Geography Bowl Game-State Facts

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For the next couple of weeks out topic in Geography Bowl will be to review "state" facts.

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January 6 Quiz Bowl Questions


1. Which southern state is a peninsula?

2. In which state was the first shot of the American War for Independence fired?

3. Which is the only state named for a president?

4. Which colony was the first to declare independence from England?

5. What two states were famous for gold rushes?

6. What is the major crop of Idaho?

7. Which state has the longest coastline?

8. In which state can the Atlantic City boardwalk be found?

9. What was the Dutch name for New York before it was called New York?

10. Which state was the first to introduce rural free delivery?

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January 6 Answers

1. Florida
2. Massachusetts
3. Washington
4. New Hampshire
5. California and Alaska
6. potatoes
7. Alaska
8. New Jersey
9. new Amsterdam
10. West Virginia

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January 8-Quiz bowl Questions


1. Which state is considered the mid-point of the continental United States?

2. Which state is the home of Fort Knox?

3. In which state was the first night baseball game played?

4. In which state is the largest active volcano in the world located?

5. Which state produces the most maple sugar and syrup?

6. Which state was the first to ratify the Constitution?

7. Which state is known as the "Show Me State"?

8. In which state was the first cotton gin built?

9. Which state was an Indian reservation until 1889?

10. In which state is the lowest point in the United States located?

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January 8 quiz answers


1. Kansas
2. Kentucky
3. Indiana
4. Hawaii
5. Vermont
6. Delaware
7. Missouri
8. Alabama
9. Oklahoma
10. California

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January 10 Quiz Bowl Questions


1. Which state is called the "Magnolia State" for the many flowering trees that grow there?

2. Which state is called the "Constitution State" for it's role in the Constitutional Convention?

3. Which American state is divided into parishes instead of counties?

4. Which state is famous for it's production of peaches and peanuts?

5. Maryland and Virginia border on what bay?

6. In which state was the battle of Gettysburg fought?

7. In which state is Arlington National Cemetary located?

8. In which state was the final spike of the first transcontinental railroad driven?

9. What two states form true rectangles?

10. In what state is there a national monument called Craters of the Moon?

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Quiz Bowl Answers: January 10

1. Mississippi
2. Connecticut
3. Louisiana
4. Georgia
5. Chesapeake Bay
6. Pennsylvania
7. Virginia
8. Utah
9. Wyoming and Colorado
10. Idaho

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January 11 QUIZ BOWL QUESTIONS


1. How many states border on Canada?
a. 11
b. 10
c. 9


2. In what two states did the first Pony Express service begin and end?

3. Who (Two men) fixed the boundary lines between Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia?

4. In which state was the first atomic bomb tested?

5. In what state did the textile industry begin?

6. Which southern state is famous for it's hydroelectric dams and nuclear power plants.

7. Which state is separated from Mexico by the Rio Grande?

8. In which state would you be able to see a painted desert and a petrified forest?

9. What Pennsylvania city is nicknamed "Steel City"?

10. What is the most common type of tree found in the north-western states?

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January 11 Quiz Bowl Answers


1. A.-11
2. Missouri and California
3. Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon (Mason-Dixon line)
4. New Mexico
5. Rhode Island
6. Tennessee
7. Texas
8. Arizona
9. Pittsburgh
10. evergreen

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January 12-Quiz Bowl Questions


1. In which state was the first shot of the Civil War fired?

2. Which state is known as the Bay State?

3. In which state is Ft. McHenry located?

4. Which colony was the first to offer complete religious freedom?

5. Which state is known as the Volunteer State?

6. The world's oldest and tallest trees are in which state?

7. Which state is the home of the U.S. Air Force Academy?

8. On which Hawaiian Island do most Hawaiians live?

9. In which state is the geographical center of North America located?

10. Which American city is often called "the Cradle of Liberty"?

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January 12 Answers


1. South Carolina
2. Massachusetts
3. Maryland
4. Rhode Island
5. Tennessee
6. California
7. Colorado
8. Oahu
9. North Dakota (Rugby)
10. Boston

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January 13 Geography Bowl Questions


1. Which inland state has the longest shoreline?

2. In which state was the largest fossil of a mammal found?

3. Which state is famous for it's lobsters and blueberries?

4. In which state is Boulder Dam located?

5. The Battle of the Alamo took place in which state?

6. Which state is the leader in oil (petroleum) output?

7. Which area of the United States receives the most rain?

8. Which range of American mountains is called the "backbone of North America"?

9. From which country was Alaska purchased?

10. With which state does one associate Cajuns and Creoles?

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January 13

Here are the answers


1. Michigan
2. Nebraska
3. Maine
4. Nevada
5. Texas
6. Texas
7. Pacific Northwest
8. Rockies
9. Russia
10. Louisiania

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January 17-Quiz Bowl Questions


1. In which state is the site of the Battle of the Little Big Horn?

2. Which state is the largest?

3. Which state is the smallest?

4. What large swamp is located in Florida?

5. In which state did the Wright brothers make their first powered airplane flight?

6. In which state is the shortest river, the "D" river, located?

7. What is the imaginary line that separates the Coastal Plains from the Appalachian Highlands?

8. Danile Boone blazed the Wilderness Trail into what state?

9. In which state is Mt. Rushmore located?

10. Which state was admitted into the Union in 1829 as a free state under the terms of the Missouri Compomise?

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January 17 Answers

1. Montana
2. Alaska
3. Rhode Island
4. the Everglades
5. North Carolina (Kitty Hawk)
6. Oregon
7. Fall Line
8. Kentucky
9. South Dakota
10. Maine