State Capitals Flashcards
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The state capital out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
Honolulu
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This Missouri capital is one of the 4 named after a U.S. president
Jefferson City
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| One of the 2 that end in “polis”
Annapolis (or Indianapolis)
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s the northernmost state capital; it can get real cold there too
Juneau
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| As governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger had his office in this state capital
Sacramento
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The key on this capital’s corporate seal represents it beit the key to the Rocky Mountain region
Denver
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The official website of this capital city can be found at talgov.com
Tallahassee
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| A sign in this Oregon capital marks the 45yh parallel “half way between the Equator and the North Pole”
Salem
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It began as a trading post called La Petite Roche to distinguish it from a high bluff farther upstream
Little Rock
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 1873 the town of Edwinton was renamed this by the Northern Pacific Railroad to honor the German Chancellor
Bismarck
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Forget Me Not, Glacier Avenue & Glacier Highway are streets in this state capital
Juneau
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This site was uninhabited woods when James Doty persuaded the Wisconsin legislature to put the capital there
Madison
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s home to Grand Canyon university
Phoenix
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Troy & Schenectady are part of this state capital’s metropolitan area
Albany
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This capital closest to Sutter’s Mill served as a supply center for the Forty-Niners
Sacramento
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This capital was created when adjoining settlements, East Alabama & Alabama, merged in 1819
Montgomery
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s the only 3-word state capital
Salt Lake City
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s the only state capital that bears the name of a U.S. vice president
Jefferson City
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s the only state capital whose city limits lie on an international border
Juneau, Alaska
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Baton Rouge & this other state capital both have 2-word French names; neither is named for a person
Des Moines
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This Plains State capital of only 14,000 people is the only U.S. capital with no letters of its state in its name
Pierre, South Dakota
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| One of the two state capitals whose names end with the Greek word for “city”
(1 of) Annapolis or Indianapolis
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The Old Barracks in this New Jersey capital housed Continental Army troops during the Revolution
Trenton
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The site for this capital was chosen because of its location between Pensacola & St. Augustine
Tallahassee
$1200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 1849 it replaced New Orleans as a state capital
Baton Rouge
$1600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| At an elevation of about 7,000 feet, this city in New Mexico’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains is the highest state capital
Santa Fe
$2000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| One of the 2 state capitals with “City” in their names that lie west of the Rocky Mountains
Salt Lake City, Utah & Carson City, Nevada
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 1821 Mississippi named its capital for this hero of the War of 1812; he didn’t become president until 8 years later
(Andrew) Jackson
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| When Kansas became a state in 1861, this city became capital
Topeka
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This capital lies in the Eagle Valley about 30 miles south of Reno
Carson City
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Tempe is a southern suburb of this state capital
Phoenix
$2200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| A statue of Ethan Allen stands within the portico of the state capitol building in this city
Montpelier
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Pass the grape jelly & name this state capital of New Hampshire
Concord
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s the capital of the Evergreen State
Olympia
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Much of the trendy Back Bay area of this state capital is built on a landfill
Boston
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Because he believed God led him there, Roger Williams named a state capital this
Providence
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s where you’ll find the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse
Charleston
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Located in the Central Time Zone, it’s the largest city by population to have no MLB, NFL, NBA or NHL team
Austin, Texas
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| We’re not sure whether the Spanish ship on its city flag represents the Nina, Pinta, or Santa Maria
Columbus (Ohio)
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This capital was created by the Missouri legislature & laid out by the son of Daniel Boone in the 1820s
Jefferson City
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Mount Rainier is visible to the east from its state capitol building
Olympia (Washington)
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| One of the major attractions in this state capital is the tomb of Abraham Lincoln in Oak Ridge Cemetery
Springfield
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This capital began as a small Dutch outpost, Fort Nassau, built on Westerlo Island in the Hudson River
Albany (New York)
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| 1 of 2 state capitals whose names start & end with the same letter
(1 of) Atlanta (Georgia) or Augusta (Maine)
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Alphabetically, they’re the first two state capitals named for presidents
Jackson & Jefferson City
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| One of its nicknames is the “City of Paul Revere”
Boston
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| One of the world’s largest pipe organs is found in the tabernacle in this state capital
