The 50 States Book
What group of Indians arrived in the Mississippi delta that hunted bison and mastodon?
Paleo-Indians
Who discovers Florida?
Pance de Leon
What did Louis Ballast? (Colorado)
Patents the name "Cheeseburger" (1935)
What is founded at the Pyramid Lake? (Nevada)
Pelicans and Cutthroat Trout
Flower of Indiana
Peony
What is preserved at the Cahokia Mounds? (Illinois)
Prehistoric native civilizations
Who helped to gain Native Americans full U.S citizenship and the right to vote that was a lawyer and a leader of the crow nation?
Robert Yellowtail
What cave was used to shelter prehistoric people in Alabama?
Russell cave national monument
who is known as the wild women of the West that owned a stagecoach and drove it? (New Mexico)
Sadie Orchard
The Delaware Museum of Natural History contained what? (Delaware)
Second largest shell collection
what can you see at St. Augustine Lighthouse? (Florida)
Shipwrecks and Ghosts
state flower of New Mexico
Soaptree Yucca
What is the official state neck-wear of Arizona?
The Bola Tie
What is one of the top ten caves in the united states in Arizona called?
The Kartchner Caverns
What team wins the world series for the first time in 1987 since moving from Washington in 1961? (Minnesota)
The Minnesota Twins
What was served as a town hall, police and fire station, library, movie theater, and jail? (Delaware)
The Smyrna Opera House
Where is the Watermelon Festival (home to seed spitting contest)? (Florida)
Town of Chiefland
What is the Chili capital of the world? (New Mexico)
Town of Hatch (grows more than 50,000 tons of chilies a year)
what town was a top oil producer in Arkansas?
Town of snackover
What fish is plentiful in the Chateauguary River? (New York)
Trout
tree of Kentucky
Tulip Poplar
Tree of Indiana
Tulip poplar
state tree of Tennessee
Tulip poplar
Where was Elvis born? (Mississippi)
Tupelo
What is the only mine in the world located in Grants? (New Mexico)
Uranium Mine
What is Metacomet Ridge named after? (Massachusetts)
Wampanoag chief that tried to drive out the colonists
What tradition did Willie Nelson start on Independence day? (Texas)
Willie Nelson's Forth of July Picnic
state bird of Washington
Willow goldfinch
What movie made Kansas famous?
Wizard of Oz (1939)
Who is Frederick Douglass? (Maryland)
World renowned antislavery activist that escaped slavery and the adviser to President Lincoln
What can you see at the Idaho Potato Museum?
World's largest potato chip
What book did A. LaFaye wrote? (Nebraska)
Worth
Who is Lena Dunham? (New York)
Writer, director, producer, and actress
What is the 3rd largest river?
Yukon river
What is the famous mascot for the football team is from Texas A&M university? (Texas)
a rough collie named Reveille
what is showcased at the national museum of the American Indian that is based on contemporary art? (Washington DC)
beaded sneakers by Teri Greeves
What could you find at Lassen volcanic national park?
boiling mud pools
What did Mia Hamm start in the memory of her brother? (North Carolina)
bone marrow foundation
Bird of Kentucky
cardinal
What did Caesar Rodney do in Philadelphia? (Delaware)
cast the deciding vote for Delaware in declaring independence from Britain (nicknamed, Hero of Delaware)
Who is Charles Lindbergh? (Minnesota)
completed the first solo flight across the Atlantic, from New York City to Paris in 1927
what does the pike place market have? (Washington)
delicious food and giant gum wall
What is in the big cypress national preserve? (Florida)
endangered Florida panther
Who is Marlon Brando? (Nebraska)
legendary method actor that was in the godfather
Where can you get Cuban food in Florida?
little Havana
what did a group of explorers led by Francisco Dominguez and Silvestre de Escalante create while traveling through Utah?
maps that is used by travelers for many years
state bird of Mississippi
mockingbird
What type of plant (industry) does Illinois has the most of?
nucular plants
What direction did the first roller skates go? (Nebraska)
only forward
How many farms does New Jersey have?
over 10,000
state tree of Wyoming
plains cottonwood
what is the tree made out of from the Paul Broste Rock Museum? (North Dakota)
rainbow-colored rock spheres
Where can you find at the world center for birds of prey? (Idaho)
raptors (birds)
state bird of Wisconsin
robin
what can you eat at the William bay? (Washington)
salmon and oysters
what began to operate along the Colombia river, employing Chinese, Filipino, and Japanese workers? (Washington)
salmon canneries
What did Captain James Cook called Hawaii in 1778?
sandwich islands (killed in 1779)
What is at the Calvert Cliffs State Park? (Maryland)
sandy beaches, Miocene-era fossils, recycled tire playground, and fishing
state flower of Ohio
scarlet carnation
What can you see at the reptile zoo? (Kentucky)
see venom extracted at the zoo for cancer research
what is Vermont known for?
skiing, syrup, and ice cream
What kind of feel do you have at the capital of North Dakota? (North Dakota)
small-town feel
who is John C. Fremont? (Utah)
southerner led many expeditions into Utah
What is at John Wayne birthplace museum? (Iowa)
special made station wagon
State tree of West Virginia
sugar maple
state tree of Vermont
sugar maple
what heritages are celebrated in a hamlet called Helvetia celebrates with events like Fasnacht and the feast of st. Nicholas? (West Virginia)
swiss and german
Where did the nickname of the massive Tahquamenon waterfalls come from? (Michigan)
tannins that turns the water brownish-gold
What does Dakota mean (the north part is just location description)
the Dakota tribe mean friend
Where did Massachusetts got its name?
the Massachusetts people whose name means near the great hill
What was a Indian trade trial made by the Natchez Indians that is now a national parkway? (Mississippi)
the Natchez Trace
what does the American Shakespeare center look like? (Virginia)
the blackfriars theatre that the bard and his troops built in 1600s
what is the legend behind Hocking Hills? (Ohio)
the churning waters of the Devil's bathtub is so deep that it reaches Hades
What does Ann Eliza Young's autobiography "Wife No. 19" about? (Utah)
the sorrows, sacrifices, and sufferings of women in polygamy where a husband owns many wives
What is North Dakota's official folk dance?
the square dance (a caller might say "Ace of Diamonds, Jack of Spades, meet your partner and all promenades)
What did Peter Minuit and the New Sweden Company found what town? (Delaware)
town of New Christina
what can you find at overland train museum? (Colorado)
two-headed cow
what is mounted along the Robert frost wayside trail? (Vermont)
well-loved writer's poems
What was used to light the Portland Head Light? (Maine)
whale oil
Why was Maryland nicknamed The old line state?
when a group of only 400 maryland soldiers opposed a huge British army that allowed George Washington to escape
what does the Annie Oakley Festival attract? (Ohio)
whip crackers and sharpshooters
what is the color of the cheddar cheese in Vermont before it is sent to Wisconsin to make yellow?
white
What animal is at the National Buffalo Museum (color)? (North Dakota)
white buffalo named white cloud
What happens to the St. Joseph North Pier every winter? (Michigan)
winter waves freezes on the pier
What is the name of Delaware's only cave?
wolf cave
Who is Maya Lin? (Ohio)
won a competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
who is Nellie Tayloe Ross? (Wyoming)
won her husband's position of governor and first female director of the U.S mint
Who is Eugene O' Neill? (Connecticut)
won nobel prize for writing
who is Richard Brautigan? (Washington)
writer with a quirky style that written trout fishing in America
Who is Maya Angelou? (Missouri)
written the book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing
what was the first national park and is home to bison, grizzly bear, wolves, and elk? (Wyoming)
yellowstone
Who is Claressa Shields? (Michigan)
youngest boxer to win the Olympic middleweight gold
who is Benjamin Franklin? (Massachusetts)
"The first American", scientist, diplomat, and humorist
Who is Sinrock Mary?
"queen of raindeer"
How much do some of the 3,500 lunch boxes in the lunch box museum worth? (Georgia)
$2,500
when did the founder of the super museum in Metropolis started his collection? (Illinois)
10 years old
How much food does american food comes from Iowa?
10%
how many aircrafts fly into Wittman regional airport for the annual airshow? (Wisconsin)
10,000
How many twisters does Kansas have each year?
100 (tornado alley)
how many lakes are in Wisconsin?
15,000
How many miles did the Concord Coaches needed to change horses? (New Hampshire)
15-20 miles
When does Disneyland open?
1955
when did the first Starbucks open? (Washington)
1971 (there are 11,000 in the U.S today)
How high is the sand dunes in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore?
200 ft
When did Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans? (Louisiana)
2005
When did the Freedom Tower open? (New York)
2014
James A. Garfield
20th president (1881) 1831-1881 first lady: lucretia Garfield
How long is the lake Pontchartrain causeway (longest bridge in the world)? (Louisiana)
24 mile long
How many rooms are in Gillette Castle? (Connecticut)
24 rooms (hidden) and hidden mirrors
How much was the bathing suits for rent when the Saltair open which is known as the Coney island of the west? (Utah)
25 cents
How many times does the 110 yrs old Aerial Lift Bridge raise to let large boats go under it? (Minnesota)
25 times a day
How many black sailors made up the crew in the 1800s? (New Hampshire)
25%
how many farms are in Idaho?
25,000
William McKinley
25th president (1897-1901) 1843-1901 first lady: Ida McKinley
how big is the square inches which was applied to the gold leaf that covers the west Virginia state capitol's 293 ft dome?
3.4 square inches
Calvin Coolidge
30th president (1923-1929) 1872-1933 First lady: Grace Coolidge
how many gold metals did Jesse Owens win during the Olympics in Germany? (Ohio)
4
how is the golden gate bridge taken care of?
50 iron workers and painters maintain it
how large is Washington DC?
68 square miles
what is celebrated in the Abenaki Tribal Museum and Cultural Center? (Vermont)
Abenaki heritage through clothing, craftwork, and maps
What speech did Sojourner Truth deliver for Women's rights? (Ohio)
Ain't I A Women
Who helped Helen Keller graduate Radcliffe College becoming the first deaf and blind person to earn a college degree? (Massachusetts)
Anne Sullivan (1904)
What food does Tennessee have bragging rights for?
BBQ
State bird of Massachusetts
Black-capped chickadee
What is the state dog? (Massachusetts)
Boston Terrier
What is at the 1,500 acre Robert Allerton Park? (Illinois)
Chinese maze gardens and house of the golden buddhas
Where can you see spectacular sunsets at grasslands and canyons? (Colorado)
Comanche National Grassland
State bird of Minnesota
Common Loon
Where can Bald Eagles find easy fishing and nesting in Connecticut?
Connecticut River
What is one craft at the Five Nations Gallery? (North Dakota)
Dream Catchers
Who made 30 Mushroom Houses in Charlevoix? (Michigan)
Earl Young
What happened to create a 6 mile long lake that also killed 28 people? (Montana)
Earthquake in southwestern Montana
flower of Kentucky
Goldenrod
What was Virginia Hamilton winner of? (Ohio)
Hans Christian Andersen Award
What book did Bryan Collier make with his 5 award? (Maryland)
I, Too, Am American
state flower of Wyoming
Indian paintbrush
What did Charles Best discover while a medical student? (Maine)
Insulin
Where can you learn about wolf behavior? (Minnesota)
International Wolf Center
What was one hurricane that hit the Biloxi Lighthouse? (Mississippi)
Katrina
What is Louisiana named after?
King Louis XVI of France
Who made the book, the wonderful wizard of oz, in 1900? (Kansas)
L. Frank Baum
Who designed the lock gates used to lower and lift boats at C&O Canal? (Maryland)
Leanardo Da Vinci
What is one bird that is protected at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge? (Kansas)
Least Tern (500,000 other migratory birds)
What battle did Sitting bull and Lt. Colonel Custer fought in that is one of the most famous battles? (Montana)
Little Bighorn Battlefield
Who is John Green? (Indiana)
Made the fault in our stars (book)
What creek that shark attacks inspired Jaws? (New Jersey)
Matawan Creek
What happened in 1932 to create the world's first International Peace Park? (Montana)
Montana's Glacier National Park and Canada's Waterton Lakes National Park was combined
What is Eugene O'Neill's childhood summer home? (Connecticut)
Monte Cristo Cottage
Where is the home of the Ishi?
Mount Lassen
What spot is the rainiest spot in the U.S? (Hawaii)
Mount Waiaeale with 460 inches of rain
Bird of Idaho
Mountain Bluebird
State bird of Nevada
Mountain Bluebird
what was made in Bismarck that became a bath time buddy? (North Dakota)
Mr. Bubble
What is the only place where you can walk around an offshore drilling rig? (Louisiana)
Mr. Charles
Who are some of the blues musicians born in the delta? (Mississippi)
Muddy waters, Lead Belly, and Charley Patton
Where was most great musical artist from?
Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Who is Phil Jackson? (North Dakota)
NBA Coach of the Bulls and the Lakers
Who is Scottie Maurice Pippen?
NBA all-star from hamburg, Arkansas
Who became first female speaker of the U.S House of Representatives?
Nancy Pelosi
What is Louisiana's oldest town that was based on the move Steel Magnolias? (Louisiana)
Natchitoches
Where does hot-air balloons take off every year? (Iowa)
National Balloon Classic Festival
What is Cooperstown home of? (New York)
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
where can you stroll through the field of legends which has life size bronze statues of satchel Paige and other greats? (Missouri)
Negro Leagues Baseball museum
Where is the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame? (Indiana)
New Castle (Larry bird inspired the movie Hoosier)
What was the capital of the Cherokee Nation?
New Echota
What city sold the first lolly pops? (Connecticut)
New Haven (for a penny)
What tribe have special connections to the Appaloosa horse? (Idaho)
Nez Perce
What island is privately owned and can only be assessed by being personally invited? (Hawaii)
Ni'ihau
What is the name of the largest river that you float in by canoe, tube, kayak, or raft? (Nebraska)
Niobrara State Park/river
What is the type of horses that was once used by Chief Sitting Bull? (North Dakota)
Nokota Horse
What can you learn about at Ski Hall Of Fame Museum? (Michigan)
Norwegian Birkebeiners (one of the world's first skiers)
Where was Jesse Owens born?
Oakville, Alabama
What Mnemonic did Annie Jump Cannon make to remember the classifications of the stars? (Delaware)
Oh, Be A Fine Girl-Kiss me
state tree of Ohio (also the nickname of state)
Ohio buckeye
Where was Disneyland built?
On 160 acres of orange groves
Who is Ruby Bridges? (Louisiana)
One of the South's first black children (with 5 others) in a elementary white school in 1960. (created foundation to end racism in schools)
Who is Melba Pattillo Beals?
One of the little rock nine that wrote a book called warriors don't cry
Who is Vernon Baker? (Idaho)
Only African American WWII veteran to be awarded a Metal of Honor by President Clinton in 1997
Who is Dr. Justina Ford? (Colorado)
Only female doctor in Denver for three decades (1902); delivered 7,000 babies
Who is known as Queen of Chicago and was born in Kosciusko? (Mississippi)
Oprah Winfrey
How much did Joe and Kathryn Alberson's foundation that has give for Idaho's communities and education system (like colleges)?
$240 million dollars since 1966 (grocery-store owning philanthropists)
How much and how large was the Mississippi Capitol building in 1822?
$3,500 to build 40 by 30 ft
How much did Garrett Morgan sell for his stoplight to General Electric? (Ohio)
$40,000
what is the water to land ratio of New Mexico? (lowest amount)
0.0002%
how many people live in buford that is owned by a coffee company? (Wyoming)
1
what is set up at the annual crow fair? (Montana)
1,200 tepees
What is the serpent mound? (Ohio)
1,300 ft long sculpted snake that is about 1,000 years old
how many Mexican free-tailed bats live in the Congress Avenue Bridge which exits is masses after dusk? (Texas)
1.5 million
How many state songs does Tennessee have?
10 (Most than all the state)
What was the biggest peanut in Ashburn?
10 ft
What was created to be able to fry 800 chicken quarters for a chicken festival? (Delaware)
10 ft wide, 650 pound frying pan
How many athletes and tourists arrived for the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta? (Georgia)
10,000 athletes and 2 million tourists
Who helped clean-up from the Exxon Vladex tanker?
10,000 workers, 1,000 boats, and 100 airplanes
How many varieties of fruit and veggies does New Jersey have and what are some examples?
100 varieties including blueberries, peaches, and cranberries
How much oil came out of the Sindletop oil field which was discovered in Beaumont? (Texas)
100,000 barrels per day
what is celebrated in the Harley Davidson museum? (Wisconsin)
100-year history of iconic motorcycles
John Tyler
10th President (1790-1862) 1841-1845 First lady: Letitia Tyler and Julia Gardiner Tyler
what is the finger lakes? (New York)
11 long, thin lakes (created by Glaciers in valleys)
How tall is loveland pass in Colorado?
11,990 ft
James K. Polk
11th President (1845-1849) 1795-1849 first lady: Sarah Childress Polk
How much time did Henry Ford's car-production assembly line? (Michigan)
12 1/2 hours to 93 minutes
Who is Peggy Lee? (North Dakota)
12 time Grammy nominated singer of Fever
How many lakes does Minnesota have?
12,000
How much does the aluminum wings of Rochester's Times square building weigh? (New York)
12,000 pounds each
How many baseball bats will be order per player at Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory for the season? (Kentucky)
120 bats
Zachary Taylor
12th president (1849-1850) 1784-1850 first lady: Margaret Taylor
how many cheese, butter, and yogurt plants in Wisconsin?
134 cheese plants, 13 butter plants, and 12 yogurt plants
What did Illinois ratify on February 1, 1865?
13th amendment that abolishes slavery (1st state)
Millard Fillmore
13th president (1850-1853) 1800-1874 first lady: Abigail Fillmore
How much gold does fort know have? (Kentucky)
147.3 million ounces (42.22 per ounce)
Franklin Pierce
14th president (1804-1869) 1853-1857 first lady: Jane Pierce
how many turkeys are sold at the Virginia's turkey capital, Rockingham? (Virginia)
15 million turkeys a year
How many states was bought with the Louisiana Purchase?
15 states
how many houses can one wind turbine at foote creek rim can power? (Wyoming)
150
how many wild ponies are cared for by the local volunteer fire department at the Chincoteague wildlife refuge? (Virginia)
150
What can you see at the Dinosaur Monument in Colorado?
150 ft long wall with 1500 dinosaur bones
How many glaciers was in 1910 and today at Glacier National park? (Montana)
150 glaciers in 1910 to 25, today
how far is area 51 from Las Vegas? (Nevada)
150 miles
who saved a major city from a deadly epidemic?
150 sled dogs and 20 mushers
How many points did Lanaconing high school that made them have a Guinness World Record in 1924? (Maryland)
156 points
What amendment did Nevada became the first state to ratify it?
15th amendment (African Americans the right to vote)
James Buchanan
15th president (1857-1861) 1791-1868 first lady: Harriet Lane (niece)
how much land did you get with the Homestead Act? (Nebraska)
160 acres
When was the first Thanksgiving? (Massachusetts)
1621
Abraham Lincoln
16th president (1861-1865) 1809-1865 first lady: Mary Lincoln
How far is the Red Rock Canyon from Las Vegas? (Nevada)
17 miles
How long are the tunnels of the Bonne Terre Mines, lead ore mine, for divers? (Missouri)
17 miles
What does Canrad Reed find while fishing making it the Reed Gold Mine the first commercial gold mine in the country? (North Carolina)
17 pound gold ore
When did Maryland donated a piece of land for Washington D.C?
1791
Andrew Johnson
17th president (1865-1869) 1808-1875 first lady: Eliza Johnson
How long did mike the roaster live without a head in Colorado?
18 months
how long was Lewis and Clark's expedition to reach the pacific ocean? (Washington)
18 months
who is Bill Nye? (Washington DC)
18 time Grammy winning science guy from sidewell friend school
How many homes did a bonfire destroy in Chicago in 1871? (Illinois)
18,000 homes (leaving 100,000 homeless)
When did the united states bought the Louisiana territory and for how much?
1803, 15 million
When did Lewis and Clark set off for their journey? (Missouri)
1804
When did Jackson became Mississippi's capitol?
1821
when did the first free public library that was founded in Peterborough? (New Hampshire)
1833
When did the first official Mardi Gras parade takes place? (Louisiana)
1838
When was North Carolina's State Capitol completed?
1840
When was the first telegraph line stetted up between Baltimore and Washington D.C? (Maryland)
1844
When was it believed that organized baseball started? (New Jersey)
1846
When is the first suffrage convention was held? (New York)
1848
When was gold discovered in California?
1848 (caused 300,000 people to move here called the gold rush)
when was the Comstock Lode discovered that it produced $4.5 billion of silver? (Nevada)
1859
When was the first transcontinental railroad was built in California?
1869
when did the territory of Wyoming grants women the right to vote?
1869
When was the first intercollegiate football game played? (New Jersey)
1869 (Rutgers vs Princeton)
When was the world's first boardwalk in Atlantic City that is the longest on Earth-6 miles built? (New Jersey)
1870
when was the first brick street was laid in the U.S in Charleston? (West Virginia)
1870
When did Thomas Edison opens his research laboratory in Menlo Park? (New Jersey)
1876
when is the Northern Pacific Railroad, which connected the great lakes to the pacific, was finished? (Washington)
1883
When did Mark Twain publish The Adventures of Huckleberry finn? (Missouri)
1885
Ulysses S. Grant
18th president (1869-1877) 1822-1885 first lady: Julia Grant
What is on top of the Nebraska's Capitol?
19 ft statue called The Sower who tosses seeds into the wind
How much glass does the Capitol of Iowa have?
19,000 pounds of glass under a gold-plated dome
When was the carousel in Asbury Park was build? (New Jersey)
1920s
When was the first nighttime airmail flight between North Platte and Omaha? (Nebraska)
1921
When did Eubie Blake's show Shuffle Along opens that featured the song Wild About Harry? (Maryland)
1922
When was the Grand Ole Opry first broadcast that introduced Uncle Jimmy Thompson? (Tennessee)
1925
When did the Mississippi over flow that led to thousands homeless and is known as the destructive river flood in the nation's history?
