State Capitals Study Guide

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Honolulu 16 Atlanta 14 Santa Fe 13 Sacramento 12 Albany 12 Harrisburg 12 Austin 12 Denver 11 Springfield 11 Tallahassee 10 Salt Lake City 10 Juneau 10 St. Paul 9 Santa Fe, New Mexico 9 Boston 9 Nashville 9 Montgomery 9 Carson City 9 Bismarck 9 Baton Rouge 9 Salem 9 Boise 8 Phoenix 8 Augusta 8

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Atlanta 14x 7.7% stumper $385 avg J:9 DJ:4 FJ:1

J $200 2021 This southern capital is known as "The Big Peach"

J $500 1998 The Peachtree Road Race is a 6-mile run held every July 4 in this capital

FJ 1989 Of the state capitals, this one has the busiest airport

Sacramento 12x 8.3% stumper $450 avg J:8 DJ:4

J $100 1992 Founded by Captain John Augustus Sutter, this capital was an early supply center for gold prospectors

J $500 DD 1999 It was the original western terminus of the Transcontinental Railroad

J $1,000 DD 2010 This capital closest to Sutter's Mill served as a supply center for the Forty-Niners

Denver 11x $291 avg J:9 DJ:2

J $100 1997 This Colorado city's capitol dome is covered with 47 ounces of gold leaf

J $500 1994 It's the only current state capital in which you can tour a U.S. mint still in operation

J $100 1996 This Colorado city was a supply point during the "Pikes Peak or Bust" gold rush of 1859

Springfield 11x $264 avg J:9 DJ:2

J $100 1986 For over 20 years, Lincoln lived in this capital of the "Land of Lincoln"

J $600 2015 The only house Abraham Lincoln ever owned is located at Jackson & 8th Streets in this capital

J $200 2001 In 1861 Abe Lincoln moved from this Illinois city and headed for D.C.

Juneau 10x 12.5% stumper $425 avg J:6 DJ:2 FJ:2

J $400 1988 This largest state capital in area is in our largest state in area

DJ $600 1989 A prospector who discovered gold nearby in 1880 lent his name to this state capital

J $1,000 DD 2004 This capital founded by gold miners has over 100 days a year of below freezing temperatures

Nashville 9x 22.2% stumper $511 avg J:8 DJ:1

J $200 1994 In 1784 this capital was named for Francis Nash, a Revolutionary War general

J $500 1994 The Cumberland River flows through the heart of this state capital

J $1,000 2004 The exterior of the gov.'s mansion in Tallahassee was inspired by the Hermitage in this other state capital

Montgomery 9x $700 avg J:7 DJ:2

J $300 1997 This city is the center of Alabama's fertile "Black Belt" agricultural area

J $800 2016 Attractions in this capital include the Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald Museum & the First White House of the Confederacy

J $1,000 2010 This capital was created when adjoining settlements, East Alabama & Alabama, merged in 1819

Carson City 9x $444 avg J:6 DJ:3

DJ $200 1991 This Nevada capital lies 14 miles east of Lake Tahoe

J $600 2002 The growth of this capital was stimulated by the discovery of the Comstock Lode

J $300 1992 Originally founded as Eagle Station, it's situated in Eagle Valley, about 30 miles south of Reno

Phoenix 8x $500 avg J:6 DJ:2

J $400 DD 1988 The only state capital named for a mythological bird

J $800 2003 With a population of over one million, this Southwestern city is the most populous state capital

DJ $1,000 1995 This Southwestern capital, not Salt Lake City, lies in the Salt River Valley

Should-Know (15)

Annapolis 7x $417 avg J:5 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $300 1988 In 1783 George Washington resigned as Army Commander in Chief in this Maryland capital

J $500 DD 1993 This Maryland capital boasts more than 80 pre-Revolutionary War buildings

FJ 1985 The closest state capital to the nation's capital

Providence 7x 14.3% stumper $400 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $100 1995 This Rhode Island city has almost twice the population of Warwick, the state's second largest city

J $500 1984 The name shows its founder, Roger Williams, believed God led him there

DJ $1,000 2001 Fall River, Massachusetts is part of the metropolitan area of this state capital

Little Rock 7x $383 avg J:5 DJ:1 FJ:1

DJ $400 1987 This capital was named for the smaller of 2 rock bluffs on which it was situated

