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  1. Which U.S. city has a full-scale replica of the ancient Parthenon and is nicknamed the "Athens of the South"?
    A. New Orleans
    B. Nashville, Tennessee
    C. Memphis, Tennessee
    D. Columbia, South Carolina
     

  2. The Alamo, site of the famous battle, is a tourist attraction in what Texas city?
    A. Austin
    B.  Houston
    C. San Antonio
    D. Brownsville
     

  3. Which of the following cities is not a state capital?
    A. Atlanta
    B. Boston
    C. Honolulu
    D. Baltimore
     

  4. Florida's capital is Tallahassee, the name comes from two Creek Indian words meaning what?
    A. red flowers
    B. sunny place
    C. old town
    D. big meadow
     

  5. What city became the first capital of the United States in January 1785?
    A. Boston
    B. New York City
    C. Philadelphia
    D. Jamestown
     

  6. What is the most common first letter among the names of the U.S. states?
    A. A
    B. C
    C. M
    D. N
     

  7. What state has had the most U.S. presidents born in it?
    A. Virginia
    B. New York
    C. Massachusetts
    D. Ohio
     

  8. Which of these cities is the capital of Iowa?
    A. Cedar Rapids
    B. Davenport
    C.  Des Moines
    D. Little Rock
     

  9. Paul Simon, Frank Sinatra, and Bruce Springsteen were all three born in what U.S. state?
    A. New Jersey
    B. California
    C. New York
    D. Ohio
     

  10. What is the postal abbreviation for Alaska?
    A. AA
    B. AL
    C. AK
    D. AS
     

  11. What state had a population with the youngest median age in 1990?
    A. Alaska
    B. Hawaii
    C. Utah
     

  12. In 1990 which state had the population with the oldest median age?
    A. Florida
    B. New York
    C. North Dakota
     

  13. Which two states became states on the same day?
    A. North and South Carolina
    B. North and South Dakota
    C. Virginia and West Virginia
     

  14. Which one of the following names was not a name of the city of Leningrad?
    A. Petrograd
    B. St. Petersburg
    C. Stalingrad
     

  15. Which of the three following states showed a growth in population from 1980 to 1990?
    A. Iowa
    B. West Virginia
    C. Vermont
     

  16. As the crow flies, which of the following pairs of cities are fewer than 5,000 miles apart?
    A. Cape Town and London
    B. Hong Kong and Honolulu
    C. Mexico City and Paris
    D. Moscow and Washington
     

  17. In what city does McCormick Place, the largest temporary exhibition facility in North America overlook  Lake Michigan?
    A. Chicago
    B. Detroit
    C. Milwaukee
     

  18. The ski resorts of Alta, Park City, and Snowbird are near what city?
    A. Montpelier, Vermont
    B. Denver, Colorado
    C. Salt Lake City
     

  19. What New England state does not border the Atlantic ocean?
    A. Maine
    B. New Hampshire
    C. Vermont 
     

  20. What city has both the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center ?
    A. Cheyenne, Wyoming
    B. Dodge City, Kansas
    C. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 

ANSWERS

  1. B. Nashville, Tennessee
  2. C. San Antonio
  3. D. Baltimore
  4. C. old town
  5. B. New York City
  6. B. C
  7. A. Virginia
  8. C. Des Moines
  9. A. New Jersey
  10. C. AK
  11. C. Utah
  12. A. Florida
  13. B. North and South Dakota
  14. C. Stalingrad
  15. C. Vermont
  16. D. Moscow and Washington
  17. A. Chicago
  18. C. Salt Lake City
  19. C. Vermont 
  20. C. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma