Statistics for States that Beat Minnesota

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Rank	Hint	Answer	% Correct
4	Coldest average temperatures	Alaska/Maine/North Dakota	94%
4	Greatest corn production	Illinois/Iowa/Nebraska	94%
4 (Tied)	Most Great Lakes bordered	Michigan/New York/Wisconsin	94%
2	Northernmost point	Alaska	90%
7 (Tied)	Longest one-word name	California/Connecticut/Massachusetts/Mississippi/Pennsylvania/Washington	90%
5	Most NBA championships	California/Illinois/Massachusetts/Texas	90%
12	Highest percentage of adults over 25 with a college degree	Colorado/Connecticut/Maryland/Massachusetts/New Hampshire/New Jersey/New York/Rhode Island/Vermont/Virginia/Washington	90%
2	Highest percentage of population is Scandinavian-American	North Dakota	81%
2 (Tied)	Number of Canadian provinces bordered	Montana	74%
7	Earliest date of statehood (among states at least partly west of the Mississippi)	Arkansas/California/Iowa/Louisiana/Missouri/Texas	71%
4	Largest state capital by metropolitan statistical area population	Arizona/Georgia/Massachusetts	68%
4	Lowest highest point (among states at least partly west of the Mississippi)	Iowa/Louisiana/Missouri	68%
4	Lowest population density (among states at least partly east of the Mississippi)	Maine/Mississippi/Vermont	68%
2	Largest area (among states at least partly east of the Mississippi)	Michigan	65%
2	Fewest "Big 4" sports championships since 1990 (among states with at least 2 franchises)	Tennessee	42%