joez Challenge #5

Answer the questions. Find the pattern to discover the final answer. Use the comments to give your solution with an explanation.
quiz idea = malbaby
My Challenge #4 is still unsolved. https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/170770/joez-challenge-4
Congrats to WolfCam who solved this challenge.
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Last updated: October 31, 2017
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First submittedOctober 30, 2017
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Clue
U.S.State
Home to both the Football and the Rock & Roll Halls of Fame
Ohio
Was an independent country 1836 to 1846.
Texas
Home to Crater Lake and Mount Hood
Oregon
Home to largest subtropical wilderness in U.S.
Florida
Land of Lincoln
Illinois
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U.S.State
Home to Princeton University
New Jersey
Home to Hollywood and Silicon Valley.
California
Home to Yale University
Connecticut
Largest producer of fresh mushrooms.
Pennsylvania
FINAL ANSWER
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Level 74
Oct 29, 2017
I feel like I'm kind of being pushed down here. I just made my most recent Geography Challenge about US states. And this feels similar to mine...
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Level 72
Oct 29, 2017
I did not mean to step on anyone's toes. Ideas are out there. I don't see any similarities other than being about US states.
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Level 74
Oct 29, 2017
What I'm saying is I just made my quiz today about US states being a Geography Challenge, and you do the same. I do understand you started your Geography Challenge series before mine. It's just the day you decided to restart your series you post your Geography Challenge after mine on the same day about the same topic as mine. I know I shouldn't be as upset as I am, I don't even know for sure why I am. I guess there's something about what I previously stated and I might want some credit.
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Level 72
Oct 30, 2017
Do you believe in coincidence? This quiz has been in my head for the past week. I wasn't sure of how much I was going to show or what qualifiers I would use. It's a time consuming process. You give me too much credit to assume that I would come up with a similar quiz on the spot. I'm sorry if you feel that way.
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Level 66
Oct 30, 2017
The answer has to be a thirteen letter state! Because the first is 4, then 5, then 6, etc. So it's either North Carolina, South Carolina, or Massachusetts!
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Level 72
Oct 30, 2017
Good job! That's half way there. States are not randomly chosen for their name length. Why does only one of those three work as the final answer?
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Level 66
Oct 30, 2017
Is it because it's the most populous Thirteen letter state? Then all the other ones are the most populous one with that many letters.
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Level 72
Oct 30, 2017
That's it exactly. Congratulations!
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Level 66
Oct 31, 2017
Yay! I'm gonna tell my family and my friends and the mailman and the pizza delivery guy and Tom Hanks and my plumber and the person who made this quiz!
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Level 75
May 1, 2020
I doubt you actually told all of those people
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Level 75
May 1, 2020
I don't even know my plumber