1927
When was the first bread put on the shelves? (Missouri)
1928
When was the first gold moved to fort knox? (Kentucky)
1937
When did Seabiscuit win the Santa Anita handicap before retirement? (Kentucky)
1940
When was Jimkie Davis and Charles Mitchell, you are my sunshine was record. (became Louisiana's state song)
1940
When did the Kentucky Wildcats basketball team start their record-breaking 129 game home court winning streak for 12 years? (Kentucky)
1943
When was the world's first nuclear device was exploded for the Manhattan Project? (New Mexico)
1945
what year did Idaho National Laboratory successfully produces electricity from nuclear energy?
1951
When did the supreme court makes a ruling on the Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka case? (declares that separation of schools by color is not right) (Kansas)
1954
When did John F. Kennedy create the Peace Corps? (Massachusetts)
1961 (today, 220,000 volunteers joined)
when did the government built a secret bomb shelter in Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia?
1962-1992 (people can now take tours in white Sulphur springs)
When did Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous speech? (Washington DC)
1963
when did Stan Musial play his last game with the St. Louis Cardinals? (Missouri)
1963
When was the largest monument, the gateway arch (630 ft tall), was completed? (Missouri)
1965 (worlds tallest monument)
when did the Elroy-Sparta bike trail opens that is America's first rail to trails which transforms old tracks into bike trails? (Wisconsin)
1967
When did the song "I want you back" tops the chart? (Indiana)
1970
when did Paul Allen and bill gates start their first company then go on to find Microsoft in 1975? (Washington)
1971
when was the first international balloon fiesta was held? (New Mexico)
1972 (today, 500 balloons are lifted off)
What year did the Miami Dolphins have a perfect season and wins the super bowl?
1973
When was the the first Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa began? (west to east)
1973 (oldest, largest, and longest bike touring event in the world)
When did Hawaiian became an official language?
1976
When did the Enchanted forest (fairy-tale themed amusement park) close? (Maryland)
1980s
When was the first Corvette to built in Kentucky?
1981
When did Prince record his album Purple rain? (Minnesota)
1983
When did Doc Watson released his first album? (North Carolina)
1985
When did the Olympic basketball player Lynette Woodard makes her debut as the first female Harlem Globetrotter? (Kansas)
1985 (from Wichita)
When did Dr. Alexa Canady became a member of the Michigan Women's Hall Of Fame? (Michigan)
1989
When was North Dakota rejected to change its name to Dakota? (North Dakota)
1989
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th president (1877-1881) 1822-1893 first lady: Lucy Hayes
What did Tennessee cast the deciding vote for which amendment? (Tennessee)
19th witch allowed women to vote
George Washington
1st President (1732-1799) 1789-1797 first lady: Martha Washington
How many people can rotate massive steam trains at the frostburg depot turntable? (Maryland)
2
How many tornadoes hit the town of Iriving in one day in 1879? (Kansas)
2
How long is the earthworms that glows? (Georgia)
2 ft long
How long did it take Bob Hall to finish the Boston Marathon in a wheelchair? (Massachusetts)
2 hours 58 minutes (first marathon with wheelchair division)
How many years ahead of schedule was the hoover dam built? (Nevada)
2 years (5 years project with 1,000 men working on it)
How big is the tulip trestle bridge (longest railroad trestles)? (Indiana)
2,294 ft long and 157 ft high
how far is Los Angeles from Hawaii?
2,500 miles
How much corn does Iowa make?
2.3 billion bushels a year (largest producer)
How large is the Indy 500? (Indiana)
2.5 miles
how much cheese does Wisconsin make?
2.8 billion pounds of cheddar, provolone, gouda and other varieties- more than any other state
how far can the rarely seen spotted skunk spray its predators? (Virginia)
20 ft away
What grows on top of a remote rock shaped by thousands of years of wave erosion called turnip rock? (Michigan)
20 ft trees
How many rose bushes are at the American Rose center? (Louisiana)
20,000 (largest rose garden)
What is included at the Nebraska National Forest?
20,000 acre Bessey Nursery (the largest hand-planted forest in the U.S)
Who is Beyonce' Knowles? (Texas)
20-time Grammy Award winner who sings that was from Houston
When did mark twain fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a steamboat pilot on the river? (Mississippi)
21
What was used to test the Brooklyn Bridges strength when it opened in 1883? (New York)
21 elephants
How many consecutive games did Cal Ripken Jr. play and what record did he beat? (Maryland)
2131 games (defeated Lou Gehrig's record)
Chester A. Arthur
21st president (1881-1885) 1829-1886 first lady: Mary McElroy (sister)
what episode number did the show Roseanne reach in October 18, 1988 which is produced and starred by Roseanne Barr? (Utah)
222
When will James T. Kirk be born (captain of the starship enterprise)? (Iowa)
2228 (celebrated in riverside)
Grover Cleveland
22nd president (1885-1889) and 24th president (1893-1897) 1837-1908 First lady: Frances Cleveland
How many layers of paint is on the largest ball of paint? (Indiana)
23,000 layers (in Alexandria)
Benjamin Harrison
23rd president (1889-1893) 1833-1901 first lady: Caroline Harrison
How many mammoths are protected in the Waco Mammoth Site? (Texas)
24 frozen mammoths
how long is the tomb of the unknown is guarded? (Virginia)
24 hours a day all year long by Tomb Guard Sentinels
How many nails did it take to build the world's tallest tree house at 97 ft tall for as the Minister's House? (Tennessee)
258,000 nails
Theodore Roosevelt
26th president (1901-1909) 1858-1919 first lady: Edith Roosevelt
How many times did it take for Theodor Seuss Geisel, Dr. Seuss, to publish his first book? (Massachusetts)
27 times (1937)
how many acres of woodland and meadows does the berry college sprawls over? (Georgia)
27,000
William Howard Taft
27th president (1909-1913) 1857-1930 Helen Taft
What is on top of Maryland's Capitol building?
28 ft lighting rod designed by Benjamin Franklin (oldest continuously used capitol building)
Woodrow Wilson
28th President (1913-1921) 1856-1924 first lady: Ellen Wilson (died 1914) and Edith Wilson
Warren G. Harding
29th president (1921-1923) 1865-1923 first lady: Florence Harding
How large is the Art Institute in Chicago? (Illinois)
2nd largest
John Adams
2nd president (1735-1826) 1791-1801 First lady: Abigail Adams
How many championships did the Nebraska Cornhuskers wins national championships in 4 years? (Nebraska)
3
How big is California on the Eartha (largest globe in the world)? (Maine)
3 1/2 ft tall
how many carousels are in cedar point amusement park? (Ohio)
3 and you have a choice between 165 animals to ride
How long did it take to build the state capitol behind the old state capitol? (Florida)
3 million man hours
In the 1880s, how many pounds of shrimp was caught in the Chinese fishing camp?
3 million pounds
How many of the firefighters from Smokejumpers survived from the Mann Gulch Wildfire? (Montana)
3 out of 15
how many times was the Missouri State Building been built?
3 times in Jefferson city and 6 times in the state
how much snow does the snowiest place in the Northeast, jay peak, have each year? (Vermont)
30 ft
How fast are the relative of the anteater, the Nine-Banded Armadillo? (Texas)
30 mph
How much does the senate chamber weigh in the state capitol and how big is the doors? (Illinois)
300 pounds each, 12 ft high
How many fiberglass Dala Horses are in Lindsborg? (Kansas)
31
How much $100 bills and boxers are made with one bale of cotton? (Mississippi)
313,600 bills and 2104 pairs of boxers
Herbert Hoover
31st president (1929-1933) 1874-1964 First lady: Lou Hoover
how many people did the gas mask save during a cave in exposing them to toxic fumes? (Ohio)
32
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd president (1933-1945) 1882-1945 First Lady: Anna Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
33rd president (1945-1953) 1884-1972 First lady: Elizabeth (Bess) Truman
What does the state capitol have behind it? (Kentucky)
34 ft clock made of 10,000 flowers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th president (1953-1961) 1890-1969 first lady: Mamie Eisenhower
How much does the center deck of the suspension bridge, Mackinac Bridge, move during severe winds? (Michigan)
35 ft
How long did Judith Scott, famous for yarn sculptures, in an mental institution? (Ohio)
35 years
How many pounds of catfish does Mississippi produce?
350 million pounds a year
How much does the Halibut weigh from Homer?
350 pounds
John F. Kennedy
35th president (1961-1963) 1917-1963 first lady: Jacqueline Kennedy
How many columns surround the Lincoln memorial that represents the states in the Union at the time of his death? (Washington DC)
36
Lyndon B. Johnson
36th president (1963-1969) 1908-1973 first lady: Claudia Johnson
Richard Nixon
37th president (1969-1974) 1913-1994 first lady: Patricia Nixon
Gerald Ford
38th president (1974-1977) 1913-2006 first lady: Elizabeth Ford
Jimmy Carter
39th president (1977-1981) 1924 First lady: Rosalynn Carter
Thomas Jefferson
3rd President (1743-1826) 1801-1809 first lady: Martha Jefferson
out of the first 5 presidents, how many of them were Virginians?
4
how many parades and cities are involved in the Daffodil Festival? (Washington)
4 each in one day
What is the world's largest yo-yo?
4 feet wide and needs a crane to opperate
How far up are you when going up the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway in the cable car? (New Hampshire)
4,080 ft
How many varieties of peaches are in Georgia?
40
How big is the waves at thunder hole? (Maine)
40 ft
what does the Wisconsin state capitol have every winter holiday? (Wisconsin)
40 ft tree with 2,400 lights
how many gallons of maple sap to make 1 gallon of maple syrup? (Vermont)
40 gallons
How fast is the refrigerated toboggan run in pokagon state park? (Indiana)
40 mph
how much of Idaho is covered with forests?
40% (least densely populated states)
How large is the Mammoth cave national park (largest cave system in the world)? (Kentucky)
400 miles
how many girls walked out of the cotton factory that became the first women to strike for working conditions? (New Hampshire)
400 mill girls
how many people came together in name of peace for the Woodstock festival? (New York)
400,000 people
Who is Huey P. Long Jr.? (Louisiana)
40th governor that goes on to champion vital services to the poor (assassinated in 1935)
Ronald Reagan
40th president (1981-1989) 1911-2004 First Lady: Nancy Reagan
George W. Bush Sr.
41st president (1989-1993) 1924 First Lady: Barbara Bush
Bill Clinton
42nd president (1993-2001) 1946 First Lady: Hillary Clinton
How much steel does the George Washington Bridge have?(New Jersey)
43,000 tons
George W. Bush Jr.
43th president (2001-2009) 1946 First Lady: Laura Bush
Barack Obama
44th president (2009-2017) 1961 First Lady: Michelle Obama
How tall is the Hollywood sign?
45 feet tall
How tall is the state capitol (tallest one)? (Louisiana)
450 ft (art-deco style)
Who is Al Gore? (Tennessee)
45th Vice President that with his environmental activism, he won the Nobel Peace Prize
How much does the capitol building cost of California?
46 million dollars
How many orbits id Ellison Shoji Onizuka make around the world? (Hawaii)
48
how big is the sun at the riverfront museum in Peoria? (Illinois)
48 ft in diameter
How many pieces did it take to build the gold leaf and how much did students pay for a piece?
48,000 pieces cost $1 a piece
James Madison
4th President (1751-1836) 1809-1817 First Lady: Dolley Todd Madsion
How large is Montana?
4th largest state
If the Kool Library was laid flat, how many football fields would it cover? (Washington)
5
how many floors does the Pentagon have that is across the Virginia River? (Washington DC)
5
how many years before the 19th amendment, which is the women's right to vote, did Sarah Young vote making her the first women to vote in Utah?
50
How much did people pay to watch silent movies at Paramount (was called Sherman Theatre) in 1921? (Minnesota)
50 cents
At the Black Rock Desert's Annual Festival, what is burned every year? (Nevada)
50 ft statue
What is at Yale University's Cushing library? (Connecticut)
500 brains
What is the range for hurling pumpkins from catapults in the world championship punkin chunkin? (Delaware)
5000 ft (was 126 feet)
What was the Edenton Tea Party, which is similar to the Boston tea Party? (North Carolina)
51 women vowed to give up tea and other British products to oppose British taxes
How many state parks and acres of national forest does Kentucky have? (Kentucky)
52 state parks and 900,000 acres of forests
how tall is the Washington monument? (Washington DC)
555 ft tall
James Monroe
5th President (1758-1831) 1817-1825 First lady: Elizabeth Monroe
How populated is Illinois?
5th most populated state
how many people parachute jumped the space needle? (Washington)
6
How large are Hoopskirt Hoppla?
6 foot wide (skirts made in 1850s in derby)
How long was the protest for working conditions for silk workers in Paterson? (New Jersey)
6 months
Who is Bode Miller? (New Hampshire)
6 time Olympic medalist that first dinned skies
How long did Old Shep, faithful dog, waited for his master, who is dead, at a train station in Fort Benton? (Montana)
6 years
How tall is Mount Washington? (New Hampshire)
6,288 ft
How many different types of turkeys at Hart's Turkey Farm? (New Hampshire)
60
How old was Stagecoach Mary when she started her carrier? (Montana)
60
How cold was the coldest day in Minnesota?
60 degrees below 0
The Lahaina Banyan Tree is how tall and has how many trunks?
60 ft high and has 16 trunks
how far up in the air can you see the Roanoke star? (Virginia)
60 miles up in the air
How fast are the boats for the Lobster Boat Race? (Maine)
60 mph (NASCAR of winter harbor)
How large is the largest ball of stamps? (Nebraska)
600 pound ball made of 4,655,000 stamps
What is annually showcased at the Iowa State fair?
600 pounds butter cow (once made of harry potter)
What is shown at the Hampson archaeological museum?
600 year old artifacts from a village
how many songs are played in the Grand Ole Opry concerts which launched many country music's biggest stars? (Tennessee)
6000
How many home runs did Roger Maris do to beat Babe Ruth's record? (North Dakota)
61
What is the Skowhegan Indian statue? (Maine)
62 ft sculpture as a tribute to the Abenaki people
How much of Durum wheat which is used to make pasta comes form North Dakota?
68%
John Quincy Adams
6th president (1767-1848) 1825-1829 First lady: Louisa Adams
how many states did ash from the 1980 mount St. Helens eruption reached? (Washington)
7
How big is the largest anatomically correct model brain in Indiana University? (Indiana)
7 ft tall
How tall are the hot air balloons and how much air does it hold? (New Mexico)
7 stories tall that holds 90,000 cubic ft of air
What was the average speed during the U.S's first motor race between Chicago and Evanston? (Illinois)
7.3 MPH (snowy conditions)
How much does it take to make a navy destroyer in Bath Iron Works (ship-building yard)? (Maine)
70,000 gallons of paint, 3,000 light fixtures, and 33 miles of pipes
How many immigrants passed through Ellis Island immigration station when it opened in 1892? (New York)
700
How many sketches did Rank Lloyd Wright make for the Guggenheim Museum? (New York)
700
How many miles of subway tracks does NYC have? (New York)
722 miles
What is at the Andres Institute of Arts? (New Hampshire)
75 sculptures nestled along walking trails
what can you find at the Arboretum Trail? (North Dakota)
75 species of plants and 60 million year old tree stumps
How many floats and marching bands are in Mardi Gras Festival? (Louisiana)
76 floats and 60 marching bands
What is on the Million Dollar Staircase in New York's State Capitol? (New York)
77 stone faces including George Washington, Lincoln, and strangers from the street
Andrew Jackson
7th President (1767-1845) 1829-1837 Wife: Rachel Jackson White House Hostess: Emily Donelson (niece)
How many people did it take to operate the Civil war cannons from the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield? (Missouri)
8
how many presidents came from Ohio?
8
How large is the largest popcorn ball (in Sac City)? (Iowa)
8 ft across and weighs more than 5000 pounds
How many people does it take to hug the enormous ball of twine in Cawker City? (Kansas)
8 or so
How big is the easel with a sunflower painting in the town of Goodland? (Kansas)
80 ft
How much forest covers New Hampshire?
80%
How much of the U.S's oranges and grapefruits grown here? (Florida)
80%
what was the record for the amount of snow in snowwiest spot?
81 feet
Martin Van Buren
8th President (1782-1862) (1837-1841) Wife: Hannah Buren White House Hostess: Angelica Buren
What can you find in the Botanica Museum? (Kansas)
9 acres of gardens, a tremendous tree house, and a musical maze
how many VW beetles does the capitol building in Washington weigh?
9,000
how old is the skeleton founded in Kennewick that is one of the most complete prehistoric skeleton ever found? (Washington)
9,000
How much paint does it take to pain Big Brutus (16 stories high) that is now at the mining museum in West Mineral? (Kansas)
900 gallons of Omaha Orange
What is the Aztec ruins national monument? (New Mexico)
900 year old settlement with 400 rooms that is not from the Aztecs
How much is Iowa farmland?
92%
how much of the country's American ginseng, which is a herbal medicine, comes from marathon county? (Wisconsin)
95%
What can you go to in Hutchinson that is 650 ft underground? (Kansas)
980 acre salt mine (underground salt museum)
how many people died from an explosion in the frontier mine near Kemmerer in 1923? (Wyoming)
99
William Henry Harrison
9th President (1773-1841) 1841 first lady: Anna Harrison
What is open in Belle Isle Park to honor Nancy Brown?
A Musical Bell Tower (pennies donated by her readers during the Depression)
Who is Sammy Davis, Jr.? (Nevada)
A Performer that was a Las Vegas Star
What provided the backdrop for Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's novel Blizzard Wake? (North Dakota)
A Severe and Sudden Blizzard
Who is Art "Superman" Pennington? (Iowa)
A famous baseball player who moved to Cedar Rapids
Who is Miles Davis? (Illinois)
A famous jazz musician and trumpet player who considers himself as the embodiment of cool
How big is Glenwood hot springs? (Colorado)
A football field
Who was James P. Beckwourth? (Colorado)
A former slave that founded the city of Pueblo
What happened to a women who got a sylacauga statue in her memory?
A meteorite hit her while she slept on the couch
Who is Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel? (Montana)
A motorcycle daredevil that have the Guinness world record for the most broken bones (jumped rattlesnakes, mountain lions, sharks, and greyhound buses)
Where did the name Maine come from?
A nautical term, "the main"
What book did Richard Peck make? (Illinois)
A year down yonder
whos descendants lived in the Hildene home from 1905 to 1975? (Vermont)
Abraham Lincoln
What famous people are from Illinois? (Hint: all of them are all in the political system)
Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama
What did Amy Purdy co founded for people with disabilities?
Adaptive Action Sports (helps them snowboarding, skateboarding, and other sports)
who is George Washington Bush? (Washington)
African American pioneer that was the first settlers on the Puget Sound. It caused Britain to yield the land
Who was the Tuskegee Airmen?
African Americans from Alabama who became respected fighter group of WWII
What were buffalo soldiers?
African american soldiers after the civil war
Katherine Dunham celebrated what types of dances?
African and Caribbean dances
Who is Harriet Tubman? (Maryland)
After escaping slavery, she helped 300 others through the underground railroad
What transported the vice presidents( can have tours on them)? (Delaware)
Air Force Two plane
Carl Lewis was from where?
Alabama
Coretta Scott King was from where?
Alabama
Harper Lee was from where?
Alabama
Helen Keller was from where?
Alabama
Octavia Spencer was from where?
Alabama
Rosa parks was from where?
Alabama
Where is the longest natural bridge is at?
Alabama
Who traveled to the Mississippi Delta to record Lead Belly?
Alan Lomax
where is the majority of bald eagles live?
Alaska
What prison held Al Capone?
Alcatraz
What sculpture was made for the 1968 Olympic Games? (New Jersey)
Alexander Calder's El Sol Rojo
where did Wisconsin got its name
Algonquian Indian word meaning long river
What does Mississippi mean?
Algonquin word meaning great river
What is one of the 17 ships off of the coast of Drummond Island that crashed? (Michigan)
Alice C
Who is Chief Tamaha? (Minnesota)
Also known as Chief Standing Moose, he is a powerful orator famed for his diplomacy and peacemaking
Who was a groundbreaking choreographer and dancer from Rogers? (Texas)
Alvin Ailey
Who flew solo across the Atlantic and later becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the American Homeland? (Kansas)
Amelia Earhart (1932) (disappeared over the pacific ocean)
Who is Emily Dickinson? (Massachusetts)
America's most important poets (now a museum about her)
flower of Washington DC
American Beauty Rose
state tree of North Dakota
American Elm
what is the state dog that is sweet and gentle that has a howl that can be heard for miles? (Virginia)
American Foxhound
What famous painting did Grant Wood make that started a new art style? (Iowa)
American Gothic
State bird of Michigan
American Robin
what animal partners up with coyotes to hunt ground squirrels that is the state animal? (Wisconsin)
American badger
state tree of Virginia
American dogwood
State tree of Massachusetts
American elm
What did Dorothea Dix start in 1861? (Maine)
American hospitals for the mentally ill (campaigner for this cause)
What was the largest cotton producer that mill girls madde 2 dollars a week working 14 hours a day?
Amosheag Millyard
Who is Larry Bird? (Indiana)
An Indiana state university basketball legend and returned as head coach and the n the president of the pacers
What animal swims back to his human family in Rockport every spring? (Maine)
Andre the Seal
What was the state capitol building named for? (Mississippi)
Andrew Jackson
What is one of the most best-preserved prehistoric native american sites? (Indiana)
Angel Mounds Historic Site
Who won a Coretta Scott king award for her novel, Heaven.
Angela Johnson
What is the largest hiking trail? (Connecticut and 13 other states)
Appalachian trail
State flower of Michigan
Apple Blossom
when did the tour of 250 beautiful gardens of historic garden week began? (Virginia)
April 1927
When and where is the World's Biggest Fish Fry which is called Fish Fry Fiesta? (Tennessee)
April in Paris
What day was started by J. Sterling Morton? (Nebraska)
Arbor Day
What was the name of the town that was the first to run on nuclear power? (Idaho)
Arco
what book did Alire Saenz wrote? (New Mexico)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Where can you find 225 million year old petrified forests?
Arizona
Where is the grand canyon? (5 million people visit every year)
Arizona
Where is the only public diamond mine located?
Arkansas
Where was Bill Clinton governor?
