Statistics for US states by 'first things'

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Hint	State	% Correct
The first state to join the union	Delaware	98%
The first state alphabetically	Alabama	95%
The state where the first nuclear bomb was tested	New Mexico	79%
The state where the first president was born	Virginia	71%
The first state to secede from the union	South Carolina	69%
The first state to hold caucuses in presidential candidate selection	Iowa	62%
The first state to legalise gay marraige	Massachusetts	55%
The first state to hold hold a primary	New Hampshire	48%
The first state to decriminalise cannabis	Oregon	40%
The state with the first town named 'Springfield' in the US	Massachusetts	36%
The first state to abolish slavery	Vermont	31%
The first state to become a state in the 20th century	Oklahoma	24%
The state with the first commercial oil well	Pennsylvania	21%
The first state to legalise abortion	Hawaii	17%
The first state with a state dinosaur (Stegosaurus)	Colorado	14%
The first state to abolish the death penalty for all crimes except treason	Michigan	14%
The first state with a woman governor	Wyoming	14%
The state with the first Pizza Hut	Kansas	10%
The state that hosted the first National Lawn Tennis Championship	Rhode Island	7%
The first state to abolish the death penalty for all crimes	Wisconsin	5%