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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 United States
| Who first discovered Alaska? | State Facts 1 (finlady) |
Vitus Jonassen Bering. Vitus Jonassen Bering sighted Alaska when on a voyage to Siberia in 1741. Secretary of State William H. Seward purchased Alaska.
| Which US State is the start of "The Oregon Trail", which ends in Oregon? | Silly US State Facts (joopie) |
Missouri. This 2,000 mile long route was made during the westward migrations from 1840-1860.
| Which US State is the home to the city who created the zipper? | Silly US State Facts (joopie) |
Illinois. The zipper was created in 1893 in Chicago. Originally called a "hookless fastener". It was re-named a zipper by B F Goodrich, who used them on overshoes.
| Which US State is considered the , "Earmuff Capital of the World"? | Silly US State Facts (joopie) |
Maine. Earmuffs were invented in Maine by Chester Greenwood, in 1873.
| Which US State has two official songs, one being "You Are My Sunshine"? | Silly US State Facts (joopie) |
Louisiana. The second official song is "Give Me Louisiana".
| Which US State has the most harvested production of catfish? | Silly US State Facts (joopie) |
Mississippi. This is according to an article in the "New York Times".
| Which US State has 28 cities or towns that begin with the word "North"? | Silly US State Facts (joopie) |
Maine. It also has 23 cities or towns beginning with "South", 22 with "West" & 28 with "East".
| Which state has about 90,000 miles of shoreline? | Interesting USA Facts (pitre29) |
Minnesota. That is more than California, Florida and Hawaii combined.
| Which state had the highest percentage of residents in 1990 who reported as having Italian ancestry? | Statistics Facts about the States (ladymacb29) |
Rhode Island. (in percents) Rhode Island: 19.85 , New York: 15.81, Illinois: 6.4 and Texas: 1.85
| Which state had the highest circulation (per 100,000 people) of 'Gourmet' magazine in 1990 when compared to the others? | Statistics Facts about the States (ladymacb29) |
Alaska. Alaska had 395 of 100,000 people subscribe to the magazine.
| Which sports team's city is located the farthest west? | Geography of the United States (jingels) |
Diamondbacks, baseball. Diamondbacks play in Arizona, whereas the Broncos in Denver, {Colorado;} the Redwings in Detroit, {Michigan;} and the Avalanche in Denver, Colorado.
| Which is the only letter in the alphabet which is not in any names of the US States? | Silly US State Facts (joopie) |
| Where would you find more hotel rooms than any other place in the United States? | Interesting USA Facts #3 (pitre29) |
Nevada. Las Vegas also has the the largest hotels in the world.
| Where would you find Lombard Street, which is also called the crooked street? | Interesting USA Facts (pitre29) |
California. Lombard Street in San Francisco is the most crooked street in the world.
| Where would you find a house built entirely of newspaper?
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Massachusetts. Over a twenty year period, a guy named Elis Stenman took newspapers and rolled them to design the walls of the interior of his house. He stained and the rolled newspaper till it hardened hardened. He also made lamps, tables, chairs, and even a piano made out of rolled up newspaper.
| Where was the first national park in the nation? | Interesting USA Facts (pitre29) |
Montana. Yellowstone National Park was the first and is located in southern Montana and northern Wyoming.
| Where was the first kindergarten established? | State Facts 1 (finlady) |
Watertown, Wisconsin. The first kindergarten was established in 1856 and the students were local German-speaking youngsters.
| Where is the smallest church located? | Interesting USA Facts (pitre29) |
New York. Oneida has the world's smallest church with the dimensions of 3.5' X 6'.
| Where does America's day begin? | Extreme Points of the United States (jacobito433) |
Wake Island. I know the people in Guam claim the title "Where America's Day Begins," but Wake is actually closer to the International Date Line. Attu is east of 180 degrees longitude, but the International Date Line goes around Attu to keep the Aleutians on the same day as North America, so you could say Attu is where America's day ends.
| When did Hawaii officially become a state? | State Facts 1 (finlady) |
| What two rivers meet in St. Louis? | Geography of the United States (jingels) |
Mississippi and Missouri. St. Louis is also home to the Gateway Arch and was once known as the Gateway to the West.
| What state's most abundant mineral is copper?
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Arizona. The amount of copper on the roof of the Capitol building is equivalent to 4,800,000 pennies.
| What state will have the world's largest sculpture when completed? | State Facts 2 (finlady) |
South Dakota. Crazy Horse Monument will be 563' high and 641' long and is carved in the round.
| What state was the setting for the movie "Twister"? | Interesting USA Facts #5 (pitre29) |
Oklahoma. Twister stared Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton.
| What state was the first enlisted soldier to lose his life in the Civil War from?
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New Hampshire. His name is Luther C. Ladd and he was from Alexandria, New Hampshire.
| What state was actor James Dean from? | Interesting USA Facts #4 (pitre29) |
Indiana. James Dean was a popular movie star from the 1950's; he died in an auto crash at the age of 24.
| What state ties with Missouri as the most 'neighborly state' - meaning a state that shares its border with a lot of different states? | Interesting USA Facts #2 (pitre29) |
Tennessee. Missouri and Tennesse are both bordered by 8 states.
| What state produces the most milk? | State Facts 2 (finlady) |
| What state is the single largest producer of blueberries in the United States? | Interesting USA Facts #2 (pitre29) |
Maine. Maine produces 99% of all the blueberries in the country.
| What state is the home to the oldest U.S. newspaper still being published? | State Facts 2 (finlady) |
Connecticut. The Hartford Courant, established in 1764.
| What state is the home of the United States wealthiest man Bill Gates? | State Facts 1 (finlady) |
Washington. Bill Gates home is in Medina, Washington.
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