Really Tough Capitol Cities
"Isn't that Special?"
State Your Case
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American History
200

Santiago

What is Chile?

200

It's an international competition for physically or mentally challenged athletes

What are the Special Olympics?

200

In area it's the largest U.S. state that begins & ends with the same letter

What is Alaska?

200

"I knew you were" this "when you walked in"

What is trouble?

200

The first one of these was made in 1973 from a Motorola executive to his competitor at AT&T

What is a cellular phone call?

400

Port Moresby

What is Papua New Guinea?

400

Extraordinary visual images artificially created for a movie or TV show

What are special effects

400

We freely volunteer the information that at 6,643 feet, Clingman's Dome is this state's highest point

What is Tennessee?

400

Naming names, Taylor dated this wolf portrayer in 2009

Who is Taylor Lautner?

400

In 19th c. New York politics, a repeater was a man hired to do this several times in a day, shaving to change his identity

What is vote?

600

Thimphu

What is Bhutan?

600

A limited print run of a newspaper to mark an important event

What is a special edition?

600

This state was admitted to the Union on Valentine's Day 1912

What is Arizona?

600

Taylor's "colorful" fourth studio album

What is Red?

600

Although his Supreme Court case changed the way police talked to suspects, this Arizona man was retried & sent to prison in 1967

Who is Ernesto Miranda?

800

Riga

What is Latvia?

800

In 1885 the U.S. mail introduced this distinctive service

What is a special delivery?

800

During the 1980s this large southern state had the highest-percentage growth in the Union

What is Florida?

800

Ms. Swift was named for this "Fire And Rain" singer

Who is James Taylor?

800

The Platt Amendment of 1901 became a treaty between the U.S. & this new country & even became part of its constitution

What is Cuba?

1000

Sana

What is Yemen?

1000

The job of Independent Counsel, created by Congress in 1978, was also called this

What is the Special Prosecutor?

1000

Vidalia onions, some of the world's sweetest, hail from this U.S. state

What is Georgia?

1000

"Someday I'll be living in a big old city, & all you're ever gonna be is" this

What is mean?

1000

A 1621 treaty says English settlers & these native people led by Massasoit will "leave their bows & arrows" when visiting the other

What is Wampanoag?