What a Strange State You're In! Part 1 Multiple Choice Quiz | Geography

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1. If you're in a state of hunger, you might want to visit OATMEAL, COFFEE CITY, BACON, CHOCOLATE BAYOU and DING DONG in which southwestern state whose flower is the Bluebonnet?

Answer: Texas

You can also go to the LOG CABIN in LOONEYVILLE, as well as ASIA, ARIZONA, LAS VEGAS, MOSCOW, MIAMI and BETHLEHEM. If you NEEDMORE, you can get some CASH from LOLITA, but there's LITTLE HOPE it will be more than a NICKEL. Watch it, don't trip over that MULESHOE, you may get a BLACK ANKLE!

Texas reserves the right to divide into five new states!

2. Ah, you're in a thirsty state! If you're a BOOZER, you can buy THE BOTTLE of RED WINE at POSSUM TROT, then you can find a SLICKLIZZARD and SKINEM with SPEED. What state are you in now whose bird is the Yellowhammer?

Answer: Alabama

While you're here, you can go to AMERICA, CUBA, EGYPT, TEXAS, NORTH CAROLINA, and PENNSYLVANIA. Don't forget to bring your bottle back for a DEPOSIT. You might get a DOLLAR or just a DIME. Then you can buy a MAGAZINE, too.

The U.S. Space and Rocket Center is in Huntsville, AL.

3. Man, you're in a HELL of a state! Seeing JUPITER, VENUS and MARS, are you? You've obviously had too much WEED in which Golden State?

Answer: California

IGO get you some JAVA and you'll be in HAPPY CAMP, TOP OF THE WORLD, Ma! This is your LAST CHANCE, get up from those SQUEAKY SPRINGS and quit making that ZZYZX noise! Take a BATH in that BADWATER and you won't be in BUMMERVILLE anymore.

California is the third largest state by total area.

4. NOWTHEN, NIMROD, don't drive in the DUMBLANE! You're in LOONEYVILLE here, and the LOCAL sheriff is a SAVAGE in what Gopher State?

Answer: Minnesota

You'll need to visit CASHTOWN, MONEY CREEK or CREDIT RIVER to pay that fine. You just had to EMBARRASS yourself waving the OTTERTAIL around! Hark! Is that a BUCKSNORT I hear, or just GOOD THUNDER? O, great, we're in LUCKNOW; someone from HAVANA paid your RANSOM!

Minnesota has more than 15,000 lakes.

5. Watch it, you almost ran into that DEEP HOLE at FROG LEVEL! The ORDINARY person doesn't drive by MOONLIGHT in this state, the 'Mother of Presidents'. There's a SIGN POST up ahead. What state has these strange place names?

Answer: Virginia

Drive right over the CATS BRIDGE (did you hear a MEW?), at CRIPPLE CREEK, past the HORSE HEAD and park by the BURNT TREE. We can get a CHICKAHOMINY and a COKE here if you have CASH; they won't take a CHECK. GOOD LUCK getting gas at the SHORT PUMP.

Virginia is home to Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America.

6. Let's go to A COUNTRY PLACE now, MIAMI BEACH, MONTANA, TENAFLY? You can get into DOUBLE TROUBLE in which 'Garden State'?

Answer: New Jersey

This is a good place to CHANGEWATER, and while we wait we can get a CHEESEQUAKE (a foaming dessert) at the FISH HOUSE and decide if we'll go to MOUNT JOY or MOUNT MISERY. Our FRIENDSHIP means a lot to me!

New Jersey was host to the first baseball game played in America, in 1846 at Hoboken.

7. We've been driving all night, PRETTYBOY, it's BORING! Take the DETOUR by the BALD FRIAR - careful, don't have an ACCIDENT out here in MONKS MISERY! Which 'Old Line' state has SUNSHINE and SWEET AIR as strange place names?

Answer: Maryland

HURRY, we can just make it to FROGEYE by the GIRDLETREE in time for THANKSGIVING.
Look, is that CHEVY CHASE having a DRY RUN? We could get a KINGS RANSOM if we kidnapped him.

