GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.84 USA
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 9:44 pm1. Which is the largest US state?
ALASKA
2. Of which US state is Albany the state capital?
NEW YORK
3. Which US state has the longest land border with Mexico?
TEXAS
4. In which US state is the majority of the Yellowstone National Park?
WYOMING
5. In which US state is the Palomar Observatory, site of the Hale Telescope?
CALIFORNIA
6. Which is the smallest US state?
RHODE ISLAND
7. In which US state was Elvis Presley born in January 1935?
MISSISSIPPI
8. How many US states are prefixed by the word New?
4 - YORK - JERSEY- HAMPSHIRE - MEXICO
9. In which US state would you find the painted desert?
ARIZONA
10. What is the most easterly of the US states?
MAINE
11. In 1983 the USA launched its first woman astronaut what was her name?
SALLY RIDE
12. What were the names of the two explorers and surveyors who in 1763-67 surveyed a boundary which formed the division between the slave-owning states and the free states of America?
MASON AND DIXON
13. What in New York city is known as the lungs of the city?
CENTRAL PARK
14. Before it was bought by America to which country did Alaska belong?
RUSSIA
15. In which cemetery just outside of Washington dc have soldiers been buried since the civil war?
ARLINGTON
16. Texas, Idaho and Oklahoma all have panhandles but what is a panhandle?
STRIPS OF NARROW LAND SPREADING INTO LARGER LAND
17. Name either of the two US states that is rectangular?
COLORADO OR WYOMING
18. Which valley in California is world famous for its wine making?
NAPA VALLEY
19. Which famous university is located in Cambridge Massachusetts?
HARVARD
20. Out of the 20 highest mountains in America, 17 are in which state?
ALASKA
ALASKA
2. Of which US state is Albany the state capital?
NEW YORK
3. Which US state has the longest land border with Mexico?
TEXAS
4. In which US state is the majority of the Yellowstone National Park?
WYOMING
5. In which US state is the Palomar Observatory, site of the Hale Telescope?
CALIFORNIA
6. Which is the smallest US state?
RHODE ISLAND
7. In which US state was Elvis Presley born in January 1935?
MISSISSIPPI
8. How many US states are prefixed by the word New?
4 - YORK - JERSEY- HAMPSHIRE - MEXICO
9. In which US state would you find the painted desert?
ARIZONA
10. What is the most easterly of the US states?
MAINE
11. In 1983 the USA launched its first woman astronaut what was her name?
SALLY RIDE
12. What were the names of the two explorers and surveyors who in 1763-67 surveyed a boundary which formed the division between the slave-owning states and the free states of America?
MASON AND DIXON
13. What in New York city is known as the lungs of the city?
CENTRAL PARK
14. Before it was bought by America to which country did Alaska belong?
RUSSIA
15. In which cemetery just outside of Washington dc have soldiers been buried since the civil war?
ARLINGTON
16. Texas, Idaho and Oklahoma all have panhandles but what is a panhandle?
STRIPS OF NARROW LAND SPREADING INTO LARGER LAND
17. Name either of the two US states that is rectangular?
COLORADO OR WYOMING
18. Which valley in California is world famous for its wine making?
NAPA VALLEY
19. Which famous university is located in Cambridge Massachusetts?
HARVARD
20. Out of the 20 highest mountains in America, 17 are in which state?
ALASKA
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