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Which capital city also holds the title of the city in America that brews the most beer?
Helena
Denver
Olympia
Salem
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Which capital city is home to the Country Music Hall of Fame?
Frankfort
Montgomery
Nashville
Jackson
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What capital city was once known by the name "Pig's Eye" because that was the name of a local ruffian?
St. Paul
Honolulu
Jackson
Sacramento
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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?
Maxwell Trenton
Trent Offsborough
Karl Trentonin
William Trent
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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?
Peace
Happiness
Perfection
Good
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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?
Albany
Concord
Austin
Columbus
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Phoenix, Arizona received its peculiar name due to the fact that the city is built on what ruins?
Pueblo Puerto
Rio Verde
Machu Pichu
Pueblo Grande
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In a rather bizarre incident, 21 bystanders were once tragically killed by an overturned molasses truck in what capital city?
Augusta
Boston
Phoenix
Olympia
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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?
"The money"
"Of monks"
"Many Months"
"Full of mounds"
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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?
KanTopeka
ToPika
ToPikachu
ToPoke
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The oldest church in the United States is called Mission San Miguel and is located in which capital city?
Phoenix
Sante Fe
Austin
Oklahoma City
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Which of the following preposterous titles was the name of the city of Phoenix, Arizona in the early 1800's?
Pumpkinville
Philbert Valley
Two Donkeys Ridge
Placeville
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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?
Pierre
Bismarck
Jefferson City
Montgomery
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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?
"Bay of Happiness"
"Land of Plenty"
"Grand Cove of Perfection"
"Sheltered Bay"
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On another 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?
Salt Lake City
Lansing
Pierre
Sacramento
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Tallahassee is the capital of the state of Florida. The name Tallahassee means "old town" and comes from what language?
Portuguese
French
Apalachee
Spanish
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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?
Augusta
Salem
Baton Rouge
Frankfort
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The name of the capital city of Montpelier has a rather straight-forward origin. Montpelier is named after a city in what other country?
France
Germany
Bulgaria
Belgium
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The largest capital city in terms of land area is which of the following?
Bismarck
Harrisburg
Juneau
Montgomery
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Annapolis was named after the Ann who was princess and later queen of which country?
Scotland
Prussia
Hungary
England
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Which pair of state capitals at one point in time actually considered or adopted the name Pumpkinville?
Augusta and Austin
Helena and Phoenix
Pierre and Montpelier
Albany and Salt Lake City
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The only true royal palace in the entire United States is found in what city that also happens to be a state capital?
Sacramento
Montgomery
Tallahassee
Honolulu
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Lansing, the capital city of Michigan, was named after which of the following?
Nothing, it is nonsense
The Lansing Bay
Lansing, New York
The politician Arnold Lansing
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Juneau, Alaska was named after Joe Juneau who was a worker in what occupation?
A ranger
An oil tycoon
A prospector
A fur trade
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The 1952 film Carson City was quite an oddity because only about how much of the film was truly shot in Carson City, Nevada?
Two minutes
One minute
Thirty seconds
None at all
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Bismarck is the capital of North Dakota and was named after Otto von Bismarck. This man was a famous statesman of what country?
Russia
Prussia
Bulgaria
Serbia
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What state capital is the largest in terms of population?
Columbus
Salt Lake City
Albany
Phoenix
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William Penn, the founder of the Pennsylvania Colony, is credited with founding which capital city outside of Pennsylvania?
Montpelier
Dover
Tallahassee
Albany
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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?
Plains
Of the hills
City
Mountain
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Up until around the 1630's, the capital city Hartford, Connecticut was known by which of the following names?
Newtown
Hathrone
Charlesville
Brightford
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Which of the following state capitals wasn't named after a nearby body of water?
Springfield
Boise
Sacramento
Austin
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The name of the city of Baton Rouge is French and translates to English as which of the following?
"Murky river"
"Red stick"
"Red port"
"Windbreak"
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How many state capitals are actually the most populated cities in their respective states?
0
13
17
24
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Andrew Nicholas is a passionate reader and writer on the subjects of history and mankind. He is a published author, critic, and poet who grew up in the friendly scenery of rural Ohio. He is a graduate of Wright State University and a regular student of historical curiosities.