Arkansas
Who was the first musher to reach the summit of Mount Washington? (New Hampshire)
Arthur Walden
Who is Evelyn Sharp? (Nebraska)
At 15, she became the youngest female pilot in the nation
Where was the first Coca-Cola sold and how much did it cost? (Georgia)
At Jacob's Pharmacy for 5 cents (stayed that way for 70 years)
Where was Martin Luther King Jr. from?
Atlanta, Georgia
when was the first Navajo Code talker day was observed? (Indians who used their language to code info in WWII)
August 14, 1982
when you can see the northern lights?
August 21 and April 21
Where is the Master Tournament of golf at?
Augusta
What is the first city to have electricity to light an entire town? (Illinois)
Aurora
What is the largest train yard that can repair up to 20 cars an hour? (Nebraska)
Bailey Yard
state tree of Louisiana
Bald Cypress
State bird of Maryland
Baltimore oriole
who is one celebrities that eat a chili half smoke at Ben's Chili Bowl? (Washington DC)
Barack Obama
Who was an elementary-school teacher that completed a NASA mission? (Idaho)
Barbara Morgan
What was Charles Lindbergh before he was a Pilot?
Barnstormer
What battle in Georgia helped Abraham Lincoln be elected for a second time?
Battle of Atlanta
Where was the first flag raised? (Delaware)
Battle of Cooch during Delaware's only Revolutionary war Skirmish
What battle did Andrew Jackson defects the British army in 1815? (Louisiana)
Battle of New Orleans
What battle, with 100 other battles, did George Washington crossed the Delaware river? (New Jersey)
Battle of Trenton
Where does the Appalachian Trail end? (Maine)
Baxter State Park
Where was Massachusetts capitol built? (Massachusetts)
Beacon Hill (former cow pasture owned by John Hancock)
Who lead the university of Alabama to 323 victories in football?
Bear Bruant
How would you keep bears away from your food at Flathead National Forest? (Montana)
Bear-proof container
Who is Ellen DeGeneres? (Louisiana)
Began entertainment in New Orleans and voiced dory in finding nemo
What was once a copper mine that became a toxic lake? (Montana)
Berkeley Pit
Who became the first female Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court in 1985? (North Dakota)
Beryl Levine
Who was a shark-attack survivor and amputee that won her first national surf title? (Hawaii)
Bethany Hamilton (lost left arm)
who won a newbery honor for the novel Phillip Hall likes me, i reckon maybe
Bette Green
Who is the mascot of the the university of Alabama?
Big Al
What is the huge forest fire that Ed Pulaski lead a crew of 40? (Idaho)
Big Blowup
What is Montana often called? (3 names)
Big Sky Country, treasure state, and last best place
In 1877, what is first produced in Hartford? (Connecticut)
Bikes
What did the Wright brothers designed and made that help pay for their flight experiments? (Ohio)
Bikes
Where was 8 people sealed off for two years in a 3.14 acre glass research center?
Biosphere 2
What is Saugus Iron Works known for? (Massachusetts)
Birthplace of U.S iron and steel industry that still boasts working waterwheels and hot forges
What do you need to pass to get to Panorama Point? (Nebraska)
Bison Range
What dud G. Woodson develop that is celebrated in February? (Washington DC)
Black History Month (based on Douglass and Lincoln's birthday)
State flower of Maryland
Black-eyed Susan
How was a savage pirate that lost his life at the Ocracoke Intet? (North Carolina)
Blackbeard
What river is prime waters for trout fly fishing? (Montana)
Blackfoot river
What is the state bluegrass song and who wrote it? (Kentucky)
Blue Moon Of Kentucky created by bill monroe (father of bluegrass)
What are some of the children books made in Maine?
Blueberries for Sal (the mother and child is based on Robert McCloskey's mother and child) and Charlotte's Web
state capital of Idaho
Boise
Who begins Tuskegee University in Alabama?
Booker T. Washington
Who is George Washington Carver? (Iowa)
Born into slavery, became a botanist and inventor (first black member of the university of Iowa)
What is celebrated at the Uncle Remus Museum? (Georgia)
Brer Rabbit
What happens when you rub the Lincoln statue in Springfield? (Illinois)
Brings you luck
What was traded in the Fort Union Trading Post? (North Dakota)
Buffalo hides and clothing for blankets and beads
What book did Suzanne Morgan Williams wrote that was awarded with the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Award? (Nevada)
Bull Rider
Where can you learn how money is made? (Texas)
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
what company did Jake Burton Carpenter, one of the inventors of the snowboard, start? (Vermont)
Burton Snowboard Company
who is a notorious train robber that was the eldest of 13 children in a ranching family? (Utah)
Butch Cassidy
what can you eat at Flamin' tasty in Arkansas?
Cacti
Where can you see the nation's first sunrise? (Maine)
Cadillac Mountain
What is the state cat for Maryland?
Calico cat (from its multicolored fur)
state bird of Utah
California gull
what is the west coast swing?
California's state dance
Who is the Bones Brigade?
Californian Skateboard team
How can you tell if a bison is calm and aggressive? (Montana)
Calm- tail hangs down Aggressive- tail is stright up
what two presidents are born in Vermont?
Calvin Coolidge (the only president to be born on Independence day) and Chester Arthur
Who is Chin Lin Sou? (Colorado)
Came over to work on the railroad, he became a successful businessman
Where is the Pueblo cliff dwellings preserved?
Canyon de Chelly national monument
Where was the first space shuttle launched? (Florida)
Cape Canaveral
Bird of Indiana
Cardinal
State Bird of Illinois
Cardinal
State bird of Ohio
Cardinal
What did Mary Ludwig, nicknamed Molly Pitcher, do during the Revolutionary war and what legend does she have? (New Jersey)
Carries pitchers of water to soldiers during battle of Monmouth. Legend has it that she helped fight, load cannons, and a near-death experience
What are some of the inventions from Ohio?
Cash register, soda can, airplane, and the hot dog
Who designed the Minnesot State Capitol?
Cass Gilbert (pioneering architect)
What is Idaho's oldest standing building that was built without nails?
Cataldo Mission
What is home to camp Greentop that camper with disabilities can fish, canoe, and have fun? (Maryland)
Catoctin Mountain Park
what is topped on the state capitol of Vermont?
Ceres, the roman goddess of agriculture
What is the name of the dog that lends a paw to children with autism at the Anne carlsen center? (North Dakota)
Champ
Who is Any Roddick? (Nebraska)
Champion tennis player "A Rod"
What is Maryland name mean?
Charles 1's wife, Henrietta Maria
What boat can you ride on the C&O Canal that is drawn by mules? (Maryland)
Charles F. Mercer
who founded the boarders of Maryland and Pennsylvania that divided the northern and southern state?
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon
What is the name of the last wooden whale ship? (Connecticut)
Charles W. Morgan
how was known to sell the world's first hamburgers at the Seymour fair in 1885? (Wisconsin)
Charlie nagreen
Who is Sequoyah? (Tennessee)
Cherokee Indian that was a silversmith who created the Cherokee Alphabet
what is the official state fruit of the capitol? (Washington DC)
Cherries
Who invented the ear muffs and why? (Maine)
Chester Greenwood invented them to keep warm while ice skating
What is the nation's third largest city? (Illinois)
Chicago
Who is Richard J. Daley? (Illinois)
Chicago's mayor for 21 years (working class Irish American)
Who visits the first governor of the Plymouth, John Carver, and exchanges gifts and peace? (Massachusetts)
Chief Massasoit
How did Iowa get the nickname "Hawkeye state?"
Chief black Hawk (leader of the Sauk Indians)
What has the highest Chinese population outside of Asia? (New York)
Chinatown
Where did Michigan got its name?
Chippewa Indian word Michigana meaning large lake
What was the birth place of L. Frank Baum that had an yellow brick road? (New York)
Chittenango
What sculpture did Michel Heizer work on for 40 years?(Nevada)
City (he was a land artist)
what city is the spinach capital of the world and has a Popeye statue?
City of Alma, Arkansas
Where was the jet magazine printed for how many years? (Mississippi)
City of Corinth for 63 years
Where can you catch a Dutch dance? (Michigan)
City of Holland's annual festival
Who is David Farragut? (Tennessee)
Civil war naval hero that joined the navy when he was 9
what can you find at walker art center? (Minnesota)
Claes Oldenburg and Cooseje Van Bruggen's enormous cherry and spoon sculpture
Where was seabiscuit bred? (Kentucky) (symbol of hope during the depression)
Claiborne farm
What can you dance at the Po' Monkey's Lounge? (Mississippi)
Classic Blues
Who founded the largest piece of folk art in the world, AIDS Memorial Quilt? (Indiana)
Cleve Jomes (1987)
Who is Ruth Handler? (Colorado)
Co-founded Mattel and created the Barbie doll
What did William T. Sherman give to the President? (Georgia)
Control of Savannah (Lincoln)
What is the gateway to Yellowstone National Park that fly-fishing is abounded? (Montana)
Cooke City
What lies at a popular coon hunting camp in cherokee?
Coon dog Cemetery
What can you find at one of the 36 islands in Lake Erie called Kelleys Island? (Ohio)
Cooper's Hawk
What was named after the great jazz pianist William "Count" Basie? (New Jersey)
Count Basie Theater
What open that was the world's first shopping center? (Missouri)
Country Club Plaza Center
Who discovered Dollywood which is a famous theme park where you can ride the Mystery Mine Roller Coaster? (Tennessee)
Country Music Star Dolly Parton
Who is Willie Nelson? (Texas)
Country and Western singer, activist, and actor
Who is Loretta Lynn? (Kentucky)
Country music star who sang Coal Miner's Daughter
What is Madison country famous for? (Iowa)
Covered wooden bridges (oldest one is Imes Bridge)
what was adopted statewide which promotes living each day with courage and taking pride in your work? (Wyoming)
Cowboy ethics
What did C.M. Russell paint? (Montana)
Cowboys, Native Americans, and sweeping landscapes
What can you stay the night at in the national Mississippi river museum? (Iowa)
Crew's quarters of a river dredge boat
What is the largest waterfall in Kentucky and what is it famous for? (Kentucky)
Cumberland falls is famous for its moonbow (rainbow made by moonlight)
what was an essential shortcut for native Americans and early pioneers? (Virginia)
Cumberland gap
what is an education program that is run by Washington Ballet where 700 students take part in classes combining dance with math and science? (Washington DC)
Dance DC
Who runs R&R market today from 1857? (Colorado)
Dario Gallegos' family
What was one Graffiti artist that transformed barns in Cameron? (North Carolina)
David Ellis
Who's cabin can you peek into in Rutherford which her was a legendary pioneer, explorer, and politician? (Tennessee)
Davy Crockett
Where can you discover the Wright brothers' exploit?
Dayton Aviation Heritage
who is Danica Patrick? (Wisconsin)
Daytona 500, Indy car, and NASCAR racer that got started by go carting
Who founds FIRST (a youth organization that organizes the first robotics competition that gave $20 million in college scholarships)? (New Hampshire)
Dean Kamen (entrepreneurial inventor of the Segway)
When did Rosa parks protest?
December 1, 1955
When did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? (Hawaii)
December 7, 1941 (USS Arizona memorial)
where did Wyoming got its name
Delaware Indian word meaning on the large plains
What is the largest twin suspension bridge in the world? (Delaware)
Delaware memorial bridge
What book did Mo Willems make? (Massachusetts)
Deon't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
What is the state animal that has horns that never stops growing (can be up to 30 pounds)? (Nevada)
Desert Bighorn Sheep
Where can you cast a dinosaur footprint? (Connecticut)
Dinosaur State Park
Who is Wes Anderson? (Texas)
Director of Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Grand Budapest Hotel that made puppet shows in the fifth grade
Who is William Carlos Williams? (New Jersey)
Doctor and modernist poet that was awarded a Pulitzer Prize after his death
Who is Ken Burns? (New Hampshire)
Documentary Director
What is the windiest city in the united state? (Kansas)
Dodge city
What can you not have with you while crossing into Canada? (New York)
Dog food, potatoes, and minnows
state flower of North Carolina
Dogwood
what is the longest maze in the world (2-miles long)? (Hawaii)
Dole pineapple plantation
What can you find in Dali Museum? (Florida)
Dripping clocks and other surreal artwork from Salvador Dali
What is the highest place in the state at 535 ft? (Louisiana)
Driskill Mountain
What marches from the Peabody Hotel's penthouse to the lobby fountain every day since 1930s? (Tennessee)
Ducks
who is known as the father of modern surfing? (Hawaii)
Duke Kahanamoko
where did the name New York came from?
Duke of York
Who is the cake mix king? (Kentucky)
Duncan Hines (started off as a restaurant reviewer)
Where can you see steam engines in Colorado?
Durango Silverton
Who settled in New York in the 1624? (New York)
Dutch
Where was johnny Cash born?
Dyess, Arkansas
State bird of Iowa
Eastern Goldfinch
State tree of Michigan
Eastern White Pine
State bird of New Jersey
Eastern goldfinch
Who was the first lifeguard at Wailmea Bay in Hawaii?
Eddie Aikau
What can you learn at the unsinkable molly brown's house museum?
Edwardian etiquette with manner's tea
What did Winslow Homer paint? (Maine)
Eight Bells and other maritime paintings
Who invented the gramophone? (Delaware)
Eldridge Reeves (Museum named after him)
Who founded gold and caused a gold rush in the clearwater river? (Idaho)
Elias Davidson Pierce
What book did Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight publish? (Missouri)
Eloise: a book for precocious grownups
What is the name of the Quarry that made the Empire State Building with its limestone? (Indiana)
Empire Quarry
What have the limestone of Bedford built? (Indiana)
Empire building, the pentagon, and the national cathedral
what did Thomas Jefferson have competitions with his neighbors as he was an avid and experimental gardener? (Virginia)
English pea competitions
What novels did Christopher Paolini make? (Montana)
Eragon and inheritance cycle
Who was the author of the very hungry caterpillar and founded a museum to celebrate picture book art? (Massachusetts)
Eric Carle
Who was elected the first black mayor of new Orleans? (Louisiana)
Ernest "Dutch" Morial
Who was the first non-native that explored Arizona (African american)?
Estevanico
Who was the first person to sell Valentine's Day cards in the U.S? (Massachusetts)
Esther Howland
Who are the twins Esther Pauline Friedman and Pauline Esther Friedman? (Iowa)
Esther- Ann Landers Pauline- Dear Abby both were twin advice columnist
Who was the first men that probably the first white men to see Lake Superior? (Michigan)
Etienne Brule and Grenoble
Who was a key figure in the modernist poetry movement in Idaho?
Ezra Pound
What is one of the planes made in area 51? (Nevada)
F-117 Nighthawk
Who's home named Summit Terrace have been preserved as a historic landmark? (Minnesota)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Who is Amy Poehler? (Massachusetts)
Famous for Saturday Night Live that grew up in Burlington
Who is E. B. White? (Maine)
Famous for Stuart Little (from stories told to his nieces and nephews)
Who is William Faulkner? (Mississippi)
Famous writer that set many of is works sets in Mississippi
What cave was once a concert hall that is now a ride-through tour that has stalactites and cave pearls? (Missouri)
Fantastic Caverns
what holiday did Sonora smart Dodd created? (Washington)
Father's day
What drink is based in Detroit? (Michigan)
Faugo drinks (first flavors where based on cake frosting)
what is the name of the Physics lab that Bison keeps the lawn tidy? (Illinois)
Fermilab
What is hunted in the spring that is turned into a buttery dish? (New Hampshire)
Fiddlehead Fern
Who is James W.C. Pennington? (Connecticut)
First African American to attend Yale and wrote history of Africans
What is Mary Jane Patterson the first of? (Ohio)
First African American women to gain a bachelor's degree
Who is Florence Sabin? (Colorado)
First Lady of American Science (medical researcher)
What did the wright brothers open outside of Montgomery?
First civilian flying school
What is Connecticut famous for?
First dictionary, law school, public art museum, pay phones, plow, tacks, and cotton gin
Who is Margaret Brent? (Maryland)
First female laywer, first female landowner, and first female taxpayer
Who is Hattie caraway? (Tennessee)
First women elected to the U.S Congress
Who is Sally ride?
First women in space from Los Angeles
What is at the Geographical Center of North America? (North Dakota)
Flags of Canada, Mexico, and U.S
Where does the national preserve that protects one of the last places of tallgrass prairie in the country? (Kansas)
Flint Hills
Where was Shaquille O'Neal?
Florida
state tree of Missouri
Flowering dogwood
What is one of the largest army bases in the world? (Georgia)
Fort Benning
Where did Glenn Miller started his first band? (Colorado)
Fort Morgan
Who is Prudence Crandall? (Connecticut)
Fought racial intolerance on education for African American girls (museum in his honor)
Who is Minnie J. Reynolds? (Colorado)
Founded Denver Women's Press Club in March 18, 1898
Who transferred the London bridge all the way from England?
Founder of Havasu City
What is the largest Casino in the U.S? (Connecticut)
Foxwoods (10,000 employees)
What is home to an underwater school bus and several 7 ft long paddlefish? (Indiana)
France Park
Who written the Star-Spangled Banner? (Maryland)
Francis Scott Key in 1814 (lawyer and poet)
Who build a house made of volcanic rock, desert sand, and cement in arizona?
Frank Lloyd
Who bought himself out of slavery and founded the town of Philadelphia? (Illinois)
Frank McWorter
Who discovered what comets are made of (born in red oak)? (Iowa)
Fred Whipple
What did congress establish to provide food, medical care, and schooling to former slaves? (North Carolina)
Freedmen's Bureau
Where did Nuclear test was performed? (Nevada)
Frenchman Flats
what mountain is very beautiful and deadly in Montana?
Froze-to-Death mountain
who wins two gold medals at the London Olympics in 2012? (Virginia)
Gabrielle Douglass
What town forbidden eating chicken with a fork? (Georgia)
Gainesville
what is known as white-water rafting territory? (Montana)
Gallatin River
What did Milton Bradley introduced in 1860? (Maine)
Game of Life (first U.S board game)
where was Jurassic park and 70 other movies filmed at?
Garden Isle
What is the name of unusual rock towers that looks like it came from mars? (Hawaii)
Garden of the gods
Who hosts at the Fitzgerald theater? (Minnesota)
Garrison Keillor's Radio show
What foundation did Warren Buffett, Wizard of Omaha, made the largest charitable donation? (Nebraska)
Gates Foundation
Who is Robin Williams? (Illinois)
Genius comedian and film actor (founder of Comic relief) (Chicago-born)
Who moved his Revolutionary War headquarters to West Point? (New York)
George Washington
where did Washington DC got its name
George Washington
where did Washington gets its name
George Washington
who can you learn about at marsh-billings-Rockefeller national historical park which rambles along sugar maples and can explore his homes? (Vermont)
George perkins
What can you dance at the old farmer's ball in Swannoanoa? (North Carolina)
Georgia Rang Tang and Shoo-Fly Swing
who id Margarethe Schurz got her idea for the first kindergarten? (Wisconsin)
German educated Froebel
What two countries can be combined and Texas will still be bigger?
Germany and England
What can you find at the Uss Sachem? (Kentucky)
Ghostly ruins (anchored in petersburg)
What is the town of Bodie?
Gold-rush town that is now a ghost town
What did Larry page and Sergey Brin started after going to Michigan University?
What style is the Connecticut State Capitol is in? (Connecticut)
Gothic
What can you see at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History? (Kansas)
Gove Country fossil showing a 14 ft Xiphactinus ate a 6 ft gillicus shortly before dying
who is Neko Case? (Vermont)
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter
who is Andre Agassi? (Nevada)
Grand slam Champion and Olympic gold medalist that started by playing tennis
What is home to Clydesdale Horses? (Missouri)
Grantwood Village
Where was gold discovered in Montana?
Grasshopper creek in 1862
What event did Junior astronomers stayed up late in 2009? (Nevada)
Great Basin's First Annual Astronomy Festival
What waters is rich in horseshoe crab? (New Hampshire)
Great Bay Estuary
What is the northernmost cypress swamp in the country? (Delaware)
Great Cypress Swamp
State bird of New Mexico
Greater Roadrunner
What bear is known in California?
Grizzly Bears
What was New Hampshire named after?
Hampshire, England
what book did Andrea Davis Pinkney win an award? (Washington DC)
Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America
what is DeFord Bailey title after he won nationwide fame? (Tennessee)
Harmonica Wizard
Where was Kool-Aid make and what was it called? (Nebraska)
Hastings, fruit smack
What is known as the Iowa's Rain forest?
Hayden Pairie
What charity that started in little rock in 1944?
Heifer International
What did Levi and Catherine Coffin help do during 1826-1847? (Indiana)
Helped 2000 runway slaves escape
How was inspired by Walden Pond? (Massachusetts)
Henry David Thoreau
Who explored the Hudson river and named it after himself? (New York)
Henry Hudson
state bird of Vermont
Hermit thrush
How was the first person to set eyes on the Mississippi river?
Hernando de soto
Where does the Big South Fork Scenic Railway take you? (Kentucky)
Heron, an abandoned coal mine
what is valley city known for? (North Dakota)
Hi-Line Railroad Bridge
What animal is common in Minnesota and Scotland?
Highland cattle
What school opens in 1932 that it trained leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and Stokely Carmichael? (Tennessee)
Highlander Folk School
What did Leon Leonwood bean start in his brother's basement in 1912? (Maine)
His outdoor company (first making boots)
What is at Danbury Railway Museum? (Connecticut)
Historic engines and cabooses
Where was Abraham Lincoln born? (Kentucky)
Hodgenville
Where can you hear stories about nearly 4 million homesteaders from 123 years ago? (Nebraska)
Homestead National Monument
Why is the Nebraska nicknamed "Cornhusker state"?
Honor of the university of Nebraska's Lincoln football team
What are the people been called since the 1830s? (Indiana)
Hoosier
Delaware Bay has the largest population of what?
Horseshoe crab
What happened to the capitol in 1888? (Indiana)
House Chamber's ceiling collapsed
What book was based on the Mississippi river?
Huckleberry finn
What frolic in the shallow waters of Lahaina Harbor?
Humpback whales
Where was Jupiter-c designed at?
Huntsville, Alabama
what hurricane did Vermont declare a state of emergency which washes away bridges and six people lost their lives? (Vermont)
Hurricane Irene
What company made astronauts' space suits for 50 years? (Delaware)
ILC Dover
What is the name of the dinosaur that swam in the ocean that covered Nevada?
