December 2012 - Trivia Questions and Answers - TriviaQA

State Of The Union Trivia

Heard weekly since 1925, this state’s “Grand Ole Opry” program is the longest-running live radio show in the U.S.

Answer: Tennessee

State Of The Union Trivia

As of Jan. 1, 2008, this Pacific Northwest state had the highest statewide minimum wage, $8.07 an hour

Answer: Washington

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A river in this state is named for the Rappahannock tribe that John Smith met in 1607

Answer: Virginia

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Big Pocono State Park is found in this state

Answer: Pennsylvania

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The Jack Daniel’s distillery is in Lynchburg in this state

Answer: Tennessee

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When Jimi Hendrix played “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Woodstock, he was strumming in this state

Answer: New York

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The Trinity site in this state was the location of the USA’s first atomic explosion

Answer: New Mexico

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The Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport is in this state

Answer: Rhode Island

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“Where The Columbines Grow” is its official state song

Answer: Colorado

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This Union state’s 6th regiment was nicknamed the Minutemen; its 20th was the Harvard Regiment

Answer: Massachusetts

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The westernmost states to stay loyal to the Union were California & this one that had just been admitted in 1859

Answer: Oregon

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Turnabout is fair play–it seceded from a Confederate state & joined the Union in June 1863

Answer: West Virginia

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A senator from this state said, “having been the first… to enter the Union”, it would be “the last to abandon it”

Answer: Delaware

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It stayed in the Union, but the Confederacy also admitted it in 1861; it was in a “compromising” position, after all

Answer: Missouri

State Of The Union Trivia

This Union state’s 6th regiment was nicknamed the Minutemen; its 20th was the Harvard Regiment

Answer: Massachusetts