OFFICIAL STATE STUFF
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Originally performed to honor the gods, it's the state dance of Hawaii

the hula

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These were first recorded in Greece in 776 B.C. & Greece led the medal standings with 1 as Coroebus of Elis won the only event

the Olympics

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The first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company, Katharine Graham was the longtime publisher of this D.C.-based newspaper

The Washington Post
100

This capital of Minnesota was named for an apostle

Saint Paul

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Capitalizing on its own nickname, this Hollywood studio debuted the animated series "House of Mouse" in 2001

Disney

200

Its state monument is the 76-foot Golden Driller in front of Tulsa's Expo Center

Oklahoma

200

Hannibal brought 37 of these large animals over the Alps to help in his attack on Rome

Elephants

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In 1975, Junko Tabei was on top of the world when she became the first woman to reach the summit of this highest peak

Mount Everest

200

The names of this pair of explorers are on a Montana county, an Oregon river & a 4,900-mile trail

Lewis & Clark

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A 2012 readers' poll in Rolling Stone magazine listed "I Will Survive" and "Stayin' Alive" among the best songs in this genre

Disco

300

Arizona's state reptile is the ridge-nosed one of these venomous creatures, noted more for sound than appearance

a Rattlesnake

300

Title for the Egyptian king Ramses the Great, remembered for his wars & building projects around 1250 B.C.

pharaoh

300

A few years before playing Rose on "The Golden Girls", she became the first woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host

Betty White

300

his alliterative Colorado "Peak" is named for a man who tried & failed to climb it in 1806; guess that was an "or bust"

Pikes Peak

300

According to regulations, this Olympic sport's equipment should be 22 cm in diameter for men and 18 cm for women

the Discus

400

Utah's state winter sports are skiing & this newer, similar one

Snowboarding

400

The first 3 kings of Israel were Saul, David & this wise ruler

Solomon

400

In 2018, she became the first American woman to win a medal in every single event at the World Gymnastics Championships

Simone Biles

400

An 18th century British captain gave his name to these South Pacific islands, now a popular tourist destination

Cook Islands

400

In law, it's "a justice's nonconcurrence with a decision of the majority"; it's also the nickname of the collar worn by RBG

dissent

500

This New England state that produces a lot of them has the lobster as its official state crustacean

Maine

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By 2500 B.C. the Chinese were breeding a special "worm" in order to make thread & garments from this material

Silk

500

Decades before becoming the first female Supreme Court justice, she refused a marriage proposal from future Chief Justice Rehnquist

Sandra Day O'Connor

500

This strait between Asia & North America is named for a Danish explorer

the Bering Strait

500

Setting sail in 1610, it's the ship Henry Hudson used to navigate what we now know as the Hudson strait and Hudson Bay

the Discovery

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