Here’s One “Jeopardy!” Question For Each US State — Can You Get At Least 25/50?

CALIFORNIA

The California state flag has a red star & this animal on it

LIVE IN TEXAS

Live in this city and you too will want to "keep" it "weird"; there's even a festival devoted to that goal

HISTORIC FLORIDA

The "Overseas Highway" linking these islands with the mainland was completed in 1938

NEW YORK STATE

This river, the longest in the state, starts in the Adirondacks in Lake Tear of the Clouds

PENNSYLVANIA

As a fundraising tool, this national organization began selling cookies in Philly in 1932

ILLINOIS

In 1858, 2 years before he was elected president, he ran for the Senate from Illinois and lost

AROUND OHIO

Toledo is a major port on this Great Lake

GEORGIA GIRL

Before she became a Pretty Woman in 1990, she was a pretty girl from Smyrna, Georgia

NORTH CAROLINA

This city, the largest in North Carolina, was named for the wife of England's King George III

MICHIGAN HISTORY

Dec. 10, 1915 marked a milestone with the production of the 1,000,000th car from this company

OLD JERSEY, NEW JERSEY

You'll find the William Trent House on Market Street in this New Jersey city

HISTORIC VIRGINIA

A 2007 commemorative coin honors the 400th anniversary of the founding of this settlement

COLORADO

Named for the large rocks in the area, it's home to the University of Colorado

INDIANA

This Indiana city takes its name from a significant turn in the St. Joseph River

IOWA HISTORY

Since 1972 these Iowa candidate selection events have been a key first contest in the race for the White House

KANSAS

Kansas is the heartland — this point for the lower 48 states is even located near the town of Lebanon

KENTUCKY IS JUST DUCKY

The first of these restaurants was opened by Colonel Harland Sanders in Corbin, Kentucky

LOUISIANA

In New Orleans you can jazz things up aboard the steamboat Natchez for a jazz cruise along this river

REMEMBER MAINE!

Remember that Maine's chief products include this critter, Homarus americanus — yum!

MARYLAND

It's a short 2-mile walk from West Virginia north across Maryland to this state

MASSACHUSETTS STATE SYMBOLS

Hey Pilgrim! It's Massachusetts' State Historical Rock

DELAWARE

Delaware has this many representatives in the US House

MINNESOTA... NICE

Though Minnesota is known as the "Land of 10,000" of these, the state's being modest as usual — about 12,000 is more accurate

MISSISSIPPI

In 1898 in Biloxi, Edward Barq began bottling & selling this beverage

MISSOURI

Born near Diamond, Missouri, this scientist's induction in 1983 was no small peanuts

MONTANA

In a bitterly fought 1894 election to decide the state capital, Anaconda lost to this city

NEBRASKA

This Nebraska city of 287,401 was named for a man who died in 1865

NEVADA

Though it's one of the driest states in the US, "Nevada" means this-covered

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Until around 1680, New Hampshire was officially a part of this colony

THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

It's home to the state capital

NEW MEXICO

In 1942 this comparatively isolated New Mexico place was chosen for an atomic research lab

ARKANSAS

It's the US postal abbreviation for Arkansas

ARIZONA

The Agua Fria river might be better for its scenery than for a swim, as its name means this

NORTH DAKOTA

This is the official state beverage; got it?

BORN IN CONNECTICUT

This Yale grad put out An American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828, when he was 70

OKLAHOMA!

It's the state's most populous city without "city" in its name

OREGON

It's the witch-free state capital

SWEET HOME, ALABAMA

A group of black aviators or "airmen" trained near this city during WWII

RHODE ISLAND

Developed in the 1850s, the Rhode Island Red made raising of these a major industry in the US

SOUTH CAROLINA

South Carolina is bordered by only this many other states

SOUTH DAKOTA

South Dakotans celebrate this October holiday as Native American Day

TENNESSEE

Dollywood, Dolly Parton's theme park in Pigeon Forge, is "The Entertainment Capital of" these mountains

ALASKA

Of 6%, 16%, or 60%, the approximate percentage of Alaska's land owned by the federal government

UTAH

The ski resort town of Park City is the home of this film festival sponsored by Robert Redford's organization

VERMONT

The Vermont quarter shows a hardy resident holding a bucket to tap two of these trees

IDAHO

According to its auto license plates, Idaho is famous for these

WASHINGTON STATE SYMBOLS

Washington is the USA's leading grower of these, the state's official fruit

WEST VIRGINIA

This state nickname makes sense given West Virginia's mean elevation of more than 1,500 feet

ON WISCONSIN

The USDA reported that Wisconsin's dairy plants produced 205.8 million lbs. of this in January 2008

WYOMING

When the Union Pacific railroad entered Wyoming in 1867, several towns sprang up, including this capital