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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
Times taken18,539
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#
Category
✓
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
 
 
 
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Category
✓
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
#
Category
✓
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
 
 
 
#
Category
✓
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
+26
level 68
Sep 12, 2019
Definitely would have suspected that Maryland counted as north-east.
Stewart
+9
level 65
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
+7
level 78
Sep 13, 2019
South of the Mason-Dixon line.
haggy999
+2
level 54
Feb 25, 2020
I mean it used to be, but yeah.
jayhiatt
+6
level 66
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.
Jerry928
+3
level 73
Jan 15, 2020
Maybe re-tweak that Maryland clue? That "northeast" clue is misleading.
haggy999
+2
level 54
Feb 25, 2020
Contact the census lol
plattitude
+4
level 85
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
+4
level 65
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.
acemaster
+1
level 61
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 65
Jan 16, 2020
Thanks! I've updated it to say "doesn't border an ocean" rather than coastal, should be clearer. :)
loganite
+5
level 81
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 :)
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.
zakatan
+1
level 63
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 65
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 54
Feb 25, 2020
I think the census regions are good, actually. You just need to link a map in the description.
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
level 43
Feb 24, 2020
Only missed Utah
JudgeRudy
+1
level 59
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 38
Feb 27, 2020
the US census bureau does indeed place maryland in the northeast region, i'd definitely word that a little better
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