J $800 2010 It began as a trading post called La Petite Roche to distinguish it from a high bluff farther upstream

FJ 2017 In 1932 a 4,700-pound piece of the object that gave this capital its "small" name was moved to city hall

Lansing 6x $583 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $100 1997 The metropolitan area of this Michigan capital occupies parts of 3 counties

J $500 DD 1994 Settled in 1837, this city was first called Michigan, but was later named for an area in New York state

DJ $1,600 2020 Ransom Eli Olds created 2 major car companies in this city

Juneau, Alaska 6x 60.0% stumper $300 avg J:4 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $100 1985 Under Russian rule, Sitka was its capital

J $500 DD 1997 This capital's 1970 merger with the town of Douglas made it the nation's largest state capital in area

FJ 2008 It's the only state capital whose city limits lie on an international border

Topeka 5x $700 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 1986 Founded in 1854 by anti-slavery settlers, it's the capital of Kansas

J $500 1994 The site of this city was chosen in 1854 by a group of antislavery settlers from nearby Lawrence

DJ $2,000 2019 Antislavery settlers from Lawrence chose the site for this city in the 1850s

Montgomery, Alabama 5x 20.0% stumper $580 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $300 2000 It's the capital of the state nicknamed "Heart of Dixie"

J $500 1998 It's "The Birthplace of Dixie"

J $500 1993 The Confederate States of America were founded in this capital city on February 4, 1861

Helena 5x $420 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $300 1996 In 1864 gold was discovered at Last Chance Gulch, now the main street of this Montana capital

DJ $800 1994 Charles Marion Russell's largest painting hangs in the state capitol in this Montana city

J $300 1996 It's thought that this Montana capital was named for a city in Minnesota

Richmond 5x $460 avg J:5

J $400 1995 When this future Confederate capital became a city in 1782, half of its population was slaves

J $600 2021 This capital's St. John's Church was the site of Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" oration

J $100 1993 Monument Avenue in this Virginia capital has been called "The Prettiest Street in America"

Lincoln 5x $280 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $100 1994 In 1867 Nebraska's capital was moved from Omaha to Lancaster, which was renamed this

J $200 2005 Nebraska Wesleyan University is in this state capital

J $400 1994 It's the capital of the "Cornhusker State"

Augusta, Maine 5x 40.0% stumper $520 avg J:5

J $200 1988 In 1832 Augusta replaced Portland as this state's capital

J $500 1999 This capital's executive mansion was once the home of James G. Blaine

J $1,000 2004 This capital is also the seat of Kennebec County

Trenton 4x $175 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $100 1989 It was the nation's capital for 2 months in 1784; now it's the capital of N.J.

DJ $200 1996 This New Jersey capital was one of the nation's foremost industrial centers in the mid-19th century

J $200 1994 It's the capital of the "Garden State"

Frankfort 4x $625 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $200 1985 The "Bluegrass Capital"

J $500 1988 This Kentucky capital claims to have had the 1st Boy Scout troop in the U.S., organized in 1909

DJ $1,000 1989 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Boone are buried in a cemetery in this city

Charleston 4x $475 avg J:3 DJ:1

DJ $400 1985 West Virginia's capital, not South Carolina's

J $500 1994 The Sunrise Museum in this West Virginia capital includes a planetarium & an art museum

J $500 1993 For several years Daniel Boone lived near what is now this West Virginia capital

Columbia 4x $700 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $400 1994 Sesquicentennial State Park in South Carolina honors this capital's 150th anniversary as a city

DJ $800 2019 6 bronze stars on South Carolina's State House in this city mark where Sherman's cannonballs hit it during the Civil War

J $1,000 2003 Its Strom Thurmond Federal Building was completed in 1979

Worth Knowing (21)

Richmond, Virginia 3 Phoenix, Arizona 3 Little Rock, Arkansas 3 Jefferson City 3 Hartford 3 Springfield, Illinois 3 Austin, Texas 3 Trenton, New Jersey 2 Saint Paul 2 Raleigh 2 Honolulu, Hawaii 2 Des Moines 2 Denver, Colorado 2 Concord, New Hampshire 2 Concord 2 Columbus (Ohio) & Columbia (South Carolina) 2 Carson City, Nevada 2 Albany, New York 2 Pierre, South Dakota 2 Providence, Rhode Island 2 Frankfort, Kentucky 2

