State Nicknames
Which state is known as “The Sunshine State”?
A) California B) Florida C) Arizona D) Texas
✅ Answer: B) Florida
What is the capital of Texas?
A) Dallas B) Austin C) Houston D) San Antonio
✅ Answer: B) Austin
Which state is the only one made up entirely of islands?
A) Hawaii B) Alaska C) Florida D) Maine
✅ Answer: A) Hawaii
What was the first state to join the Union?
A) Delaware B) Pennsylvania C) Virginia D) Massachusetts
✅ Answer: A) Delaware
Where is the Statue of Liberty located?
✅ Answer: B) New York City
200: “The Empire State” refers to which U.S. state?
A) Pennsylvania B) Virginia C) New York D) Illinois
✅ Answer: C) New York
Which city is the capital of California?
A) Los Angeles B) San Francisco C) Sacramento D) San Diego
✅ Answer: C) Sacramento
How many states border the Gulf of Mexico?
A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6
✅ Answer: C) 5 (TX, LA, MS, AL, FL)
Which state was the last to join the U.S.?
✅ Answer: B) Hawaii (1959)
Mount Rushmore is located in which state?
A) Wyoming B) South Dakota C) Montana D) North Dakota
✅ Answer: B) South Dakota
What state is nicknamed “The Beaver State”?
A) Oregon B) Wisconsin C) Maine D) Idaho
✅ Answer: A) Oregon
The capital of Illinois is:
A) Chicago B) Springfield C) Peoria D) Rockford
✅ Answer: B) Springfield
What is the westernmost state in the U.S.?
A) Hawaii B) Alaska C) Washington D) Oregon
✅ Answer: B) Alaska
What state was once an independent republic before joining the U.S.?
A) Texas B) California C) Florida D) Hawaii
✅ Answer: A) Texas
The Grand Canyon is in which state?
✅ Answer: B) Arizona
“The Volunteer State” refers to which state?
A) Kentucky B) Tennessee C) Alabama D) Mississippi
✅ Answer: B) Tennessee
What is the only U.S. capital city located on the border with another country?
A) Juneau B) Augusta C) Montpelier D) Austin
✅ Answer: A) Juneau (borders Canada by sea routes)
Which state borders the most other states?
A) Tennessee B) Missouri C) Kentucky D) Both A & B
✅ Answer: D) Both A & B (each borders 8 states)
Which state was admitted during the Civil War in 1863?
A) West Virginia B) Kansas C) Nevada D) Nebraska
✅ Answer: A) West Virginia
Yellowstone National Park spans three states. Which is the largest portion in?
A) Montana B) Idaho C) Wyoming D) Utah
✅ Answer: C) Wyoming
“The Last Frontier” is the nickname for:
A) Alaska B) Montana C) North Dakota D) Washington
✅ Answer: A) Alaska
Which capital city is located at the highest elevation?
A) Denver B) Santa Fe C) Helena D) Cheyenne
✅ Answer: B) Santa Fe
The lowest point in North America is found in which state?
A) Nevada B) Utah C) California D) Arizona
✅ Answer: C) California (Death Valley)
Which state was purchased from Russia in 1867?
A) Alaska B) Washington C) Oregon D) Montana
✅ Answer: A) Alaska
Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was signed, is in:
A) Boston B) Philadelphia C) Washington, D.C. D) Baltimore
✅ Answer: B) Philadelphia
600: Which state’s nickname is “The Land of 10,000 Lakes”?
A) Michigan B) Minnesota C) Wisconsin D) Colorado
✅ Answer: B) Minnesota
Which capital has the fewest residents?
A) Montpelier, VT B) Pierre, SD C) Augusta, ME D) Concord, NH
✅ Answer: A) Montpelier, VT
Which two states do NOT share a border with any other U.S. state?
A) Alaska and Hawaii B) Florida and Maine C) Alaska and California D) Washington and Hawaii
✅ Answer: A) Alaska and Hawaii
Which state became the 50th state of the U.S.?
A) Alaska B) Hawaii C) Arizona D) New Mexico
✅ Answer: B) Hawaii
Where would you find the Gateway Arch?
A) St. Louis, Missouri B) Kansas City, Missouri C) Chicago, Illinois D) Denver, Colorado
✅ Answer: A) St. Louis, Missouri