Ichthyosaurs (see them at the Berlin-Ichthyosaur state park)
Who is John Wayne? (Iowa)
Iconic Western star (winterset)
what yearly event in Alaska causes people to not see each other for many days?
Iditarod trail sled dog race
What covered Illinois around 3 million years ago? (covered most of the united states)
Illionian Glacier
What did Harriet Ann Jacobs publish to describe the life of Slavery? (North Carolina)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Where can the star garnet only be founded in the world? (Idaho)
India and the Idaho panhandle national forest
What did monument was dedicated that became an icon of Indiana?
Indianapolis soldiers and sailors (1902)
Who is Frank Lloyd Wright? (Illinois)
Influenced by building and landscapes of Chicago, one of the greatest american architects
Who is Temple Grandin? (Colorado)
Insighted animal behavior changing the livestock industry
what welcomes to a native american art museum called heard museum? (created by doug hyde)
Intertribal greeting
Who was the sole survivor of a tragic arctic expedition?
Inupiat Inuit Ada blackjack
Who was Noah Webster? (Connecticut)
Invented the first American Dictionary in 1803 (new words- squash and skunk)
state flower of Tennessee
Iris
Where did the name Kentucky came from?
Iroquoian work meaning land of tomrrow
why is Kentucky a melting pot?
It has mixtures of warmth and friendliness of the south, the industry of the north, the traditions of the east and the pioneering spirit of the west
What was the "Harvey" about and who wrote it? (Colorado)
It was about a man with an imaginary companion, a 6ft 3(1/2) in rabbit and was written by Mary Chase
Where can you walk to mars in moments on this scale model of the solar system called the Sagan Planet Walk? (New York)
Ithaca
Who became the richest citizen in Idaho and the biggest Philanthropists? (Idaho)
J.R. Simplot (started in 1923)
Who became the first African American to play Major League Baseball that played first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers? (New York)
Jackie Robinson
Who explores the upper Mississippi river in 1673? (Minnesota)
Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet
Who can you find out about in the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame?
James Naismith (inventor of basketball)
Who founded Georgia?
James Oglethorpe
Where are houseboat vacations are popular at? (Kentucky)
Jamestown and Monicella
When did the ice storm arrive that caused half the state to have no power? (Maine)
January 1998 (had to use antifreeze to prevent the toilets from freezing)
Who gave us 3,000 cherry trees that the national cherry blossom Frestival is as a sign of U.S friendship with this country in 1912? (Washington DC)
Japan
What animals are common in Arizona that looks like pigs but not related?
Javelinas or peccaries
What is the name of the ghost town that is mostly inhabited by artists?
Jerome
What civil monument celebrates a gentle national hero and weights 8,000 pounds? (Michigan)
Joe Louis Monument
what president became the first resident of the White House in 1800? (Washington DC)
John Adams
who explores parts of Wyoming including the hot springs near Cody where he was once a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition?
John Colter
What Founding father's writings encourages the American Independence? (Delaware)
John Dickinson
who was one person that helped Ohio become a leader in the antislavery movement?
John Parker
What was started in the 1800s in Grand Detour to improve farming?
John deere's equipment
How are some of the graduates from Fisk University which opened in 1866? (Tennessee)
Johnnetta B. Cole, WEB Du Bois, Nikki Giovanni, and Ida B. Wells
what musicians came from West Virginia that captured attention of musicians, artists, and writers?
Johnny Cash and Loretta Lynn
What space center helped land the Apollo 11 spacecraft and helped Armstrong and Aldrin land on the moon? (Texas)
Johnson Space Center
What national park that has slides and pools that was created by wind and water erosion? (Missouri)
Johnson's Shut-In State park
What is the state shell?
Johnstone's Junonia
Who was born in Perth Amboy that written the song Livin' On a Prayer? (New Jersey)
Jon Bon Jovi
Who is Barbara Walters? (Massachusetts)
Journalist that interviewed some of the world's most famous people
Who is Gloria Steinem? (Ohio)
Journalist that is a leader of the feminist movement
Who explored California for the first time?
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (Portuguese)
Who was known as Dorthy Gale in the Wizard of Oz from Grand Rapids? (Minnesota)
Judy Garland
What book did Shelley Pearsall wrote that was about a WWII paratrooper? (Ohio)
Jump the Sky
What are the Hopi people known for?
Kachina dolls that represents spirits
Who unified the islands of Hawaii as king after he conquered each one?
Kameamea 1
What endangered butterfly can be founded in the Huron-Mainistee National Forest? (Michigan)
Karner Blue
Where is the home of salmon-fishing bears?
Katmai national park
What cereal company in Battle Creek, Michigan was first to include prizes in boxes? (Michigan)
Kellogg's
What president can you learn about in the sixth floor museum? (Texas)
Kennedy (died in Dealey Plaza)
What Kitchen protest the Derby pie recipe?
Kern's Kitchen (invented in Prospect)
What is the name of the longest-lasting eruption (30 years)? (Hawaii)
Kilauea-40 ft tall (started in 1983) (destroyed more than 200 buildings)
why did Virginia got its nickname "old dominion" in the 17th century?
King Charles I counted it as one of his dominion calling the Virginian, "the best of his distant children"
Who is Wayne Newton? (Nevada)
Known as Mr. Las Vegas, he is a singer that was a known entertainer there
What is the largest bear while standing at 10 feet?
Kodiak bears
What are some of North Carolina's innovations?
Krispy Cream Doughnuts, Cheerwine cherry-flavored soda, and bar codes
What early form game was played by the Iroquois nation? (New York)
Lacrosse
What state team sport is popular at the university of Maryland?
Lacrosse
What was the birthplace of Michael DeBakey (world-class heart surgeon)? (Louisiana)
Lake Charles
What was the largest lake in Idaho and made by glaciers?
Lake Pend Oreille
where did the busboy and poet library got its name? (Washington DC)
Langston Hughes that was a busboy that later was a poet
Who is David Letterman? (Indiana)
Late Show funnyman that funded scholarship at ball state university, where he studied
Who appeared in the cover of Sports Illustrated while he was still in high school? (Ohio)
Lebron James (Won four NBA Most Valuable Player Award)
Who wins the first Daytona 500 race? (Florida)
Lee Petty (first NASCAR race)
What can you do at Frank Lloyd's Robie House?
Lego Models
What are some of the relics you can find at the rock and roll hall of fame? (Ohio)
Les Paul's Guitar, John Lennon's Coat, and one of Michael Jackson's gloves
Who made the first pair of jeans in California?
Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis
What is known as the first town in the first state? (Delaware)
Lewes
Who was appointed governor of the Michigan territory in 1812?
Lewis Cass
What mountain range, 7 of them, that is full of high peaks, grassy meadows, and great hiking? (Montana)
Lewis and Clark National Forest
What children/picture book did Romare Bearden wrote that was about the Civil War? (North Carolina)
Li'l Dan, The Drummer Boy
What was the name of the ships that was quickly built to deliver needed supplies to troops in WWII? (Georgia)
Liberty Ships
What award did Frank Sinatra nicknamed Sultan of Swoon win? (New Jersey)
Lifetime Achievement Award
What was the name of the last queen of Hawaii?
Lili'uokalani
What is the oldest zoo in Illinois? (it is free)
Lincoln Park Zoo
what is the name of the street that offers dishes like Dora Wat chicken served in a tagine pot? (Washington DC)
Little Ethiopia
what is display at the museum of space history that was used in tests for the Apollo missions?
Little Joe II rocket
Who is Annie Oakley? (Ohio)
Little Miss Sure Shot that starred in the Wild West Show
How was the first artist honored in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame (made "Tutti Frutti")? (Georgia)
Little Richard (born in Macon)
Who is Red Cloud? (Nebraska)
Lokota Chief that helped protect native lands from government takeover
who is Katie Couric? (Virginia)
Longtime Today Show anchor known as American Sweetheart
Who adventured through the grand canyon blind?
Lonnie Bedwell and Erik Weihenmauer
Who set a world record flight time from new York to Los Angeles (from bentonville, arkansas)?
Louise Thaden
where was Pluto discovered?
Lowell observatory in Arizona
Who do you dress up and act out scenes like her at the Desilu studios? (New York)
Lucille Ball
What was James Lafferty, made animal-shaped buildings, first creation that still stands in Atlantic city? (New Jersey)
Lucy
Who was the first lady to win the Rookie of the Year Award and the second to win the Indianapolis race?
Lun St. James (1992)
Who is the mother of blues?
Ma Rainey
Who became the America's first female self-made millionaire from opening a hair salon and beauty school (including hair products)? (Indiana)
Madam C.J. Walker (1910- moved to Indianapolis)
Who is Laura Amy Schlitz? (Maryland)
Made the book Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
Who is Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings? (Florida)
Made the book The Yearlings
What is Maine's official cat? (Maine)
Maine Coon (oldest natural breed in the U.S)
What did Joseph Oppenheim patents to keep his students from missing school to help their families? (Ohio)
Manure Spreader
What did Zora Neale Hurston say she had on her tongue?
Map of Florida
When did Martin Luther King Jr. protest and started from where and ended where?
March 21, 1965, Selma to Montgomery (became a historic trail)
Who are some of the people that had their hair used in the Leila's Hair Museum, makes wreaths and jewelry from hair? (Missouri)
Marilyn Monroe and Michel Jackson
Who is Samuel Langhorne Clemens? (Missouri)
Mark Twain
What is a official wilderness area with 6 peaks in Colorado?
Marron bells (snowmass wilderness)
What is the World's Largest Native American Museum? (Connecticut)
Mashantucket Pequot Museum
State flower of Massachusetts
Mayflower
what fast food restaurant does the capitol city of Vermont don't have unlike all the other capitols?
McDonalds
What is in Valley city that is an enormous calendar based on Native American structures? (North Dakota)
Medicine Wheel Park
What car company open its first factor in Alabama?
Mercedes-benz
What has helped start bands like the Arcade Fire and the Mountain Goats? (North Carolina)
Merge Records (Indie Rock)
What is home to the largest amp maker in the world named Peavey Amplifiers? (Mississippi)
Meridian
What honor's Iowa's native American Heritage through song, dance and crafts?
Meskwaki Powwow
where did New Mexico got its name?
Mexico by the Spanish
What did Cathy Carr Bags become first of? (New Mexico)
Mexico's first Olympic Gold medal swimmer
What are some signposts you can find in Lynchville? (Maine)
Mexico, Paris, and China (name of real places in Maine)
what company started in Washington?
Microsoft
What college did Alexander Twilight go to which he became the first African American to receive a U.S college degree? (Vermont)
Middlebury College
Who won the congressional gold medal?
Milton Crenchaw (African American)
What can you find at the Presidents Hall of Fame? (Florida)
Mini Presidents
What is the name of the book that Virginia Sorensen won the Newbery award for? (Utah)
Miracles on Maple Hill
what river helps create the border of Mississippi?
Mississippi River
state bird of Tennessee
Mockingbird
Who survives the sinking of the Titanic? (Missouri)
Molly Brown
Who won the Caladecott Honor with a picture book called flora and the flamingo?
Molly idle
Where does route 66 end?
Monica Piers
what tribe finds the natural bridge sacred by this 215 ft high limestone arch? (Virginia)
Monocan tribe
What town has a sole resident that is a mayor, librarian, and bartender? (Nebraska)
Monowi
Rosa parks and Martin Luther king Jr. done there protest here
Montgomery, Alabama
what sweet treat been created in Chattonoogg? (Tennessee)
MoonPie
What is at Moosehead Lake? (Maine)
Moose (some weigh 1,000 pounds)
What can you hunt for in North Iowa? (Iowa)
Morel Mushrooms
What is some of the inventions in Massachusetts?
Morse code, and public basketball game (1891)
What did Cedar falls native Marc Andreessen co found? (Iowa)
Mosaic (one of six to enter the WWW hall of fame in 1994)
Who is Anna Sui? (Michigan)
Most celebrated manes in American Fashion
What was used as a research lab for Jack Harner? (Montana)
Museum of the Rockies
what was one of the first animals that crossed the land bridge?
Musk oxen
Who is Sarah Winnemucca? (Nevada)
Native American activist and writer established a school for paiute students
what is the largest native american territory that covers part of Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico? (New Mexico)
Navajo Nation (the squash blossom necklace is important Navajo jewelry)
What candies was sent overseas to WWII Troops because they don't melt? (Massachusetts)
Necco Wafers
who is sworn in as the first female governor in U.S history? (Wyoming)
Nellie tayloe ross
What can you find in Minot that has to deal with Scandinavian Heritage? (North Dakota)
Norwegian Stave Church and 25 ft tall Swedish Dala Horse
When did the Mockinac Bridge opens that connected the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan?
November 1, 1957 (5 mile long)
When was the Argo Tunnel completed? (Colorado) (can an for gold today)
November 1910 (shut down in 1943 due to flooding)
What id DuPont Research Lab make (run by Dr. Carothers)? (Delaware)
Nylon and neoprene (synthetic rubber)
What movie did Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. play apart in? (Nevada)
Ocean's 11
When was the Indian Land Claims agreement signed and by who? (Maine)
October 1980 by President Carter
When was Hillary Rodham Clinton born? (Illinois)
October 26, 1947
When was "The Hartford Courant" first published? (Connecticut)
October 29, 1764 (america's oldest continuously operating newspaper)
What was discovered near Parshall in 2006? (North Dakota)
Oil
What is home to alligators weighing up to 700 pounds? (Georgia)
Okefenokke swamp
What is the name of the mine that you can have a underground tour of the Museum of Mining? (Montana)
Orphan Girl Mine
Who is known as the Popcorn king and where did he sold this popcorn? (Indiana)
Orville Redenbacher, back of his car
Who designed a 5 ft long slicing machine in chillicothe? (Missouri)
Otto Rohwedder
where are some of the best-quality quartz crystals founded?
Ouachita mountains of Arkansas
what is a refuge for the endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle? (Texas)
Padre Island
What group of Indians hunted mammoths and giant bison in the area? (North Dakota)
Paleo-Indians
Who is Jack Horner? (Montana)
Paleontologist that was a technical adviser on the Jurassic Park films
Where does the Author Will Weaver based many of his books? (Minnesota)
Park Rapids
What is the Joshua tree national park?
Park that surrounds the tallest tree (40 feet tall and hundreds of years old)
Who displayed his cycle-leg at the White House science fair?
Parker Owen
What is the name of a folk-art haven built b Eddie Owens Martin? (Georgia)
Pasaquan (seen in a vision)
What is Maryland known for? (the first of what)
Passenger railroad, telegraph line, umbrella factor, and ice cream factory
Who was the first Asian American women elected to Congress? (Hawaii)
Patsy Mink
What is at the lumber capital, Bangor? (Maine)
Paul Bunyan (31 ft statue of a giant lumberjack of legend)
Who made the Meetinghouse bell? (New Hampshire)
Paul Revere
What is the state nut that is a fruit in Arkansas?
Pecan
state tree of Texas
Pecan
Where was Anne Sullivan graduate from? (Massachusetts)
Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown
What is the name of the pebble-shaped fossil that are named for the Ottawa Indian Chief Pet-O-Sega? (Michigan)
Petoskey Stones
who releases the first 24-hour music video to his song "happy" which has the guest appearances by Magic Johnson, Steve Carell, Jamie Foxx, and many others? (Virginia)
Pharrell Williams
Who designed the glass house? (Connecticut)
Phillip Johnson
Who is James Naismith? (Massachusetts)
Physical education teacher to organize the first basketball game
Who is Philip Glass? (Maryland)
Pianist and composer that created operas, symphonies, and film scores
What is the name of the cave where you can find 2,000 year old paintings on the walls? (Montana)
Pictograph Cave
What did Patricia Reilly Giff make? (Connecticut)
Pictures of Hollis Woods (book)
Where can you play 200 classic games and the money goes to charity? (Nevada)
Pinball Hall of Fame
state flower of Minnesota
Pink and White Lady's Slipper
What is Arkansas' state fruit and vegetable?
Pink tomato
state tree of New Mexico
Pinyon Pine
What river does tugboats guide tankers up the U.S's third fastest river? (New Hampshire)
Piscataqua River
What is home to bald eagles and ospreys that fight for fish? (Maryland)
Piscataway Park
What dog breed in North Carolina was bred to protect farmers from wildcats?
Plott Hounds
What can you do at the Howell Living History Farm? (New Jersey)
Plow a field like an 18th century pro
Who is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow? (Maine)
Poet famous for Paul Revere's Ride and Evangeline
What did Wilma "Skeeter" Rudolph have to overcome which she later won three gold medals in the 1960 Rome Olympics? (Tennessee)
Polio
How did north Dakota became the 39th state instead of 40th state? (North Dakota)
President Benjamin Harrison shuffled them and had the names hidden so there would be no arguments (then labeled by alphabetical)
Who calls to congratulate Robery Morgan that wins the annual Hollerin' Contest? (North Carolina)
President Clinton
What inspired the creation of Theodore Roosevelt National park? (North Dakota)
President Roosevelt's love of the grassland and sandstone landscapes
What is the fastest land animal in the western hemisphere? (Colorado)
Pronghorns
What was the purpose of the concrete watchtowers in Delaware?
Protection against Nazi U-Boats attacks
Where is the starting point of the trans-alaska pipeline?
Prudhoe bay
Who built buildings on the cliff at Mesa Verde? (Colorado)
Pueblo People (Mesa Verde National Park- 600 of them)
What endangered fish that lives in hot underground water-filled caves of Death Valley? (Nevada)
Pupfish
State bird of New Hampshire
Purple Flinch
State flower of New Hampshire
Purple Lilac
what is the vacation destination on South Boss Island that is famous for the Battle of Lake Erie? (Ohio)
Put-In Bay
state tree of Utah
Quaking aspen
Who was a self-taught sculptor that carves elaborate caves into the cliffs? (New Mexico)
Ra Paulette (Caves)
What is the college mascot of Purdue University? (Indiana)
Railroad engine called boilermaker special (represents Purdue's engineering heritage)
Who is Robert Edwin Peary? (Maine)
Raised in portland, first person to reach the north pole
Who was the famous singer that Sugar Ray Leonard got it from, who was a Olympic boxing champion? (North Carolina)
Ray Charles
Who and what made/is the state song?
Ray Charles' "Georgia on my mind"
What is the state question that asks what Chili you want with your meal? (New Mexico)
Red or Green
state tree of Minnesota
Red pine
what is used in Dismal s Canyon to see rare glowworms?
Red-filtered Flashlight
What flies after every kickoff for a auburn football game?
Rescued eagle
What did Chief Ouray and Minnie Reynolds do? (Colorado)
Reservation resettlement treaty at Washington D.C
Who was Hugh Nevins? (Colorado)
Retired U.S force Colonel that opened the first ski school for the blind (1975)
What animals can you camp overnight close to at the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center? (Texas)
Rhinos and Antelopes
Who is Sybil Ludington? (Connecticut)
Rides 40 miles to warn her father's soldiers of the British advancement
Where can yo squeeze into a clown's car? (Florida)
Ringling Museum
Where was the first child born in the Americas, named Virginia Dare, from? (North Carolina)
Roanoke Islands
What hospital was ranked top in the U.S in Minnesota?
Rochester's Mayo Clinic in 2014
Who is Al Green?
Rock and Roll famer that sang gospel as a boy in forrest city, Arkansas
What song by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats tops the charts that is famed as the first Rock and Roll record? (Tennessee)
Rocket 88
What was establish to support young artists and writers? (North Carolina)
Romare Bearden Foundation (he was a celebrated artist)
what was planed at Dexter avenue king memorial baptist church?
Rosa's bus boycott
What is the icon of a hard-working WWII women that was partly based on aircraft factory worker rose will Monroe?
Rosie the Riveter
what was the original name of Santa Fe? (New Mexico)
Royal City of the Holy Faith of St. Francis of Assisi
Who set up the Negro National League that was first played on May 2? (Missouri)
Rube Foster
Who is Lois Ruby? (Kansas)
Ruby's time in Wichita help her make the book, steal away home and soon be free
Who made about 150 concrete sculptures of huge insects, angels, trees and more at the garden of Eden? (Kansas)
S. P. Dinsmoor (22 years)
Who joins Lewis and Clark's expedition? (Idaho)
Sacajawea
state flower of Nevada
Sagebrush
Who was the youngest American goodwill ambassador by writing a letter to a soviet leader about nuclear concerns?
Samantha smith
Who threw 342 chest of tea into the Boston harbor in 1773?
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty
Who named the state Delaware?
Samuel Argalll (by the governor of virginia, L:ord De La Warr)
Where is prime UFO Spotting at in Colorado?
San Luis
What town does volunteer elves respond to 13,000 letter sent to this town each Christmas? (Indiana)
Santa Claus
Who is Charles Eastman (Ohiye s'a)? (North Dakota)
Santee Dakota advocate and doctor with helped set up boy scouts
what book did Patricia MacLauchlan make? (Wyoming)
Sarah, plain and tall
Who is Seth Meyers? (New Hampshire)
Saturday night live funnyman
Where does the name Black Hawk State Park came from?(Illinois)
Sauk Tribal Warrior (hosts powwows, weddings, and hiking)
What is the oldest city in Georgia?
Savannah
tree of Washington DC
Scarlet Oak
Who was known as the king of Ragtime Writers that was a pianist and composer? (Missouri)
Scott Joplin
Who studied the long term effect of space travel on the body in Arizona?
Scott and Mark Kelly (identical twins)
Where can you eat any type of pickle? (Indiana)
Sechler's Pickles
state flower of Utah
Sego Lilly
What was Kit Carson famous for? (Colorado)
Selfless heroism
Who was elected to be the 47th vice president of the United States? (Delaware)
Senator Joe Biden
Who created an international program for talented students (called Fulbright program)?
Senator j. Williams Fulbright
What does Ohio mean?
Seneca word mean beautiful river
when is the water in the Summersville dam is released that creates a whitewater rafting run in the Gauley river? (West Virginia)
September
What forest can you drive through trees?
Sequoia National Park
What's used to house ancient burial mounds of the Dakota people? (Minnesota)
Shahkopee's Memorial Park
Who is Clara Barton? (New Jersey)
She opened a school in bordentown before finding the American Red Cross
Tony and Son's Seafood is known for what?
