They Almost Border

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What two states, on opposite sides of The Continental Divide in the northwest US, come within 50 miles of each other? Oregon & Montana Washington & Montana Wyoming & Washington Wyoming & Oregon

2. What two states touch at a point, but by definition, do not border each other? Answer: (Two state names or postal abbreviations; no "and" or punctuation)

3. Which two states bordered each other before the American Civil War, but now only come within 18 miles of each other? Delaware & Pennsylvania Virginia & Maryland Pennsylvania & Virginia Maryland & Delaware

4. Which two states, which have borders made by the Mississippi River, only come within 33 miles of each other? Tennessee & Arkansas Iowa & Kentucky Minnesota & Illinois Illinois & Tennessee

5. Which two states that were among the first five admitted to the Union come within 11 miles of each other? New Jersey & Connecticut Delaware & Pennsylvania Pennsylvania & New Jersey Connecticut & Delaware

6. Which two states, one of which has its name as the last part of the second, are separated by about 34 miles? Answer: ( Two state names or postal codes only; no "and" or punctuation)

7. Which two states (historically part of the territory of Texas) currently come only within 34 miles of Texas? Colorado & Kansas Wyoming & New Mexico Kansas & Wyoming New Mexico & Colorado

8. Which states, 50 miles apart, are separated by the northeast corner of Texas? Louisiana & Arkansas Oklahoma & New Mexico Arkansas & Oklahoma Oklahoma & Louisiana

9. Which Pennsylvania county separates Ohio and New York by about 40 miles? Allegheny Erie Warren Crawford

10. Which two states, once part of the same state, are separated by about 15 miles of New Hampshire? Maine & Vermont Rhode Island & Massachusetts Vermont & Rhode Island Massachusetts & Maine