Europe

16 answers | 120 clues

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Santa Fe 13x 7.7% stumper $485 avg J:8 DJ:5

DJ $200 1985 At nearly 7,000 feet, this capital of New Mexico is the highest

J $500 1994 You'll find this state capital at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains

DJ $1,200 DD 1991 Its name is Spanish for "Holy Faith"

Albany 12x 8.3% stumper $283 avg J:10 DJ:2

J $400 1996 In 1614 Fort Nassau, a Dutch trading post, was established on the site of this capital

J $600 2010 Troy & Schenectady are part of this state capital's metropolitan area

J $100 2001 The governor's mansion housing George Pataki is in this city

Harrisburg 12x 8.3% stumper $925 avg J:7 DJ:5

J $300 2001 Think about it... this city was first settled by John Harris around 1718

DJ $800 1995 This city is the site of the annual Pennsylvania Farm show

J $1,000 2016 The state museum here is often called the William Penn Memorial Museum due to the statue of Penn in the central hall

Austin 12x $236 avg J:9 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $300 1989 This city boasts the biggest capitol building of all 50 states

FJ 2013 It's the Southern city in which the building seenhereis located; counting thepanelsmay help

J $100 1992 This capital of Texas was originally a village called Waterloo

St. Paul 9x $412 avg J:6 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $100 1995 It's home to the University of Minnesota's College of Agriculture

J $500 1996 It could be called the "North Star City" because it's the capital of the "North Star State"

J $1,000 2002 It lies at the confluence of the Mississippi & Minnesota rivers

Boston 9x $244 avg J:8 DJ:1

J $100 1999 Musically, this capital is known for its "Pops" concerts & summer concerts on the Charles River Esplanade

J $500 1998 The Prudential Center Skywalk provides spectacular views of this New England capital

J $100 1994 It's the "City of Baked Beans"

Bismarck 9x $556 avg J:7 DJ:2

J $300 1993 Originally called Edwinton, it was renamed in 1873 to honor Germany's "Iron Chancellor"

J $500 1986 To attract German money to finance a railroad, this capital was named for a German statesman

J $1,000 DD 2010 In 1873 the town of Edwinton was renamed this by the Northern Pacific Railroad to honor the German Chancellor

Boise 8x $329 avg J:5 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $200 1995 This Idaho capital is located on a river of the same name

DJ $600 1994 You'll find the World Center for Birds of Prey on West Flying Hawk Lane near this capital of Idaho

FJ 1993 This city in the northwest is the "City of Trees"; its name comes from the French for "wooded"

Should-Know (5)

Dover 7x $414 avg J:4 DJ:3

J $100 1994 This Delaware capital boasts some fine examples of Victorian architecture

DJ $600 1997 In 1777 it replaced New Castle as the capital of Delaware

DJ $1,000 1987 Capital of the 1st state to ratify the Constitution

Columbus 7x $317 avg J:6 FJ:1

J $200 1997 This Ohio city is home to Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery

J $600 2016 Each September this Buckeye capital holds an Oktoberfest in its restored 19th century German village

FJ 1987 The only person from whom the names of 2 current state capitals are derived

Montpelier 6x $433 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $100 1986 Of Concord, Montpelier or Bennington, the one that's capital of Vermont

J $500 1996 This city in the Green Mountains is home to the New England Culinary Institute

J $400 1997 According to the 1990 census, this Vermont capital had only 8,247 residents

Montpelier, Vermont 5x 33.3% stumper $600 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:2

DJ $400 1985 The capital with the smallest population is Montpelier in this state

DJ $1,000 1987 The least populous state capital, it's found in the least populous state east of the Mississippi

FJ 2016 Settled in the 1780s, it's the only state capital without a McDonald's

Hartford, Connecticut 5x 50.0% stumper $425 avg J:4 FJ:1

J $100 1993 It was named for Hertford, England

J $500 2000 A synonym for this New England state capital could be what's symbolized by the sign here[Deer Crossing]

J $1,000 DD 1994 State capital in which you'd find Charter Oak Avenue

Worth Knowing (3)

Dover, Delaware 2 Bismarck, North Dakota 2 Topeka, Kansas 2

Asia

10 answers | 78 clues

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Tallahassee 10x $244 avg J:7 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $100 1994 This city is the home of Florida A&M University