Shellfish for 25 years
what river is popular for fishing and is in the song take me home, country roads? (West Virginia)
Shenandoah river
What is the birthplace of Evelyn Ashford (four-time Olympic medalist)? (Louisiana)
Sheveport
who is chief Washakie? (Wyoming)
Shoshone leader that negotiated with white settlers and military to keep his tribe living on their land
Who is Stevie Wonder? (Michigan)
Signed with Detroit's Motown label and his pop and R&B talents have won him 25 grammys
Where is the home of tech companies?
Silicon Valley
What does the Vander Veer Botanical Park hosts in the winter? (Iowa)
Silver skates children's speed race
state tree of Nevada
Single-leaf Pinyon
What is at the Museum of Anthropology? (Missouri)
Sioux moccasins made from leather and glass beads
Who helped Memphis with is outbreak of yellow fever which she died and honored every year on her death date? (Tennessee)
Sister Constance with other Volunteers
What college did the founder of Ms. and New York magazines, Gloria Steinem, go to? (Massachusetts)
Smith College
What picture book did Jacqueline Briggs Martin make?
Snowflake Bentley
What place was the first to celebrate women's history week?
Sonoma county
At lake winnipesaukee, what is the name of the oldest floating post office? (New Hampshire)
Sophie C.
What is the oldest and deepest iron mine (has a cage that takes you 2341 ft underground)? (Minnesota)
Soudan Underground Mine
what did Montana got its name?
Spanish word for mountain
Where did Sherman Alexie grew up? (Washington)
Spokane Indian Reservation
What can you find at the Air Zoo? (Michigan)
Sr-71B Blackbird- the fastest plane ever built
Where does benedictine monks go to pray 5 times a day that also knows English and Latin? (Missouri)
St. Louis Abbey
What did Eliasbeth George do? (Connecticut)
Stands in the way of developers trying to dig up the Peguot Indian Reservation
Who is Jame Dean and what does he do every year? (Indiana)
Star of rebel without a cause that hosts an annual festival (born in farmount)
Who is Carl Sandburg? (Illinois)
Started as a journalist for the Chicago Daily news, he later receives two awards for poetry and one for a biography of Lincoln
What has been an Icon of New York and America that represents freedom? (New York)
Stature of Liberty
Who writes most of his spooky stories in Maine?
Stephen King
Who made E.T and Jurassic park that was a boy scout in phoenix?
Steven Spielberg
What is the name of the walking house that is buried outside the stables at the Walking Horse Hotel? (Tennessee)
Strolling Jim
Where did Gene Stratton-Parter get his knowledge to make the book, A girl of the Limberlost?
Studied the wildlife of the limberlost swamp
What studio has some of the biggest musicians recorded here? (Tennessee)
Sun Studios
What sculpture did Nancy Halt finish in 1976 in the Great basin Desert? (Utah)
Sun Tunnels
what was created by Robert Redford, who was an actor, director, and environmentalist, that showcases groundbreaking American films? (Utah)
Sundance film festival
Who is Peyton Manning? (Louisiana)
Super bowl champion and 5 time NFL MVP
What is the name of the museum that celebrates the antislavery and women's rights campaigner who was the first women to appear on a U.S coin? (Massachusetts)
Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum
What county raised more broiler chickens than any other county? (Delaware)
Sussex County
What can you find at America's first botanic garden, public garden? (Massachusetts)
Swan boats (are in the book Make Way for Ducklings)
What is the most abundant crop in North Carolina that helps you vision by the Vitamin A? (North Carolina)
Sweet Potato
Who is Lawrence Welk? (North Dakota)
TV Bandleader that has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
What is at Avery Island? (Louisiana)
Tabasco factory (can tour)
what home did frank Lloyd wright build that he used a plot of land near spring green? (Wisconsin)
Taliesin (with 54 other buildings like Milwaukee's annunciation Greek orthodox church)
Who is Ed Moody? (New Hampshire)
Tamworth sled maker has crafted dog sleds for mushers from Alaska to Japan
What two teams created the most intense rivalry in sporting history (Both are college football teams)? (North Carolina)
Tar Heels and the Blue Devils
What corporation is in Minnesota but its mascot is in California?
Target
What is home to the Minnesota twins?
Target Field
what lives in the lake Champlain according to the locals? (Vermont)
Tatoskok by the Abenaki people also known as champ
What was a major battle of the Civil war? (Tennessee)
The Battle of Shiloh
What is held in Gibsland every year? (Louisiana)
The Bonnie and Clyde Festival
What was named after a legendary explorer and mountain man, Kit Carson? (Nevada)
The Carson Valley
What route was named after Arthur Walden's famous mastiff-husky cross? (New Hampshire)
The Chinook Trail
What museum honors the extraordinary courage and pioneer spirit of trailblazers like Annie Oakley, Helen Groves, and Mary Walker? (Texas)
The Cowgirl Hall of Fame
What group of African American students sat at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in 1960? (North Carolina)
The Greensboro Four
What is a heaven for artist that lunch is delivered in picnic baskets so the artist are not disturbed? (New Hampshire)
The MacDowell Colony
what book did Bruce Brooks wrote that was a story about friendship and basketball? (North Carolina)
The Moves Make the Man
What opened that features a 33 ft bottle of the state's official beverage? (Maine)
The Moxie Bottle House Museum
What is home to black bears, bobcats, and the highest waterfall east of the Rockies? (North Carolina)
The Nantahala National Park
What national forest covers more than 2 million acres of land and including rugged canyons and fragrant cedars? (Idaho)
The Nez Perce National Forest
What giant salamander is at the Ozark National Scenic Riverways park? (Missouri)
The Ozark Hellbender
where did Tennessee got its name?
The Tanasi tribe of the Cherokee village near the Tennessee River
What was a turning point for the Union Army? (Mississippi)
The Victory of Vicksburg
what lists the names of 58,300 U.S men and women who died in the ____________________ war in the National Mall Park? (Washington DC)
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
what is aired in 1971 that is set in the Blue Ridge Mountains where this family drama continues for nine seasons? (Virginia)
The Waltons
What major event in the world's history happened here?
The bering strait
In Alabama, where was the first carnival in Alabama (1703)?
The city of Mobile
Where is the gopher tortoise live?
The conecuh national Forest
Who is Marian Anderson? (Connecticut)
The first African American soloist with the Metropolitan Opera
What appears in the newspaper The National Era in 1851? (Connecticut)
The first installment of Harriet Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (turn people against slavery)
What did Christian Petersen make at the Iowa State University?
The gentle Doctor (sculpture of a vet)
Where is snow goggles from AD 1200 from?
The inupiat heritage center
Who is Jennifer Lawrence? (Kentucky)
The star of The hunger games
what is the largest national park in the us?
The tongass national forest
what is the shelter of the ruby-throated hummingbird that can fly backwards? (Washington DC)
Theodore Roosevelt island
What happened to Senabe Pieh and others from the Amistad Slave Revolt in 1841? (Connecticut)
They return to Africa
who was a painter that painted Yellowstone that inspired the government to make it a national park? (Wyoming)
Thomas Morgan
what can you see at the Catskill Mountains? (New York)
Timber Rattlesnake (gains a new segment of rattle each time it sheds)
who is Helen Churchill candee? (Washington DC)
Titanic Survivor, writer, and feminist that became one of the first professional interior designers in D.C of the country
who got an award from the Children's Librarian for his lifetime contributions of american children's literature? (New Hampshire)
Tomie dePaola (made more than 200 books like Strega Nona)
What town is named the most Irish town in the U.S in 2011? (Massachusetts)
Town of Scituate
What is the name of the town that Faith Hill came from? (Mississippi)
Town of Star
What was signed in 1851 that allocated nearly 12 million acres of the Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming territories to Native tribes? (North Dakota)
Treaty of Fort Laramie
What is the John Muir Trial?
Trial to celebrate the man who created the national park system
What is Cadet Chapel in Colorado?
U.S Air Force Academy with 17 spires creates a iconic place of worship
What might have crash-landed near Rosewell? (New Mexico)
UFO (maybe a hot-air balloon)
What was one ship that wrecked in the graveyard of the Atlantic, which are treacherous waters? (North Carolina)
USS Monitor
what president declared Yellowstone's two million acres a national park-the first of its kind? (Wyoming)
Ulysses s Grant
what is one of the sculptors are found in the Utah's capitol building? (Utah)
Unca Sam, an Utah Indian peace negotiator
Where in Alabama does a store sell things left behind at airports?
Unclaimed Baggage center
Where school did Madonna got a scholarship for its dance program? (Michigan)
University of Michigan
what is discovered at the Yerkes observatory? (Wisconsin)
Uranus's fifth moon and Neptune's second moon
Where can you find Ute Tepees at made with 14 buffalo hides? (Colorado)
Ute Indian Museum
who is Colorow Ignacio Ouray Walkara? (Utah)
Ute warrior and chief negotiated several truces between them and the Mormons
What is the name of the shoe shop that was first to sell a pair of shes in 1884? (Mississippi)
Vicksburg shoe shop
What did Jimmy Cater give to the White House as a Present? (Georgia)
Vidilia Onions
Who is George Clooney? (Kentucky)
Voice of Fantastic Mr. Fox, also a United Nations Messenger of Peace
What creates the colorful sands of Hawaii?
Volcanoes
What could the residents of Washington DC do after 1964?
Vote for presidential elections
During what war did the U.S Navy sent out airships form Lakehurst to patrol for submarines? (New Jersey)
WWI
What did Gregory "Pappy" Boyington do? (Idaho)
WWII fighter pilot won the medal of honor and the navy cross (Coeur d'Alene-born)
what can climb aboard at the air force museum? (Utah)
WWII warbird
what is the most friendliest towns and home to the sweet onion? (Washington)
Walla Walla
What town was proclaimed by a mayor being the center of the universe? (Idaho)
Wallace
Who published the Legend of Sleepy Hollow that made Tarrytown Headless Horseman territory? (New York)
Washington Irving
where was Herbert Hoover born and when did he got sworn in? (31st president) (Iowa)
West Branch, March 4, 1929
what is the name of the place where you can discover bratwurst, crepes, falafel, and soba noodles also known as the united nations of food? (Ohio)
West Side Market
Bird of Kansas
Western Meadowlark
State bird of North Dakota
Western Meadowlark
State Bird of Nebraska
Western Medowlark
state tree of Washington
Western hemlock
What lizard has a blue tail that can snap off if caught in the Great Basin Desert? (Nevada)
Western skink
tree of Idaho
Western white pine
Who was settled at Cape May that became a favored place for beach lovers? (New Jersey)
Whalers
State Tree of New Hampshire
White Birch
State Tree of Maine
White Pine
State flower of Maine
White pine cone and tassel
Who started the Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa? (17 graduates have won the pulitzer prize)
Wilbur Schramm
state flower of North Dakota
Wild Prairie Rose
State flower of Iowa
Wild rose
Who helped paint the community bridge? (Maryland)
William Cochran and his volunteers (from thousand of submitted ideas)
Who bought Alaska by 2 cents per acre?
William H. Sevward
Who led anti-abolitionist that attack the city of Lawrence and many residents died in 1863? (Kansas)
William Quantrill
Who was the architect that built the Tennessee State Capitol and was burred within the walls as asked?
William Strickland
Where did Michael Jordan move to after leaving New York as a toddler? (North Carolina)
Wilmington
what is the snowflake Bentley about? (Vermont)
Wilson Bentley who figured out a way to photograph snowflakes
Who is Skiier Lindsey Vonn? (Colorado)
Wins the overall World Cup Title for the first time in march of 2008
Who is Lindsey Vonn? (Minnesota)
Women's world cup skiing record holder
Who is Jordyn Wieber? (Michigan)
Won a team gold at the 2012 London Olympics
bird of Washington DC
Wood Thrush
what has the longest escalator in DC which is 204 ft of moving staircase? (Washington DC)
Woodley park (metro station)
What was one of the most famous music and arts festivals of the 20th century? (New York)
Woodstock
Who is Gertude Belle Elion? (North Carolina)
Worked in Pharmacology (Nobel Prize)
Who is Barbara McClintock? (Connecticut)
Worked on plant genetics an won a noble prize
What is the name of the Amsterdam museum that celebrates the outrageous acrobatics of many theatrical mat men? (New York)
Wrestling Hall of Fame
Who is Judy Blume? (New Jersey)
Written books for children and teens
Who is Wanda Gag? (Minnesota)
Wrote NewBery Honor for her book Millions of Cats
Who is Janice N. Harrington? (Nebraska)
Wrote about her childhood experience of moving from Alabama to Nebraska in the book Going North
Who is Isabella Bird? (Colorado)
Wrote about her horseback adventures in the Rockies
Who is Christopher Paul Curtis? (Michigan)
Wrote the book, Bud, Not Buddy
Who is the Minnesota Women and how was she discovered?
a 10,000 year old skeleton of a 15 year old girl who was founded by a road repair crew
What is in the Museum of Ship Models? (Illinois)
a 27 ft model of the queen may using a million toothpicks
Where did the name Minnesota come from?
a Dakota Sioux word meaning Sky-Tinted Water
What is featured at the heart of the Ozark Bluegrass Festival? (Missouri)
a Harmonica Howl and Fiddle Fest
What was the Old Cowtown Museum before it was a museum? (Kansas)
a Jail, A saloon, and A buffalo trading post
what did the charity Hannah's Gold, which was started by Hannah Teter, use sales of maple syrup to fund? (Vermont)
a Kenyan village
What displays on the glass skylight of the Capitol building? (New Mexico)
a Native American basket weaving pattern
What do the Naticoke Tribe hold every September?
a Powwow celebrating their heritage
What is St. Louis home of? (Missouri)
a beautiful forest park
what does John James Audubon state park honor?
a bird lover who discovered and studied many birds
what is the shape of the Milwaukee art museum? (Wisconsin)
a bird taking flight over lake Michigan
What was founded by a Maine Fisherman in 2014?
a blue lobster (one of the rarest lobster in the world)
Who is Elijah Wood? (Iowa)
a child actor (later in the lord of the rings)
Who is Medgar Wiley Evers? (Mississippi)
a civil rights activist that fought segregation in education
what did the Yakama people use to carry their babies? (Washington)
a cradleboard on their backs
What did Lenni Lenape tribe establish? (Delaware)
a farming society in the bay area
What did Ed Pulaski help founded? (Idaho)
a firefighting tool still used today called pulaski (1910)
How bid is the baygan tree? (Florida)
a football field
Who is Jesse Ventura? (Minnesota)
a former Navy SEAL, bodyguard for the Rolling stones, and professional wrestler. He become the governor of Minnesota in 1999
Who is Ida B. Wells? (Mississippi)
a former slave that became a campaigner for racial equality and women's right to vote
what is cove fort now after being a old stagecoach station? (Utah)
a ghost town with lots of abandoned buildings
What is the legend at horsetooth mountain? (Colorado)
a giant was slain here
What is George Ella Lyon's The Pirate of Kindergarten about? (Kentucky)
a girl who wears an eye patch to see better
What can you see at the Baylor University? (Texas)
a hand collection which has bronze models of Dr. Seuss, Disney, Eisenhower, and others
What can you hear at the Lakota Wolf Preserve? (New Jersey)
a happy, or haunting, howl from wolves
how was Lake Powell formed? (Utah)
a hydroelectric dam flooded Glen Canyon
What is legend of Bluebonnet? (Texas)
a little girl sacrificed her doll to make the rain come
How large is the Atchafalya swamp? (Louisiana)
a million acres (largest one)
What is in the capitol of Colorado?
a mini-capitol made of soup cans
What was named after the inventor, enginneer, and astronomer named Ambrose Swasey? (New Hampshire)
a moon crater
What is the legend at sleeping bear dunes? (Michigan)
a mother bear waited atop this dune then 200 ft bluff for her missing cubs
What happened in 1906 in California?
a powerful earthquake hit San francisco
What does the city of Sycamore hold every fall? (Illinois)
a pumpkin festival
What is at the Sterling Hill Mining Museum? (New Jersey)
a rainbow tunnel that has huge fluorescent minerals
what was the old man of the mountain? (New Hampshire)
a series of cliff ledges that looked like a face (it collapsed in 2003)
In Cherokee legend, what created the carvings in soapstone boulder named Judaculla Rock? (North Carolina)
a seven-fingered and seven-toed giant
How does the Vietnam war memorial honor Kentuckians who died in the war? (Kentucky)
a shadow passes over each name on the anniversary of their death
Lake of Iliamna contains what?
a sleeper shark
What did Blackbear Bosin make? (Kansas)
a statue she made stands where the wichita tribe once lived (44 ft)
What is buried under the capitol's cornerstone when it was built in 1870? (Nevada)
a time capsule
What did the teachers of Thomas Edison, the inventor of the phonograph, called him? (Ohio)
a troublemaker
What did james turrell make?
a volcano cone turned into eye observatory called roden crater
How was the ice cream cone invented? (Missouri)
a waffle vendor and an ice cream seller teamed up at the St. Louis Fair
what does the model town of Stoney Point Railroad have made out of scrap metal? (Virginia)
a working train, a library, and a jail
what is Clare Wanderpool's Moon Over Manifest abut? (Kansas)
a young girl growing up in Kansas during the depression
What was Kathi Appelt's novel The Underneath about? (Texas)
abandoned cat living under an old house
What is at Louisiana's most eccentric museum?
abita mystery house
Who is John Brown? (Connecticut)
abolitionist (birthplace is now a freedom trail)
What happens during the Desfile de Los Ninos? (New Mexico)
about 2,000 kids parade with their pets in costumes
who is chuck Yeager? (West Virginia)
ace pilot was the first person in the world the break the sound barrier in 1947
Where can you see at the Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede? (Missouri)
acrobats and horse stunts
Who is Andy Griffith? (North Carolina)
actor and singer famous for the Andy Griffith Show
Who is Paul Newman? (Ohio)
actor that also raced cars and started a food company
What can you see at Historic Forestville? (Minnesota)
actors making apple butter, medicines, and more like people from 1899
What did Sidney Poitier do? (Florida)
advocate for racial equality
What modern advancements came from New Mexico?
aerospace, science, and engineering
When was Joe Louis, heavyweight boxing champion, won the congressional gold medal? (Michigan)
after his death
What is in Bluespring Caverns park? (Indiana)
albino crickets, spiders, crayfish, and other creepy critters
What is celebrated at Peterson's annual festival? (Minnesota)
all things Scandinavian
What type of Buffet did Nevada create?
all-you-can-eat buffet
What can you meet at many swamp tours? (Louisiana)
alligator snapping turtle
what can you see at the Stonehenge of the Prairies (Mystical Horizons)? (North Dakota)
amazing sunset
Who is Paul Robeson? (New Jersey)
an actor and singer that was active in the civil rights movement
what did a 14 year old invent that is in modern T.V?
an image receiver (in 1921)
What do you celebrate at the barnum festival? (Connecticut)
an imaginative circus by P. T. Barnum
What are some of the theories for America's Stonehenge? (New Hampshire)
ancient calendar, a colonial root cellar, or a tourist-trapping hoax
what is the clothes made of?
animal hides they find
what did john brown leads to seize weapons from the U.S armory in Harpers Ferry? (West Virginia)
antislavery raid
what is the name of the islands that kayakers admire and paddle with kayak under the redstone arches of the sea caves? (Wisconsin)
apostle islands
what is Washington the top producers of?
apples (in the world), raspberries, and cherries
who is Martha Jane Canary (Calamity Jane)? (Wyoming)
army scout, frontierswoman, and wild west show star
how many ancient ancestral Puebloan and Hisatsinom sites are there? (New Mexico)
around 25,000
how high is mount rogers as it is the highest point in Virginia?
around 5,700 ft
what did the Adena people bury in the grave creek mound? (West Virginia)
arrowheads and animal carvings
What can you find at the Town Creek Indian Mounds? (North Carolina)
arrowheads and other stone tools
What does Bernheim Arboretum have? (Kentucky)
art program whee artist contribute to the the landscape
What did Howard Pyle Found? (Delaware)
art studio in Wilmington (students included N. C. Wyeth and Jessie Smith)
What did Evelyn Sharp do as a living? (Nebraska)
as a barnstormer
why did the pepperoni roll was invented by gluseppe argiro? (West Virginia)
as a snack that did not need refrigeration that is now a state icon
What was John Glenn before he became a U.S Senator? (Ohio)
astronaut that was first american to orbit the Earth
Where is the Cherokee diplomat, Ocanostota, buried? (Tennessee)
at Chota in his canoe
what and where can you learn about cranes at this reserve? (Wisconsin)
at the crane foundation, you can learn that a crane strut with its neck crooked is called a threat walk
What did Marilla Ricker try to do for 50 years? (New Hampshire)
attempt to vote
What is needed to operate the elevator in the state capitol? (Kansas)
attendant
When was louis armstrong born and who is he? (Louisiana)
august 4, 1901 (trumpet player that began his career on the streets of New Orleans)
Who is Tony Diterlizzi? (Massachusetts)
author and illustrator who co-created The Spiderwick Chronicles
Who is Frances O'Roark Dowell? (North Carolina)
author made the book Dovey Coe
Who is Larry McMurtry? (Texas)
author of his novel Lonesome Dove
Who is Kate Klise? (Missouri)
author of regarding the sink
Who is Louise Erdrich? (North Dakota)
author of the Birchbark House and member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
who is Kwame Alexander? (Washington DC)
author of the crossover
What does Syracuse have the most of than any other American city? (New York)
average snowfall
who is Katherine Paterson? (Vermont)
award-winning author of Bridge to Terabithia
who is Kevin Henkes? (Wisconsin)
award-winning author of lily's purple plactic purse
who is Connie Chung? (Washington DC)
award-winning television journalist that was the first Asian news anchor of a major network
who is henry louis gates, jr.? (West Virginia)
award-winning writer and filmmaker that is a professor of African American studies that also the first African American to have is genome fully sequenced
What is Ocracoke island home of? (North Carolina)
banker Horses that came from a shipweak in 1585
Who is Charley Pride? (Montana)
baseball pitcher that became a country singer
who is Jack London do?
