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What state has a two-foot-square park called Mill Ends where leprechauns are said to live?
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Vermont
Kansas
Georgia
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In what state is Morgan Island, an island populated by rhesus macaques, found?
West Virginia
Maryland
South Carolina
Louisiana
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Nevada is largely a desert state. However, its name is Spanish for which of the following ironic phrases?
Winter Realm
Icy Hole
Snow-Covered
Very Cold
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What American state is the only one whose flag is not a rectangular design?
Ohio
Michigan
Maine
Delaware
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In what state was Hogzilla, the world's largest wild boar, discovered?
Washington
Georgia
Arkansas
Missouri
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What state's official drink is whiskey?
South Dakota
Alabama
Florida
Kentucky
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In what state is it said that chickens outnumber humans 200 to 1?
Idaho
Florida
North Carolina
Delaware
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In 1939, residents of Montana tried to form a new state in order to escape from what they deemed New Deal government overreach. What was this new state that they tried to form called?
Absaroka
Allegheny
Adriatos
Ameriadas
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The first complete dinosaur skeleton to ever be unearthed was found in what state during 1858?
New York
California
Hawaii
New Jersey
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The American Pigeon Museum is a peculiar tourist destination in what state?
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Mississippi
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What American state's capital had its name temporarily changed twice to honor the Japanese media franchise Pokemon?
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
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Which of the following facts is true about California?
Bodies are not allowed to be buried in San Francisco.
Beavers are not allowed within ten miles of Los Angeles.
No one in Sacramento is allowed to smoke a pipe outdoors.
It is illegal to wear two wristwatches in San Diego.
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Nobody knows whether North Dakota or South Dakota was made into a state first. This is because what American president intentionally hid when he approved their statehood?
James Polk
Benjamin Harrison
Jonathan Tyler
Zachary Taylor
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What state has the shortest official motto of any; just the word "Hope"?
Virginia
Tennessee
Vermont
Rhode Island
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What state hosted the disastrous 1904 Olympics where, among other things, wild dogs chased the marathon participants?
Missouri
Kentucky
New York
Washington
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The Lake Pontchartrain Bridge, which is the world's longest bridge to span a body of water, can be found in what state?
Louisiana
California
Oregon
Wyoming
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The guitar manufacturer Les Paul and the motorcycle innovators William Harley and Arthur Davidson were all from what state?
Delaware
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
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In what state is it legal for a married person to assault their spouse as long as they do so on the steps of a courthouse on a Sunday?
Maine
Minnesota
Hawaii
West Virginia
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Which of the following famous sites in New York has its own zip code?
Carnegie Hall
Grand Central Station
The 9/11 Memorial
The Empire State Building
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What state's capital is named Lincoln because a legislator thought naming the city after a president who was hated in Nebraska would convince voters not to place the capital there?
Nebraska
Ohio
Missouri
Alaska
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What state used to be called North Virginia because the explorer John Smith made a settlement there?
Maryland
North Carolina
New Hampshire
Kentucky
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In 1965, when what state's legislators were voting for their official state dog did they bark and howl to declare their choices?
Washington
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Massachusetts
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Jack Daniels, the whiskey millionaire, hailed from what state that he also died in after kicking a safe so hard it gave him an infected wound?
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arkansas
Texas
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What American state has so many lakes that it possesses more coastal territory than California, Florida, and Hawaii combined?
Minnesota
South Carolina
Utah
Oregon
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What state was the birthplace of aviation and Pepsi Cola being the home of both Kitty Hawk and New Bern?
Michigan
Illinois
North Carolina
Indiana
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What American state has a horse named "Old Steamboat" on its license plates?
Wyoming
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
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Elijah Bond, the inventor of the Ouija Board, was one of the more peculiar natives of what state?
Florida
Alaska
Maryland
Connecticut
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What state has banned billboards in an effort to not distract from its natural scenery?
Maine
Washington
Vermont
Connecticut
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In 1909, a month-old orphaned baby was raffled off during a World's Fair in what state?
Iowa
Utah
Washington
Hawaii
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The on-and-off-again construction of the Crazy Horse memorial has taken place in what state since 1948?
South Dakota
Michigan
Colorado
Arizona
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