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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What east coast city is famous for its boardwalk and casinos?	Atlantic City	100%
What river travels through the Grand Canyon	{Colorado} River	100%
What is the mile high city?	Denver	100%
What is the Magnolia state?	Mississippi	100%
What region spans Maine to Connecticut?	New England	100%
What is the only state to begin with R?	Rhode Island	100%
What crop is Idaho the number one producer of?	Potato	92%
Which state is named for a French King?	Louisiana	91%
In what city is the world's busiest airport?	Atlanta	90%
What is the hottest place in the United States?	Death Valley	89%
Which state has the highest Amish population?	Pennsylvania	89%
Which state's three largest cities all begin with C?	Ohio	88%
What are Vail, Breckenridge, and Aspen known for?	Skiing	88%
Where would you find Jackson Hole and Old Faithful?	{Yellowstone} National Park	88%
What is Iowa's number 1 crop?	Corn	87%
Where is Wisconsin's NFL team based?	Green Bay	87%
What city is Fenway Park in?	Boston	86%
What is the name of Elvis Presley's mansion?	Graceland	86%
What is the longest tributary of the Mississippi River?	{Missouri} River	86%
In what state is the geographic center of the contiguous United States?	Kansas	83%
What is the state fruit of Georgia?	Peach	82%
What U.S state has the highest percentage of Spanish speakers?	New Mexico	81%
What San Antonio landmark is to be remembered?	Alamo	80%
What is Mt. McKinley also known as?	Denali	80%
What is the largest island in the United States?	Hawaii	80%
In what city is Independence Hall?	Philadelphia	80%
St. Croix is the largest island in what U.S territory?	U.S Virgin Islands	80%
Which New York borough is on the mainland?	Bronx	77%
What is the capital of Mississippi?	Jackson	77%
What major city translates to "Body of Christ"	Corpus Christi	76%
What is technically the easternmost state in the U.S?	Alaska	75%
What is the largest city in Nebraska?	Omaha	75%
Which state borders both Arkansas and Colorado?	Oklahoma	73%
In what city would you find Disneyland?	Anaheim	71%
What is the state animal of Wisconsin?	Badger	71%
What is the third largest city in the U.S?	Chicago	71%
What is the largest city ending in "polis"?	Minneapolis	71%
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Louisville are all on what river?	{Ohio} River	71%
On what river is Washington D.C?	Potomac	71%
Which state is named for Queen Elizabeth?	Virginia	71%
In what city is Nasa mission control?	Houston	70%
Hempstead, Montauk, and Hampton Bays are all towns on what island?	Long Island	70%
What is the largest native American reservation in the U.S?	Navajo	70%
What city is located on an island off the coast of Houston?	Galveston	69%
Correctly spell the largest city in New Mexico	Albuquerque	67%
What building holds 6 billion dollars worth of gold?	Fort Knox	67%
What is the tallest mountain in Hawaii?	Mauna Kea	67%
What is the largest religious group in Utah?	Mormons	67%
Which state is home to cheeseheads?	Wisconsin	65%
What city is "The Big Easy"?	New Orleans	64%
Which state's name means "Green Mountain"?	Vermont	63%
What city is across the border from Ciudad Juarez?	El Paso	62%
What is the name of the region of the U.S where tornadoes appear most often?	Tornado Alley	62%
Which U.S state (other than Hawaii) does not observe daylight savings time?	Arizona	60%
What French-Canadian ethnic group can be found mostly in Louisiana?	Cajuns	60%
What native american tribe of the Southeast U.S has the second most of any tribe?	Cherokee	60%
What group of peoples has lived in Northern Alaska and Canada for over 4000 years and has a population of almost 150,000?	Inuit	60%
What is the smallest Great Lake?	Lake Ontario	60%
Hialeah, Pembroke Pines, and Kendall are all suburbs of what city?	Miami	60%
What river makes up the Texas-Mexico border?	Rio Grande	60%