Maryland's B&O (Baltimore and Ohio) was the country's first railroad.

8. Good grief, are you in a state of PANIC? You're doing EIGHTY FOUR in an EFFORT to catch that ELEPHANT! I ADMIRE your driving skills, but I DESIRE to LIVE EASY in which 'Keystone State'?

Answer: Pennsylvania

Okay, here's a BONUS: if you slowly put down that BIRD IN HAND and go to the CORNER STORE with your COUPON, buy some CRACKER JACK, and act like you're in NORMALVILLE, I'll place the OWL'S NEST on your PILLOW. ONO, you'll end up in an ASYLUM, JIM THORPE! You're not really the KING OF PRUSSIA, you know.

Pennsylvania has more than its share of odd place names. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed in Philadelphia.

9. If it's MONDAY, we must be in MUDSOCK. Hey, look at that PIGEON RUN...and the fat GOOSE RUN. One has a LONG BOTTOM and the other has a ROUND BOTTOM. What's the name of this 'Buckeye State'?

Answer: Ohio

O, don't be so MODEST! You're never DULL ...for a DODO! Be an ANGEL and drop me at BLOODY CORNERS and DEADMAN CROSSING. Pull off the BLACKTOP, CARS RUN through a SPUNKY PUDDLE here. No need to stop, I'm a LEAPER, so I'll JUMP out. SURPRISE!

The first electric traffic light in the country was installed in Cleveland in 1914.

10. O, that MEXICAN HAT looks totally BOUNTIFUL on you! Check out the DRAGON on the DEVILS SLIDE. People must be busy here in which 'Beehive State'?

Answer: Utah

I could use some SOLITUDE before SUNSET, so I'll just STARTUP to SLEEPY HOLLOW for some shuteye. You can get a BIRDSEYE view from here. WAHOO, what a WILDCAT! HE FLYS! I'll find an AMERICAN FORK and you can WHIPUP some CRISP SHIVWITS for dinner.

The state of Utah has been dominated by a Mormon population into the 21st century. Great Salt lake is the largest salt lake in the U.S.

11. Look, there's a WELCOME sign. I'm checking the map for good places to go. Hmm, here's NICEVILLE, OKAHUMPKA, OKAWAHATHAKO...SCOTLAND and CAIRO, BELGIUM, even NEW YORK! Which southern state has the orange blossom as its flower, along with these strange place names?

Answer: Florida

DOCTOR PHILLIPS suggested we visit BLAND, DISMAL KEY and FORT LONESOME. YEEHAW, that sounds exciting. Not. We could try SPUDS and TURKEY FOOT. Not hungry? Okay, let's say GOODBYS then.

Florida's highest point is only 345 feet above sea level.

12. Honey, park the MAZDA over there at MEDICINE HOLE. NAPOLEON wants to get a photo of the OPS at ON-A-SLANT VILLAGE with the PILLSBURY doughboy. Which state contains the geographic center of North America?

Answer: North Dakota

OMEMEE, I think we left a BONETRAIL for the KILLDEER. Don't move, honey, FOUR BEARS VILLAGE is up ahead, and VOLTAIRE is going to ZAP them with his SPOTTED HORN. Grab your WHITE SHIELD and let's BACKOO outta here.

Both North and South Dakota were admitted to the union on the same day, but nobody seems to know which was first.

13. ALOHA, have you got a DRY PRONG you can spare? A NICKEL? I'll pay you back in GOLD DUST from the GAMBLE SPUR. Meanwhile, you can BOOK us a MONKS HAMMOCK during the HURRICANE in which southern 'Pelican State'?

Answer: Louisiana

When we get to the PROMISED LAND, I expect to TREAT our UNCLE SAM to a JIGGER before we get CUT OFF in BEE BAYOU. Wear the BEARSKIN, it looks great with your GROSSE TETE! QUICK, YAWN over here so CHOPIN won't see you.

Louisiana has the second lowest point above sea level in the U.S.

