100 State Trivia Questions

Last Updated on January 8, 2024 by Michele Tripple

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Bring trivia night home with this list of 100 State Trivia Questions! These trivia questions will put your knowledge of US States to the test!

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State Trivia Questions

Trivia games have become a regular activity in our house lately! We’ve pretty much had animal trivia and baseball trivia on repeat for our game nights and I can’t wait to try out some US State Trivia.

You should see us all competing to see who knows the most. We always play for the first piece of dessert, skipping cleanup duty, or even a novelty trophy if we have friends over. Everyone, young and old, always has the best time!

My kids are super interested in geography trivia and travel right now too, so these questions are sure to get them excited. If you have a trip coming up, these would make the best road trip activity too!

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Why Kids Trivia is the Best

One of the main reasons that I love kids trivia is that it encourages my kids to love learning!

Believe me, I know creating learning opportunities at home can feel like a chore! But with this list of 100 State trivia questions, there’s almost no work for you, just download, print, cut, and play over and over again!

Playing competitive games like Trivia in your family is also a great real-life learning experience. Your kids will learn about healthy competition, teamwork, being a good winner and loser, and coping with failure, all within the safety of a supportive home!

Trivia is just the best and so much fun too!

100 State Trivia Questions

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Question: Which state is the home of George Washington Carver, who discovered more than 300 uses for peanuts?
Answer: Alabama
Question: What is the longest river in the United States?
Answer: Missouri River
Question: Which state is the home of the longest coastline in the U.S., 6,640 miles, greater than that of all other states combined?
Answer: Alaska
Question: What state is bordered by Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming?
Answer: Colorado
Question: Which state is the home of most telescopes in the world?
Answer: Arizona
Question: Death Valley is located in what U.S. state?
Answer: California
Question: Which state is the home of the only active diamond mine in the U.S.?
Answer: Arkansas
Question: What U.S. state borders the following rivers: the Guadalupe, Trinity, Rio Grande, Brazos, and Colorado?
Answer: Texas
Question: Which state is the home of the “General Sherman,” a 3,500-year-old tree and a stand of bristlecone pines 4,000 years old are the world’s oldest living things?
Answer: California
Question: Which states border the Great Lakes?
Answer: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio

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Question: Which state is the home of the world’s largest silver nugget (1,840 pounds) found in 1894 near Aspen?
Answer: Colorado
Question: Which of the Great Lakes is located entirely within the U.S. border?
Answer: Lake Michigan
Question: Which state is the home of the first American cookbook, published in Hartford in 1796: American Cookery by Amelia Simmons?
Answer: Connecticut
Question: Pierre is the capital of what U.S. state?
Answer: South Dakota
Question: Which state is the home of the first log cabins in North America, built in 1683 by Swedish immigrants?
Answer: Delaware
Question: What is the tallest mountain in the United States?
Answer: Mount McKinley
Question: Which state is the home of the U.S. spacecraft launchings from Cape Canaveral, formerly Cape Kennedy?
Answer: Florida
Question: Lake Okeechobee is located in what U.S. state?
Answer: Florida
Question: Which state is the home of the Girl Scouts, founded in Savannah by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912?
Answer: Georgia
Question: What is the smallest U.S. state?
Answer: Rhode Island

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Question: Which state is the home of the only royal palace in the U.S. (Iolani)?
Answer: Hawaii
Question: “The people rule” is the motto of which state?
Answer: Arkansas
Question: Which state is the home of the longest main street in America, 33 miles, in Island Park?
Answer: Idaho
Question: Which state was first to join the original 13 states?
Answer: Vermont
Question: Which state is the home of the tallest building in the U.S., Sears Tower, in Chicago?
Answer: Illinois
Question: In which state was the first revolving restaurant established?
Answer: Washington
Question: Which state is the home of the famous car race: the Indy 500?
Answer: Indiana
Question: What is the capital of Virginia?
Answer: Richmond
Question: Which state is the home of the shortest and steepest railroad in the U.S., Dubuque: 60° incline, 296 feet?
Answer: Iowa
Question: Which state has the nickname “The Heart of Dixie”?
Answer: Alabama

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Question: Which state is the home of Helium discovered in 1905?
Answer: Kansas
Question: In which state was the first science museum established?
Answer: South Carolina
Question: Which state is the home of the largest underground cave in the world: 300 miles long, the Mammoth-Flint Cave system?
Answer: Kentucky
Question: The first college to establish coeducation is located in which state?
Answer: Ohio
Question: Which state is the home of most crawfish: 98% of the world’s crawfish?
Answer: Louisiana
Question: Which is the only state with a different design on the front and back of its flag?
Answer: Oregon
Question: Which state is the home of the most easterly point in the U.S., West Quoddy Head?
Answer: Maine
Question: The flag of which state contains the family crests of the Calvert and Crossland families?
Answer: Maryland
Question: Which state is the home of the first umbrella factory in the U.S.?
Answer: Maryland
Question: The Mountain Bluebird is the official bird of which state?
Answer: Idaho

