How well do you know the USA? 40 trivia quiz questions and answers on US geography
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- It's quiz trivia time! Can you answer these 40 geography trivia quiz questions about the United States of America.
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Question 14: It was Louisiana TERRITORY, not the state. The territory contained even part of Montana, to say nothing of Iowa, and a whole lot more.
It was part of a much greater addition. The Louisiana purchase.
You are certainly correct. The Louisiana Purchase involved a great swath of land, far bigger than any single state. 👍
The area that later became the state of Louisiana was in that territory, so its technically not incorrect. Just saying.
It only became Louisiana 'Territory' after the purchase.
#27 absolutely wrong. Virginia and South Carolina both come after Rhode Island.
Was gonna say the same thing.
Of the Original 13 states, doesn't V come after R? Just asking for a friend. Also, S comes after R as well.
Thanks, the correction is pinned in the comments
Don't correct that one, it's the only one I got right.
@@roberthuot7887 Made me laugh
That’s “origianl”. Can’t you read?
The clue was the first 13 original states. Vermont was not one.
For 2 Canadians, we got 33, but I agree that the question of the first 13 states should have Virginia as the last in alphabetical order.
The author of this (in my opinion) stupid quiz does not know the English alphabet
@alenabrixova5238 Actually, you might want to take a little easier on the quiz master. Why? Look up the real (ie Official) name of Virginia. It is in fact the Commonwealth of Virginia. Egad! 😮
This was humbling.
I have to question the answers on a couple of these, but this was fun!
Man that kicked my a$$ and I question a few of those official answers.
#6: When you said "continental US", Key West must be excluded, as it is an island (the word Key offers a hint there 🤭). Why does Rhode Island come after Virginia alphabetically in #27?
Agreed. Key West is an island; it is not on the continent of North America.
Yeah they made a mistake with Rhode Island. The correct answer should be Virginia.
My guess: possible that the Plantation of R. H. Providence (I believe original name) just might not been one of the rebel/original colonies @ that specific time. Almost all were self-proclaimed as Commonwealths. It's business, nothing new, that calls many shots.
@@censusgary WRONG!! The answer in the quiz is correct. While island in Washington is part on CONUS and so is Long Island in New York among MANY others
STUPID SPELLCHECK !! It should be WHIBLEY island
Your question is "what is the largest park in the "continental" US. Wrangle St. Elias is in Alaska
Alaska is part of the continental U.S. Only Hawaii is not.
Of the Original 13 states the one that comes last alphabetically should be Virginia not Rhode Island.
More challenging than I thought.
Something was niggling at my memory. Virginia's official name is the Commonweath of Virginia.👍
A surprisingly difficult quiz. I thought I knew which city is the most populous in Florida, but I was wrong.
I thought it was Miami,so I was wrong,and surprised.
It's misleading but true. Jacksonville proper has twice the population of Miami proper. But, if you look at combined statistical areas, i.e. metro areas, Miami metro is about four times larger than Jacksonville metro.
City limits vs the metro area. Tricky.
Yeah, Jacksonville annexed all of Duval County quite a number of years ago. It also appeared in this quiz as the answer of the largest U.S. city by area because of this.
I’m 69, so when I was a kid, Los Angeles was the largest city by area. Later, Indianapolis annexed most of Marion County IN, and Oklahoma City annexed most of Oklahoma County OK to pass LA in area. To which Jacksonville said “hold my beer”.
Of course, Greater Miami and Greater Tampa-St. Pete have more population than Greater Jacksonville. Jacksonville doesn’t have much suburban population now that they’ve annexed Duval County.
BTW, I got 31 right and 9 wrong.
Great quizz ! Thanks for putting it together for us here in Philadelphia
"Landmark on the back of a $50 bill?" is really a trivia question not a geography question.
What's a $50 bill?
@@robertbennett2586 ive never seen one! 😂😂🤣🤣😂
I disagree. The capital building is a landmark. I guess the white house or Taj Mahal aren't landmarks either?
@@Retromolarman I'm confused? Who said it wasn't a landmark?
@@PsychoThirteen I only meant that landmarks are a very important part of geography. Not confusing.
There is 4 Alaskan cities larger than Jacksonville.
The great western loop trail is fairly obscure since only a handful or less are known to have completed it. Also, the Mohave section isn't really a trail but more finding ones own route.
Time consuming but a decent quiz. I couldn't answer a lot of them.
