State Capitals
Nickname
Name Origin
Sight Seeing & Rides
Abbreviations
100

The capital of New York

What is Albany?

100

The Buckeye State is its nickname

What is Ohio?

Bonus (100pts): Common tree in Ohio

100

Explorer Giovanni da Verazzano compared the land he found to the Greek Island of Rhodes and a Dutch explorer called the land Roodt Eylandt. These explorers are referring to this state

What is Rhode Island?

100

Cedar Point is an amusement park with thrilling roller coasters located in this state

What is Ohio?

100

This is the abbreviation for New York

What is NY?
200

Providence is the capital of this state

What is Rhode Island?

200

The Volunteer State is its nickname 

What is Tennessee?

Bonus(100pts): many volunteered for the War of 1812

200

It was said that the Caddo tribe greeted Spanish settlers by saying Tay-yas which means friends, this sounds like this state's name

What is Texas?

200

This state has Letchworth State Park

What is New York?

200
This is the abbreviation for Texas

What is TX?

300

The capital of Texas

What is Houston?

300

The Cornhusker State is its nickname

What is Nebraska? 

Bonus(100pts): corn is a large part of the crop population

300

This state gets its name from the British Duke of York

What is New York?

300

This is a boat ride in NY that allows you to take a closer look at Niagara Falls

What is the Maid of the Mist?

300
This is the abbreviation for Tennessee 

What is TN?

400

Omaha is the capital of this state

What is Nebraska?

400

The Empire State is its nickname

What is New York?

Bonus(100pts): Washington referred to NY as the "seat of the empire"

400

No one is certain how this state got its name, but two Native American villagers were Tanasi and Tanasqui which sounds similar to the state's name

What is Tennessee?

400

This amusement park is located in Tennessee and is owned by a famous country singer

What is Dollywood?

400

This is the abbreviation for Ohio

What is OH?

500

The capital of Tennessee

What is Nashville?

500

The Lonestar State is its nickname

What is Texas?

Bonus(100pts): state flag has a single star on it

500

Some think this state's name comes from the Iroquois word oyo, which means great river

What is Ohio?

500

The Opryland Hotel has greenery and water inside of it. This hotel is located in this state

What is Tennessee?

500

This is the abbreviation for Nebraska

What is NE?