launches the women's rights movement
Connecticut ✓
Georgia ✓
New York ✓
Ohio ✓
14. 1980: Mount St. Helens erupts
California ✓
Hawaii ✓
Washington ✓
Wisconsin ✓
15. 1889: Over 2000 people die in the Johnstown Flood after a dam collapses
Arkansas ✓
Nevada ✓
Pennsylvania ✓
South Carolina ✓
16. 1804: The starting point of the Lewis and Clark expedition
Maryland ✓
Michigan ✓
Minnesota ✓
Missouri ✓
Freestatebear
+1
Level 85
Nov 19, 2023
Surprised at some of the low numbers - especially for Fort Sumter and the 1st Continental Congress. Perhaps a lot of those numbers are people not in the US...
Jato
+2
Level 71
Nov 19, 2023
I’m surprised that the one about John Scopes is 90%. I never knew so many people here knew about him.
Djilas
+4
Level 82
Nov 19, 2023
or just guessed a southern state.
plattitude
+1
Level 91
Nov 20, 2023
The so-called "Scopes Monkey Trial" was hugely publicized, and is a well-known event in early 20th century US History.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 68
Dec 5, 2023
I got the Continental Congress one wrong because, although I knew the Continental Congress was in Philadelphia, I was thrown by the mention "first" and by the date. I thought it might be a trick question, and there might have been a second, more famous Continental Congress, that later moved to Philadelphia.

Also, not everyone on this page is from the US. A lot of these events are a looooot less relevant to other parts of the world!

Studdog
+2
Level 76
Nov 20, 2023
Questions 4 & 9 are on other quizes in this series. May want to change those.
loganite
+5
Level 88
Nov 21, 2023
Too Pennsylvania-centric! ;) Sorry, but you know someone was going to say it...
iRDM
+5
Level 76
Nov 23, 2023
"surely... surely it can't be Pennsylvania a THIRD time..."
RuthlessCosmo
+1
Level 72
Nov 25, 2023
Driving east on I-70 toward Truckee there's a sign telling you that the Donner Family Picnic Area is coming up. I always think of finger food as I pass it.
dasubergeek
+1
Level 74
Nov 25, 2023
I-80 through Donner Pass, but yeah... I thought the Donner Party would be better known.
Froststar101
+1
Level 74
Nov 26, 2023
Pennsylvania-centric quiz!
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