Salt Lake City
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 1860 & 1861 Pony Express riders carried the mail from St. Joseph, Mo. ending in this Western capital
Sacramento
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Rosa Parks helped make this city “The Birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement”
Montgomery
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| 4 cities lie within this state capital’s city limits: Beech Grove, Southport, Lawrence & Speedway
Indianapolis
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| 5 state capitals, all of them on or west of the Mississippi, begin with these 2 letters
S-A
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Nebraska Wesleyan University is in this state capital
Lincoln
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| (<a>Hi, I’m Tim Russert of NBC’s <i>Meet the Press</i>.</a>) Before joining NBC News, I observed politics firsthand as a lawyer working in the N.Y. Governor’s office in this state capital
Albany
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This state capital is home to one of the armed forces academies
Annapolis
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| (<a>Hi, I’m Tucker Carlson of CNN’s <i>Crossfire</i>.</a>) One of my first jobs in journalism was as a staff writer at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in this state capital
Little Rock
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s the state capital whose major newspaper is a “Bee”
Sacramento
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This Nevada capital was founded by Abraham Curry, who named it for a famous frontier scout
Carson City
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| More than half of all U.S. coins are made at the mint in this “Mile High City”
Denver
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This state capital was founded by John Sutter, Jr. a year after gold was discovered on his father’s sawmill
Sacramento
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The 20-foot tall statue that stands in this capital’s City Hall Plaza was a gift from the citizens of Genoa, Italy
Columbus (Ohio)
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Peter Stuyvesant gave it the name Beverwyck in 1652; 12 years later it was given its present name
Albany (New York)
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This Southern capital was named for an ancestor of a 20th century poet known for his clever rhymes
Nashville, Tennessee
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Its 44-story office tower is the tallest structure in New York outside of Manhattan
Albany
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 1819 East Alabama & New Philadelphia were consolidated into this
Montgomery
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This capital founded by gold miners has over 100 days a year of below freezing temperatures
Juneau(, Alaska)
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It lies about 50 miles south of Portland on the Willamette river
Salem(, Oregon)
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It lies about 50 miles northeast of Portland on the Kennebec river
Augusta(, Maine)
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 2003 a famous marker on the steps of this city’s capitol got an altitude adjustment, being lowered by 3 feet
Denver, Colorado
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| A bronze statue known as “The Independent Man” tops the Rhode Island state house in this city
Providence
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Opened in 1917, the Museum of Fine Arts in this city was built in the Pueblo Revival style
Santa Fe
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Hollywood Cemetery in this city is the final resting place of James Monroe, John Tyler & Jefferson Davis
Richmond
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This city dropped the word “Great” from its name in 1868, while it was still a territorial capital
Salt Lake City
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The exterior of the gov.’s mansion in Tallahassee was inspired by the Hermitage in this other state capital
Nashville
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Before he was president, George W. Bush occupied the governor’s mansion in this city
Austin, Texas
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s home to the NHL’s Avalanche & also to a U.S. Mint
Denver
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| 2 of the 4 state capitals with the word “City” in their names
(2 of 4) Carson City, Jefferson City, Oklahoma City & Salt Lake City
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Anthony Trollope called this capital “on the River Kentucky” “As quietly dull a little town as I ever entered”
Frankfort
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This capital is also the seat of Kennebec County
Augusta, Maine
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| If you want to check out the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, go to this state capital
Austin
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Its name is French for “red stick”
Baton Rouge
$2000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Among its nicknames are “Zion” & “The New Jerusalem”
Salt Lake City
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| With a population of over one million, this Southwestern city is the most populous state capital
Phoenix
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Its Strom Thurmond Federal Building was completed in 1979
Columbia
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| One of the 2 state capitals whose names end with the letter “U”
(1 of 2) Juneau, Alaska or Honolulu, Hawaii
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In the continental United States, this city is the southernmost state capital
Austin, Texas (Tallahassee is a very close second, Baton Rouge, third)
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| No beans about it, this capital is the largest city in New England
Boston
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This twin city is the capital of Minnesota
St. Paul
$2400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s nicknamed the “Center of the Pineapple Industry”
Honolulu
$1600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| A 150-foot-high battle monument in this New Jersey capital marks the site of a famous Revolutionary War battle
Trenton
$2000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Every Memorial Day weekend, this city hosts its famous 500 auto race
Indianapolis
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The governor’s mansion housing George Pataki is in this city
Albany
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 1861 Abe Lincoln moved from this Illinois city and headed for D.C.