Of the original 13 US states, the last alphabetically is Virginia (Oh and you misspelled "original")
1 Delaware December 7, 1787
2 Pennsylvania December 12, 1787
3 New Jersey December 18, 1787
4 Georgia January 2, 1788
5 Connecticut January 9, 1788
6 Massachusetts February 6, 1788
7 Maryland April 28, 1788
8 South Carolina May 23, 1788
9 New Hampshire June 21, 1788
10 Virginia June 25, 1788
11 New York July 26, 1788
12 North Carolina November 21, 1789
13 Rhode Island May 29, 1790
RI is obviously last alphabetically if you go by admission to the union.
14 wrong. I think I would have gotten a couple more correct had we been given more time since I am a little rusty. Some answers surprised me, like Hell Canyon being the deepest. I thought it was the Grand Canyon.
38/40. I counted myself right for knowing Sitka is the largest city by land area, and Virginia comes alphabetically after Rhode Island. Some questions are a challenge.
There are actually 3 questions in this quiz that have incorrect answers.
(1) Missouri is not the longest river in the US.
(2) Virginia does fall alphabetically behind RI.
(3) I quit after (2), so there may be more, but the purchase of the state of Louisiana is a bit dicey.
How is Reno Nevada farther west than Los Angeles?
William it’s true. CA curves down to the east.
Yes, the Missouri river is technically longer than the Mississippi
@@williamevans2176 look at a map of United States, and you’ll see.
Question #14 could technically be a number of answers. Montana could theoretically be a correct answer. Because neither Montana nor Louisiana were states at the time the territory was purchased in 1803
Question 13: wrangle-St. Elias is in Alaska which is not considered part of the continental or lower 48 States. So a bad question even though it is on the continent. Technically the Caribbean islands are part of the NorthAmerican Continent
I’m sorry but you are mistaken. The “continental” United States does indeed include Alaska but not Hawaii. I believe you are trying to say the “Contiguous” United States which only includes the “lower 48”. You also make a claim about continental boundaries, this is not totally accurate either. Many Americans claim only one continent - that of America which constitutes the entire land mass inclusive of the Caribbean islands. The UN does recognise a North and South American model however this is heavily geopolitically based and not strictly geographically determined. The island of Greenland under this model should be included in the Americas based on this interpretation something that few USA citizens would recognise as such.
In the end the question of American subdivisions are at least murky. Small claims can be made about slightly differing European delineation, in America’s case it’s about half its population and a USA education system that has a clear agenda (as it probably should on the subject) to favour its model. Either way I think Vespucci would be proud!
I’ve been in America my whole life and Mississippi River is the longest river Missouri feeds into it at least that’s what I’ve been taught
Yes, that was my answer too!
Missouri River is one mile longer, I was surprised also
@@JimRosipkoRN I think your measuring the wrong maps dude!
The Mississippi has more water, but the Missouri is slightly longer.
The Missouri is the longest river in North America
Ooohhh tricky ones in there! 33 out of 40.
The first 20....easy.....the last 20......more difficult.......
Fun quiz. Thanks. I thought I would do better than 30@
Question 29...Wrong...1. Sitka, AK, 2. Juneau, AK, 3. Wrangell, AK, 4. Anchorage, AK, 5. Jacksonville, FL
I got 29 right … and I’m British!
Wisconsin
Question 13, Wrangell-St. Elias is in Alaska. Not the continental US.
Continental USA is not the same as contiguous USE. The answer is correct.
This was an interesting quiz. I am a Canadian (from Ireland as a kid of 6) and I tend to know US geography fairly well, and really enjoyed both this quiz and some of the comments offered. Got 35 correct, but this may be bragging a bit! I am still not sure what are the Rocky Mountain states. I make it 8 states, but refuse to bet on this. And I am shocked at the absolute and comparitive sizes of Miami and Jacksonville.
A little off subject, I just finished the classic book "2 Years Before The Mast" that I found riveting!
Thanks for the quiz.😸
Jacksonville by area is much larger than Miami, but I believe Juneau Alaska is the largest city in land area of the United States. In addition, there are three other cities in Alaska that are bigger than Jacksonville.
Some years ago Jacksonville took in the whole county so it now is larger than what the city actually was. I’m sure it would have grown some but it’s disproportionately larger than any other city in the state .
crazy i've lived in the US my entire life and got maybe 3 right 😂 i've failed my geography teachers greatly
I already knew I was dumb. I really didn't need this quiz to prove it.
😂😂😂
I could be wrong, but of the 13 original states, doesn't Virginia come alphabetically after Rhode Island?
how is reno farther west? where are you standing lol..... Well I am Canadian and had 15 right. couple trick question also, I'd like too see a Canadian version of this.
Look on google maps you will see that it actually is believe it or not
Yeah Reno is quite a bit further West.
7:02 - In which alphabet does Rhode Island come after Virginia & South Carolina?