based books off of Alaska life
what is the book Justin Morgan had a horse about? (Vermont)
based on the state horse
What are the Chitimacha people known for making? (Louisiana)
baskets that are black, red, and yellow from local river cane (called charenton)
Rehoboth Beach holds the first what? (Delaware)
bathing beauty contest (Thomas Jefferson was a judge)
What battle was crucial to the Texas Revolution that was against Texas citizens and Mexico which most of the citizens died? (Texas)
battle of the Alamo (13 days)
What is the other name to the silver sculpture "Cloud Gate" in Chicago? (Illinois)
bean
What is at the abandoned gold mining town named Rhyolite Ghost Town? (Nevada)
beautiful ruins and outsider art
What does Kansas make the highest numbers of?
beef cattle
what cooks bread in the harpers ferry national historic park? (West Virginia)
beehive oven (like in the 1809)
What did Carleton Ellis, a chemist, make? (New Hampshire)
better-tasting margarine and a new type of paint removal
what is not allowed in the most protected parts of the bighorn mountains? (Wyoming)
bikes and cars
what are some of the activities you can do at Rock Creek Park which is 1,754 acres? (Washington DC)
biking, tennis, and golf
What did the Lenni Lenape people made the wigwams out of? (New Jersey)
birch bark
state flower of Montana
bitterroot
what state animal eats fish, flowers, fruit, nuts, insects, and squirrels? (West Virginia)
black bear
what is the state nut that is used to make dynamite?(Missouri)
black walnut
What is the state fruit of Kentucky?
blackberry
What is the state gem that has a calming effect to help public speakers? (Nebraska)
blue agate
What are some of the colors of sapphires are founded in Montana?
blue, green, pink, and yellow
What can you see at the havasupai Indian reserve?
blue-green waterfalls called havasu falls
What does the state fruit of New Jersey help do? (New Jersey)
blueberries prevent memory loss
State bird of New York
bluebird
state bird of Missouri
bluebird
state flower of Texas
bluebonnet
what is home to the northern water snake that incubates their eggs inside their bodies? (West Virginia)
bluestone river
what has been founded in the Gia Cliff Dwellings? (New Mexico)
bodies and handprints of 13th century Puebloan builders
How do New Jersey harvest cranberries?
bogs are flooded to make rip berries float to top and using special machines to gather them
How did Jack Knight do his nighttime airmail flight? (Nebraska)
bonfires lit by farmers
Who is Elvis Presley? (Tennessee)
born in Graceland, he was a world famous singer and actor known as the "King of Rock and Roll"
Who is Ira Hayes?
born in sacaton, helped raise flag at iwo jima
Who is Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt? (New York)
both raised and educated together and became president and first lady
what are the huge collection of puppets and masks are used for in the bread and puppet museum? (Vermont)
bread and puppet theater company
What did Elizabeth Cady Station help break? (New York)
break barriers at the first women's suffrage convention
What is the Michigan state capitol building made out of?
bricks from Lansing, Stone from Ohio, cast iron from Pennsylvania, and marble form Vermont
Who fights each other during the beginning of the civil war in Kentucky (1861)?
brother vs. brother (boarder state)
State bird of Louisiana
brown pelican
what is at Excelsior Springs? (Missouri)
bubbling up waters that has healing properties
What and where is the first national river?
buffalo national river in Arkansas
Who is E. Fay Jones?
built with materials native to the Ozark mountains
What is the highlight of the the santa fe fiesta? (New Mexico)
burning of Zozobra, where "Old Man Gloom" is set alight
who had hideouts all over Wyoming?
butch Cassidy and his robbers
How was Lana Turner founded? (Idaho)
by a Hollywood scout in a malt shop while playing hooky from high school (movie star)
How was the gold in Dahlonego discovered? (Georgia)
by accident
How is the 3,000 pound harp named Aeolian Harp played?(New Mexico)
by wind
What is one of the books Kristina Gregory made? (Idaho)
cabin creek mysteries
what is the foggiest place in the united states? (Washington)
cape disappointment
state bird of West Virginia
cardinal
How did Pea Patch Island got its name? (Delaware)
cargo carrying peas was lost on this island sprouting new pea plants
What can you see at the studios of Mardi Gras world? (Louisiana)
carnival floats being built
What can you find to eat in Mississippi?
catfish, turnip greens, fried dill pickle, and chocolate meringue pie
What is the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum overrun with? (Florida)
cats
what legend is surrounding the spouting horn?
caused by monstrous lizard
Why did Hopkinsville hold its trail of tears powwow?
celebrate 150 years of the forced removal of natives
what is the point of Capitalsaurus Day? (Washington DC)
celebrates the district's official dinosaur called a capitalsaurus that was found in Washington DC
What Carl Hiaasen newspaper's are based on? (Florida)
centered around Florida
what is the Aleutian islands?
chain of 14 large volcanic islands and 55 smaller ones
what is the only animal that can outrun the pronghorn antelopes? (Montana)
cheetahs
What is Michigan known for growing and making? (Michigan)
cherries and pickled cucumbers
What is Buffalo known for? (New York)
chicken wings
Who is Chief Pontiac? (Ohio)
chief of Ottawa Tribe, he led a revolt against the British (Pontiac Rebellion)
Who is Tomochichi? (Georgia)
chief of the yamacraw Indians that lead to years of peace and abundance
who is Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield? (Vermont)
childhood friends and co-founders of Ben and Jerry's ice cream and started in an old gas station
what is Julia Alvarez's book Return to slender about? (Vermont)
children of Mexican migrant workers in Vermont
What did James Whitcomb's "Little Orphant Annie" warn? (Indiana)
children to beware of Goblins
what is offered at the mars cheese castle? (Wisconsin)
chudge (chocolate cheese fudge) and other cheese oddities
What class can you take in the Florida state University? (Florida)
circus lessons
Who is Thurgood Marshall? (Maryland)
civil rights activist ans lawyer that was the first African American justice of the supreme court
Vera Mae Pigee's salon in Clarksdale was a hub for what? (Mississippi)
civil rights activity in the 1950s and 60s
What can you see at the Indianapolis art center? (Indiana)
classes, camps, and exhibits like john McNaughton's twisted house
What can you do at the National Eagle Center? (Minnesota)
climb into an eagle's nest or test your strength against one
What can you do at the rock city? (Kansas)
climb, pose and marvel among 200 sandstone sphere
in Allegheny highlands in West Virginia, what can you do?
climbing, caving, hiking, rafting, biking, and skiing
Where is the Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum? (Maryland)
close to Oriole Park
Who is Emma Stone?
co-star of the help, the amazing spider-man, and Zombieland that grew up in scottsdale
What makes its home at the Guadalupe Mountain Park that runs on it's hind legs? (Texas)
collared lizard
What can you find at the Aspen Shrine? (Colorado)
collection of keepsakes to honor famous people
what can you see in the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury? (Vermont)
collection of pictures created using thousands of carefully positioned insects
What is the Marching Bear Mounds? (Iowa)
collection of shaped mounds from native americans (shaped like animals)
what is at the Allen Country Museum? (Ohio)
collection of things patients have swallowed including a diaper pin
What do you compete for at the National Marbles Tournament? (New Jersey)
college scholarships and more
What is used to make Choctaw Baskets? (Mississippi)
colorful swamp canes
Why was Smokey Robinson got a Kennedy Center Honor? (Michigan)
contribution to arts and culture
Who is Malcolm X? (Michigan)
controversial figure in the human rights movement and his ideas are still influential
What did one man do while tight-roping the Niagara Falls? (New York)
cooked an omelet halfway across (with 10 others)
What can you eat at the Yearling Restaurant?
cooter, frog legs, and alligator
What was new-gate prison? (Connecticut)
copper mine, prison, and now a museum
what is the name of the cooper mine that takes you back 100 years and is 1500 ft underground?
copper queen mine
What is the longest 19th century covered bridge at 449 ft long? (New Hampshire)
cornish-windsor bridge
What did George Smoot do to win a nobel prize? (Florida)
cosmic microwave background radiation
What is Mississippi known for growing?
cotton, rice. and soybeans
state tree of Nebraska
cottonwood
tree of Kansas
cottonwood
who is brad paisley? (West Virginia)
country music star and winner of three Grammy awards that learned to play the guitar when 8
What does the fans of Doc Watson do the the Statue of himself? (North Carolina)
cover it in flowers
What is cape cod known for? (Massachusetts)
cranberries
what can you do at the paper discovery center? (Wisconsin)
create your own paper
Who is Luther Burbank?
created 800 new strains of plants
What did Milton Bradley do? (Massachusetts)
created board game company to support the first U.S kindergartens
who is Bill Watterson? (Washington DC)
creator of the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip
Who is Norman Bridwell? (Indiana)
creator of the Clifford the big red dog books
What is the name of a national reserve that spreads over 1,100 square miles that you can see ancient lava flows in space? (Idaho)
creators of the moon national preserve
What are some of the extraterrestrial things you can see at the Roswell UFO Museum?
crop circles, alien abductions, and the Roswell crash
what did Horatio Nelson Jackson and his dog, bud, do in his car with no windshield? (Vermont)
cross the country from san Francisco to New York
What is the Scotts Bluff made out of? (Nebraska)
crumbly clay that is 800 ft tall
what are the top produce Idaho makes?
dairy products and wheat
what did bill Bojangles Roberson do to celebrate his 61st birthday? (Virginia)
danced down 61 blocks on Broadway
What did the red paint people hunt? (Maine)
dangerous swordfish
what was the Mount St. Helen eruption of 1980 called? (Washington)
deadliest and costliest volcanic eruption in U.S history
What is the hottest, driest, and lowest place in the united states?
death valley
what does the locals champion over? (Illinois)
deep dish
what is the pony express? (Wyoming)
delivers mail from Atlantic to the pacific coast in 10 days
Who is Tony Mendez? (Nevada)
designed gadgets for the CIA and rescued six diplomats from Iran in 1980
why was the old round church made round instead of rectangular? (Vermont)
devil will have no place to hid
what is sacred to several tribes that is a huge rising Plato over 1,200 feet that is excellent for rock-climbing? (Wyoming)
devils tower
Who is Dr. Anne Carlsen? (North Dakota)
devoted her career to serving people with disabilities like her (born with out forearms and lower legs)
what is the name of the bridge that looks like a rattlesnake?
diamondback bridge
What does New Jersey have more of than any other state (Hint: it is a building)?
diners
How did Ellen Craft escape Slavery? (Georgia)
disguised as a male southern slave-owner
where can you find Frederick Douglass's house? (Washington DC)
district of Anacostia
state flower of Virginia
dogwood flower
what is home to a stature of the mythical jackalope? (Wyoming)
douglas
what is at the molokai fishponds? (Hawaii)
dozens of rock-walled enclosures
Who is Bruce Springsteen? (New Jersey)
draws on his New Jersey roots to inspire his music (The Boss)
who is Steve Holcomb? (Utah)
driver for the 2010 Olympic bobsled team
What does the United Tribes International Powwow bring together? (North Dakota)
drummers and dances around the world
What darkens the entire Midwest on Black Sunday? (Kansas)
dust storm (1935)
What do the Chicago Plumbers Union do to the river on St. Patrick's day? (Illinois)
dye the river green
Who is Harold Gilliam?
early bush pilot over the Alaskan wilderness
What did Benjamin Green make? (Florida)
early form of sunscreen (1944)
What is at the Hopewell Culture national park? (Ohio)
earthworks, burial mounds, and lots of groundhogs
at the continental divide, where does the water go on the opposite sides of the mountain? (Wyoming)
east- towards the Atlantic and gulf of Mexico west- pacific
What represents peace and friendship in totems?
egales
How long so you have to stay on a bull in the Dodge City Rodeo? (Kansas)
eight secounds
what is the smith island cake? (Maryland)
eight-layer cake with pencil thin layers covered in crushed candy bars
what animal plays an important part in Washington's heritage for thousands of years?
elk
what is one of the largest species of deer that is very common in Wyoming?
elk
how much concrete was used to build the hoover dam? (Nevada)
enough that a highway can be paved from San Francisco to New York
Elizabeth Peratrovich done what?
equal rights for native Alaskans
who is Allen Allensworth? (Kentucky)
escaped slavery became an army nurse, was a u.s military chaplain and founded a California town
What does the jockeys must have for the Kentucky derby at Churchill downs?
excellent balance and strength (nonstop sit-ups for 4 minutes)
What can you do at the Lincoln living historical farm? (Indiana)
experience life as Abraham Lincoln during his childhood
Who is Francisco Vazquez de Coronado? (New Mexico)
explored New Mexico trying to fin the Seven Golden Cities of Cibola
What can you find at the agate fossil beds? (Nebraska)
extinct animals like the bear dog
How is the weather in Kansas?
extreme occasionally
What is across of the Ohio Statehouse that keeps the pigeons in the capitol square minding their manners? (Ohio)
falcon habitat
Who is Alan "Al" Stuart Franken? (Minnesota)
famed on Saturday Night Live then became a Minnesota senator
What is Haystack? (Maine)
famous craft school with courses of metalwork, woodwork, and more
what can you eat at the world famous little bear inn? (Wyoming)
fancy fried lobster
who comes to cheer on bronc riders at Cheyenne frontier days, the daddy of all rodeos? (Wyoming)
fans from around the world
What did the Natchez Indians do from Ad 700 to 1730s? (Mississippi)
farmed, fished, and built ceremonial mounds
What town was key on underground railroad? (Connecticut)
farmington
What is the Team Hoyt? (Massachusetts)
father and son duo raced (one by foot, other by wheelchair) in 32 Boston Marathons
who is Willem Dafore? (Wisconsin)
featured in the spider-man movies, fantastic mr. fox, and more
what causes the branches of the spruce knob to only grow on the east side of the tree in the Monongahela national forest? (West Virginia)
fierce winds from the west
What competitions are held each year at the Polynesian cultural center? (Hawaii)
fire dances
What did Marcia Jones and Debbie Dodey wrote about? (Kentucky)
first Bailey School stories in the cafeteria of the school where they were taught
Who is Sidney Gutierrez? (New Mexico)
first Hispanic astronaut to command a space flight logged 488 space hours
Who is Maria Mitchell? (Massachusetts)
first U.S women to work as an astronomer as a celestial observer?
Who is Alan Shepard? (New Hampshire)
first american in space in 1961 and ten years later, first american to play golf on the moon
what did mayor henry w. Maier holds in 1968 for the first time? (Wisconsin)
first annual festival aka the world's largest music festival
what did the northern paper mill first create in green bay? (Wisconsin)
first bathroom tissue (known as the toilet paper capital of the world)
Who is Neil Patrick Harris? (New Mexico)
first big hit that played a teenage doctor on TV
who is Arthur Ashe? (Virginia)
first black man to win the U.S open and Wimbledon tennis championships
Who is Bessie Coleman? (Texas)
first female African American pilot and first american with an international pilot's license who was a celebrated stunt flier
What did Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, become the first of while being one of the 100 greatest artist of all time? (Tennessee)
first female performer in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Who is Sandra day o'connor?
first female supreme court justice from phoenix
What did the Smithsonian museum get the first of that was from Washington State? (Washington DC)
first gray whale skeleton in 2013
Who is Pat Nixon? (Nevada)
first lady that was passionate about education, volunteering, and the arts
What is at The Messick Agricultural Museum? (Delaware)
first mass-produced John Deere Tractors
what was Starbucks named after? (Washington)
first mate in Moby Dick
What did William Foulke discover? (New Jersey)
first near-complete dinosaur skeleton in America
What was Vermont the first of? Hint: it was three things
first state to join the union after the original 13 states, first state to outlaw slavery in their constitution, and first state to ban billboards
how did Wyoming long lived up to its equal rights motto?
first state where women could vote and first female state governor in the country is from Wyoming
What is the McAuliffe-shepard Discovery center named after? (New Hampshire)
first teacher chosen for a space mission and the first american in space
what was the Shoshone Indians the first of? (Wyoming)
first tribe in the region to own and ride horses
Who is Joan Benoit Samuelson?
first winner of the Olympic women's marathon
what did Mary Lou Retton became the first of for a all-around event? (West Virginia)
first women to win an Olympic gold
What happened at the Heard Museum in Phoenix on February of 1990?
first world championship hoop dance contest
What can you do at Lake Minnetonka? (Minnesota)
fish for bluegill, perch, pike, walleye, and more
how many friends from lake mills carve and stack ice pillars weighing 300 pounds each to create icehenge? (Wisconsin)
five
what takes part in a sprint race during every home game of the Washington nationals baseball team? (Washington DC)
five mascots dressed as U.S presidents
What does the mid-america all-Indian center displays? (Kansas)
flags of some of 549 recognized native american tribes
What are gundalows? (New Hampshire)
flat bottom barges once common in New England
what does the colonial Williamsburg give tourists? (Virginia)
flavor in colonial america
what is the largest in Washington?
floating bridge in the world, and the largest building in the world being the aircraft factory in Everett
What do the Hefier International Headquarters do with rainwater?
flush toilets
what tops many building in Burlington? (Vermont)
flying monkeys made of steel
what strange house can you sleep in on the signal mountains? (Tennessee)
flying saucer house
Who is Bob Dylan? (Minnesota)
folk and rock singer songwriter
What did the Lenni Lenape people do with cranberries? (New Jersey)
food, dyes, and medicines
Who is Emmitt James Smith III? (Texas)
football Hall of Famer that was with the Cowboys for 12 years
how much does it cost to rid a 25 ft tall metal dragon that breaths fire? (Illinois)
for a buck (called kaskaskia dragon)
why did George Marshall received a Nobel Peace Prize in 1953? (Virginia)
for his work bringing aid to Europe after WWII
why does daredevils flock to Moab? (Utah)
for rock climbing and base jumping
why did covered wagons visited the sweetwater river? (Wyoming)
for water and food
who is Booker t. Washington? (Virginia)
former slave that turned educator, civil rights activist, and presidential adviser
What is the name of the company of the Buffalo Soldiers? (Kansas)
fort larned
What is Caesar Creek State park a haven for? (Ohio)
fossil hunters
What can you find at Devonian fossil gorge?
fossilized ocean floor animals before the dinos
What can be found at Monument rocks?
fossils
What can be found at the La Bera Tar Pits?
fossils of prehistoric animals including sabrtooth cats
What did Osceola do? (Florida)
fought to preserve his tribe's lands
what can you find at Hagerman Fossil Beds? (Idaho)
found around 3,000 fossils a year including a saber-toothed cats and masodons
Who is Jeff Bezos? (New Mexico)
founder of Amazon
Who is Henry Ford? (Michigan)
founder of the Ford Motor Company
Who is Cesar Chavez?
founds the united farm workers organizing community to champion farm workers' rights (from California)
where is the only place where 4 states touch each other? (Utah)
four corners
What is hanging in the Montana state capitol?
four early Montanans (native american, explorer, gold miner, and cowboy)
what did general William Wilson introduce in Charles town that spread throughout America? (West Virginia)
free rural mail delivery
what is hosted at Fort Reno park which is the highest point in the city? (Washington DC)
free summer concerts run by volunteers
who is James P. Beckwourth? (Utah)
freed slave that was a mountain man that spent time in Utah as an explorer and fur trapper
What is at lake Ouachita?
freshwater jellyfish
what does Texas mean?
friend from the caddo Indian word Taysha
What is Hibbing known for? (Minnesota)
frigid winters and Bob Dylan
where did North Carolina gets its name?
from Carolus, the Latin for Charles, after King Charles 1
How did the Major Taylor Velodrome got its name?
from Marshall Taylor who was the second black athlete to be world champion in any sport (cycling)
where did Nevada got its nickname, Silver state?
from it top production of silver (along with gold, livestock, and onions)
why is the ski resort, Killington, called the beast of the east? (Vermont)
from its 3,050 ft drop that is the largest in New England
where can you see the Kennecott Copper Mine which is very large? (Utah)
from space
Where did Iowa got its name?
from the Ioway tribe
what created the hoodoos in the palo duro canyon? (Texas)
frost and rain
What was known as North Dakota first business? (North Dakota)
fur trading post
who is Albert Spalding? (Illinois)
future baseball maker from Byron started as a pitcher (40$ a week)
What can you see at Jean Lafitte National Park? (Louisiana)
gators catching fish, soldiers from 1815, flat down the bayou
what did the Millennium agreement do?
gave tribal nations an equal voice in state matters
What can you hear about in the Joneborough's National Storytelling Festival? (Tennessee)
ghost stories
What is at the Jackson Children's Museum? (Mississippi)
giant scrabble board
What reptile in Arizona that has venom that can treat diabetes?
gila monster
What did Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low founded?
girl scouts
who is William Cody (buffalo bill)? (Wyoming)
gold miner, pony express rider, and army scout, he took the wild west to Europe with his cowboy shows
what is the state capitol of Wyoming toped with? (Wyoming)
gold-leafted cupola, which is latin for small cup
what represents the east and west railroads combining at Promontory Summit? (Utah)
golden spike
State flower of Nebraska
goldenrod
What did Margaret Mitchell make? (Georgia)
gone with the wind
Who is Celcil D. Andrus? (Idaho)
governor of Idaho for 14 years that was a passionate environmentalist. (also served as U.S secretary of the Interior)
what has several peaks over 10,000 ft high that are some of the youngest mountains in the united states? (Wyoming)
grand Teton mountains
what was the last place to be mapped in the continental U.S that is known as a spectacular and rugged landscape? (Utah)
grand staircase-Escalante
what was an important food source to the Goshute tribe? (Utah)
grasshoppers (protean and calcium)
what did the Adena people built in Marshall country around 250 bc? (West Virginia)
grave creek mount (largest conical burial mount in the us)
What animal has 195 million more scent cells than humans?
gray wolf
What is the salamander capital of the world which you can see over 60 species? (Tennessee)
great smoky mountains national park
What does the Ty Cobb Museum celebrate? (Georgia)
greatest baseball players of all times
what team did curly lambeau and George Calhoun create? (Wisconsin)
green bay packers (from the meat-packing industry that sponsored the team's first uniforms in 1919)
What was once a endangered turtle in Hawaii?
green sea turtle
How much apples does New York Grow (not an actual number)?
grows the most after Washington
What is at Bristol which is 70 ft long? (Tennessee)
guitar-shaped building
what is the white sand dunes made out of that can be used as blackboard chalk? (New Mexico)
gypsum crystals
who is Martha Hughes Cannon? (Utah)
had a successful medical career and won the first women's seat in the State's Senate
How far did the Cap Hatteras lighthouse move in 1999? (North Carolina)
half a mile
How many copies of Beyonce's secret album sold in one day? (Texas)
half a million
How much is Michigan covered in forest?