Springfield
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Think about it…this city was first settled by John Harris around 1718
Harrisburg
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Huey Long was shot at the state capitol in this city in 1935
Baton Rouge
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s known as “The Crossroads of the Pacific”
Honolulu
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This city is home to the Empire State Plaza
Albany
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s named for the third president of the U.S.
Jefferson City
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| While Portland is Maine’s main city, this is the capital
Augusta
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The first capital of the Confederacy, it’s nicknamed “The Cradle of the Confederacy
Montgomery, Alabama
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Fall River, Massachusetts is part of the metropolitan area of this state capital
Providence
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| A statue of King Kamehameha I stands guard outside the judiciary building in this capital city
Honolulu
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| From 1701 to 1875 New Haven & this city were twin capitals of Connecticut; today it’s the only one
Hartford
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The capitol building in this city was designed by Thomas Jefferson
Richmond
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The French called a land formation La Petite Roche, thus giving this capital its name
Little Rock
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This state capital is in the Green Mountains along the Winooski River
Montpelier
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| 1 of the 2 U.S. state capitals that begin with the names of months
(1 of 2) Juneau, Alaska or Augusta, Maine
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This Colorado capital was the first city to use the Community Chest to finance its charitable agencies
Denver
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This state capital is located about 2,500 miles west of Los Angeles
Honolulu
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| You’ll find the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in this state capital
Boston
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This state capital’s metropolitan area includes the cities of Glendale, Scottsdale & Sun City
Phoenix
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This capital is the headquarters for UPS, the Turner Broadcasting System & Delta Air Lines
Atlanta
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This Midwest city is the only state capital whose unabbreviated name starts with 3 consonants
Springfield, Illinois
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 1977 this Florida city replaced its old capitol building with a new high-rise capitol
Tallahassee
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The name of this Southwestern capital is Spanish for “holy faith”
Santa Fe, New Mexico
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Abraham Lincoln moved to this capital city in 1837
Springfield, Illinois
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| America’s oldest public art museum, the Wadsworth Atheneum, is in this city whose name contains the word “art”
Hartford
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 1957 this city’s Central High was at the center of a desegregation battle
Little Rock, Arkansas
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In the old railway line it fell between Atchison & Santa Fe
Topeka, Kansas
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Capitals named for women include the capital of Maryland & this Maine capital
Augusta
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s the capital of the state nicknamed “Heart of Dixie”
Montgomery, Alabama
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 1999 the team once known as the Houston Oilers made a slick move to this capital
Nashville (Tennessee Titans)
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| A synonym for this New England state capital could be what’s symbolized by the sign here [Deer Crossing]
Hartford, Connecticut
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Put on your sunscreen & head to Waikiki Beach, a popular tourist spot in this capital city
Honolulu
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It was the site of a famous “Tea Party”, December 16, 1773
Boston
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| During the Civil War, Union troops led by Sherman captured & burned much of this Georgia capital
Atlanta
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The capital of Mississippi was named for this man, even before he became president
Andrew Jackson
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s the capital of the most populous U.S. state
Sacramento (California)
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In the 1840s it succeeded Detroit as Michigan’s capital
Lansing
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This capital city’s metro region includes Tempe & Mesa
Phoenix
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s nicknamed “The Green Mountain City”
Montpelier, Vermont
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It lies at the head of Narragansett Bay
Providence
