US States and State Capitals Jeopardy Template

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State Songs

100

This is the largest state by land area east of the Mississippi River:

A. Florida

B. Alabama

C. Georgia

D. New York

C. Georgia

100

This city is the birth place of the modern civil rights movement and it became the capital of the state of Alabama in 1846:

A. Birmingham

B. Montgomery

C. Huntsville

D. Mobile

B. Montgomery

100

This is the flag of which southwestern state:

A. Arizona

B. New Mexico

C. Nevada

D. Texas

A. Arizona

100

The official song of this state comes from the 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical of the same name:

A. New Jersey

B. Nebraska

C. Louisiana

D. Oklahoma

200

During President Eisenhower's second term, this state, admitted to the union in 1959, became America's 50th state:

A. Alaska

B. New Mexico

C. Arizona

D. Hawaii

200

This city became the capital of the state of Virginia in 1780, replacing Williamsburg. It was designed by Thomas Jefferson:

A. Norfolk

B. Alexandria

C. Richmond

D. Roanoke

C. Richmond

200

This state flag was both a national flag of a republic and a state flag when the state was admitted to the union:

A. California

B. Texas

C. Utah

D. Colorado

B. Texas

200

John Denver's hit "Rocky Mountain High" became the co-official state song of this state:

A. Utah

B. Colorado

C. Montana

D. Wyoming

B. Colorado

300

This is the tallest mountain in the United States:

A. Denali

B. Mount Whitney

C. Mount Mitchell

D. Stone Mountain

A. Denali

300

In 1847, the capital moved from Detroit to this city because lawmakers feared Detroit was too close to British-controlled Canada during a war threat. This now capital city was mostly wilderness:

A. Ann Arbor

B. Grand Rapids

C. Saginaw

D. Lansing

300

This is the only state flag to include the British Union Jack in the corner to honor historical ties with Great Britain:

A. Maryland

B. Idaho

C. Connecticut

D. Hawaii

300

The Southeastern state known as the birthplace of country music has designated over ten official state songs and anthems through the General Assembly over the years:

A. Tennessee

B. Florida

C. Virginia

D. Mississippi

A. Tennessee

400

This state has the longest coastline in the contiguous United States:

A. California

B. Florida

C. Texas

D. Oregon

B. Florida

400

When Kentucky became a state in 1792, this city outbid larger rival cities to become the capital. Its early capitol buildings burned down twice (1813 and 1824), but the city successfully fought off efforts by larger cities to steal the capital designation:

A. Frankfort

B. Lexington

C. Louisville

D. Paducah

A. Frankfort

400

This is the only state flag with a non-rectangular shape:

A. Wyoming

B. Arkansas

C. Ohio

D. Delaware

C. Ohio

400

This state's song, written in 1977, started as a commercial jingle for a tourism campaign. This northeastern state has its capital in a city other than its most populous and best known city:

A. Wisconsin

B. Minnesota

C. New York

D. West Virginia

C. New York

500

This is the only US state that shares its entire land border with just one other state:

A. New Hampshire

B. Florida

C. Maine

D. Michigan

C. Maine

500

This capital city of the state of Illinois is located in the central part of the state along the Sangamon River. It became the permanent capital in 1837 due to the lobbying efforts of Abraham Lincoln who had a law office there:

A. Chicago

B. Springfield

C. Peoria

D. Rockford

B. Springfield

500

The flag of the 49th state features eight gold stars forming the Big Dipper and the North Star on a dark blue background:

A. Washington

B. Alaska

C. North Dakota

D. South Dakota

B. Alaska

500

In 1960, Ray Charles, a native of this state, recorded a soulful rendition of a Hoagy Carmichael hit for his album "The Genius Hits the Road." It was adopted as the official state song by the state legislature in 1979:

A. Indiana

B. Iowa

C. Missouri

D. Georgia