States
Capitals
Nicknames
J for January
100

State directly south of Pennsylvania

Maryland

100

Dover

Delaware

100

Grand Canyon State -- for its popular tourist destination.

Arizona

100

This city in northern Florida has a football team that finished as the worst team in the NFL this season.

Jacksonville

200

This state was purchased from Russia for two cents per acre.

Alaska

200

Albany

New York

200

Hoosier State -- Named after an 1800s poem about the state, and now known for the famous basketball movie and the nickname for its state university.

Indiana

200

The famous city in Alaska that is also the only state capital to border another country.

Juneau

300

1 out of every 8 Americans live in this state.

California

300

Nashville

Tennessee

300

Centennial State -- Not because of its 100's of Rocky Mountains, but because it was founded exactly 100 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Colorado

300

This popular landmark is most associated with New York City, but technically speaking, is actually in New Jersey.

Statue of Liberty

400

America's launch pad for space flights, Cape Canaveral, is found in this state.

Florida

400

Salem

Oregon

400

Great Lakes State -- a fitting name for a state with over 11,000 lakes, including one of the Great Lakes

Michigan

400

Over 20 states have named a county after the third president, _____.

Thomas Jefferson

500

The only state that was a part of the original 13 colonies to NOT border the Atlantic Ocean.

Pennsylvania

500

Montpelier

Vermont

500

Sunflower State -- known for its annual sighting of sunflowers that spread across this midwestern state

Kansas

500

One of the worst floods in U.S. history happened in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1936. How high did the water get that flooded the city? (within 1 ft.)

8.5 feet

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