$900 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Once called Edwinton, it was renamed for a German chancellor
Bismarck, North Dakota
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This Utah capital lies about 15 miles from the body of water for which it was named
Salt Lake City
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Iolani Palace in this capital city was once home to monarchs
Honolulu
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This city was laid out in the late 1840s on property once owned by John Sutter
Sacramento
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| What a discovery! Genoa, Italy is an appropriate sister city of this state capital
Columbus, Ohio
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| You’ll find this state capital near the eastern end of the Erie Canal
Albany
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Massachusetts
Boston
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Nevada
Carson City
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| North Dakota
Bismarck
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| West Virginia
Charleston
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Chartered in 1781, it’s the only state capital named for a French city
Montpelier, Vermont
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Add one letter to a word meaning a religious rite & you get this U.S. state capital
Sacramento, California
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 1955 Martin Luther King, Jr. led a boycott of this Alabama capital’s segregated bus system
Montgomery
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| One of the 2 state capitals whose names include that of the state
Indianapolis or Oklahoma City
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| (Hi, I’m Kristi Yamaguchi) In 2002 the Winter Olympics are scheduled to take place in this state capital
Salt Lake City
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The name of this capital is French for “red stick”
Baton Rouge
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Dating from 1764, this city’s “Courant” is one of our nation’s oldest newspapers
Hartford
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Musically, this capital is known for its “Pops” concerts & summer concerts on the Charles River Esplanade
Boston
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This small capital lies at the western edge of its state’s Bluegrass region
Frankfort, Kentucky
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It was the original western terminus of the Transcontinental Railroad
Sacramento
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| A statue of Ethan Allen graces the Capitol Building portico in this city
Montpelier, Vermont
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This capital’s executive mansion was once the home of James G. Blaine
Augusta, Maine
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Over 10 interstate & U.S. highways funnel into this Indiana capital; thus its nickname, the “Crossroads of America”
Indianapolis
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Although Delaware’s capital since 1777, it wasn’t incorporated as a city until 1929
Dover
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Now a museum, the old Governor’s Mansion in this capital was constructed by Huey P. Long in 1930
Baton Rouge
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In the 1860s, it became the last of 4 capitals to be named for a U.S. president
Lincoln
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Its newspapers include the Globe, the Herald & the Christian Science Monitor
Boston
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| MacArthur Park in this Arkansas capital honors General Douglas MacArthur, not Richard Harris
Little Rock
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This capital has been home to the NBA’s Kings since 1985
Sacramento
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Its one daily newspaper is the Idaho Statesman
Boise
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The old governor’s mansion in this capital was built by Huey Long in 1930
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The Peachtree Road Race is a 6-mile run held every July 4 in this capital
Atlanta
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This New York capital was once known as Beverwyck
Albany
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 1982 Alaskans rejected a proposal that would have made Willow the capital instead of this city
Juneau
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In hopes that Germany would help finance its railroad, North Dakota named its capital this
Bismarck
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Bulit in 1610, the Spanish Palace of Governors in this southwest capital is now a museum
Santa Fe
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s “The Birthplace of Dixie”
Montgomery, Alabama
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 1765 this city was named in honor of the peaceful resolution of a boundary dispute
Concord, New Hampshire
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Natives of this city think it’s O.K. to call it OKC
Oklahoma City
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Dole Cannery Square is one of this city’s premier shopping destinations
Honolulu
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This city boasts museums devoted to toys, beverage containers & Hank Williams Jr.