14. Yo, the SPEED limit is ONLY SEVENTYSIX on the HAPPY HOLLOW. But I see you're a NEWCOMER, so we'll say five dollars is ENOUGH, and make that CASH not LITHIUM in which 'Show-Me State'?

Answer: Missouri

I'll just take that PAYDOWN for the POOR FARM in POSSUM TROT. NEVER SPUR your RAT like that, FRANKENSTEIN! He's NOT behind the GREENDOOR with the VULCAN. It's a NOGO, HERCULES, and that's the MINIMUM ADVANCE notice I can give you. GOODNIGHT from HUMANSVILLE!

Missouri borders eight other states, and is the 'Gateway to the West'.

15. We're here at the DEVIL'S BACKBONE to speak to his LORDSHIP, Sir GILDERSLEEVE, at the PUDDLE TOWN HEADQUARTERS. The elections are over in which 'Nutmeg State'?

Answer: Connecticut

It's very noisy here in BEDLAM CORNER but many people are heading to the FOX DEN at YELPING HILL to celebrate the PRESIDENTIAL election of PODUNK native, WOPOWOG MASSOMUCK. It seemed almost MYSTIC that he came from behind at BREAKNECK speed to beat MOOSUP BISSELL, the incumbent. NUT PLAINS cast the deciding vote.

Connecticut is the third smallest state and is heavily invested in the defense industry. The U.S.S. Nautilus Museum in Groton contains the world's first nuclear submarine, which was built in 1954.

16. EEK! That FOX just ate a CHICKEN! Have you ever seen an ELEPHANT POINT? Well, he's indicating that we need a NEW IGLOO, perhaps up at PIKMIKTALIK near MARYS IGLOO. D'you know which 'Last Frontier' we're in?

Answer: Alaska

Where the FUNNY RIVER runs into the CROOKED CREEK that forms DOT LAKE, that's where we are. There's our hybrid pet, the CHICKALOON; he used to belong to HOMER, a great SAXMAN. I'll just put the MUSK OX in the oven and then we can light a CANDLE and play NEW KNOCKHOCK. Tick TOK, dude!

Alaska is the largest state by total area.

17. We'll be LUCKY to get the ODD PANCAKE or a PINCH of PIE in this CYCLONE, AMIGO! Let's park by the BRICK CHURCH and get some COMFORT from this SCARY TORNADO. Which 'Mountain State' are we in?

Answer: West Virginia

BETTY ZANE taught me to play, so I'm challenging you to a QUICK game of SCRABBLE. You can score 50 EXTRA points if you play a bingo. You're not from CHEAT LAKE, are you? I have CONFIDENCE I'll win if there's any JUSTICE in the CRAB ORCHARD.

West Virginia was created during the Civil War when the western part of Virginia refused to secede from the Union. The state is also called 'Mountain Mama'.

18. Hello, I'm ZOOK, and this is my FRIEND, JINGO. Hang your COATS up, and with HASTY SPEED we'll gather some DRY WOOD for the fire. Which great wheat-producing state are we in?

Answer: Kansas

The natives have GOOD INTENT, and even offered to GAS up our car. Did you have a RED ONION for lunch? Your breath is GROSS! I mean I ADMIRE your SEDAN, but please DISPATCH the HOG BACK to SPASTICVILLE, SOLDIER. We need PROTECTION from the RADIUM!

Kansas had a lot of Russian Mennonite immigrants who brought winter wheat to the state.

19. You are BRILLIANT! And I see you're full of PEP and CHILI, despite there being NO AGUA. But, wait, there's a LITTLE WATER in LOCO HILLS. To show our DEFIANCE we can dig a DEEP TUNNEL to TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, and find a PIE TOWN in HUMBLE CITY. Which 'Land of Enchantment' state has the oldest highway in the country?

Answer: New Mexico

Hey, OLD MOSES, I'm up here on ELEPHANT BUTTE looking for a POTATO PATCH by the WINDMILL. I got some FRIJOLES, and after lunch I'm going to meet with my COUNSELOR, OHKAY? YA-TAH-HEY, I speak the LINGO! I'm LOVING this.

