Q 01/05

What is the largest state in the United States by area?

A) Texas

B) California

C) Montana

D) Alaska

Answer · why

D) Alaska

It has more total area than Texas, California and Montana combined, and also contains the four largest US cities by area, including its capital Juneau...

Q 02/05

How many Great Lakes are there?

A) 4

B) 5

C) 6

D) 7

Answer · why

B) 5

Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario are counted separately, though Michigan and Huron are hydrologically a single body of water joined at the ...

Q 03/05

Which state is nicknamed the Buckeye State, after a native tree?

A) Indiana

B) Kentucky

C) Ohio

D) Michigan

Answer · why

C) Ohio

The Ohio buckeye's shiny brown nut is said to resemble a deer's eye, and it is also the mascot of the state's flagship university.

Q 04/05

The Grand Canyon is located in which US state?

A) Utah

B) Nevada

C) Arizona

D) Colorado

Answer · why

C) Arizona

The Grand Canyon is located in northwestern Arizona. Carved by the Colorado River, it is about 277 miles long and up to 18 miles wide.

Q 05/05

What is the capital of California?

A) Sacramento

B) San Francisco

C) Los Angeles

D) San Diego

Answer · why

A) Sacramento

Sacramento became California's permanent capital in 1854 after the city offered its county courthouse to house the legislature; earlier sessions had m...