Nashville
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| One of America’s oldest churches, the Mission of San Miguel in this city, was erected around 1610
Santa Fe
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The Prudential Center Skywalk provides spectacular views of this New England capital
Boston
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s the only state capital whose name has 3 sets of double letters
Tallahassee
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s Louisiana’s second largest city & its capital
Baton Rouge
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| South Dakota’s Cultural Heritage Center in this city displays a lead plate left by French explorers in 1743
Pierre
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 1840 Jason Lee established a mission on the site of this future Oregon capital
Salem
$1900 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Washington Crossing State Park lies northwest of this capital on the Delaware River
Trenton, New Jersey
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| At almost 7,000 feet above sea level in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, it’s the highest U.S. capital
Santa Fe, New Mexico
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The Kodak Hula Show in this city is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 1997
Honolulu
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This seat of Kent County, Delaware is named for a city in England’s county of Kent
Dover
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Magnolia Mound Plantation, an old Creole home, is a tourist attraction in this city
Baton Rouge
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The Pueblo Revolt drove the Spanish out of this city in 1680, but they returned in 1692
Santa Fe
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Appropriately, the capitol building in this capital of the “Silver State” has a silver dome
Carson City
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Its full Spanish name originally meant “The Royal City of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi”
Santa Fe, New Mexico
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It was named for Britain’s last Stuart monarch, who gave the city its charter in 1708
Annapolis, Maryland
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Every spring the Alaska Folk Festival attracts lots of folks to this state capital
Juneau
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The origins of this Idaho city date back to a fort built in 1863 to protect gold miners
Boise
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| You’ll find this capital of Montana in Prickly Pear Valley
Helena
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In Sept. & Oct. you may watch salmon swim up the fish ladders in this Washington city’s Capitol Lake
Olympia
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This city’s zoo is only 2 blocks away from a museum devoted to Father Damien
Honolulu
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The metropolitan area of this Michigan capital occupies parts of 3 counties
Lansing
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The area of this Wyoming capital was first occupied by the Native American tribe for which it’s named
Cheyenne
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This city is the center of Alabama’s fertile “Black Belt” agricultural area
Montgomery
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Lincoln University in this Missouri capital was founded by black Civil War veterans
Jefferson City
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This capital’s 1970 merger with the town of Douglas made it the nation’s largest state capital in area
Juneau, Alaska
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Like its major streets Hope, Benefit & Friendship, its name is an abstraction
Providence, Rhode Island
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In the 19th century it had co-capitals: Newport & Providence
Rhode Island
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Before closing in 1893, this Nevada city’s mint made almost $50 million in silver dollars & other coins
Carson City
$1500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 1957 this capital’s Central High School was under court order to integrate
Little Rock, Arkansas
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s home to Belmont, David Lipscomb & Vanderbilt universities
Nashville
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This capital’s population is 47.4% Hispanic
Santa Fe, New Mexico
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Taking 40 years to build, the Mormon Temple was dedicated in this capital in 1893
Salt Lake City
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The California gold rush helped put this state capital on the map
Sacramento
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s located on the Kentucky River, about 50 miles east of Louisville
Frankfort
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s nicknamed “The Roger Williams City”
Providence, Rhode Island
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 1624 Dutch settlers founded Fort Orange on the site of this present-day capital
Albany, New York
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| From east to west, it extends 20 miles from Makapuu Point to Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| An annual tulip festival in this New York capital commemorates the city’s Dutch heritage
Albany
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 1777 it replaced New Castle as the capital of Delaware
Dover
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s said the Christo Rey Church in this capital is the largest adobe structure in the U.S.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Franklin Pierce is buried in the Old North Cemetery in this capital city
Concord, New Hampshire
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This Colorado city’s capitol dome is covered with 47 ounces of gold leaf
Denver
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This Ohio city is home to Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery
Columbus
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This North Dakota city’s capitol building is called The Skyscraper of the Prairies
Bismarck
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| According to the 1990 census, this Vermont capital had only 8,247 residents
Montpelier
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This capital was founded in 1851 as Eagle Station, a stop for wagons crossing the Sierra Nevadas
Carson City
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s part of a metropolitan area that includes Boulder
Denver
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| On an isthmus between lakes Mendota & Monona, it’s Wisconsin’s 2nd largest city
Madison
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| If you drove to this state capital, you’d find it’s an anagram of one of the words in this answer
Dover (from DROVE)
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| To see the grave of Daniel Boone, you have to blaze a trail to this capital
Frankfort
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| There’s an annual dogsled race in this capital of the 4th largest state in the U.S.
