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%
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State
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Question
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Answer
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49
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Georgia
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Crop that the city of Vidalia is famous for
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Sweet Onions
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46
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Maine
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Term for a powerful cyclonic winter storm
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Nor'easter
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45
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Texas
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River at the Oklahoma border
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Red River
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44
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Maryland
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Baseball's "Iron Man"
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Cal Ripken, Jr.
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44
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Missouri
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City known for its musical theaters with performers such as Andy Williams and Glen Campbell
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Branson
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43
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South Carolina
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100 year old Senator who died in 2003
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Storm Thurmond
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42
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New Hampshire
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Landmark on Cannon Mountain that collapsed in 2003
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Old Man of the Mountain
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41
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Virginia
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Virginia's state motto
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Sic Semper Tyrannis
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40
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Kansas
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The oldest permanent settlement in Kansas, now known for its military prison
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Fort Leavenworth
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40
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New Jersey
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Wooded area of southern NJ
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Pine Barrens
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38
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Florida
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Largest lake
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Okeechobee
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37
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Indiana
|
Six U.S. Vice Presidents were born in Indiana. Name the second most recent
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Dan Quayle
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37
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Louisiana
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TV show about vampires in the fictional town of Bon Temps
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True Blood
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36
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Delaware
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Peninsula on which Delaware lies (hint: starts with D)
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Delmarva Peninsula
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36
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Kentucky
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State song (hint: has Kentucky in its name)
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My Old Kentucky Home
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36
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West Virginia
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Most populous metro area
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Huntington
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34
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Connecticut
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Town famous for its hedge fund industry
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Greenwich
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34
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Ohio
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Term popularized by DJ Alan Freed in the early 1950s
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Rock & Roll
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33
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Alabama
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This invasive weed "ate the South"
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Kudzu
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33
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Idaho
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State nickname
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The Gem State
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33
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Illinois
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City where "Wayne's World" happened
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Aurora
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33
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Utah
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Salty area in which many land speed records have been set
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Bonneville Salt Flats
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33
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Washington
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Major mountain range
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Olympic
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32
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Michigan
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Michigan's only National Park, an island in Lake Superior
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Isle Royale
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32
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South Dakota
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Former NBC news anchor who grew up in S.D.
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Tom Brokaw
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31
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Nebraska
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Nebraskan who ran for President several times, served as Secretary of State, wanted to ban the teaching of evolution, and gave the famous "Cross of Gold" speech
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William Jennings Bryan
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31
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Oregon
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Deepest canyon in the United States, carved by the Snake River
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Hells Canyon
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30
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Arkansas
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State nickname
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The Natural State
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30
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California
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Tallest mountain in the U.S. outside of Alaska
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Mt. Whitney
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30
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New Mexico
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Artists colony where Georgia O'Keeffe, Ansel Adams, and others resided
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Taos
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30
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North Dakota
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State nickname
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The Peace Garden State
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30
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Wyoming
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World's second-fastest land animal, also known as an American antelope
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Pronghorn
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29
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Arizona
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What is a haboob?
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a Dust Storm
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29
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Massachusetts
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Mountain range in the west of the state (part of the Appalachians, starts with B)
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Berkshires
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29
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Mississippi
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Singer born in McComb in 1981
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Britney Spears
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29
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Oklahoma
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Type of carriage with "the fringe on top" in the musical "Oklahoma"
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Surrey
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29
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Pennsylvania
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City struck by a deadly flood in 1889
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Johnstown
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29
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Vermont
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Governor who ran for President in 2004
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Howard Dean
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28
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Colorado
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Highest mountain in Colorado
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Mount Elbert
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28
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Montana
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State nickname #1
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The Treasure State
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|
27
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Minnesota
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Town where all the kids are above average
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Lake Wobegon
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27
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New York
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Battles considered to be the "turning point" of the Revolutionary War
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Battles of Saratoga
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27
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Nevada
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68% of Nevada territory is controlled by this federal agency
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BLM
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27
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North Carolina
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Highest point in the Eastern U.S.
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Mount Mitchell
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27
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Tennessee
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City established in 1942 as a secret nuclear research site
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Oak Ridge
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25
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Alaska
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Former capital / type of spruce
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Sitka
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24
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Wisconnsin
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State motto of Wisconsin
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Forward
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18
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Rhode Island
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Female heretic who co-founded Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1638
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Anne Hutchison
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17
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Iowa
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This Iowa-born scientist doubled wheat yields in India, Pakistan, and Mexico, saving millions from starvation
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Norman Borlaug
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14
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Hawaii
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Island nickname for Maui
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The Valley Isle
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Spelling errors: Anne Hutchinson’s surname is misspelled, making it impossible to get that question right unless you guess how it’s misspelled. Strom Thurmond’s given name is misspelled as “Storm.”
Washington has several major mountain ranges. The Olympics are not the highest, so it is unclear why the Cascade Range or the Blue Mountains, for example, aren’t correct answers. I suggest making this question more specific so “Olympic” is the only possible correct answer.
I also recommend specifying that Lake Wobegon is a fictional town.