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Mr. B's General Knowledge Trivia (clues from NPR Wait Wait, Jeopardy!, and some I made up myself) > State Capitals > Flashcards

State Capitals Flashcards

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ANAGRAMMED STATE CAPITALS: MEALS

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Salem

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ANAGRAMMED STATE CAPITALS: OXEN HIP

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Phoenix

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ANAGRAMMED STATE CAPITALS: DOMAINS

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Madison

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ANAGRAMMED STATE CAPITALS: FRINGED LIPS

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Springfield

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ANAGRAMMED STATE CAPITALS: I NEED MOSS

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Des Moines

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STATE CAPITALS AKA: Legendary rising bird

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Phoenix

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STATE CAPITALS AKA: A later apostle

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St. Paul

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STATE CAPITALS AKA: A Plains-dwelling Native American tribe

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Cheyenne

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STATE CAPITALS: This capital’s Big Dam Bridge, almost a mile long, spans a dam on the Arkansas River

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Little Rock

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STATE CAPITALS: Although designated Delaware’s state capital in 1777, it wasn’t incorporated as a city until 1929

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Dover

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STATE CAPITALS: This capital’s name is derived from a Hebrew word meaning “peace”

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Salem

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STATE CAPITALS: While traveling Route 66 through this capital, you’ll pass by the Will Rogers Theatre and its striking Art Deco sign

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Oklahoma City

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STATE CAPITALS: The state museum here is often called the William Penn Memorial Museum due to the statue of Penn in the central hall

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Harrisburg

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WORDS IN U.S. CAPITALS: A brief rest in Maryland’s capital

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a nap

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WORDS IN U.S. CAPITALS: A payment in New Jersey’s capital

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rent

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WORDS IN U.S. CAPITALS: A piece of jewelry in Illinois’ capital

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ring

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WORDS IN U.S. CAPITALS: A foreign currency in Wyoming’s capital

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yen

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WORDS IN U.S. CAPITALS: A prohibition in New York’s capital

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a ban

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STATE CAPITALS: In 1683 William Penn ordered that this Delaware capital be built as a site for a courthouse and jail

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Dover

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STATE CAPITALS: This city southwest of Tacoma was named for some nearby mountains

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Olympia

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STATE CAPITALS: Each September this Buckeye capital holds an Oktoberfest in its restored 19th century German village

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Columbus

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STATE CAPITALS: The USS Slater, a World War II destroyer escort, is a now a museum in this “Empire State” capital

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Albany

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STATE CAPITALS: This capital’s Kawaiaha’o church is known as the “Westminster Abbey of the Pacific”

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Honolulu

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CONSONANT-FREE STATE CAPITALS: Actually not in Hawaii: AAAEE

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Talahasee

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CONSONANT-FREE STATE CAPITALS: Nowhere near Hawaii: OIE
Boise
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CAPITALS AT STATEHOOD: Omaha (1867)
Nebraska
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CAPITALS AT STATEHOOD: Knoxville (1796)
Tennessee
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CAPITALS AT STATEHOOD: Portland (1820)
Maine
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U.S. CAPITALS OF THE WORLD: Palm Springs, Augusta, Naples, Pinehurst ∧ Myrtle Beach all claim to be the "capital of the world" of this pastime
golf
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U.S. CAPITALS OF THE WORLD: Have the vision to know that Holtville, Calif. makes its claim as this root vegetable "capital of the world"
carrots
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STATE CAPITALS: This Mississippi capital was named for a general who later became president
Jackson
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SCRAMBLED STATE CAPITALS: In slang
Lansing
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SCRAMBLED STATE CAPITALS: Oily map
Olympia
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SCRAMBLED STATE CAPITALS: ill shaven
Nashville
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SCRAMBLED STATE CAPITALS: Mack ribs
Bismark
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GEOGRAPHY "B": It's one of the 3 U.S. state capitals found on the Missouri River
Bismark, North Dakota
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STATE CAPITALS: Its 44-story office tower is the tallest structure in New York outside of Manhattan
Albany
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STATE CAPITALS: In 1819 East Alabama and New Philadelphia were consolidated into this
Montgomery
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STATE CAPITALS: It lies about 50 miles south of Portland on the Willamette river
Salem
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STATE CAPITALS: It lies about 50 miles northeast of Portland on the Kennebec river
Augusta
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STATE CAPITALS: This capital founded by gold miners has over 100 days a year of below freezing temperatures
Juneau, Alaska
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STATE CAPITALS: A bronze statue known as "The Independent Man" tops the Rhode Island state house in this city
Providence
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STATE CAPITALS: Opened in 1917, the Museum of Fine Arts in this city was built in the Pueblo Revival style
Santa Fe
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STATE CAPITALS: The farthest inland deep-water port on the Mississippi River, it became Louisiana's capital in 1849
Baton Rouge
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STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES: "The City of Paul Revere"
Boston
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STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES: "Broncoville"
Denver
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STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES: "Florida's Beginning Point"
Tallahassee
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STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES: "The Mile High City"
Denver
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STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES: "The Bluegrass Capital"
Frankfort
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STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES: "The Almond Capital of the World"
Sacramento
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UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES: "The Land of Gold" and "The Eureka State"
California
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UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES: "The Alligator State"
Florida
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STATE NICKNAMES: It's "the Peninsula State" because, well, because most of its area is a peninsula
Florida
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STATE NICKNAMES: "The Tar Heel State"
North Carolina
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UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES: "The birthplace of eight presidents"
Virginia
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STATE NICKNAMES: The "Hawkeye State"
Iowa
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STATE NICKNAMES: The "Land of 10,000 Lakes"
Minnesota
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FILL IN THE BLANK STATE NICKNAMES: Arizona: Grand ____ State
Canyon
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FILL IN THE BLANK STATE NICKNAMES: Michigan: _____ Lakes State
Great
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FILL IN THE BLANK STATE NICKNAMES: Texas: ____ Star State
Lone
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IN THE STATE CAPITAL: Thomas Edison State College
Trenton

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