Helena, Montana
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This Massachusetts capital is the most populous city in New England
Boston
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Gold prospectors founded this Alaskan capital in 1880
Juneau
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Three Mile Island, the site of a 1979 nuclear accident, lies outside this Pennsylvania capital
Harrisburg
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| About 75% of all U.S. coins are minted in this capital city
Denver
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Bill Campbell became mayor of this southern capital in 1994
Atlanta
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Grand Canyon University is located in this state capital
Phoenix
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Mendenhall Glacier & Glacier Bay National Park lie near this capital city
Juneau, Alaska
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 1838 Pierre “Pig’s Eye” Parrant became the first setller in what is now this Minnesota capital
St. Paul
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 1614 Fort Nassau, a Dutch trading post, was established on the site of this capital
Albany (New York)
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s Wyoming’s largest city & manufacturing center
Cheyenne
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This state capital is on the site of a cross erected by Capt. Christopher Newport May 24, 1607
Richmond, Virginia (in 1607)
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| During the 1920s the Progressive Party was headquartered in this capital
Madison, Wisconsin
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Now a state capital, it was the site of a surprise attack December 7, 1941
Honolulu
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Basketball’s Utah Jazz play their home games in this capital city
Salt Lake City
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| For 2 months in 1784, it served as the temporary capital of the U.S.; it became New Jersey’s capital in 1790
Trenton
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| You can visit the Last Chance Mining Museum in this capital of “The Last Frontier”
Juneau, Alaska
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Sugar plantations across the Mississippi from this capital form an area known as the “Sugar Bowl of America”
Baton Rouge
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This state capital was a compromise choice between North Platters & South Platters
Lincoln, Nebraska
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This Rhode Island city has almost twice the population of Warwick, the state’s second largest city
Providence
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| On July 4, 1831 “America” was first sung at this city’s Park Street Church at the foot of Beacon HIll
Boston
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This capital lies at the southern end of Puget Sound on Budd Inlet & Capitol Lake
Olympia(, Washington)
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| When this future Confederate capital became a city in 1782, half of its population was slaves
Richmond(, Virginia)
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Alphabetically, it’s the last state capital named for a U.S. president
Madison (Wisconsin)
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Built in 1792, St. Joseph’s Cathedral is the oldest church in this Louisiana capital
Baton Rouge
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It was once called Anne Arundel Town after the wife of the 2nd Lord Baltimore
Annapolis
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This Kansas city’s zoological park boasts a tropical rain forest habitat
Topeka
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| You can visit the Rodeo Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in this city
Oklahoma City
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This city covers 3,108 square miles, making it the largest state capital in area in the U.S.
Juneau, Alaska
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Mendota, Monona, Kegonsa & Waubesa are the “Four Lakes” of this Wisconsin Capital
Madison
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s the capital of the “Garden State”
Trenton
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In October an apple butter festival is held at the Carl G. Fenner Arboretum in this Michigan capital
Lansing
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s nicknamed the “Green Mountain City”
Montpelier (Vermont)
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The Gastineau Salmon Hatchery is an attraction in this city that lies along the Gastineau Channel
Juneau, Alaska
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| State legislator general Joseph Foose suggested that Ohio’s capital be named this
Columbus
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This capital’s harbor is connected to San Francisco Bay by a deepwater channel
Sacramento
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 1876 this North Dakota capital served as a supply point for Custer’s Montana expedition
Bismarck
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| “The Bluegrass Capital” refers to both Lexington & this capital city
Frankfort
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This capital in the west is the site of Willamette University
Salem, Oregon
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It was named for Hertford, England
Hartford, Connecticut
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This capital city of Maine lies on both sides of the Kennebec River
Augusta
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Originally called Edwinton, it was renamed in 1873 to honor Germany’s “Iron Chancellor”
Bismarck (North Dakota)
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Founded by gold prospectors, it’s situated about 5,280 feet above sea level
Denver
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The Confederate States of America were founded in this capital city on February 4, 1861
Montgomery, Alabama
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The 40-story TCBY Towers office building in this city is Arkansas’ tallest building
Little Rock
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s the state capital in which Huey Long is buried
Baton Rouge
