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Tuesday Trivia - USA Edition

Over at IHJ, Chris has started a nice little routine of posting trivia question(s) each and every Tuesday*. His questions are less of the you-know-it-or-you-don't* variety and more of the if-you-put-your-mind-to-it-you-should-be-able-to-figure-it-out* type. However you choose to hyphenate the description, they are good fun.

It fits nicely that I've been preparing for a trivia post for some time, inspired by my recent travels. I thought I would throw them in the Tuesday Trivia realm so we can all exercise our brains together. For answers, hover over question number at the end. Feel free to post your score, or any qualms you have with the questions, in the comments.

State Capitals:
1) How many U.S. state capitals have more than one word? (ex: Kansas City (if that was the capital))
2) Which U.S. capital's name shares no letters with the name of the state it's in? (ex: Not Salem, Oregon because they both have an "E")
3) Which 4 U.S. state capitals start with the same letter as the state they are in?*
Other Geography(ish):
4) Name as many popular U.S. cities with 6 or more syllables.*
5) What letter isn't used in the spelling of any states name?
6) Rank the 4 major timezones in the U.S. by population, greatest to least.
Other:
7) What state has the most vanity license plates?
8) Name which presidents have memorials on the National Mall in D.C.
9) Which is the only U.S. state that has a non-rectangular flag?

Answers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6¹, 7², 8, 9

Tuesday April 29 2008

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on Tue 29th Apr, 2008 06:24 am PDT Luke said:
shouldn't "The District of Columbia" count as being more than 6 syllables?
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on Tue 29th Apr, 2008 07:07 am PDT Wren said:
I think "District of Columbia" is more the name of the district and "Washington" is the name of the city. Tough call, though. I'll award half credit.
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on Wed 30th Apr, 2008 02:19 pm PDT Sean said:
Asrael?
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on Wed 30th Apr, 2008 02:19 pm PDT Sean said:
It's either that or Smurfette, I can never remember which one's the cat
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on Mon 05th May, 2008 11:13 am PDT Wren said:
For posterity, I will add another 6 syllable popular U.S. city name that Ma came up with: San Luis Obisbo.
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