U.S. Geography
Running from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, this iconic river drains all or parts of 32 U.S. states.
What is the Mississippi River?
Located on the island of Oahu, this city is the capital and largest city of Hawaii.
What is Honolulu?
Founded in Cambridge in 1636, this Ivy League institution in Massachusetts is the oldest university in the United States.
What is Harvard University?
Founded in 1746 as the College of New Jersey, this Ivy League university in Mercer County features the tiger as its mascot.
What is Princeton University?
Boardwalk, Park Place, and Indiana Avenue on the original standard Monopoly game board are all real street names from this seaside city.
What is Atlantic City?
Standing at 20,310 feet in Alaska, this peak is the highest mountain point in North America.
What is Denali?
Known worldwide as "Music City," this city on the Cumberland River serves as the capital of Tennessee.
What is Nashville?
Known for its iconic Golden Dome and "Fighting Irish" athletic teams, this famous university is located in South Bend, Indiana.
What is Notre Dame?
Designated as "The State University of New Jersey," its New Brunswick campus was the site of the very first college football game in 1869.
What is Rutgers University?
Dubbed the "Wizard of Menlo Park," this iconic inventor set up his groundbreaking research lab in New Jersey, creating the phonograph and practical electric bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
Bordered by Canadian provinces on two sides and the Atlantic Ocean, this is the only U.S. state that shares a land border with exactly one other state.
What is Maine?
Surrounded by steep mountains and ocean water, this Alaskan city is the only U.S. state capital inaccessible by road.
What is Juneau?
Located in Palo Alto, California, this elite West Coast university's unofficial mascot is a redwood tree.
What is Stanford University?
Situated on a hilltop in Hoboken with skyline views of Manhattan, this school is one of the oldest technological universities in the U.S.
What is Stevens Institute of Technology?
For 11 years while starring as Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H, this actor famously commuted every weekend from Los Angeles to his family home in Leonia, New Jersey.
Who is Allen Alda?
Situated in California's Death Valley, this basin is the lowest point of elevation in North America at 282 feet below sea level.
What is Badwater Basin?
This Midwest capital was named in 1873 after a famous German chancellor in hopes of attracting European investment to the railroad.
What is Bismarck?
Chartered in Williamsburg in 1693, this institution in Virginia is the second-oldest university in the U.S.
What is the College of William & Mary?
Located in South Orange, this university—the oldest diocesan Catholic college in the U.S.—is famous for its Big East "Pirates" basketball team.
What is Seton Hall University?
Born Dana Owens in Newark, this Grammy-winning rapper and Oscar-nominated Chicago star bought a home in Wayne in 1992, where her mother lived for many years.
Who is Queen Latifah?
While Denver is famous as the "Mile High City" at 5,280 feet, this Southwestern city holds the record as the highest-elevation state capital in the U.S. at over 7,000 feet above sea level.
What is Santa Fe, New Mexico?
Named after a city in southern France, this New England town holds the title of the least populous state capital in the U.S.
What is Montpelier?
Located in Hanover, New Hampshire, this Ivy League school was originally chartered in 1769 to educate Native Americans as Christian missionaries.
What is Dartmouth College?
Formerly known as Glassboro State College, this public university was renamed in 1992 following a historic $100 million gift from an industrialist.
What is Rowan University?
Set across North Jersey towns like North Caldwell and Kearny, this groundbreaking 1999–2007 HBO drama starred James Gandolfini as mob boss Tony.
What is the Soprano's?