I'm English and have never stepped foot in America. So, don't ask me how, but I got 33/40
On question #4 you misspelled "Montpelier". It only has one "L". You spelled it with two.
Excuse me but V comes after R in the American English alphabet making Virginia the last of the 13 original states alphabetically and not Rhode Island. Perhaps you should practice the Alphabet Song a bit more?
Missed 6 and a couple of the answers surprised me. Probably wouldn’t have made it on Jay Leno! ✌️🤣👍
2 rivers in the grand canyon. More than one state is in the louisiana purchase. its the entire mississippi dranage basin. louisiana to montana
Many of these move from the area of trivia into the area of "Ho hum, who cares."
Oh no!!! A general knowlege freak would never do that!! 😁 I found these fascinating and well selected. I also enjoyed many of the comments. I am looking at them for the second time -- I saw them a year ago, and I still find them great l❤
How did I do? I got them all right -- but the person who wrote the questions missed at least four! 'I'm assuming he/she is not from the U.S..
No. 14 is technically wrong since Louisiana wasn't a state when the U.S. bought the Louisiana Purchase. If you are going to count Louisiana, as a state you should count all the rest of the states carved out of the Louisiana Territory, especially Missouri.
No. 18 Miami has millions more people than Jacksonville, although Jacksonville is the largest in Florida by area.
Wikipedia says that Miam's population is 442,241, so it doesn't have millions more people than anything. (Jacksonville has 949,611)
Look up Great Miami and Greater Jacksonville. Oh yeah.
@@Zedns1 But the question is not about "greater" anything.
Sorry, but you are wrong about Jacksonville FL population. According to my 2022 Rand McNally atlas, Jacksonville has around 870,000 people in its city limit. Miami has only 400,000. If you include all of Miami Dade county it is around 2,400,000. Much more than Duval county which Jacksonville sits inside.
The Miami metro area (or combined statistical area) is larger, but that's because it includes Miami Beach, a separate city, as well as West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, and several other cities. But within the city limits, Miami only has about 450,000 people while Jacksonville proper has over twice that number.
VIRGINIA IS LAST ALPHABETICALLY… I questioned my own existence for like 15 minutes… however I’m sure it was an error to gain comment and it sure did work.
I only missed 13, good quiz, 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Wrangell St . Elias is NOT IN CONTINENTAL USA.
Made it to the end and blew it. Maybe got about half right.🤣 Oh well. Learned a thing or three.
Same bro.👍
@@roberthuot7887 Oh well. Like a guy I once knew said years ago....."There's no use in having any ignorance if you don't use it once in awhile."🤣
@@robr2389 😃😁👍
@@roberthuot7887 It CAN sometimes be FUN to be dumb. Look at all we learn.😺
Since when does "R" (Rhode Island) come after "V" (Virginia)?
#29 is incorrect. The largest city in the United States by area is Sitka, Alaska. Sitka spans over 2,870.3 mi2 (7,434.04 km2) but has a population of about only 10,000 people.
Sitka, Alaska is 2870 square miles.
Juneau, Alaska has 2701 square miles.
Wrangell, Alaska has 2542 square miles.
Anchorage, Alaska has 1704 square miles.
Jacksonville is 875 square miles. (The web shows 747 square miles)
Small problem with question 14, although the territory was named Louisiana, the land bought encompasses many other states including Louisiana
Colorado river
That’s actually my childhood sound ☺️I actually was born in NC North Carolina, Charlotte and I know anything
The fact that Rhode Island has twice the population as Wyoming is wild. I live 15 minutes from the Rhode Island border. That State doesn't look like it has a whole lot of people even though they have just over a million, so that means Wyoming must be a only a couple of people per square miles.
Fun
I thought Virginia was one of the original 13 colonies, in which case Rhode Island is incorrect ...
If you are going to ask "how many" questions, it would be nice for the people who know the answer to actually have time to think and then add them up.
Pause
@@drholt2 I could, Don, but if you don't follow the rules, you're cheating. Can't hardly take pride in your score if you cheated to get it.
37/40. I missed 4, 13 and 27. Good quiz. :)
I got half, but I am not American. Maybe 21. I went with the Virginia answer, which some in the comments say is correct.
3:46 - you should really check your facts - the Lousiana pruchase of 1803 did not "buy Louisiana' the purchase extended the state of Louisiana a little but mainly purchased a huge parcel of land running through the middle of th US and into present day Canada. The purchase included all of present day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska; most of North and South Dakota, and parts of present day Montanna, Wyoming, Colorado and Minnesota, as well as small parts of what are now Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Of the 13 original States, referring to Q. 27 I would expect that Virginia was the last alphabetically and not Rhode Island as given in the answer.
