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People by U.S. State - Multiple Choice

Can you guess the states in which these people were born?
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Last updated: April 18, 2019
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First submittedApril 17, 2019
Times taken8,596
Average score68.8%
Rating4.04
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1. Barack Obama
California ✓
Illinois ✓
New York ✓
Hawaii ✓
Honolulu, Hawaii
2. Bill Clinton
Arkansas ✓
Texas ✓
New York ✓
Michigan ✓
Hope, Arkansas
3. Louis Armstrong
Washington ✓
Louisiana ✓
Tennessee ✓
Kansas ✓
New Orleans, Louisiana
4. Will Smith
Pennsylvania ✓
California ✓
Connecticut ✓
South Dakota ✓
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5. Bill Gates
Montana ✓
Florida ✓
Washington ✓
Massachusetts ✓
Seattle, Washington
6. Michael Jackson
Indiana ✓
South Carolina ✓
Minnesota ✓
Texas ✓
Gary, Indiana
7. Bruce Springsteen
Wisconsin ✓
New Jersey ✓
Maine ✓
Utah ✓
Long Branch, New Jersey
8. LeBron James
Georgia ✓
Mississippi ✓
Ohio ✓
Iowa ✓
Akron, Ohio
9. Bob Dylan
Rhode Island ✓
Alabama ✓
New York ✓
Minnesota ✓
Duluth, Minnesota
10. Elvis Presley
Nevada ✓
North Carolina ✓
Tennessee ✓
Mississippi ✓
Tupelo, Mississippi
11. Babe Ruth
Maryland ✓
New York ✓
New Mexico ✓
Massachusetts ✓
Baltimore, Maryland
12. Mark Twain
New Hampshire ✓
Alaska ✓
Missouri ✓
Indiana ✓
Florida, Missouri
13. Stephen King
Kansas ✓
Colorado ✓
Oregon ✓
Maine ✓
Portland, Maine
14. Abraham Lincoln
Kentucky ✓
Pennsylvania ✓
Illinois ✓
Virginia ✓
LaRue County, Kentucky
15. Henry Ford
Michigan ✓
Missouri ✓
Oklahoma ✓
Delaware ✓
Greenfield Township, Michigan
16. George Washington
New York ✓
Massachusetts ✓
Georgia ✓
Virginia ✓
Westmoreland County, Virginia
markthoma
+1
Level 73
Apr 17, 2019
Don't think you need that much time for multiple choice, I finished with 3:21 remaining. :-)
redsplat
+2
Level 74
Apr 28, 2019
Speak fer yourself. I needed it and still only got 50%.
Gyroscope
+2
Level 66
Jul 7, 2019
The proverbial You think long you think wrong
jm
+1
Level 84
Apr 18, 2019
I think you need to mix up the order of the answer choices.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Apr 18, 2019
Whoops, forgot to randomize. Fixed now!
Cjbils
+1
Level 47
Apr 18, 2019
Barack Obama is originally from Hawaii, but lived in and represented Illinois in later life. Lincoln came from Kentucky, but represented Illinois. Those two are unfair questions when you have to choose between their birth state and home state.
Dblingah
+15
Level 77
Apr 18, 2019
Not really unfair, since it specifies in the instructions that it's where they were born.
divantilya
+2
Level 37
Apr 18, 2019
^ Bingo!
Djilas
+1
Level 82
Apr 19, 2019
Not unfair, just tricky.
jmellor13
+1
Level 67
Jul 5, 2019
I was actually worried that this quiz would be laden with traps, but those are really the only two trick questions, and I think they are fair: Barack Obama's birth place was (however disgracefully) a subject of much discussion, so the fact that he was born in Hawaii came up quite a bit during his presidency. Lincoln's early life in a log cabin is also commonly known and although I think his birth place is the trickiest on this quiz, his whole life is the subject of much study, so if you're going to pick one person for a truly tricky question, he's a good candidate.
RobNobody
+3
Level 76
Jul 5, 2019
There are a couple of other tricky ones, like Elvis (born in Mississippi, but famously lived on the Graceland estate in Tennessee) and Babe Ruth (born in Maryland, but most famously played ball for the New York Yankees and, before them, the Boston Red Sox.)
kogatora
+5
Level 93
Apr 21, 2019
to be precise, smith was born and raised in the west part of that state's city
OfficerDibble
+2
Level 80
Apr 25, 2019
And now we all have the Fresh Prince theme in our heads
KIS
+2
Level 81
Jul 5, 2019
I almost got that one wrong. "How on earth should I know where Will Smith is from?" "oh wait... Iiiiiin West ...." :)
RobNobody
+4
Level 76
Jul 5, 2019
But where did he spend most of his days?
ddddan
+2
Level 81
Jul 5, 2019
in the wild wild west?
cornflakesfu
+1
Level 86
May 24, 2019
Should have had "Florida" as one of the choices for Twain ;)
ander217
+1
Level 75
Jul 6, 2019
Nice one, cornflakesfu. Many people don't realize he was born in Florida, MO and moved to Hannibal a few years later.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Jul 5, 2019
Had no idea where Ruth was from; could at least make educated guesses about the rest.
gh
+3
Level 57
Jun 8, 2021
Florida, Missouri is a bit of a mindf*ck
FishLick
+1
Level 49
Jun 14, 2022
If you think that's bad, we've also got Nevada, Washington, Louisiana, and California, Missouri. There's also a Texas County, MO.

Not to mention the country names for Missouri towns like Mexico and Cuba, or other major city names like Paris, Memphis, New London, New Boston, Philadelphia, etc.

buck1017
+1
Level 77
Oct 20, 2021
Wow...i did WAY better than i thought. Only missed Babe Ruth. I thought that New York was the trick answer because people would associate him with the Yankees and forget that he was traded from the Red Sox, so i went Massachusetts.
Findlay
+1
Level 82
Mar 8, 2022
Once again the gaping void in my knowledge that is sports (American sports particularly, but really most sports) got in my way. Got everyone right except for the sportsmen.
3nchiladas
+1
Level 69
Apr 30, 2022
Got GW's from the Hamilton line

"These Virginians are like birds of a feather"

"Young man, I'M from Virginia so watch your mouth

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