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USA Geography Quiz

Pack the car for a road trip through the United States. The questions cover states and their quirks, big-city icons, national parks, deserts and lakes, then dive into the details only a seasoned traveller would know. Each answer comes with a fact you can use at the next rest stop.

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  1. Explorer
    Grand Canyon from Hopi Point with a rainbow over the cliffs

    Photo: Tuxyso · CC BY-SA 3.0

    Which US state is home to the Grand Canyon?

    1. Arizona
    2. Colorado
    3. Nevada
    4. Utah
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    Answer: A · Arizona

    The canyon is 277 river miles long and more than a mile deep in places.

  2. Explorer
    Mount Rushmore carved faces in a granite cliff

    Photo: Thomas Wolf , www.foto-tw.de · CC BY-SA 3.0

    Mount Rushmore is in which state?

    1. Montana
    2. North Dakota
    3. South Dakota
    4. Wyoming
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    Answer: C · South Dakota

    It's named after Charles Rushmore, a New York lawyer who asked a local guide the mountain's name in the 1880s.

  3. Globetrotter
    Golden Gate Bridge's red towers over the bay

    Photo: Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0

    The Golden Gate Bridge's official paint color is called what?

    1. Burnt Sienna
    2. California Red
    3. Golden Poppy
    4. International Orange
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    Answer: D · International Orange

    The U.S. Navy suggested painting it in black and yellow stripes. Architect Irving Morrow picked orange instead.

  4. Globetrotter

    Which is the only state that borders just one other state?

    1. Florida
    2. Maine
    3. Rhode Island
    4. Vermont
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    Answer: B · Maine

    Maine has more forest cover than any other U.S. state: over 80% of its area is forest or unclaimed land.

  5. Cartographer

    Key West is closer to which city than it is to Miami?

    1. Cancún
    2. Cozumel
    3. Havana
    4. Nassau
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    Answer: C · Havana

    Key West's famous Southernmost Point buoy reads '90 miles to Cuba'.

  6. Cartographer
    Black-and-white view inside Mammoth Cave's large rotunda

    The world's longest known cave system is in which state?

    1. Kentucky
    2. Missouri
    3. New Mexico
    4. Tennessee
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    Answer: A · Kentucky

    Over 426 miles of Mammoth Cave's passages have been mapped, more than 1.5 times the next-longest cave system.

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