Pierre is the capital of which state?	South Dakota	60%
What area of canyons and grasslands can Mount Rushmore be found in?	{Black} Hills	58%
What is Big Sky country?	Montana	58%
What is a person from Indiana called?	Hoosier	57%
What island is Honolulu on?	Oahu	57%
Name a Mexican State which borders Arizona	Chihuahua/Baja California	56%
What is the northwestern portion of Oklahoma's shape commonly called?	Panhandle	56%
What body of water is Seattle located on?	Puget Sound	56%
In what city in Johns Hopkins University?	Baltimore	55%
What is the most populous county in the U.S?	Los Angeles	55%
What is the major port city in Alabama?	Mobile	55%
The Mowhawk tribe is mostly located in which state?	New York	55%
What city is famous for a chocolate themed amusement park?	Hershey	54%
What Virginia landmark was once Thomas Jefferson's home?	Monticello	54%
What highway runs the entire length of the US east coast?	Route {1}	54%
What city is overlooked by Mount Rainier?	Seattle	54%
What is the capital of Delaware?	Dover	53%
In what national park would you find El Capitan and Half-dome?	Yosemite	53%
How many lakes is Minnesota the land of?	10,000	50%
What is the northernmost city in the U.S?	Barrow	50%
What is the largest city in Montana?	Billings	50%
What U.S state has no commercial airports?	Delaware	50%
In what state is Northwestern University?	Illinois	50%
What desert spans Arizona, Nevada, and California?	Mojave	50%
Name one of two islands below Cape Cod?	Nantucket/Martha's Vineyard	50%
What is the largest state to not border Canada or Mexico?	Nevada	50%
Which state tells you to "Live Free or Die"?	New Hampshire	50%
What is the most populous state capital?	Phoenix	50%
In what city is BYU?	Provo	50%
What is the closes non-bordering country to the U.S?	Russia	50%
What is the twin city of Minneapolis?	Saint Paul	50%
What is the largest museum in the world?	Smithsonian	50%
Which state is northwest of the four corners?	Utah	50%
What is the longest river in Alaska?	{Yukon} River	50%
Where would you find the Palazzo, Mandalay Bay, and Treasure Island?	Las Vegas	47%
What type of tree is on South Carolina's flag?	Palmetto	47%
What is the largest peninsula in Washington?	Olympic	46%
Rather than a county, what would you find in Louisiana?	Parish	46%
What is the main beach in Honolulu?	{Waikiki} Beach	45%
Which national park gets the most visitors each year?	Great Smoky Mountains	44%
What is the second largest "-ville" in Tennessee?	{Knox}ville	44%
What city in New York hosted the Winter Olympics twice?	Lake Placid	44%
What New Mexico town is famous for developing the Atomic Bomb?	Los Alamos	44%
What is the border between Maryland and the states of Delaware and Pennsylvania called?	{Mason-Dixon} line	43%
What is the largest city in Connecticut?	Bridgeport	42%
Where is the Kentucky Derby held?	{Churchill} Downs	42%
What mountain range is found in northern Arkansas and southern Missouri?	Ozarks	42%
What term means "heavily eroded, uncultivable land" and is also a national park?	Badlands	40%
What river makes up much of the border between Oregon and Washington?	{Columbia} River	40%
In what state does the Appalachian Trail begin?	Georgia	40%
Cape Fear and Cape Hatteras are located on the coast of which state?	North Carolina	40%
Kentucky, Maine and which third state were created from other states?	West Virginia	40%
What body of water, commonly found in the American South, is similar to a marsh or bog?	Bayou	38%
What body of water can be found west of the Delmarva peninsula?	Chesapeake Bay	38%
What is the only national park in Arkansas?	Hot Springs	38%
What is the longest cave system in the world?	Mammoth Cave	38%
For over 60 years, the record for fastest wind gust ever recorded was held by what mountain?	Mount {Washington}	38%
What is Missouri's nickname?	The {Show-me} State	37%
What is the tallest manmade arch in the world?	Gateway Arch	36%
Other than Quebec, what Canadian province does Maine border?	New Brunswick	36%
