The Other 25 Fractured States Trivia Quiz

Answer: California

My home state, though I was born in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.

Answer: Nebraska

Remember the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Answer: Vermont

Wow, if you've never been there in October, you MUST go. I like your progressive politics, Vermonters.

Answer: Massachusetts

If you want some excellent clam chowder, go to Nantucket. During my brother-in-law's 25th reunion I stayed in a 200-plus-year-old dorm at Harvard. The Public Garden is the setting for "Make Way for Ducklings" by Robert McCloskey.

Answer: New Jersey

Birthplace of my good friend Amy Leibowitz.

Answer: Utah

There are some gorgeous rock formations there.

Answer: Alabama

In Birmingham there is a 60-ton statue of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.

Answer: Georgia

Home of the Atlanta Olympics.

Answer: Kansas

A player from Kansas contributed this interesting info tidbit: Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson both served as Wichita, Kansas sheriffs.

Answer: Washington

Home to many good friends and dear relations of mine. Hello to Chris and Jay, Gary, Chris and Noah, Cousin Nancy, Uncle Bill and Aunt Penny, Cousins Brian, Janet, and Alan, Cousins Kathy and Scott, Alan and Francesca, and Leslie, Stan's sister.

Answer: Minnesota

Home of the Twin Cities. I'm very sad about Senator Paul Wellstone's death. He was a true leader.

Answer: New Hampshire

Home of the craftswoman who taught me how to make braided rugs.

Answer: Nevada

Home of Lost Wages.

Answer: Ohio

If you're ever in Cleveland, you can visit The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame! Cincinnati is home to the Freedom Center that memorializes the Underground Railroad (thanks to Jennifer for that piece of info).

Answer: Oklahoma

You're OK by us.

Answer: Florida

Once I spent a lovely 6 weeks working in Orlando (during the early spring, so it wasn't too hot). They've got some BIG bugs there! I learned to do Western line dancing and I rode my bike all over this beautiful area. Orlando has a lot more to offer than theme parks.

Answer: Montana

A beautiful, mountainous state.

Answer: Connecticut

In the 2001-2002 season, the University of Connecticut's (UCONN's) women's basketball team, the Huskies, won the NCAA Championship. During that season, the Huskies won all 39 games that they played! Once I worked in Madison, Connecticut, a lovely little town, for a couple of weeks. It was winter and COLD there, but I had a fireplace in my Bed and Breakfast bedroom.

Answer: Texas

Don't mess with Texas!

Answer: West Virginia

Player TAR_fan sent me the following interesting information tidbit: below the Greenbrier Resort near White Sulphur Springs is a formerly secret bunker that was designed to shelter the US Congress in case of war. It's no longer operational, and is open to the public for tours! Player AgentBristow06 informs me that "Alias" star Jennifer Garner was born in West Virginia.

Answer: Iowa

Wide-open spaces. Cornfields and prairies. Rolling hills. A player called Scholar25 wants you all to know that Lemars, Iowa, Home of the Blue Bunny, is the ice-cream capital of the world!

Answer: Idaho

Thanks, Idaho, for French fries, mashed potatoes, scalloped potatoes, Tater Tots, and so on. More spacious skies.

Answer: North Carolina

Once I went to an Israeli folkdance camp in Hendersonville. The soil IS red there! What a lovely green state!

Answer: South Dakota

A player named JB4492 informs me that the U.S. Presidents whose portraits appear on Mount Rushmore are Teddy Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington.

Answer: Mississippi

This great state's name has 1 em, 2 peas, 4 eyes, and 4 esses.