Americana Study Guide

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56 answers | 136 clues
Should-Know (5)
Virginia 5x $500 avg J:3 DJ:2
J $100 1997 Shoppers, take note: the Potomac Mills discount mall is this state's No. 1 tourist destination
DJ $600 1994 Carter's Grove is among the loveliest of this state's James River Plantations
J $1,000 2006 Love was in the air in 1969 when this state adopted the tourism slogan that says it "is for lovers"
Pennsylvania 5x 20.0% stumper $420 avg J:4 DJ:1
J $300 1998 Instead of Oktoberfest, Carlisle in this "Keystone State" has an Octubafest
J $500 1986 State that's the mushroom capital of America
J $400 1995 Lancaster, which has the largest stockyards east of Chicago, was this state's capital from 1799 to 1812
Georgia 5x $200 avg J:4 DJ:1
J $200 2000 On its north, this state borders Tennessee; on its east, the Atlantic Ocean
J $100 1998 This state's motto is "Wisdom, Justice and Moderation"--no mention of peanuts
J $100 1995 This "Peach State" has 2 national forests: Chattahoochee & Oconee
Texas 4x 25.0% stumper $550 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $100 1994 Laredo in this state was once the capital of the Republic of the Rio Grande
DJ $1,600 2008 A mule driver in Uzbekistan sent in 21 cents to help fund National Mule memorial in Muleshoe in this big state
DJ $200 1994 Grand Prairie in this "Lone Star State" hosts the annual World Championship of pickled quail egg eating
a buffalo 4x $550 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $400 2024 Due to a minting error, this beast appears to have just 3 legs on some 1937 nickels
J $1,000 DD 2016 When it appeared in 1913, it was the first animal besides the eagle to appear on a U.S. circulating coin
DJ $400 1991 Animal featured on the reverse of the Indian Head nickel from 1913 to 1938
Worth Knowing (51)
Vermont 3 the penny 3 Oklahoma 3 Ohio 3 Monticello 3 Mike Fink 3 McDonald's 3 Carson City 3 Boston 3 Albany 3 New Jersey 3 Washington, D.C. 2 The Library of Congress 2 the Empire State Building 2 The Algonquin 2 star 2 South Dakota 2 South Carolina 2 Puerto Rico 2 North Carolina 2 New Mexico 2 New Haven 2 Nevada 2 Nebraska 2 Mount Rushmore 2 Maryland 2 Maine 2 Louisiana 2 Lizzie Borden 2 John Henry 2 Hawaii 2 Graceland 2 George Washington 2 Francis Scott Key 2 Florida 2 flagpoles 2 E pluribus unum 2 Coney Island 2 Colorado 2 Cincinnati 2 Betty Ford 2 Arkansas 2 Annie Oakley 2 All-American 2 Alaska 2 "Hail To The Chief" 2 Washington Crossing the Delaware 2 the nickel 2 the National Air and Space Museum 2 Susan B. Anthony 2 Roosevelt 2

Revolutionary Era

4 answers | 12 clues
Should-Know (1)
the Statue of Liberty 5x $467 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:2
DJ $200 1998 Its index finger is 8 feet long; its tablet over 23 feet
DJ $800 2013 Architect Richard Morris Hunt put this 111' lady on a pedestal (that he designed from 1882 to 1884)
FJ 2003 In June 1885 it made a historic transatlantic voyage in 214 crates on the frigate Isere
Worth Knowing (3)
the Liberty Bell 3 Martha Washington 2 Mercury dimes 2

Colonial / Exploration

4 answers | 9 clues
Worth Knowing (4)
Isabella 3 (Peter) Stuyvesant 2 Salem, Massachusetts 2 Calvin Coolidge 2

World War II

2 answers | 4 clues
Worth Knowing (2)
Churchill 2 the Arizona 2

Ancient

1 answers | 2 clues
Worth Knowing (1)
Newport 2

Civil War

1 answers | 2 clues
Worth Knowing (1)
In God We Trust 2

Modern (post-1990)

1 answers | 2 clues
Worth Knowing (1)
Hope 2
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