Six Degrees of Separation - U.S. States

Everything is, like, connected to everything else man. Can you guess each state that is connected to the previous answer?

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Connection	State
Superman grew up in...	Kansas
Which starts with the same letter as...	Kentucky
Which is just north of...	Tennessee
Which starts with the same letter as...	Texas
Which is the largest state other than...	Alaska
Which became a state the same year as...	Hawaii

Connection	State
Albany is the capital of...	New York
Which borders exactly two Great Lakes like...	Wisconsin
Which is just north of...	Illinois
Which had the world's busiest airport until it was passed by...	Georgia
Whose capital starts and ends A as does the capital of...	Maine
Whose largest city has the same name as the largest city in...	Oregon

Connection	State
The state which grows the most apples is...	Washington
Which is on the other end of I-90 from...	Massachusetts
Where Ben Franklin lived before moving to...	Pennsylvania
Which ratified the Constitution before all but...	Delaware
Which is the smallest state except for...	Rhode Island
Which is the most densely-populated besides...	New Jersey

Connection	State
The state which grows the most almonds is...	California
Which shares its longest border with...	Nevada
Which joined the Union during the Civil War like...	West Virginia
Which is the poorest state except for...	Mississippi
Which was the second state to join the Confederacy after only...	South Carolina
Which starts with the same 5 letters as...	South Dakota

Level 73

May 17, 2023

What's going on in the thumbnail?

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Level 77

May 17, 2023

Can we talk about the mail? I've been dying to talk to you about the mail all day. Pepe Silvia. Pepe Silvia. This whole box is Pepe Silvia! The man does not exist! I got boxes full of Pepe!

Level 75

May 20, 2023

Well that cleared that up... 😕

Level 88

Jun 30, 2023

It's from an episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The image is used online as a reaction image and meme template.

Level 65

May 17, 2023

Nice quiz :)

Level 77

May 17, 2023

Huh... most people know where the I-90 ends? Is it a famous highway?

Level 85

May 17, 2023

If you know how US interstate highways are numbered, it's easy to guess. The rules have exceptions, but in general multiples of 10 (in this case, I-90) go from coast to coast. They're also in numerical order, south to north. So, the opposite end of I-90 from Washington has to be in a northeastern state. Also, I-90 in Boston is somewhat infamous, due to the Big Dig mega-project a couple decades back.

A similar rule applies for north-south highways - hence I-5 runs the length of the west coast, and I-95 runs the length of the east coast.

Level 83

Jun 27, 2023

I think the key here is "if you know how US interstate highways are numbered". Most people outside the USA don't have detailed knowledge of the USA's motorway system, in the same way that I wouldn't expect an American to be able to name cities on the M1 or something

Level 65

Mar 4, 2024

Just watch the CGP Grey video :P

Level 77

Jun 30, 2023

The Americans have 10 coast-to-coast highways??? Bougie country!

Level 68

Jul 1, 2023

Actually, only 10, 80, and 90 are coast-to-coast. 20 and 30 end in Texas, 70 in Utah, and 40 about 100 miles from the coast in the California desert. 50 and 60 don't even exist.

Level 73

Jul 5, 2023

There is a 50 that goes from Sacramento to Maryland, but it's just a highway and not an interstate.

Level 91

May 17, 2023

The third clue down in the red section doesn't apply to a specific state. The answer could literally be any other state that was part of the Union other than the answer to the previous question.

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Level 78

May 17, 2023

I'm a Brit so what do I know? But I assume the question means what state became a member of the Union during the Civil War when it wasn't before. If I understand the little American History that I know there were many states that were part of the Union before the Civil War. Then some left to form the Confederacy and then presumably rejoined after they lost

If this is correct then there would be many states that would not qualify under this question as it appears that only two joined the Union DURING the Civil War. Some states never left after they joined. Other states were members of the Union before the Civil War then left at the beginning and rejoined at or after the end

And some states joined well after the Civil War (e.g.Alaska and Hawaii). I fail to see, therefore, how all but one state satisfy the question.

Level 59

May 17, 2023

Quite a bit

Level 45

Jun 30, 2023

Yeah u got that right, but u can’t deny that the question was worded very very vaguely

Level 89

May 17, 2023

Unfortunately not enough people know Kevin Bacon was raised in the same city & state Ben Franklin moved to. Yeah, obviously I had to Google it, but I was trying to think of any 6-degree connection anyone could make with Kevin Bacon to a state besides Hollywood, California obviously.

Level 59

May 17, 2023

I've made the Spanish Version.

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1744710/seis-grados-de-separacion-estados-de-eeuu

Level 80

May 18, 2023

"Whose capital starts and ends with A like..."

I typed Alabama, and then Alaska...

Maybe reword: "Whose capital starts and ends with A, as does the capital of..."

Level ∞

May 18, 2023

Done

Level 86

May 18, 2023

It would be great to get these Six Degrees of Separation quizzes in a series

Level 78

May 18, 2023

And then have a quiz on 6 degrees of separation between those quizzes.

Level 54

Jun 30, 2023

Very good quiz. I only got Massachusetts because of Frasier.

Level 74

Jun 30, 2023

In the blue section, the question "Whose capital starts and ends A as does the capital of..." might be missing a word after "ends".

Level 61

Jun 30, 2023

Smart and witty quiz. Nice job.

Level 78

Jun 30, 2023

If you read the title, or rules, or the column headers, you'd realize they're all states which makes the answers significantly easier to get. Sighhhh

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