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What Do These Two U.S. States Have in Common?

We give you two states. Can you guess what trait they have in common?
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Last updated: January 21, 2024
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First submittedJanuary 21, 2024
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1. Minnesota and Ohio
Borders a Great Lake
Is mostly covered by forest
Was the birthplace of at least three U.S. Presidents
2. California and Washington
Has the headquarters of a company worth > $1 trillion
Is one of the 10 largest states by area
Its capital city starts with S
California: Apple, Facebook, Google. Washington: Amazon, Microsoft.
3. Nevada and North Dakota
Doesn't border the ocean
Prostitution is legal
Is a top-5 crude oil producing state
4. New Mexico and Wyoming
Capital city has an elevation over 1000 meters
Has voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections
Is one of the "Four Corner" states
5. Arizona and Georgia
Has a desert climate in part of the state
Its capital city is also its largest city
Two Nobel Peace Prize winners were born there
6. Idaho and Vermont
Borders Canada
The population has doubled since 1980
Was once an independent country
7. Mississippi and Tennessee
Borders Georgia
Elvis lived there
Has a National Park
8. Maryland and Oklahoma
Has a "panhandle"
Has lost population since the year 2000
Was a member of the Confederate States
9. South Carolina and West Virginia
Charleston is one of its 5 biggest cities
Is a major coal mining state
Is on the Atlantic Ocean
Charleston is actually the largest city in both states
10. Missouri and Utah
Has hosted the Olympic Games
Is on the Mississippi River
Is in the Rocky Mountains
St. Louis: 1904. Salt Lake City: 2002.
11. Alaska and Arizona
Became a state after 1900
Had a 9.0 earthquake in the 20th century
Its largest city has a name ending in X
Arizona became a state in 1912. Alaska became a state in 1959.
12. Louisiana and Michigan
A major auto company is based there
Is majority African-American
Its largest city was founded by the French
13. Arkansas and Connecticut
Borders Texas
Is one of the 5 richest states by per-capita income
One of the letters in the name is silent
14. Alabama and Florida
Has a NASA facility
Is less than 50 miles away from a different country
Its largest city starts with J
15. California and Wisconsin
Has a Disney theme park
Is a top-5 cheese producing state
Its capital is named for a U.S. President
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Level 61
Jan 23, 2024
Nice! :)
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Level 65
Jan 23, 2024
Cool quiz, would be cool to see the percentages of other answers apart from the correct one.

Thanks for the quiz :)

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Level 77
Jan 23, 2024
Especially the number of people that think Connecticut borders Texas. :-)
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Level 74
Jan 23, 2024
I appreciate the thumbnail for this quiz lol
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Level 71
Jan 23, 2024
Mobile users: 😭
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Level 72
Jan 23, 2024
Oops, I mixed up Alabama and Mississippi, I was thinking of Jackson!
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Level 84
Jan 23, 2024
I enjoyed this.

It required a process of elimination for a number of the questions and that ultimately led me to the correct answers.

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Level 72
Jan 24, 2024
Trying to trick me into thinking Fairbanx is the biggest city in Alaska.
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Level 75
Jan 27, 2024
I momentarily wondered if it was Juneaux...
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Level 53
Jan 30, 2024
My brain turned it into Fairfax and then realized...
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Level 52
Jan 24, 2024
So exciting and unique quiz but fair and easy to get points.
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Level 88
Jan 24, 2024
How can you have a panhandle when you're not shaped like a pan?! I'm talking to you, Maryland! ;)
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Level 47
Jan 30, 2024
Missouri held the olympic games?!?
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Level 72
Jan 30, 2024
St. Louis 1904
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Level 68
Jan 31, 2024
When did we start counting Maryland as a panhandle state?
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Level 76
Feb 4, 2024
never. There's only one true panhandle: Oklahoma.
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Level 55
Feb 2, 2024
Man, I'm shocked I got a 15/15 on the first try.
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Level 76
Feb 4, 2024
man that Utah-Missouri question was wild. Such strange outliers among the US's more sensible olympic host states (california, new york, sorta georgia)