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Category Elimination - U.S. States #2

In each group, name any answer which matches the first category to reveal the second category, then name any answer which applies to both categories to reveal a third, and so on.
Also try Countries and Capital Cities!
# = the number of answers possible
Answer must correspond to the highlighted yellow box.
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Last updated: January 16, 2020
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First submittedSeptember 12, 2019
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Green Categories
40
States with one word
✓
31
... which were not confederate states
✓
6
... with a land area less than 30,000 mi²
✓
1
... and share a land border with another country
Vermont
 
Orange Categories
25
States in the West or Midwest Census Region
✓
20
... which don't border an ocean
✓
7
... contain the letter S
✓
1
... and have more than 8 million people
Illinois
Blue Categories
30
States with at least 8 letters
✓
20
... not included in the Louisiana Purchase
✓
5
... with more than 500 people per mi²
✓
1
... and is not in the Northeast Census Region
Maryland
 
Purple Categories
19
States whose first two letters is their 2-letter
state code
✓
9
... whose Capital is their largest city
✓
4
... with a maximum elevation over 2,500m
✓
1
... and whose Capital has more than one word
Utah
MiracleMax
+39
Level 72
Sep 12, 2019
Definitely would have suspected that Maryland counted as north-east.
Stewart
+12
Level 68
Sep 12, 2019
Yeah the Census Regions can be a little odd. This is why I chose to say "not in the Northeast Region" as opposed to "in the South Region", because Maryland is definitely not south.
cpgatbyu
+14
Level 81
Sep 13, 2019
South of the Mason-Dixon line.
haggy999
+3
Level 57
Feb 25, 2020
I mean it used to be, but yeah.
qcumber
+2
Level 47
May 7, 2020
Even today, Maryland and Delaware defy being placed in north or south categories.
jayhiatt
+9
Level 69
Dec 5, 2019
Maryland is certainly not northeast. I would go with mid-Atlantic, but being south of the Mason-Dixon line, I would classify it as a southern state before I would call it northeast.
Torikens
+1
Level 17
Oct 26, 2020
noo, Maryland both historically and geographically is more northeastern than southern
bloberuni
+1
Level 22
May 18, 2021
Historically, Maryland has always been in the south.
Jerry928
+3
Level 75
Jan 15, 2020
Maybe re-tweak that Maryland clue? That "northeast" clue is misleading.
haggy999
+5
Level 57
Feb 25, 2020
Contact the census lol
gcgallagher
+2
Level 38
May 9, 2020
Take it up with the Census lol. Maryland isn't in the Northeast Census Region
JWatson24
+2
Level 67
Jan 31, 2021
Mid-Atlantic would be the most accurate word, and historically Maryland has been associated with the South as it was a slave (technically border) state, but I'd say today Maryland (and indeed all of the Mid-Atlantic other then Virginia maybe) is culturally part of the North-East.
plattitude
+5
Level 90
Jan 15, 2020
Question on the population density-- according to 2015 data, no state is over 500/km2. New Jersey's the highest at 470. Did you mean per square mile? The count holds if you change to over 200 km2.
Stewart
+5
Level 68
Jan 15, 2020
Whoops! Yep looks like I'm using mi2 data for states, got confused as use km for countries! Thanks for the spot.
CyberAngle
+1
Level 65
Jan 16, 2020
While I did eventually get it - I do have to gripe a tad about the "coastal" clue. The final answer of that section does indeed have a coast - albeit a lake one. Perhaps changing the definition to "is not on the ocean coast" or something to that effect would be helpful.
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Jan 16, 2020
Thanks! I've updated it to say "doesn't border an ocean" rather than coastal, should be clearer. :)
loganite
+6
Level 84
Jan 16, 2020
I love it when the first answer you try for a category gets you all the way through! Doesn't happen very often, but it's nice when it does :)
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 67
Apr 14, 2020
For me it always seems to be the opposite: I have to think of a new one with every new bit of information...
jetpunkfelix
+1
Level 21
May 19, 2020
yeah...
AndrewEWiggin
+2
Level 32
Jan 24, 2020
Nice quiz! The Maryland as north-east or mid-atlantic was slightly confusing, but I got it. US States are better quizzes than countries because there are 196 countries and only fifty states. Consider this suggestion.
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 67
Apr 14, 2020
There are loads of quizzes about US states. And about countries. Everyone's happy!
zakatan
+1
Level 65
Feb 24, 2020
For non-Americans, the cesus regions clues are something that give little information. Maybe try to avoid them in future installments? Anyway, I learnt something out of this quiz
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Feb 24, 2020
Yes I won't be using them after this one. The goal was to provide a way of differentiating states physically geographically, but the Census regions are too arbitrarily defined for that.
haggy999
+1
Level 57
Feb 25, 2020
I think the census regions are good, actually. You just need to link a map in the description.
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 67
Apr 14, 2020
I agree. I can see that it's useful to have rigidly defined geographical zones, but it comes across as a bit of a cop-out since nobody outside the US will be aware of it at all. Great quizzes in this series though, we appreciate your hard work!
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 50
Feb 24, 2020
Only missed Utah
JudgeRudy
+1
Level 63
Feb 24, 2020
Thought I actually caught an error with Arkansas not working for the pink/lower right. Then I noticed elevation was in meters and not feet. Oops.
MattyLeeT
+1
Level 27
Feb 25, 2020
Really difficult as a Non-American, and also slightly confusing because I am somewhat guessing.

Liked the idea though, would like to see this format in something a little bit easier/general knowledge.

tdl
+1
Level 47
Feb 27, 2020
the US census bureau does indeed place maryland in the northeast region, i'd definitely word that a little better
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 67
Apr 14, 2020
It's in the South Atlantic region. Maybe you saw MA (Massachusetts) in the North East region.
GreenMonster100
+1
Level 22
May 12, 2020
I got all of the blue section with only Maryland
EvanAviator
+1
Level 46
Oct 30, 2020
yellow is all illinois :D
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