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Stapleton International Airport in this capital is one of the USA’s busiest
Denver
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s the eastern terminus of the Erie Canal
Albany, New York
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The home of William Jennings Bryan is preserved in this state capital where he lived from 1887-1921
Lincoln, Nebraska
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Queen Liliuokalani died in this city in 1917, 42 years before it became a state capital
Honolulu
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Cable TV viewers know the first “N” in TNN stands for this state capital
Nashville
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| If you know that this state’s capital is Jefferson City, “show me”
Missouri
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This New Mexico capital was founded by Don Pedro de Peralta around 1610
Santa Fe
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Most of this South Carolina city was destroyed by fire in 1865; Sherman’s troops claimed it was an “accident”
Columbia
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This Pennsylvania capital was previously called Louisbourg, after Louis XVI
Harrisburg
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It was chosen as a state capital in 1837, the same year Lincoln moved there
Springfield, Illinois
$2500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Named for a city in France, it’s located in the Green Mountains on the upper Winooski River
Montpelier (Vermont)
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This city, not Richmond, is where you can find the first White House of the Confederacy
Montgomery, Alabama
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Centennial Park in this southern capital contains a full-scale replica of the Parthenon
Nashville
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This city was named for a first century Roman citizen & missionary
St. Paul, Minnesota
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| William Penn authorized the founding of this city named for a British city known for its white cliffs
Dover, Delaware
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This capital was named for Germany’s “Iron Chancellor”
Bismarck, North Dakota
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It was previously the capital of a monarchy & a republic
Honolulu, Hawaii
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This southern capital’s seal contains a 6-pointed star & the words “Cradle Of The Confederacy”
Montgomery, Alabama
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s the only state capital with an oil well on the statehouse grounds
Oklahoma City
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The first White House of the Confederacy stands on Washington St. in this Alabama city
Montgomery
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This capital lies on an isthmus between Lakes Monona & Mendota 76 miles west of Milwaukee
Madison, Wisconsin
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Patrick Henry gave his “Liberty or Death” oration at St. John’s Church in this city
Richmond
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| State whose capital was named after the village of Lansing, N.Y.
Michigan
$2300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Three Mile Island is located 10 miles south of this state capital
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Genoa, Italy gave this state capital a 20’ statue which was put in front of City Hall
Columbus, Ohio
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| 2 of the 3 state capitals lying on the Missouri River
Jefferson City (MO), Bismarck (ND) & Pierre (SD)
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| A library in this capital includes a near-complete collection of Kansas newspapers since 1875
Topeka
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It’s the only one-word capital that has the name of its state contained within it
Indianapolis
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The capitals of both North and South Dakota are on this river
Missouri
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| One of two Confederate state capitals that Union troops did not capture during the Civil War
Tallahassee or Austin
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It replaced Guthrie on 1910, but it wasn’t until 1923 that the post office officially recognized its name
Oklahoma City
$None ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Of the 4 U.S. state capitals named after presidents, this is farthest north and east
Madison, Wisconsin
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Name of this state capital comes from the French for its many trees, “les bois”
Boise
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| When a city was named for him in 1858, this territorial governor must have felt a mile high
(James W.) Denver
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Capital named for explorer who was a prisoner in the Tower of London for 13 years
Raleigh
$800 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It can be found on an arm of Puget Sound
Olympia
$1000 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| In 1754, a colonial congress meeting in this state capital adopted Ben Franklin’s plan of union
Albany, New York
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It succeeded Fort Whipple, Prescott, & Tucson as capital
Phoenix
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Lincoln lived & practiced law here for 25 years before becoming president
Springfield
$600 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| 1 of 4 state capitals that end in word “City”
(1 of) Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City, Jefferson City, Carson City
$100 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Until 1875 its dual capitals were New Haven & Hartford
Connecticut
$200 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| This N.M. town is the oldest city that’s a state capital
Santa Fe
$300 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| Crossing the Delaware on Xmas, 1776, Washington defeated the Hessians at this N.J. capital
Trenton
$400 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| It actually <u>is</u> 5,280 feet above sea level
Denver
$500 ||| Category: STATE CAPITALS ||| The name shows its founder, Roger Williams, believed God led him there
Providence
