QUIZ OF THE WEEK

CAPITAL CITIES OF US STATES

1. The capital of which state is named after Richard Montgomery, pictured right, an Irish-born general who served in the

American War of Independence?

2. The state capital of California is named after which river?

3. The capital city of North

Carolina is named after which

British explorer involved in the colonisation of North America?

4. Annapolis, named after Queen Anne when she was still is a princess, is the capital city of which state?

5. A renegade preacher named Roger Williams named which state’s capital Providence as a mark of gratitude to God for protecting him after being exiled from Massachussetts?

6. To what name was Oregon’s capital renamed in the mid1800s, taking inspiration from the Hebrew for “peace”?

7. The capital city of Massachussetts is named after which town in

England where many puritan settlers had previously lived?

8. Saint Helena, a town in

Minnesota, lends its name to the capital city of which state?

9. Which US capital city, a twin city of Sligo, is named after the Muskogean Indian word for “old fields”?

10. Which southern state’s capital city is named after the Western and Atlantic Railroad which began life there?

11. The state capital of Nebraska is named after which US president, known as ‘The Great Emancipator’?

12. Trenton is the capital city of which state, named after one of the Channel Islands?

13. Cheyenne, named after the Native American tribe who originally lived in the area, is the capital city of which state?

14. What is the state capital of Kansas which is commonly believed to be an old, regional word for “a good place to dig potatoes”?

15. What is the state capital of

Hawaii, pictured below, which translates as “sheltered bay”?

16. What is the name of Arizona’s capital city which was proposed by a resident on the basis that it is a city born out of the ruins of a former civilisation?

17. Montpelier, the capital city of Vermont, is named after another city in which European country?

18. Little Rock, named by a French explorer, is the capital of which state?

19. The capital city of Delaware is named after which UK town, best known for known for its prominent port?

20. What name was given to Washington’s state capital, in recognition of the view of the Olympic mountains which dominated the skyline on a clear day?

21. Nashville, named after

American War of Independence general Francis Nash, is the capital city of which state?

22. Columbia, the state capital of South Carolina, is named after whom?

23. Harrisburg, named after the father of the planner who laid out the town, is state capital of which Eastern state?

24. Bismarck in North Dakota is named after a historic statesman who was the founder of the former empire of which country?

25. Albany, derived from the

Gaelic name for Scotland, is the capital city of which state?

26. La Villa Real de la Santa

Fe, usually shortened to simply Santa Fe, is the capital city of which southern state?

27. Concord, named in recognition of the end of a lengthy border dispute, is the capital of which small, east coast state?

28. What is the name of Indiana’s state capital which translates as “City of the Land of Indians”?

29. Missouri’s state capital is named after which US president who was also one of the country’s founding fathers?

30. Christopher “Kit” Carson, pictured above, a famous frontiersman in 19th century America, was immortalised when his name was chosen as the capital city of which state?

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