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US states quiz
How well do you really know US states? These 8 questions start easy and end with a Boss round. There are no multiple choice options: you type what you know, and every answer is checked against the key facts.
60 seconds a question, one 2x boost, and a leaderboard. Playing with friends writes a fresh set of US states questions for your group.
The questions
- Warm-up
Which state has Mount Rushmore, and how many presidential faces are carved into the monument?
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- South Dakota
- Four presidential faces
- The monument is in the Black Hills
- Easy
Hollywood and the Golden Gate Bridge point to which state? Name its capital and the ocean along its western coast.
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- California
- Sacramento
- Pacific Ocean
- Easy
Which state holds the Grand Canyon, and which river carved its famous gorge?
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- Arizona
- The Colorado River carved the Grand Canyon
- The canyon is in the southwestern United States
- Medium
Which state is nicknamed the Sunshine State? Name its capital and the ocean along its eastern coast.
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- Florida
- Tallahassee
- Atlantic Ocean
- Medium
In the 2020 US Census, which state had the biggest population, and about how many people lived there?
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- California
- About 39.5 million people
- The figure comes from the 2020 US Census
- Medium
Map detectives, which state has just one state neighbor, who is it, and which two states have none?
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- Maine has just one state neighbor
- Its neighbor is New Hampshire
- Alaska and Hawaii have no state neighbors
- Medium
One state flag breaks the rectangle rule: which state is it, and what shape is its flag?
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- Ohio is the only state with a nonrectangular flag
- Its flag is a burgee, with a swallowtail point
- Boss
Which state holds the geographic center of the contiguous United States, and what nearby town marks the spot?
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- Kansas
- The center is near Lebanon
- Lebanon is in north-central Kansas
How scoring works
- Each question has 2 or 3 key facts. Each one earns full, half or no credit, so a wrong answer scores zero.
- Later questions are worth more, fast answers earn a bonus, and great answers in a row build a streak.
- A famous myth or a clear factual error halves the points.
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