DJ $600 1992 This state capital is the seat of Leon County, which was named for Ponce de Leon

FJ 1998 It's the only state capital whose name has 3 sets of double letters

Santa Fe, New Mexico 9x 28.6% stumper $771 avg J:3 DJ:4 FJ:2

DJ $400 1985 Oldest capital in U.S., today it's popular artist colony in the Southwest

J $500 1997 At almost 7,000 feet above sea level in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, it's the highest U.S. capital

J $1,000 2021 Founded around 1610, it once served as the seat of power for the Spanish empire north of the Rio Grande

Baton Rouge 9x $411 avg J:6 DJ:3

J $100 1997 It's Louisiana's second largest city & its capital

J $500 1989 It was named for a red post at a boundary between the hunting grounds of 2 Indian tribes

J $300 1997 Magnolia Mound Plantation, an old Creole home, is a tourist attraction in this city

Salem 9x $550 avg J:6 DJ:2 FJ:1

DJ $200 1985 There were no witch trials at this Oregon capital

J $600 2016 This capital's name is derived from a Hebrew word meaning "peace"

DJ $1,000 1991 This capital on the Willamette River is the home of Willamette University

Augusta 8x $1,388 avg J:4 DJ:4

J $200 2000 Capitals named for women include the capital of Maryland & this Maine capital

DJ $600 2001 While Portland is Maine's main city, this is the capital

DJ $7,000 DD 2023 The Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce is found in this New England state capital

Should-Know (5)

Pierre 7x $671 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $200 1997 South Dakota's Cultural Heritage Center in this city displays a lead plate left by French explorers in 1743

DJ $1,200 2020 This northern state capital bears the first name of Monsieur Chouteau

J $300 1995 South Dakota's executive mansion overlooks Capitol Lake in this city

Olympia 7x 14.3% stumper $371 avg J:6 DJ:1

J $300 1995 This capital lies at the southern end of Puget Sound on Budd Inlet & Capitol Lake

J $500 1992 Located on Puget Sound, it's a major shipping point for oysters, farm products, & lumber

J $200 1994 This capital of Washington was laid out in 1851 & first called Smithfield

Oklahoma City 7x 28.6% stumper $657 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $400 1988 1 of 2 state capitals to begin with the letter "O"

J $500 DD 1992 This state capital is served by Will Rogers World Airport

DJ $1,000 1993 John Wayne's collection of kachina dolls is on display at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in this city

Madison 7x 33.3% stumper $500 avg J:5 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $100 1994 Mendota, Monona, Kegonsa & Waubesa are the "Four Lakes" of this Wisconsin capital

J $500 DD 1995 Alphabetically, it's the last state capital named for a U.S. president

J $1,000 2002 During the 1920s this city named for a president became the headquarters of the Progressive Party

Indianapolis 5x 20.0% stumper $520 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 2002 The 2 most populous state capitals are Phoenix & this Hoosier city

J $1,000 2006 4 cities lie within this state capital's city limits: Beech Grove, Southport, Lawrence & Speedway

J $200 1987 Benjamin Harrison & John Dillinger are both buried in this capital of the Hoosier state

Middle East

3 answers | 19 clues

Must-Know (1)

Salt Lake City 10x 20.0% stumper $500 avg J:10

J $100 1996 This city is home to Ballet West & the Utah Symphony Orchestra

J $500 DD 1996 The Seagull Monument is a tourist site in this capital

J $1,000 DD 2004 This city dropped the word "Great" from its name in 1868, while it was still a territorial capital

Should-Know (1)

Cheyenne 7x $557 avg J:6 DJ:1

J $200 1997 The area of this Wyoming capital was first occupied by the Native American tribe for which it's named

J $500 1996 It's Wyoming's largest city & manufacturing center

DJ $1,800 DD 1996 Nellie Tayloe Ross, the first woman governor, occupied the governor's mansion in this city

Worth Knowing (1)

St. Paul, Minnesota 2

Oceania

1 answers | 16 clues

Must-Know (1)

Honolulu 16x 18.8% stumper $331 avg J:12 DJ:4

J $100 1997 The Kodak Hula Show in this city is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 1997

J $500 2001 It's known as "The Crossroads of the Pacific"

DJ $1,000 DD 1991 By the mid-19th c., this city had become major Pacific whaling port

North America

1 answers | 2 clues

Worth Knowing (1)

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 2

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