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Spot the Imposter - U.S. State Geography #1

Each question lists multiple US states - all but one of which are a correct answer to the question. See if you can identify the imposter for each question.
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1. These states were once independent countries.
Texas ✓
Florida ✓
Vermont ✓
California ✓
Alaska ✓
2. These states have barrier islands on the Atlantic coast.
Maryland ✓
New York ✓
Massachusetts ✓
South Carolina ✓
New Jersey ✓
Virginia ✓
North Carolina ✓
Pennsylvania ✓
3. These states have one (or two) panhandles?
Maryland ✓
Nebraska ✓
Texas ✓
West Virginia ✓
Idaho ✓
Arkansas ✓
Florida ✓
Oklahoma ✓
4. These states have land included in Yellowstone National Park.
Wyoming ✓
Montana ✓
Idaho ✓
Washington ✓
5. These Midwest states share their names with a major US river.
Illinois ✓
Minnesota ✓
Indiana ✓
Wisconsin ✓
Kansas ✓
Ohio ✓
Missouri ✓
Iowa ✓
6. These states seceded from the Union and were part of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Virginia ✓
Arkansas ✓
Texas ✓
Tennessee ✓
Georgia ✓
Maryland ✓
North Carolina ✓
Alabama ✓
7. These states border one or more of the Great Lakes
Ohio ✓
Pennsylvania ✓
Wisconsin ✓
Michigan ✓
Indiana ✓
Vermont ✓
Illinois ✓
New York ✓
8. Traveling Interstate 90 from Chicago to Seattle, you would travel through these states (in addition to Illinois and Washington).
Wisconsin ✓
Idaho ✓
Wyoming ✓
South Dakota ✓
Montana ✓
North Dakota ✓
Minnesota ✓
9. These states meet at a spot known as "Four Corners."
Nevada ✓
Utah ✓
Colorado ✓
Arizona ✓
New Mexico ✓
10. These states share a border with Tennessee.
South Carolina ✓
Missouri ✓
Virginia ✓
Alabama ✓
Mississippi ✓
North Carolina ✓
Georgia ✓
Arkansas ✓
11. Portions of these states lie in the Colorado River watershed.
Idaho ✓
Utah ✓
California ✓
Colorado ✓
Nevada ✓
Arizona ✓
Wyoming ✓
New Mexico ✓
12. These are current recognized territories of the United States.
Northern Mariana Islands ✓
Guam ✓
Puerto Rico ✓
US Virgin Islands ✓
Panama Canal Zone ✓
American Samoa ✓
13. These states include the birthplace of a US President.
Hawaii ✓
New Hampshire ✓
Iowa ✓
Connecticut ✓
Delaware ✓
Arkansas ✓
Vermont ✓
Nebraska ✓
14. These states share a land border with Canada.
Maine ✓
Idaho ✓
North Dakota ✓
New Hampshire ✓
Montana ✓
Minnesota ✓
Alaska ✓
Massachusetts ✓
15. These states comprise the region of "New England."
Maine ✓
Massachusetts ✓
New York ✓
Connecticut ✓
Vermont ✓
Rhode Island ✓
New Hampshire ✓
FlabberBapper
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Level 74
Sep 23, 2021
Misspelling of New Mexico on 11.
PapaFurchetta
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Level 91
Sep 23, 2021
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