'El Camino Real' (Royal Highway)is the oldest highway in the U.S., and Santa Fe is the oldest capital city.

20. BROTHERS and SISTERS, I'm up at DAD'S CREEK with my CANARY. We are making PROGRESS, and will be SWEET HOME by NOON. Please take my BRIDAL VEIL out of the BAKEOVEN and put the CAKE in. These strange place names are found in which 'Beaver State'?

Answer: Oregon

Must you PERSIST in giving me a RIDDLE? You have THREE ROCKS in the DRAIN, by the way, so you should check the VOLTAGE on your HELIX, FRIEND. I'm gonna ZIGZAG over to the CALIFORNIA BAR for some WITCH HAZEL.

Portland, Oregon, is the only U.S. city to have an extinct volcano within its city limits.

21. I said GOODNIGHT ten minutes ago and now I'm WIDEAWAKE again. Could you turn down the CONCRETE mixer and put that THISTLEDOWN in a COZY CORNER please. I'm trying to get some shuteye in which 'Rocky Mountain State'?

Answer: Colorado

You're a TROUBLESOME PARADOX, BUCKSKIN JOE! You're a WILDCAT and a WILL-O-THE-WISP
at times, and the GOTHIC look just isn't 'you'. Visit KIT CARSON up in HAPPY CANYON and get that DINOSAUR to give us a POWDER WASH. I'm turning on the SECURITY system - you take the RIFLE with you. That guy's a CROOK!

Colorado's Silver Lake had a record 76 inches of snow in one day in 1921.

22. You'll find NOTOWN in that LOST NATION. There's BREAD LOAF in BEANVILLE and you can PROSPER in POMPANOOSUC, but stay away from MOSQUITOVILLE in which 'Green Mountain State'?

Answer: Vermont

MARY MEYER and I went to EGYPT, JAMAICA and JERUSALEM, but the natives told us to avoid SMUGGLERS NOTCH and SATANS KINGDOM, so we got to HARDSCRABBLE CORNER in PODUNK. It was BLISSVILLE!

Vermont is French for green mountain. Skiing and maple syrup are popular here.

23. Since we drove through ASHEPOO, your speed has gone from NINETY SIX to SIXTY SIX and now you're doing FIFTY EIGHT in the last FOURMILE. Are you WIDE AWAKE, SWAMP FOX? Which 'Palmetto State' are we in?

Answer: South Carolina

I've told you NINE TIMES we can stop and PLAYCARDS at the OLD HOUSE in the TALL PINES. Just GOLIGHTLY on the pedal and we'll get some cheese: CHEDDAR or MUNSTER? Now go DUE WEST at FINGERVILLE. Don't go out there BAREFOOT in FOUR HOLES - the local CAT HOLE is no BEAUTY SPOT and the OTTER HOLE can be real THICKETTY.

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union.

24. WHAT CHEER, there's a PANTHER disguised as a CONFIDENCE man. And he sure is MANLY! I heard that BONAPARTE met his WATERLOO right here. It was his LAST CHANCE but he scored a ZERO. What is this 'Hawkeye State'?

Answer: Iowa

REMBRANDT painted the RISING SUN over there in HOLY CROSS. He was also a COOL CRICKET player, and he had a QUICK ZWINGLE with POCHAHONTAS back in the day. He never understood the GRAVITY of his actions and was sent to CORRECTIONVILLE for THIRTY days.

Iowa is also the 'Hog State' and is said to have roughly five times as many hogs as people.

25. It's only NINE MILES to PEARL CITY. PAPA will be sitting on the WHARF waiting for us. Which former independent monarchy are we visiting?

Answer: Hawaii

CAPTAIN COOK stopped here once and stayed at the PEPEEKEO hotel. It was such a HAPPY VALLEY by the VOLCANO. COD FISH VILLAGE would be a good place to stop for lunch.

The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.

Source: Author alexis722

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What a Strange State You're In! Part 1 Quiz

Are you in a sorry state, a confused state, or a state of panic? Just figure out which U.S. state you're in from the strange PLACE NAMES and clues given. Enjoy!

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