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100

THIS state, located in the extreme northeast US, borders the Atlantic Ocean.  IT'S capital is Augusta, and IT'S most prominent city is Portland...

What is "Maine"?

100

If you are dining in THIS state's most prominent city, Philadelphia, you may want to order the food it is most famous for: A Cheese Steak Sandwich...

What is "Pennsylvania"?

100

One of our nation's most fabled cities, THIS state's capital Boston was a cradle of European civilization in North America, as well as spark plug of the American Revolution...

What is "Massachusetts"?

100

The Old State House, in THIS city, is where Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and John Adams debated the future of the British colonies.  The _____ Massacre occurred in front of the building, and the Declaration of Independence was announced from its balcony in 1776...

What is "Boston"?
100

The ____  ___ National Seashore, located in eastern Massachusetts, is one of the most beautiful stretches of beach in the entire United States...

What is "Cape Cod"?

200

THIS state's largest inland body of water is the Quabbin Reservoir in the western part of THIS state...

What is "Massachusetts"?

200

If you are dining in New Orleans, you may order "Gumbo" (a Creole mixture of fresh seafood and vegetables) from the menu.  The city of New Orleans, located in THIS state, is also famous for "Mardi Gras"...

What is "Louisiana"?

200

THIS state is located between Montana & Wyoming to the east and Washington & Oregon to the west.  It's main crop (and the one it is most famous for) is the potato...  The capital of THIS state is Boise...

What is "Idaho"?

200

They don't call IT the "Ocean State" for nothing.  Though it is the smallest state in the US, it is ranked 22nd in coastline.  Providence is ITS capital & ITS most prominent city...

What is "Rhode Island"?

200

Theodore Roosevelt National Park sprawls across 70,000 acres of pristine prairie and badlands in the western part of THIS state.  THIS state borders South Dakota...

What is "North Dakota"?

300

THIS state borders the Pacific Ocean. IT'S capital is Sacramento, and IT'S 2 most prominent cities are Los Angeles & San Francisco...

What is "California"?

300

If you are dining in THIS state's most prominent city, Baltimore, you may want to order the food it is most famous for: Crab cakes...

What is "Maryland"?

300

DAILY DOUBLE... Miami Beach is located in THIS state in the southeastern part of the US.  THIS state is also the "Orange Capital of the United States"...

What is "Florida'?

300

THIS state is home to the city of Memphis, which holds the twin trademarks of "Blues music" and "Barbecue". ITS largest city is Nashville, the Country Music Capital of the World"...

What is "Tennessee"?

300
THIS state is almost equally divided between the Great Plains & the Rocky Mountains.  IT is famous for its skiing and outdoor life.  IT'S largest city is Denver...

What is "Colorado"?

400

THIS state's largest inland body of water is Lake Winnepesaukee.  IT'S capital is Concord...

What is "New Hampshire"?

400

If you are dining in THIS state's most prominent city, Portland, you may want to order the food it is most famous for: Lobster...

What is "Maine"?

400

THIS famous horse race, held each spring in "Lexington", is the first leg of horseracing's Triple Crown.  It is named for the state it takes place in...

What is the "Kentucky Derby"?  

(Lexington, Kentucky, proclaims itself the "Horse Capital of the World.")

400

THIS province is "The Most Scottish Place" in the world, aside from the land of Scotland.  In fact, ITS name means "New Scotland" in Latin.  ITS provincial capital is Halifax...

What is "Nova Scotia"?

400

The "Sunflower State" epitomizes (represents) the Great Plains experience.  Topeka is THIS state's capital...

What is "Kansas"?

500

The chemical description for water is H2O.  THESE 2 elements are what the "H" and "O" stand for...

What are "Hydrogen" and "Oxygen"?

500

Fans of the Green Bay Packers, have been called "Cheese Heads", because of all the cheeses made in THIS state.  THIS state also produces more cranberries than any other state in the US (even more than Massachusetts!)...

What is "Wisconsin"?

500

THIS state may hold the record for "most state capitals".  Monterrey served as the seat of government during the Spanish, Mexican, and early American periods  (1777-1849).  But it moved afterward through a quick succession of towns -- San Jose, Vallejo, Benicia, Sacramento, and San Francisco.  Finally the powers that be, settled on Sacramento in 1869...

What is "California"?

500

THIS province is Canada's largest.  It is known as "La Belle Province" (the Beautiful Province).  It is set apart from the rest of the country of Canada because of ITS French-Canadian culture.  ______ City which is the provincial capital, and contains the only walled town in North America.  ______ City is the most European city in North America...

What is "Quebec"?

500

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Glacier National Park, in THIS state, is that water melting from the park's glaciers and snowfields makes its way to the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and Hudson Bay. One of the nation's oldest (1910) and most beloved parks, Glacier National Park straddles the continental divide in northwestern _______.

What is "Montana"?

(Glacier National Park is the largest glacier gathering, with 25 glaciers, in the lower 48 states!)

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