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Question: Which state is the home of the first World Series?
Answer: Massachusetts
Question: What is the capital city of Alaska?
Answer: Juneau
Question: Which state is the home of the Cereal Bowl of America?
Answer: Michigan
Question: Which popular tourist attraction is Arizona known for?
Answer: The Grand Canyon
Question: Which state is the home of the oldest rock in the world, 3.8 billion years old?
Answer: Minnesota
Question: Which former US president was born in Arkansas?
Answer: Bill Clinton
Question: Which state is the home of Coca-Cola, first bottled in 1894 in Vicksburg?
Answer: Mississippi
Question: Which animal is featured on the state flag of California?
Answer: Bear
Question: Which state is the home of Mark Twain and some of his characters, such as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn?
Answer: Missouri
Question: What is the name of Colorado’s mountain range?
Answer: Rocky Mountains

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Question: Which state is the home of Grasshopper Glacier?
Answer: Montana
Question: Which of these Ivy League schools is located in Connecticut?
Answer: Yale
Question: Which state is the home of the only roller skating museum in the world?
Answer: Nebraska
Question: What is the capital city of Delaware?
Answer: Dover
Question: Which state is the home of the rare fish such as the Devils Hole pup, found only in Devils Hole, and other rare fish from prehistoric lakes?
Answer: Nevada
Question: What is Hawaii’s state flower?
Answer: Hibiscus flower
Question: Which state is the home of artificial rain, first used near Concord in 1947 to fight a forest fire?
Answer: New Hampshire
Question: Which park in Illinois is home to Cloud Gate (aka the Bean)?
Answer: Millennium Park
Question: Which state is the home of the world’s first drive-in movie theater, built in 1933 near Camden?
Answer: New Jersey
Question: What is the capital city of Iowa?
Answer: Des Moines

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Question: Which state is the home of the “Smokey Bear,” a cub orphaned by fire in 1950, buried in Smokey Bear Historical State Park in 1976?
Answer: New Mexico
Question: Which animal is featured on the state flag of Louisiana?
Answer: A pelican
Question: In which state did George Washington take the oath of office on April 30, 1789?
Answer: New York
Question: Maine is the only state that shares its border with only one other state. What state does it border?
Answer: New Hampshire
Question: Which state is the home of Virginia Dare, the first English child born in America, on Roanoke Island in 1587?
Answer: North Carolina
Question: How many of the Great Lakes does Michigan border?
Answer: Four
Question: Which state is the home of the geographic center of North America?
Answer: North Dakota
Question: What is the capital city of Minnesota?
Answer: St. Paul
Question: Which state is the home of the first electric traffic lights, invented and installed in 1914?
Answer: Ohio
Question: What is the nickname of Mississippi?
Answer: The Magnolia State

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Question: Which state is the home of the first parking meter, installed in 1935?
Answer: Oklahoma
Question: Which famous landmark is located in Missouri?
Answer: St. Louis Arch
Question: Which state is the home of the world’s smallest park, totaling 452 inches, created in Portland on St. Patrick’s Day for leprechauns and snail races?
Answer: Oregon
Question: Fossilized dinosaur eggs and rich mineral deposits have given Montana this nickname…?
Answer: Treasure State
Question: Which state is the home of the first magazine in America: the American Magazine, published in Philadelphia for 3 months in 1741?
Answer: Pennsylvania
Question: What is the capital city of Nebraska?
Answer: Lincoln
Question: Which state is the home of the Rhode Island Red chickens, first bred in 1854; the start of poultry as a major American industry?
Answer: Rhode Island
Question: What is a common nickname for Las Vegas?
Answer: Sin City
Question: Which state is the home of the first tea farm in the U.S., created in 1890 near Summerville?
Answer: South Carolina
Question: The capital city of New Hampshire shares its name with a variety of which fruit?
Answer: A grape

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Question: Which state is the home of the world’s largest natural, indoor warm water pool, Evans’ Plunge in Hot Springs?
Answer: South Dakota
Question: Which city in New Jersey has the longest boardwalk in the world?
Answer: Atlantic City
Question: Which state is the home of Graceland, the estate and gravesite of Elvis Presley?
Answer: Tennessee
Question: What is the state bird of North Carolina?
Answer: A cardinal
Question: Which state is the home of NASA, the headquarters for all piloted U.S. space projects?
Answer: Texas
Question: What is the capital city of North Dakota?
Answer: Bismarck
Question: Which state is the home of Rainbow Bridge, the largest natural stone bridge in the world, 290 feet high, 275 feet across?
Answer: Utah
Question: What is Oregon’s state animal?
Answer: A beaver
Question: Which state is the home of the largest production of maple syrup in the U.S.?
Answer: Vermont
Question: What common chocolate brand shares its name with a city in Pennsylvania?
Answer: Hershey

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Question: Which state is the home of the only full-length statue of George Washington, placed in 1796?
Answer: Virginia
Question: What dance style share’s it’s name with a city in South Carolina
Answer: Charleston
Question: Which state is the home Boeing, a leader in space and aircraft?
Answer: Washington
Question: Which famous landmark is located in South Dakota?
Answer: Mount Rushmore
Question: Which state is the home of Marbles; most of the country’s glass marbles made around Parkersburg?
Answer: West Virginia
Question: Which popular soft drink was invented in Texas?
Answer: Dr Pepper
Question: Which state is the home of the typewriter, invented in 1867?
Answer: Wisconsin
Question: What is the Texas state flower?
Answer: Bluebonnet
Question: Which state is the home of the “Register of the Desert,” a huge granite boulder covering 27 acres with 5,000 early pioneer names carved on it?
Answer: Wyoming
Question: What is the capital city of Virginia?
Answer: Richmond

What other state trivia questions would you add to the list? Share in the comments below!

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