What native American group spanned Montana to Kansas?	Sioux	36%
What is the tallest building in Chicago?	Willis Tower	36%
What is Colorado's nickname?	{Centennial} State	33%
What "belt" spans the whole southern U.S from Florida to California?	Sun Belt	33%
What major city is home to Fort Sumter?	Charleston	31%
What lake makes up part of the New York-Vermont border?	Lake Champlain	31%
The U.S Capitol is on one end of the national mall. What is on the other end?	Lincoln Memorial	31%
In which northeast city would you find the Breakers?	Newport	31%
In which state is the only active diamond mine in the country?	Arkansas	30%
What city is across the border from Windsor?	Detroit	30%
What bridge connects the two peninsulas of Michigan?	{Mackinac} Bridge	30%
What is the second most spoken language in Hawaii?	Tagalog	28%
Which mountain overlooks Portland, Oregon?	Mt. Hood	27%
What is the tallest mountain in the continental United States?	Mt {Whitney}	27%
What river flows through Grand Forks and Fargo?	{Red} River	27%
What constellation can be found on Alaska's flag?	Big Dipper	25%
What region is made up of British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon?	Cascadia	25%
What is the largest of the Florida keys?	Key Largo	25%
What is the name of the area of seismic activity in Missouri?	{New Madrid} Fault Line	25%
The U.S Fleet Forces Command is based in what east coast city?	Norfolk	25%
What do Durham, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh make up?	Research Triangle	25%
Name one of the two largest finger lakes	Seneca Lake/Cayuga Lake	24%
What is the oldest bridge over the East River?	{Brooklyn} Bridge	23%
What is the deepest lake in the U.S?	{Crater} Lake	23%
What parallel makes up most of the U.S-Canada border?	49	22%
What Missouri city is known for theaters and an amusement park?	Branson	22%
In which city is Princeton University?	Princeton	22%
What park is located on the southernmost tip of Manhattan?	{Battery} Park	21%
In what state would you find the Salton Sea?	California	21%
What is the state flower of Kansas?	Sunflower	20%
What national park lies off the coast of the Florida Keys?	Dry Tortugas	17%
The Northwest Angle is separated from the U.S by what lake?	Lake of the {Woods}	17%
What is the nickname of Oregon?	The {Beaver} State	14%
Which time zone is Puerto Rico in?	{Atlantic} Time	13%
What is the name for the mountain pass at the junction of Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio?	Cumberland Gap	13%
What city is directly across the Hudson River from Lower Manhattan?	Jersey City	13%
What mountain range (part of the Appalachians) covers most of New Hampshire?	{White} Mountains	13%
What Wyoming monument was featured in the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"	Devil's Tower	11%
What is a person from the upper peninsula of Michigan called?	Yooper	11%
What is the name of the chain of islands which cross the international date line?	Aleutian Islands	10%
In what city would you find the Transamerica pyramid?	San Francisco	10%
What area of northern Ohio was won in a war with Michigan?	{Toledo} Strip	10%
What notable thing happened to the Cuyahoga River in 1969?	Caught on Fire	9%
What national park is described as "where the mountains meet the sea"?	Acadia	8%
What is the largest lake in Florida?	Lake Okeechobee	8%
What is the largest metro area in West Virginia?	Huntington	6%
What lake was created by Hoover Dam?	Lake Mead	6%
What is the name for the mountains of Western Massachusetts?	Berkshires	0%
Most U.S states have counties, but what does Alaska have?	Boroughs	0%
What Iowa county is famous for covered bridges?	{Madison} County	0%
What is the primary city on the Grand Strand?	Myrtle Beach	0%
What bay is Providence on?	{Narragansett} Bay	0%
What is chain of islands stretching out from North Carolina called?	Outer Banks	0%
What state produces the most coal?	Wyoming	0%