You have 88k views and 125 comments. So I will speak for the crowd. Thank you for making us feel stupid! :)
i just got my butt kicked but i disagree with Rhode Island instead of Virginia. 29/40 correct but it SHOULD be 30/40
25 not bad for an Aussie
Rockies run through Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico. Or are you counting Florida?
Texas as well.
I HAD 10 GOOD...LOL But than again, I'm Dutch.
surely wyoming comes last alphabetically?
but it wasn't one of the original 13
Qu. 27 the original 13 states which one comes last alphabetically would be Virginia, right?
All right but the gem state 39 out of 40. Pretty easy.
As a non-American l wld have liked multiple choice, yet scored 24/40 which is a passing mark?!?. I also had Virginia as incorrect and know that Vermont was a secession from New York and Louisiana was an area larger than just current state. Was it not at the time larger than the area of incoporated states of that time?
Virginia comes after Rhode Island.
OK, So, Wrangel-St.Elias is NOT in the continental US, it is in Alaska.
The Louisiana purchase was MANY states, not just Louisiana. It doubled the size of the US at the time.
Virginia is the last alphabetically of the 13 original colonies, unless you are going by full state names of "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations", since 2020 shortened to just "State of Rhode Island" and "Commonwealth of Virginia".
Jacksonville has an area of 874 sq mi.... Juneau, AK has an area of 3254 sq mi... NOT EVEN CLOSE. It's Juneau
37/40...but I had an unfair advantage...I'm Canadian.
#14 wrong. The USA purchased the Louisiana Territory which consisted of most of the middle states from the gulf of Mexico up to Canada
Not easy but I do think some answers were wrong. I got 15 wrong so that’s 25 correct. 62.2 which is a D-, not good at all but how many people truly get all correct?
well, considering several of their answers were wrong, or the questions so poorly written ... No one.
#36 Is Gem a synonym of potato? 🥔
Wrong. The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 included half of Minnesota and several other whole states including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and North & South Dakota to name a few and also parts of several other states like Texas & California making up most of everything west of the Mississippi River.
By saying 'US international airport', I thought you ony considered international flights. Hence I picked LAX over ATL.
I got 23 but I m English and live in England so I think I did ok.
**correction** Question 27 correct answer is Virginia**
25/40, surprisingly difficult quiz because of the time limit. My score would have been at least 5-10 points higher if I had at least 10 more seconds per question.
This Englishman's risible total would have been 3 or 4 better,too.
Would of been? You get a D for grammar, nick barbosa
@@barbaradow3398 I see you have nothing better to do. Last time I checked this was a geography quiz not a spelling bee. Get a life.
R comes before V except after C which sounds like M which stands for Moronica.
Question #27 had an incorrect answer. The correct answer is Virginia. While Rhode Island was the last to join the Union, Virginia is the last alphabetically of the 13 original states.
About 10.
Missed one, I thought V came after R
#27,Whiskey Tango Foxtrot! Rhode Island? In the ALPHABET, R comes before V, What? Also Great Western Loop is not a single trail. So I got two wrong.
Montpelier only has one l. 2 L's is a place in France. (Question #4)
Yes, and again it is because Umairicans can not spell.
21, Acceptable by a Tasmanian!
#22 is not accurate. The Rocky Mountains run through New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana & Utah. Parts of the Rocky Mountains also extend into Arizona & Nevada. That makes 8, not 7
Vermont is not the smallest US state
Anchorage AK is by far the largest city by area.
sitka Alaska is the biggest
The largest city in the United States by area is Sitka, Alaska. Sitka spans over 2,870.3 mi2 (7,434.04 km2) but has a population of about only 10,000 people.
wasn't Virginia one of the original 13?
Vermont and West Virginia come after Rhode Island alphabetically. So, that's wrong.
look above
I thought I would be good at this. Boy was I wrong!
Google maps says that the Rockies runs through six states, not seven.
Idaho is questionable.
The smallest US State is Rhode Island NOT Vermont.
The smallest U.S. State capitol by population is located in Vermont.
33/40
Got 12 points. If Virginia is adopted instead of Rhode Island. - I'm Russian.
#27 - Gulf Coast Modern has pointed out that "Virginia" comes after "Rhode Island" alphabetically, but since the question asks about "origianl" states, that criterion might not apply to Virginia - now if they were referring to "original" states, then yes.
honestly, do a little proof-reading before you post the video. there might not be apps to check fact-check all of your answers, but my flip phone has spell check.
I'm Irish and have only been in 10 of the states, I got 17 right but checking a map, Reno doesn't seem much more west than LA.