half of the state
what is special about the Seattle Mariners' Safeco field? (Washington)
has a retractable roof
What company did the Ogden inventor Nolan Bushnell create and what game did he invent? (Utah)
he created the gaming company Atari with the game Pong
Where did Philip Kunia "gabby" pahinui got his nickname from? (Hawaii)
he wore gabardine pants to his gigs
What did Thomas Garrett do? (Delaware)
help 2,700 slaves travel trough Delaware
What did Cordell Hull dull do which was born in a log cabin? (Tennessee)
help establish the united Nations
what did Cece Bell writes about? (Virginia)
her life with a Phonic Ear hearing aid (created El Deafo)
who is Patsy Cline? (Virginia)
her smooth country and western vocals topped the charts with Crazy
What activities can you enjoy in Kentucky?
hiking, fishing, rafting, camping, and caving
Who is Derek Jeter? (New York)
his 20-year baseball career with Yankees with 5 world series championship
who is Jackson Pollock? (Wyoming)
his abstract style of art uses splatters of paint, causing a revolution in the art world
what did Nirvana's lead singer, Kurt Cobain, smash and a year later his fist album is released? (Washington)
his guitar (album is called bleach)
Why did George Boldt stop building the Boldt Castle in 1904? (New York)
his wife died (stared in 1900)
What can you see at the Henry Ford Museum? (Michigan)
historical items documenting the industrial revolution
What can you find out at the museum of African american history? (Massachusetts)
history of Africans including many becoming mariners and whalers after slavery
what is Wyoming well known for?
history of exploration and adventure (buffalo bill, Sundance kid, and many fearless bucking-bronco riders)
what does the mariners' museum reveal about the Powhatan Indian canoe building? (Virginia)
hollowed out trees using fire
What is at the Saint-Garudens Historic site? (New Hampshire)
home of one of the country's top sculptors who designed the $20 coin
What is thought to be at Mount Katahdin? (Maine)
home of the storm god, Pamola
why is this called the gem state? (Idaho)
home to 72 types of precious and semi-precious stones
What is Nathan Hale State forest? (Connecticut)
honor's one of Connecticut's revolutionary war heroes
What is the Calle Ocho Festival? (Florida)
honoring Miami's Hispanic community
What did the Studebaker company started out making? (now the Studebaker National Museum)? (Indiana)
horse-drawn buggies
What was used to pull freighters full of produce along the Erie Canal? (New York)
horses
Who is Johnny Carson? (Nebraska)
host the tonight show that started by interviewing pigeons
What event does Zippei Bay State Park do in winter? (Minnesota)
hosts ski, snowshoe, and hiking events all illuminated by candles
Who is Garrison Keillor? (Minnesota)
hosts the radio show A Prairie Home Companion
How is the state capitol heated? (Idaho)
hot springs
What is Arkansas famous for? (hint: it is 153 degrees Fahrenheit)
hot springs (area called Buckstaff Bathhouse)
what type did the desert bighorn sheep adapt to? (Utah)
hot, dry climate
What is at Mountain Monument?
huge carving of three civil war leaders (football field wide)
what did 16 year old Jim White discovered in 1898? (New Mexico)
huge caves made from sulfuric acid
what can you make with the 2,000 toys and trains an the children's Museum of Virginia?
human-sized bubbles
What can you see at Lake Mille Lacs? (Minnesota)
hundreds of ice fishing houses
How was Memorial Day started? (Mississippi)
in 1861, women laid flowers on the graves of Civil war soldiers
where are NASA astronauts trained at in Arizona?
in a meteor creator
Why did the fort wayne wizards changed their name to fort wayne tincaps in 2008? (Indiana)
in honor of johnny appleseed
Who is John Muir?
influenced the creation of many national parks
What did Emily Bissell make? (Delaware)
introduced Christmas Seals to the nation
Why was the Teddy Bear invented? (Mississippi)
invented after president Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot an injured bear
What is the name of the Palace for King Kalahaua in 1882? (Hawaii)
iolani palace
What happens to starved rock in the winter? (Illinois)
it freezes
How big is the football in Odessa? (Texas)
it inspired books, movies, and TV Shows
how salty is the great salt lake? (Utah)
it is hard to sink so people float like a cork
what can you check out at George Washington's mount Vernon home? (Virginia)
it was made into a museum where you can see his false teeth
What was unusual about Charlie Parker's Saxophone? (Missouri)
it was made out of plastic
Why is Montana called the treasure state?
its mountains contain gold, silver, and other precious minerals
What Wrigley Fields? (Illinois)
ivy-covered stadium that gum built (cubs)
What id a Kitten sketch meant if left on the side of the road (like a note)? (Iowa)
kind lady lived nearby (Hobo museum)
What is Michael Jackson known for? (Indiana)
king of pop (born in gary)
what books did Kevin Henkes win awards for? (Wisconsin)
kitten's first full moon and olive's ocean
Who is John Chapman? (Massachusetts)
known as Johnny Appleseed, he traveled across the Midwest planting thousands of apple trees
who is Pushmataha, the "panther's claws"? (Mississippi)
known as the greatest of Choctaw chief that was a diplomat
Who is Robert Johnson? (Mississippi)
known as the king of delta blues. His techniques still influence blues and rock musicians today
what is the state insect that lays more than 1,000 eggs in its life span? (North Dakota)
lady bugs
what is a great spot for paddle boarding? (Nevada)
lake Tahoe
What and where was the temperature on the hottest temperature in Arizona?
lake havasu with 128 degrees F
What does Indiana name mean?
land of the Indians
what records have been broken at the Bonneville salt flats? (Utah)
land speed records
What is the Michigan known for?
largest freshwater coastline and make up of two peninsulas
How large is the capitol building? (Texas)
largest in the country
What is at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo? (Texas)
largest livestock show in the world
What can you find at New Hampshire?
largest ski mountains on the East Coast, Shortest ocean coastline, and maple syrup
What is known as the entertainment center of the world? (Nevada)
las vegas
How long and far was the first powered airplane created by the Wright Brothers at Kill Devil Hill? (North Carolina)
lasts 12 seconds going 120 ft
When did Blues Music start in the Mississippi Delta?
late 1800s
who is chief Seattle? (Washington)
leader of the Suquamish tribe that was known for his compelling speeches and peacemaking
who is Ethan Allen? (Vermont)
leader of the green mountain boys that played an important role in the revolutionary way and founder of Vermont
what does the staff at the Wyoming dinosaur center do to budding dinosaur experts? (Wyoming)
leads them on digging tours to a sauropod feeding ground
What is "the Christmas Story" based on? (Indiana)
lean shepherd's experience growing up in Hammond
Who is Erin Brockovickh? (Kansas)
legal clerk's work as an environmental activist
who is Pocahontas? (Virginia)
legendary Native American that helped the Jamestown settlement
what was the name of the theater once hosted big names like tex ritters? (Louisiana)
liberty theaters
What can you experience at the open-air museum of Sun Watch Indian Village? (Ohio)
life 800 years ago
What can you find out about in the B.B King Museum? (Mississippi)
life of musician B.B King and the musical history of the Delta
What did Willa Cather wrote about? (Nebraska)
life on the Great Plains
What did Thomas Edison invent and what was his nickname? (New Jersey)
light bulb and motion-picture camera, "Wizard of Menlo Park"
Why did Earhart choose the place she did for take off (located at Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum)? (Kansas)
light enough for to move without help
What has served sailors since the 1700s? (New Jersey)
lighthouse at Sandy Hook
What does St. Mary's church have?
lights that represents the world as half in darkness and half in light
What does the Alutiiq mask mean?
like a face, but not really
What did Albert Monero founded what? (Florida)
limbitless solutions (made prosthetic arms for kids for free)
What did Minnie Freeman do to help 13 students go home during a blizzard? (Nebraska)
linked them with twine
where is the endangered green pitcher plant at?
little river canyon national preserve
where was the famous first black pupils from? (9 of them)
little rock (went to little rock all white central high school)
what does baraboo hosts daily at the circus world museum? (Wisconsin)
live show in the big top through summer
what did the heroic efforts of mike Pavkisin and Clifford Philips help save? (Wyoming)
lives of fellow miners in the frontier mine disaster
What is the New Hampshire State Capitol made out of?
local granite
state tree of North Carolina
longleaf pine
What nursery grown million of trees to replace damaged forest? (Idaho)
lucky peak nursery
Who is Igor Sikorsky? (Connecticut)
made first helicopter in 1939
Who is Eli Terry? (Connecticut)
made first mass-produced shelf clocks
what is the W'eel Turtle made out of and how large is it? (North Dakota)
made from 2,000 wheel rims, it is 18 ft high and 40 ft long
Who is Kadir Nelson?
made heart and soul and Henry's Freedom
who is John D. Rockefeller? (New York)
made money with oil industry and donated money to charities later in life
Who is Bette Greene?
made summer of my German soldier (award-winning author)
Who is John Hughes? (Michigan)
made the movie Home alone
Who is harry Hondini? (Wisconsin)
magician famous for daring escape acts
State Flower of Louisiana
magnolia
State tree and flower of Mississippi
magnolia
What types of animals does Montana have most of?
mammals
What is Lake Mead? (Nevada)
man-made lake surrounded by some plants like the Joshua tree
What did Cheyenne Mis-stan-sta help do? (Colorado)
manage relations between Natives and settlers
who is James West? (Virginia)
many of his inventions can be found in cell phones, hearing aids, and microphones
when was the trans-alaska pipeline began?
march 1975
what does the American Precision museum have that changed American industry? (Vermont)
massive collection of machine tools that changed American industry
who is Duke Ellington? (Washington DC)
master pianist, bandleader, and composer
who is john Forbes Nash, jr.? (West Virginia)
mathematician that won the Nobel Prize in economics for his game theory
When was the hoover dam completed and what lake was created?
may 29, 1935, lake mead
what is made from 28 spokes of rock that is in the bighorn national forest and used in native American healing ceremonies? (Wyoming)
medicine wheel
When did billions of grasshoppers ate through crops and clothing? (Nebraska)
mid-1800s
Why is Montana known also known as the Last Best Place?
millions of acres of unspoiled wilderness
What statue does the capitol have that its torch glows up at night? (Georgia)
miss freedom
what book did Cynthia Rylant win an award for? (West Virginia)
missing and henry and mudge books
what does the mars society prepare astronauts for?
mission to mars
state bird of Texas
mockingbird
What can you do at Isle Royale National Park? (Michigan)
moose-spotting (needs to eat tall grass because it would be tricky)
How large is the population on NYC (not an actual number)?
more people than 40 of 50 states
How many theater performances are performed each year at Broadway? (New York)
more than 1,500
how many effigy mounds did native American societies? (Wisconsin)
more than 15,000
How many deer, elk, and antelope are in Montana?
more than there are people
How dense is the population in New Jersey?
most densely populated
What did Larry Nager named Memphis? (Tennessee) Hint: it is a title
most musical city on the planet
how many civil war battles are fought in Virginia? (not an actual number)
most of them
How big was the gusher at the spindletop oil rig? (Texas)
most powerful ever seen shooting "black gold" 150ft in the air
Why was the classes at the University of Mississippi was suspended?
most students was enlisted into the civil war
Who is Jame Addams? (Illinois)
mother of social work (first women to get the Nobel peace prize in 1931)
what was first celebrated in 1908 in Grafton where there is a shrine now? (West Virginia)
mother's day
what is the most famous in Seattle? (Washington)
music and the birthplace of starbucks.
How is celebrated in the Motown Museum?
music-history makers like the Miracles, Gladys Knights and the Pips, and the Supremes
What is the Stephen foster story? (Kentucky)
musical performed about the father of american music who wrote my old Kentucky home
who is les paul? (Wisconsin)
musician that developed the solid-body electric guitar that made rock music possible
what is said to create the moth man that is first seen in point pleasant in 1966? (West Virginia)
mutant born from a chemical dump
What can you hear at the Garnet Ghost Town? (Montana)
mysterious footsteps
where did the name for Idaho come from?
name from the shoshone language meaning "gem of the mountain"
Where did the red bird river got its name? (Kentucky)
named after a Cherokee chief
Who is Benjamin Alire Saenz? (New Mexico)
named the fifth most inspiring authors in the world
What is Sanilac Petroglyphs? (Michigan)
native American carvings from Late Woodland Period
What is at the Plains Art Museum? (North Dakota)
native american art, folk art, contemporary art, and a hip-hop themed graffiti mural
who is the Dat So La Lee? (Nevada)
native american washoe basket weaver
How close was the vote to end slavery? (Missouri)
near-unanimous vote
How cold is the Shoshone ice caves? (Idaho)
need to wear a coat in 100 degree weather
how cold is the ben and jerry's ice cream must be before being shipped? (Vermont)
negative 10
what bridge does hundreds of base jumpers leap 876 feet into the river during the bridge dat festival in October? (West Virginia)
new river gorge bridge
Who is Diane Sawyer? (Kentucky)
news anchor blazed a path for women journalists
where are symbols are etched in sandstone act as a 2,000 year old newspaper of native cultures? (Utah)
newspapers rock
Has the upper Missouri river breaks national park change much since 1805? (Montana)
no
How close are you to a body of water always in Michigan?
no more than 6 miles from nearest body of water
How many people know the complete combination to access the Fort Knox vault? (Kentucky)
no single person
what town has Christmas based names?
north pole
State bird of North Carolina
northern cardinal
state bird of Virginia
northern cardinal
What is the bats from D-Bat Factory made out of? (Texas)
northern white ash or maple wood
How much did the price of Pizza and rides of subways for 50 years? (New York)
not changed
State tree of Iowa
oak
What can you find in the oldest indigenous artifacts in the country? (Idaho)
obsidian arrowheads from the new perce, shoshone, and paiute tribes
what three things is Texas is the top producers of?
oil, beef, and cotton industries
What is the Dinosaurs made out of at Farmingdale? (New Jersey)
old car parts
what is the famous geyser that erupts 17 times a day and jets water around 184 ft in the air? (Wyoming)
old faithful
What is Fenway Park? (Massachusetts)
oldest ballpark that is home to the Boston red socks
Where did Larry McMurtry get his inspiration for making his novels? (Texas)
on a ranch as a rancher's son
how many marbles does the marble king make each day? (West Virginia)
one million
What picture book did Robert McCloskey make? (Maine)
one morning in Maine
Who is Sojourner Truth? (New York)
one of America's best known antislavery and gender-equality speakers
Who is Matthew Henson? (Maryland)
one of first people to reach the north pole
Who is Joseph McNeil? (North Carolina)
one of the Greensboro Four
Who is Charlie Parker? (Missouri)
one of the inventors of bebop music
Who is John Coltrane? (North Carolina)
one of the world's innovative saxophonists and jaz composer
what kind of a park is the Kenilworth park and ________________ garden? (Washington DC)
only national park devoted to water plants like the water lily (aquatic garden)
what was used to cook food before the first stove was installed in 1850s? (Washington DC)
open fire
What did the Salt Lake City hosts for the Winter Olympics where 202 Americans competed while winning a total of 34 medals? (Utah)
opening ceremony
What does the capitol building have? (Hawaii)
opening in the roof so it celebrates the elements of nature
what was the first cars for the soap box Derby made out of?(Ohio)
orange crates and wheels from toy strollers
What can you watch at the 2,800-seat Mountainside Theater? (North Carolina)
outdoor drama of the story of the Cherokee people
how many arches are at the arches national park formed by wind and water? (Utah)
over 2,000
how many performances are at the Kennedy Center which is the busiest in the nation? (Washington DC)
over 2,000 a year
How many caves does the Mark Twain National Forest have? (Missouri)
over 5,000 caves (also has streams, forests, and mountains)
state flower of Washington
pacific rhododendron
what can you use to travel up and down the Mississippi river?(Louisiana)
paddle steamers
what is displayed at the Knife River Indian Village that is a common cold-weather garment for the Hidatsa People? (North Dakota)
painted buffalo robe
Who is Georgia O'Keeffe? (New Mexico)
painter of flowers and southwestern landscapes that was inspired b Abigulu (continued to paint after losing eyesight)
what the rainbow colors of Fiesta dinnerware company include? (West Virginia)
paprika, peacock, poppy, and plum
Why did the town of Hot Spring changed its name to Truth or Consequences? (New Mexico)
part of a publicity scheme
What kind of volcano is Molokini? (Hawaii)
partially submerged volcano
What came you see at B&O railroad museum? (Maryland)
passenger cars that was once horse drawn
How did Kentucky got its nickname, bluegrass? (Kentucky)
pastures bloom with blue buds
what does the 3 Greek figures represent at the Tomb of the Unknown? (Virginia)
peace, victory, and valor
What did Naomi Chapman Woodroof researched? (Georgia)
peanuts
what does the new mexico spadefoot toad smell like with handled? (New Mexico)
peanuts
What has been mined out of lead mountain near Ticonderoga since 1815? (New York)
pencil lead
Why was the west braden springs hotel built? (Indiana)
people can beneift from the mineral springs
What does the Salem Witch Trials Memoral honors? (Massachusetts)
people who were unfairly executed for witchcraft
What is Nina Simone famous for? (North Carolina)
pianist, singer, and civil rights spokesman
What is the smith memorial labyrinth? (Indiana)
place of quiet reflection
What is the boil weevil? (Mississippi)
plague of beetles that destroyed much of the state's cotton crop
who is Robert Frost? (Vermont)
poet that won four Pulitzer Prizes and named poet laureate of Vermont
The arctic national wildlife refuge is home with what?
polar, black, and grizzly bears
state tree of Montana
ponderosa pine
What can you do at the house in eldon featured in grant's wood's famous painting? (Iowa)
pose for your own masterpiece
Alabama is known for producing what?
poultry, peanuts and rocket ships
What is the state's insect? (Connecticut)
praying matis
what did Georgia O'Keeffe was get by Gerald ford which she is known for her paintings of enlarged flowers? (Wisconsin)
presidential medal of freedom
What can you do at the garden of 1,000 Buddhas? (Montana)
prey and meditate
what did Margarethe Meyer Schurz opens that only had 5 students in Watertown? (Wisconsin)
private kindergarten
what does the capitol have that connects it to the house and senate office buildings? (Washington DC)
private subway
Why does Bob Dylan win a special Pulitzer Prize Citation? (Minnesota)
profound impact on music and American culture
what did Grace Murray Hopper design that revolutionized the way we use computers? (Virginia)
programming language
What is the name of the project where interns help band and feed seabirds at eastern egg rock? (Maine)
project puffin
What does the Cloud Chamber Sculpture in the Museum of Art do? (North Carolina)
projects the sky onto the floor
why is the rock spring became known as the home of 56 nationalities? (Wyoming)
prosperous coal mine attracted many immigrates
What can you see at the Museum of Civil War Medicine? (Maryland)
prosthetic legs made from wood and leather
what was Wisconsin one of the first of?
provide pensions for the blind, old age assistance, and first to open a kindergarten
Who is Janelle Monae?(Kansas)
psychedelic soul and R&B singer (born in Kansas city)
what native tribe formed buildings in Utah and scattered everywhere in this state? (Utah)
pueblo Indians
what is the Dischord records? (Washington DC)
punk music record label founded in 1980 by teenagers with 600 dollars
where did West Virginia got its name
queen Elizabeth 1
where did Virginia got its name?
queen Elizabeth I
What is at the Desoto national wildfire refuge? (Iowa)
raccoons, coyotes, great blue herons, egrets and more
What is Carol Gorman and Ron j. Findley's Stumptown Kid about? (Iowa)
race, baseball and loyalty in the 1950s
What was the High Trestle trail bridge before it became a bike trail? (13 stories high) (Iowa)
rail track
how long did it take to reach Chicago from Tocoma on the railroad compaired to a wagon? (Washington)
railroad- 4 days wagon- 6 months
What are the color of the canyons in Utah?
rainbow
What did Delaware do on December 7, 1787?
ratify the U.S Constitution (first state)
What is the museum that holds the largest collection of different species of rattlesnakes? (New Mexico)
rattlesnake museum
what can you visit at the Sacajawea state park? (Washington)
re-creation of a traditional Wanapum village
What is the Capitol of Delaware made out of?
red bricks (Georgian style)
state flower of Vermont
red clover
State tree of New Jersey
red oak
what animals found its food and shelter of the balsam fir trees in the Chequamegon-forest national park? (Wisconsin)
red squirrels and white-tailed deer
who is Jedediah smith? (Wyoming)
rediscovered the south pass route through the rookies that was a crucial shortcut on the Oregon trail
What did the plum bayou people make?
religious and social meeting place called Toltec Mounds
why did Brigham Young and his group of Mormon pioneers leave Illinois and arrived to the Salt Lake City? (Utah)
religious persecution
What can sunflowers do to the soil? (North Dakota)
remove toxins
What can you see at Fort McHenry? (Maryland)
replica of the 15-star flag of Fort McHenry and flown for 24 hours
What are the miccosukee people known for? (Florida)
reptile wrangling (gator)
what is saving Shiloh about which is created by Phyllis Naylor? (West Virginia)
rescued beagle in a town called friendly
What does the lei represent? (Hawaii)
respect, congratulations, welcome, or appreciation
Who leads tours through the passages of an old coal mines in Beckley? (West Virginia)
retired miners
What was Kermit Oliver before he was an artist which her created designed scarves? (Texas)
retired postman
what is one of the art piece at the J.M.K arts center? (Wisconsin)
rhinestone cowboy (covered his hat, glasses, and dentures with gems)
State flower of West Virginia
rhododendron
Where is the oldest minor league at?
rickwood field
What can you do at Beltrami Island State Forest? (Minnesota)
ride on horseback to remote campsites
who was one person who galloped in relay shifts across 2,000 miles of territory 150 years ago to deliver mail? (Wyoming)
riders such as buffalo bill
What did Abigail Scott Duniway helped secure what for women? (Idaho)
right to vote (4th state to grant this right)
What did the Ponca Chief Standing Bear win? (Nebraska)
rights of Native Americans to legal protection under the constitution
What is the Deka's Arm? (New Hampshire)
robotic arm that is so smart it can hold a grape
Who is Jimi Hendrix? (Washington)
rock and roll hall of famer that is arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music
what can you do at the city of rocks? (Idaho)
rock climb
what flocks to the 900 ft sandstone crag named Seneca rock? (West Virginia)
rock climbers
What is at the garden of the gods?
