United States Trivia

129+ Best United States Trivia Questions & Answers

Mike Oberman

Updated: August 17th, 2023

Discover fascinating facts about the United States with these 129+ general trivia questions. From state capitals to famous landmarks, challenge your knowledge of the USA in this fun and engaging quiz!

US Geography and States Trivia

Question: The famous Lincoln Park Zoo is located in which state?

Answer: Illinois

Question: The important fishing port of Valdez is located in which US State?

Answer: Alaska

Question: The naval base Pearl Harbour is in which US state?

Answer: Hawaii

Question: The Rio Grande forms the border of Texas with what other area?

Answer: Mexico

Question: The technology industry center known as 'Silicon Valley' is in which state of the USA?

Answer: California

Question: Vermont, USA, is known as which of these?

Answer: The Green Mountain State

Question: What is the capital city of New York state in the USA?

Answer: Albany

Question: What is the correct spelling of the state which contains the city of Boston?

Answer: Massachusetts

Question: What is the name of the only U.S. state whose name begins with the letter D?

Answer: Delaware

Question: Which American state is ´The Lone Star State'?

Answer: Texas

Question: Which of the continental US states is divided into two non-contiguous parts?

Answer: Michigan

Question: Which of the five Great Lakes of North America is the only one that does not border the US state of Michigan?

Answer: Ontario

Question: Which of these is NOT a New England state?

Answer: Minnesota

Question: Which of these is not an American state capital?

Answer: Phoenix Time Zone

Question: Which of these is the actual name of an American state?

Answer: South Dakota

Question: Louisiana has borders with how many other states?

Answer: 3

Question: Maryland has borders with how many other states?

Answer: 4

Question: Montana has borders with how many other states?

Answer: 4

Question: Nebraska has borders with how many other states?

Answer: 6

Question: New Hampshire has borders with how many other states?

Answer: 3

Question: New Jersey has borders with how many other states?

Answer: 3

Question: Which two states donated land for the building of Washington DC?

Answer: Virginia and Maryland

Question: Which U.S. State is named after a French king?

Answer: Louisiana

Question: Which US state borders Alabama to the North?

Answer: Tennessee

Question: Which US State has a longer coastline than all the other U.S. states combined?

Answer: Alaska

Question: Which US state is named after King George II of Great Britain?

Answer: Georgia

Question: Which US state is nicknamed ´The Sunshine State'?

Answer: Florida

Question: Which US state is unofficially nicknamed the Yellowhammer State?

Answer: Alabama

Question: Which US state was last to join the Union?

Answer: Hawaii

Question: Which US state was the first to enter the Union?

Answer: Delaware

Question: Which US state was the second to enter the Union?

Answer: Pennsylvania

US State Capitals Trivia

Question: Which is the largest city in Missouri?

Answer: Kansas City

Question: Which is the least populous US state capital?

Answer: Montpelier

Question: Which is the smallest state capital by land area?

Answer: Annapolis

Question: Which island territory is a self-governing unincorporated territory of the USA?

Answer: Puerto Rico

Question: Which Louisiana city is nicknamed 'The Big Easy'?

Answer: New Orleans

Question: Which of these cities is on the Mississippi River?

Answer: New Orleans

Question: Which of these is the state capital of Maine?

Answer: Augusta

Question: Which of these is the state capital of Maryland?

Answer: Annapolis

Question: Which of these is the state capital of Michigan?

Answer: Lansing

Question: Which of these is the state capital of Minnesota?

Answer: St Paul

Question: Which of these is the state capital of Missouri?

Answer: Jefferson City

Question: Which of these is the state capital of Nebraska?

Answer: Lincoln

Question: Which of these is the state capital of Nevada?

Answer: Carson City

Question: Which of these is the state capital of New Hampshire?

Answer: Concord

Question: Which of these is the state capital of North Carolina?

Answer: Raleigh

Question: Which of these is the state capital of North Dakota?

Answer: Bismarck

Question: Which of these is the state capital of Oregon?

