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Quiz Answers – State Capitals

Question #1: Which capital city also holds the title of the city in America that brews the most beer? 

Correct Answer: Denver

Question #2: Which capital city is home to the Country Music Hall of Fame? 

Correct Answer: Nashville

Question #3: What capital city was once known by the name “Pig’s Eye” because that was the name of a local ruffian?

Correct Answer: St. Paul

Question #4: Trenton, the capital city of the state of New Jersey, was named after what frontiersman who also fought alongside George Washington in the French and Indian War? 

Correct Answer: William Trent

Question #5: The capital of the state of Oregon is known as Salem. Salem is a word from Arabic and Hebrew that roughly translates to which of the following?  

Correct Answer: Peace 

Question #6: Red River Theatres, a famous nonprofit cinema, and the annual S.N.O.B. Film Festival are some of the crowning attractions of which capital city? 

Correct Answer: Concord

Question #7: Phoenix, Arizona received its peculiar name due to the fact that the city is built on what ruins? 

Correct Answer: Pueblo Grande

Question #8: In a rather bizarre incident, 21 bystanders were once tragically killed by an overturned molasses truck in what capital city? 

Correct Answer: Boston

Question #9: The name of the capital city of Iowa, Des Moines, is a French phrase that was originally the name of a river near the city. What does the phrase “Des moines” translate to English as? 

Correct Answer: “Of monks”

Question #10: Because of the popularity of the video game series Pokemon, the city of Topeka in 1998 officially changed its name to which of the following for a day? 

Correct Answer: ToPikachu

Question #11: The oldest church in the United States is called Mission San Miguel and is located in which capital city? 

Correct Answer: Santa Fe

Question #12: Which of the following preposterous titles was the name of the city of Phoenix, Arizona in the early 1800’s? 

Correct Answer: Pumpkinville

Question #13: The grand Missouri River stretches far and wide throughout many states and many capitals as well. Which of the following isn’t a state capital that the Missouri River flows through or very near to? 

Correct Answer: Montgomery

Question #14: Honolulu, the name of the capital city of the Hawaii, is a word from the native tongue that roughly translates to which of the following phrases?  

Correct Answer: “Sheltered Bay”

Question #15: On a truly peculiar note, the magazine Forbes in 2007 declared which state capital the vainest city in America because of how much money is spent in the city on plastic surgery and beauty products? 

Correct Answer: Salt Lake City

Question #16: Tallahassee is the capital of the state of Florida. The name Tallahassee means “old town” and comes from what language? 

Correct Answer: Apalachee

Question #17: The smallest park in the world, called Waldo Park, is absolutely minuscule, containing only a single tree. It can be found in which of the following capital cities?

Correct Answer: Salem 

Question #18: The name of the capital city of Montpelier has a rather straight-forward origin. Montpelier is named after a city in what other country? 

Correct Answer: France

Question #19: The largest capital city in terms of land area is which of the following? 

Correct Answer: Juneau

Question #20: Annapolis was named after the Ann who was princess and later queen of which country? 

Correct Answer: England

Question #21: Which pair of state capitals at one point in time actually considered or adopted the name Pumpkinville? 

Correct Answer: Helena and Phoenix

Question #22: The only true royal palace in the entire United States is found in what city that also happens to be a state capital? 

Correct Answer: Honolulu

Question #23: Lansing, the capital city of Michigan, was named after which of the following?  

Correct Answer: Lansing, New York

Question #24: Juneau, Alaska was named after Joe Juneau who was a worker in what occupation? 

Correct Answer: A prospector

Question #25:The 1952 film Carson City was quite an oddity because only about how much of the film was truly shot in Carson City, Nevada?

 

Correct Answer: None at all 

Question #26: Bismarck is the capital of North Dakota and was named after Otto von Bismarck. This man was a famous statesman of what country? 

Correct Answer: Prussia

Question #27: What state capital is the largest in terms of population? 

Correct Answer: Phoenix

Question #28: William Penn, the founder of the Pennsylvania Colony, is credited with founding which capital city outside of Pennsylvania? 

Correct Answer: Dover

Question #29: While it is quite obvious that the “Indiana” part of “Indianapolis” is the name of the state it is the capital of, what does the suffix “polis” mean? 

Correct Answer: City

Question #30: Up until around the 1630’s, the capital city Hartford, Connecticut was known by which of the following names? 

Correct Answer: Newtown

Question #31: Which of the following state capitals wasn’t named after a nearby body of water? 

Correct Answer: Austin

Question #32: The name of the city of Baton Rouge is French and translates to English as which of the following? 

Correct Answer: “Red stick”

Question #33: How many state capitals are actually the most populated cities in their respective states? 

Correct Answer: 17

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