rock formations
what is monument valley?
rock formations made from water and wind
What does the Rockome Gardens have? (Illinois)
rock sculptures and a tic-tac-tow-playing chicken
state flower of New York
rose
What could you do with the cells in the Rotary Jail Museum? (Indiana)
rotate wedge-shaped cells so it allows one cell to open at a time
what route crosses the black mountains of Arizona? (drivers ask natives to drive for them)
route 66
what does the chefs in chugwater need to wear to protect themselves from these spicy peppers for the chugwater chili festival? (Wyoming)
rubber gloves
What do people of Liberal do on international pancake day (on every shrove tuesday)? (Kansas)
run through town flipping flapjacks
where can you find saguaro cacti?
saguaro national park
What did the indigenous tribes of Idaho hang up?
salmon on racks (early jerky)
Who built the capitol of Maine? (Maine)
same architect that designed the U.S capitol building
What can you do at the great sand dunes? (Colorado)
sandboarding
what is the Enchanted Mesa? (New Mexico)
sandstone rock that rises 430 ft above the surrounding landscape
what did Jedediah smith survive while forging a new trail through the rocky mountains? (Wyoming)
savage grizzly bear attack
what does the scientific name of blue crabs mean? (North Carolina)
savory beautiful swimmers
what is Coney Island known for? (New York)
seaside amusement parks
What did Larry Doby become second of? (New Jersey)
second African American to play Major League Baceball
who is Brigham Young? (Utah)
second president of the Church of Jesus Christ that brought worshippers to Utah
What can you see at discovery station? (Maryland)
see the innards of a giant Mack truck engine and its bulldog mascot
what does Charles Orvis sell when he settled up the Orvis company? (Vermont)
selling fishing tackle (fly fishing)
Who is Samuel Morse? (Massachusetts)
sends one of the world's first telegraphs from Washington D.C to Baltimore (he co-invented the Morse code)
who is Meriwether Lewis and William Clark? (Washington)
sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the western part of the united states
What did Ben Carson and 70-person surgical team do for 22 hours in 1987? (Maryland)
separate twins who had been joined at the head
What is at the enchanted highway that was created by teacher Gary Greff? (North Dakota)
seven metal sculptors
how did john krubsack, a banker, grew a chair in his yard? (Wisconsin)
shaping box elders in his yard
what can you sleep with in the Ripley's Aquarium? (Tennessee)
sharks
why is Ella Fitzgerald, who won 13 Grammy awards, called the first lady of song? (Virginia)
she sold more that 40 million albums
What is called the Niagara of the West? (Idaho)
shoshone falls (212 ft tall and 1,000 ft wide)
What can you see at the black american west museum? (Colorado)
showcases the achievements of pioneers, explorers, doctors, and other old western heros
What did 60 descendants of the Hatfield and McCoy families do to end the famous feud (started in 1800s)? (Kentucky)
sign a truce in 2003
what region is one of the richest mining areas, with silver, copper, tungsten, and garnets? (Idaho)
silver valley
What is the biggest theme park in the Pacific Northwest features? (Idaho)
silverwood (with 4 underground tunnels)
How long since the Comstock Lode been open? (Nevada)
since 1859
How long have the Albany Symphony Orchestra been playing? (New York)
since 1930
who is Pharrell Williams? (Virginia)
singer, producer, TV star, and composer that won 11 Grammys
What does the Arkansas capitol building have?
six bronze doors worth $10,000
how much does Gabby Douglas train each week? (Virginia)
six days a week for seven hours a day
When did New Hampshire declared freedom from Great Britain?
six months before the Declaration of Independence was signed
What can you do at Sun Valley? (Idaho)
ski
What is New Hampshire's state sport?
skiing (only state that has ski jumping as a high school sport)
What did Garrett Morgan invent? (Ohio)
smoke detector, traffic signal, hair-straightening cream, and gas mask
Who is Jean Lafitte? (Louisiana)
smuggler and war hero used New Orleans as base for his piratical operations
what state park did smugglers made a hid out in the caves? (Vermont)
smugglers' notch state park
What bird pass through the Bombar Hook National Wildlife Refuge on their way to their northern breeding grounds? (Delaware)
snow geese
what is played in outrageous costumes every winter in Winthrop? (Washington)
snowshoe softball
Who is Mia Hamm? (North Carolina)
soccer star that played for the Tar Heels that later won two Olympic gold medals
What can you see at the Pioneer Village? (Nebraska)
some 100 early tractors
Where is a ancient hoop and stick game called chunkey founded at?
southeast of little rock
Where does the snake river flow? (Idaho)
southern Idaho
What can you find at the cosmosphere and space center in Hutchinson? (Kansas)
space artifacts that can not fit in the Smithsonian
What collections are at the Johnson Space Center? (Texas)
space hardware including a lunar rover or moonbuggy
what is the Cincinnati chili and how much is consumed by locals each year? (Ohio)
special kind of chili with meat often served over spaghetti. Locals eat more than 2 million pounds in a year
what did the government gave Rudyard Kipling, the author of the jungle book? (Vermont)
special post office for him alone
What did Father Damien do and how did he died? (Hawaii)
spend 16 years caring for the Kalupapa Colony and died from the same disease as they were dying from
What can you see at the Whaling Museum? (Massachusetts)
sperm whale skeleton
What is some of the cousin in Louisiana?
spicy creole crayfish and blue crab
what is preserved and sold as art in Williamstown? (Vermont)
spider webs
What is in Alabama's capital house?
spiral staircase using bridge-building techniques
What is the town of Sedona known for?
spiritual locations with healing energy
the Audubon pilgrimage festival celebrates what? (Louisiana)
spring
Who is Michelle Williams? (Montana)
starred in Dawson's Creek and won an oscar for Brokeback Mountain
Who is Jimmy Fallon? (New York)
starred in Saturday Night Live and hosts The Tonight Show
Who is Shirley Temple Black?
started as an actress, she became a diplomat
What happens every August in Iowa for more that 150 years? (biggest one in the country)
state fair with 100,000s of people
what is the sandstone falls on the new rivers are considered? (West Virginia)
state's seven natural wonders
what is the Tallahassee's Mag Lab? (Florida)
state-of-the-art magnet research center
what did people petition to congress on 1983? (Washington DC)
statehood (name would been New Columbia)
what is in the office of the state capitol in Arizona?
statue of the first governor (George hunt)
what is at the state capitol of Virginia?
statues of George Washington and seven other Virginia born presidents
what can you see that is the world's largest in Cheyenne? (Wyoming)
steam locomotives named big boy
what is at the Youngstown steel museum? (Ohio)
steelworker's house and factory locker room
What is the walls of the grotto of the redemption in the west bend made out of? (Iowa)
stones, fossils, and gems
What is at the todd's house?
stooping place for the underground railroad
What is the legend of how saltwater taffy was made? (New Jersey)
storm flooded a candy store (overflow sea levels)
What is the Fly Geysers? (Nevada)
strange looking Geysers that constantly keeps growing
How did George Beadle win a Nobel Prize for Genetic research? (Nebraska)
studying eye color and bread mold
What did Dred Scott do to try to get free from slavery? (Missouri)
sued unsuccessfully
State tree of New York
sugar maple
state tree of Wisconsin
sugar maple
What did Norbert Rillieux make? (Louisiana)
sugar processing evaporator
what major plants are grown in Kansas?
sunflowers and wheat
Flower of Idaho
syringg
what three major dinosaurs lived in prehistoric Wyoming?
t-rex, triceratops, and Ankylosaurs
what song was sang by John Denver that is now west Virginia's state song?
take me home, country road
Who is Fred Astaire? (Nebraska)
tap dancing start that performed with his sister, Adele, starting at age 7
what did Merce Cunningham, a world-famous choreographer, start dancing to?
tap-dancing
What does the tigers do at the Tiger Sanctuary? (Missouri)
tasty pumpkins, meatball treats, and box forts to play in
what does Washington DC's residence does not have compared to all other states? (Washington DC)
taxation with representation
What was at the World's Fair in St. Louis? (Missouri)
tea with ice and a water slide for elephants
what does the Brown V. Board of Ed. Historic site teach? (Kansas)
teachers, secretaries, welders, students, and ministers who helped end segregation in schools
Why was John Scopes taken to court (first trial every broadcast on national radio-1925)? (Kentucky)
teaching the theory of evolution
Who is Bessie Smith? (Tennessee)
the "Empress of the Blues" that was the highest paided black singer of her time
What is home to about 500 animals like the cougar? (Louisiana)
the Alexandra zoological park
what is the largest cross-country ski race in the U.S that has its roots in Nordic history? (Wisconsin)
the American Birkebeiner (called birkie to the locals)
what honors a key moment in the Revolutionary war named the 1777 Battle of Bennington? (Vermont)
the Bennington Battle Monument
What did Sequoyah finish that made his first student his 6 year old daughter? (Tennessee)
the Cherokee Alphabet
What did the V&T Railroad connect to? (Nevada)
the Comstock Lode silver mines in Virginia City to Carson City
What is named after the cavalry commander who met his end in Montana?
the Custer National Forest
What is home to the Omaha's Art Deco Union Station? (Nebraska)
the Durham Museum
What is the most photographed trees in the world? (Louisiana)
the Evangeline oak (inspired poem named Evangeline)
What was some of the inventions at the world fair in 1893? (Illinois)
the Ferris wheel, first movie theater, and Cracker Jack (popcorn treat)
where did Vermont got its name?
the French words mont vert, meaning "green mountain"
What did Charley join that made him the first one in the show's history? (Montana)
the Grand Ole Opry
What maneuver did Henry Heimlich make? (Delaware)
the Heimlich Maneuver
What is the the state of Indiania known for? (hint: it is a race)
the Indy 500 during may (500 mile motor race) (first race in 1911)
Where did Kansas got its name?
the Kansas river (from the Kansa Tribe)
What is known as the sprint car capital of the world? (Iowa)
the Knoxville raceway
Where can you see at the great basin national park? (Nevada)
the Milky Way (famous for stargazers)
What is the first state sponsored women's college? (Mississippi)
the Mississippi university for women
What does Missouri mean?
the Missouri river that was named after Missouri river
What does Nebraska name mean?
the Otoe Indian words meaning flat water
what celebrates folk music and traditional crafts?
the Ozark folk center
what is home to the huge collection of American folk art collected by Electra Havemeyer Webb? (Vermont)
the Shelburne museum
Where did Nevada got its name?
the Spanish name for snowy
where did Utah got its name
the Ute Indians
what opened in Washington DC that grew to have 91 stations and 117 miles of tracks when it had 4.2 miles of tracks and 5 stations?
the Washington Metro
What did Austin's funky and creative music create? (Texas)
the annual festival of south by southwest
What is the name of the boats that the first English settlers that arrived in St. Clement's Island? (Maryland)
the ark and the dove
Where was Bruce lee from?
the bay area of California
what is the title that is proudly claimed by Sparta that the elroy-sparta trail has 32 miles of paths? (Wisconsin)
the bike capital of America
what was paid off by the efforts of Janet McCloud? (Washington)
the boldt decision is made (right of native American tribes to fist for salmon)
what is New Mexico's state tie that originated in Zuni, Hopi, or Navajo traditions? (New Mexico)
the bolo tie (piece of leather with metal tips)
what is the oldest and most prestigious writer's conference? (Vermont)
the bread loaf writers conference
what was a hideout for outlaws like Jesse James? (Illinois)
the cave-in-rock
What does the people honor during the Red Lake Powwow? (Minnesota)
the circle of life
What can you see at the Adirondack Mountains during the fall? (New York)
the colorful falling leaves
What did Eli Whitney invent? (Connecticut)
the cotton gin
What is Indiana is known for?
the crossroads of America
What id Flannery O'Connor mostly wrote about? (Georgia)
the deep south
what is built in 1873 that offers fresh food, flowers, and flea-market finds? (Washington DC)
the eastern market
what is one of the state's animal that live in the Virginia living museum? (Virginia)
the endangered red wolf
what did Edward and Marian MacDowell founded? (New Hampshire)
the first artist's colony named MacDowell colony
why is Virginia referred to as the birthplace of America?
the first permanent colony called Jamestown
Who is J.R simplot and what did he introduced? (Idaho)
the french fry king, introduced the world to frozen fries in 1953
What is Lebanon? (Kansas)
the geographic center of the main block of U.S states; add in Alaska and Hawaii and the center moves to South Dakota
what is the largest supplier of electric power to the united states? (Washington)
the grand coulee dam
what is the name of the statue for the 1939 world fair? (Florida)
the harp
Who began building a canal system in the Sonoran desert?
the hohokam people
what is in the house on the rock? (Wisconsin)
the infinity room in this house that stretches 218 ft over a valley and has 3,264 windows
What was opened to celebrate the peace between Canada and the United states in 1932? (North Dakota)
the international peace garden
Where did New Jersey got its name?
the island of Jersey in the English Channel
What is a hang out for horse riders?(Louisiana)
the little biloxi state wildlife management area
What do you celebrate at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum? (Minnesota)
the little house on the Prairie books in her childhood home
What divides Delaware and Maryland (it runs through Delmar and Marydel)?
the mason-dixon line
What ship sailed from England to Cape Cod in 1620? (Massachusetts)
the mayflower
what did Randy'l Teton pose by being Sacagawea? (New Mexico)
the millennium $1 coin
What can you see at the Petroglyph national monument?(New Mexico)
the most ancient petroglyphs (carvings) than anywhere else in the world
Who is Susan Elizabeth Blow? (Missouri)
the mother of kindergarten that started the first public kindergarten
what museum houses a 120 ft long Supersaurus? (Utah)
the museum of ancient life
what displays key items from the history of flight like Otto Lilienthal's glider? (Washington DC)
the national air and space museum
what is home to 1,800 animals of 300 different species where can you watch from home and a webcam? (Washington DC)
the national zoo
what keys was not on the first commercial typewriters in 1868? (Wisconsin)
the numbers 1 and 0
What book did Preston McDaniels make? (Nebraska)
the perfect snowman
What can you see at the Greencastle's Depauw University? (Indiana)
the periodic table with all the elements in a wall-sized exhibit
What was used as a relay system to pass mail from rider to rider? (Nebraska)
the pony express
what acient people grew corn and squash in Arizona?
the pueblo people
What is Motown? (Michigan)
the record label that helped Diana Ross and Michael Jackson into the musical spotlight
What three American rivers begin their journey in Minnesota?
the red river, the st. Lawrence, and the Mississippi river
what happens to the North Dakota State Capitol every New Year's Eve?
the rooms of the building are lit up to spell out the # of the new year
Who is Stagecoach Mary fields? (Montana)
the second women and first African American mail coach driver (got job because she was the fastest applicant)
What can you see at National Aquarium? (Maryland)
the starry puffer fish that eats hard-shell shrimp to wear down its teeth
what does the clay country celebrates every year during the golden delicious festival? (West Virginia)
the state apple that was discovered in 1905
what are some books from West Virginia?
the summer of swans (Betsy Byar), the hunger games (Suzanne Collins), and saving Shiloh (Phyllis Reynold Naylor)
What gives the Capitol building of Texas the pinkish tint? (Texas)
the sunset red granite
Where can you catch plentiful catfish? (Florida)
the suwannee river
What book did Kate DiCamillo make? (Minnesota)
the tale of despereaux
What is the largest electric railway museum in the world? (Maine)
the trolley museum
what railroads joined together at Promontory Summit that made the railroad stretch all the way cross America? (Utah)
the union and central pacific railroads
the horse in Phantom Stallion Books are based on what?
the wild horse of the Calico Mountains
What does the Oz Museum celebrates?
the wonderful wizard of oz
What can you learn about the history and great players of chess? (Missouri)
the world chess hall of fame
What is at the Vent Haven Museum? (Kentucky)
the worlds largest collection of ventriloquists dummies (800)
what created the feud of the Hatfield and McCoy along the big sandy river that lasted for decades? (West Virginia)
theft of a pig
What can you find out about in the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center? (Montana)
their journey
why are the ponies of Assateague Island are rounded up and swim across a channel to Chincoteague? (Virginia)
they are auctioned to raise money for the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Department that happens every July
How large is Connecticut?
third smallest state (however, it is highly dense)
How much wheat does Montana make? (Montana)
third's largest wheat
What chapel has 425 windows and 6,000 square feet of glass in Arkansas called?
thorncrown chapel
How many gallons of water flow down the steps of the water gardens? (Texas)
thousands of gallons
what did Pocahontas do to save John Smith's life?
thrown herself between John and her father's war club
Who built the Meneune Fishpond? (Hawaii)
tiny people called Menehune
Why was Fort Atkinson establish? (Iowa)
to protect the Winnebago Indians after they were forced out of Wisconsin (part of fur trade)
what is the name of the town that has annual toad races to celebrate its name?
toads suck
Who is Dorothea Lange?
too pictures of migrant farmers during the depression
how much content trucks and how long it took to fill the foundation hole of the Space Needle? (Washington)
took 467 cement trucks 12 hours (space needle is 605 ft tall)
Why is the fields of Kentucky known as "Horse country"?
top racehorses are bred here
what can you do at the Titanic Museum? (Missouri)
tourist are given boarding passes and enter through an iceberg (a replica ship half the size)
what town did buffalo bill and others found that was named after its large-than life investor? (Wyoming)
town of Cody
what does Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys help keep alive? (Virginia)
traditional banjo ballads
What is the Skipjack Boat? (Maryland)
traditional boats used for ouster dredging
What is at the Ukrainian Cultural Institute? (North Dakota)
traditional decorated Easter eggs
What collision happened on June 20, 1904? (Delaware)
train and boat
What is trained in the school called the seeing eye that Dorothy Eustis founded in 1929? (Tennessee)
train dogs to help the blind
The massive railway museum in union has what? (Illinois)
train treats for junior conductors
What did Leonhard Seppala do?
trained mush dogs and made him an unbeatable dogsled racer
what can you enjoy at the Pawpaw festival? (Ohio)
treats from the Pawpaw fruit like the prairie banana ice cream
What is the ouachita river lined with? (Louisiana)
trees (woodland)
What does Chainsaw sculptors use as wood to make works at the tree sculpture trail? (Texas)
trees destroyed by Hurricanes
At U-Dig Fossils, what animal can you search for that is 500 million years old? (Utah)
trilobite
what did lighthouse keepers had to do in the 1900s at the Marblehead Lighthouse? (Ohio)
trim the oil lamp wick and polish the lenses
Who is Glenn Miller? (Colorado)
trombonist and band leader went to college at UC Boulder
what type of fishing is the best in the country along the Yakima river? (Washington)
trout
can you fish at the Jones Hole? (Utah)
trout fishing
what are some of the gadgets with secret compartments in the international spy museum? (Washington DC)
tube of lipstick, an umbrella, and a pair of shoes
What was the dowse sod houses made out of? (Nebraska)
turf
How many times a year can you visit the Trinity Atomic Bomb Site? (New Mexico)
twice a year (half-mile wide crater)
How much does the singing tower ring each day (with 60 bells of the 205-foot high bok Tower)? (Florida)
twice daily
how many battles are preserved at the Manassas national battlefield park? (Virginia)
two
what is the first homes of the ice cream sundae? (Wisconsin)
two rivers
who is Hilary Swank? (Washington)
two-time Oscar winning actress
where is Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty, a huge spiral sculpture, often found? (Utah)
underwater
What can you find in Candlewood Lake?
underwater buildings and abandoned farm machines
what railroad reached the town of Cheyenne in 1867? (Wyoming)
union pacific railroad
what school did Johnny Weir and Taro Lipinski went to? (Delaware)
university of Delaware
what did the government seizes from West Virginia's fiesta dinnerware company that is used for its red glaze?
uranium to make the atomic bomb
What was the 2,000 year old duck models used for? (Nevada)
used by hunters to attract real ducks (lovelock cave)
What did the Wampanoag Tribe do to fertilize crops? (Massachusetts)
used lobsters
What ship did a school house saved with dimes and nickels?
uss alabama
What did Michelle Obama planted on the south lawn that is the largest in White House History? (Washington DC)
vegetable garden
What can you find in shipwreck beach? (Hawaii)
vessels have sunken (one included the London-carrying a cargo of gold)
State flower of Illinois
violet
State flower of New Jersey
violet
What is Chimney Rock? (Nebraska)
vital landmark to Native Americans and for anyone that travels through the Organ and Mormon trail
What is the Museum in the Streets? (Maine)
walking-tour company celebrating Maine's rich shipbuilding history
what is at the deke Slayton space museum that you can compare to on Earth, Venus, Mars, and the moon?
weight scale
who is laura ingalls wilder? (Wisconsin)
well-loved author for making little house on the prairie books
What is Iowa's deepest lake?
west lake okoboji
State Bird of Nebraska
western meadowlark
State bird of Montana
western meadowlark
state bird of Wyoming
western meadowlark
what was eaten at the first world eskimo-indian olympics in fairbanks?
whale blubber
state flower of Missouri
white hawthorn blossom
State tree of Illinois
white oak
state tree of Maryland
white oak
what plant you can find that some towns have eating contests of it? (West Virginia)
wild leeks- also known as ramps
What is Assateague island is home to what? (Maryland)
wild ponies
Flower of Kansas
wild sunflower
What is Montana rich in?
wildlife (wolves, moose, bears, swans, eagles, snow geese, pelicans, and more)
What is very common on the flat plains of Nebraska?
windmills (very windy)
What do you pass along the flume gorge? (New Hampshire)
winds between huge granite walls and past waterfalls
Who is Muhammad Ali? (Kentucky)
won the world heavyweight championship three times
What is some of the activities at the Basque Festival of Elko's annual celebration? (Nevada)
wood chopping, sheep hooking, and high kick dancing
state flower of Wisconsin
wood violet
What caused the delay launch of the Discovery space shuttle? (Ohio)
woodpeckers
Who is Brad Pit? (Missouri)
world-famous movie actor and philanthropist
What can you do at Royal Gorge Bridge? (Colorado)
zip line 1,200 feet above the Arkansas River