Statistics for Proposed US States That Didn't Make the Cut

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
There were two different state proposals submitted for this name honoring a fallen president, one an area in southwest Texas, and another from the panhandle of Idaho.	Lincoln	82%
Four regions have proposed the use of this presidential name for a new state. One later became the Colorado Territory, two were in the state of Texas, and the fourth was comprised of parts of California and Oregon.	Jefferson	76%
In 1982 voters of this region ratified a constitution for the 51st state of New Columbia.	Washington D.C.	75%
No vampires here that we know of, but it was a state proposed from parts of Kentucky and Tennessee.	Transylvania	67%
Talk of making Westylvania the 14th state was squelched when this state passed a law declaring any talk of secession punishable by death.	Pennsylvania	55%
If this proposed division of Michigan had become a state would we call the residents Supers rather than Yoopers?	Superior	51%
The state of Nickajack was proposed by anti-secessionists in the state of Tennessee and this state.	Alabama	47%
In 1905 the Cherokee proposed the new state of Sequoyah, but instead the area was merged with this new state.	Oklahoma	45%
A word from the Book of Mormon meaning honeybee, this proposed state was greatly pared down in size by the US government, eventually becoming the state of Utah.	Deseret	35%
A proposal was made for this new state to be formed from the peninsula currently split among Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.	Delmarva	33%
This proposed state in present-day eastern Tennessee was two votes shy of becoming our 14th state.	Franklin	24%
This Tennessee county, named for an army general in the Mexican War, did not want to secede in the Civil War, so they declared themselves a free and independent state of the Union.	Scott	12%
In 2012 Newt Gringrich stated, "When we have 13,000 Americans living (here) they can petition to become a state."	On the moon	10%
The name of this proposed state comprising portions of South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana was taken from a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains.	Absaroka	8%
Commissioners from Weld County, Colorado proposed this new state in 2012.	North Colorado	8%
A proposal for the merger of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands resulted in this name for a new state.	Puerto Virgo	6%

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