Answer: Salem

Question: Which of these is the state capital of Pennsylvania?

Answer: Harrisburg

Question: Which of these is the state capital of Rhode Island?

Answer: Providence

Question: Which of these is the state capital of South Carolina?

Answer: Columbia

Question: Which of these is the state capital of South Dakota?

Answer: Pierre

Question: In 1782, what was made the official bird of the USA?

Answer: Bald eagle

Question: When did Santa Fe become a capital?

Answer: 1610

US State Capitals and Time Zones Trivia

Question: Alaska state capital Juneau is in which time zone?

Answer: Alaska

Question: Albany is the capital of which US state?

Answer: New York

Question: Atlanta is the capital of which US state?

Answer: Georgia

Question: Georgia state capital Atlanta is in which time zone?

Answer: Eastern

Question: Georgia state capital Augusta is in which time zone?

Answer: Eastern

Question: Illinois state capital Springfield is in which time zone?

Answer: Central

Question: Iowa state capital Des Moines is in which time zone?

Answer: Central

Question: Kansas state capital Topeka is in which time zone?

Answer: Central

Question: Lincoln is the capital of which US state?

Answer: Nebraska

Question: Louisiana state capital Baton Rouge is in which time zone?

Answer: Central

Question: Madison is the capital of which US state?

Answer: Wisconsin

Question: Maryland state capital Annapolis is in which time zone?

Answer: Eastern

Question: Missouri state capital Jefferson City is in which time zone?

Answer: Central

Question: Nebraska state capital Lincoln is in which time zone?

Answer: Central

Question: New Mexico state capital Santa Fe is in which time zone?

Answer: Mountain

Question: Richmond is the capital of which US state?

Answer: Virginia

Question: How many countries in the world are larger than the US in terms of landmass?

Answer: 2

Question: How many hours behind Greenwich Mean Time is California?

Answer: 8

Question: How many time zones are there in the continental United States?

Answer: 5

Question: Kansas is bordered to the south by which state?

Answer: Oklahoma

Question: Kansas is bordered to the west by which state?

Answer: Colorado

Question: Kentucky has borders with how many other states?

Answer: 7

Question: What was the Mississippi State Penitentiary formerly called?

Answer: Parchman Farm

Question: Where would you go in all of U.S. territory to see the first sunrise of a new day?

Answer: Peacock Point, Wake Island

US States and Cities Trivia

Question: How many American states begin and end with the letter 'A'?

Answer: 3

Question: How many US states begin with letter N?

Answer: 8

Question: How many US states begin with letter O?

Answer: 3

Question: In which city did Rosa Parks refuse to obey a bus driver´s order to give up her seat for a white passenger?

Answer: Montgomery, Alabama

Question: In which of these states of the USA is there not a city called Boise?

Answer: Maine

Question: In which state is the gambling city of Las Vegas?

Answer: Nevada

Question: In which state was the spooky town of ´Eerie' ?

Answer: Indiana

Question: In which US city is the National Air and Space Museum?

Answer: Washington

Question: In which US national park is the geyser named 'Old Faithful' located?

Answer: Yellowstone

Question: In which US state is Area 51?

Answer: Nevada

Question: Which is the abbreviation for the State of Alabama?

Answer: AL

Question: Which is the abbreviation for the State of Alaska?

Answer: AK

Question: Which of these States has landmass that is only 90 miles from Cuba?

Answer: Florida

Question: Which of these States is considered a Mountain State?

Answer: New Mexico

Question: Which of these states of the USA is part of New England?

Answer: Maine

Question: Which of these US states does not have coastline directly facing the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer: West Virginia

Question: Which of these US states has the fewest earthquakes?

Answer: Florida

Question: Which of these US states is the smallest?

Answer: Delaware

Question: Which of these US states officially uses the name 'Commonwealth'?

Answer: Massachusetts

Question: Which of these was not one of the first three states in the Union?

Answer: Georgia

Question: Which state is considered the most religiously homogeneous state in the Union?

Answer: Utah

Question: Which state is nicknamed ´The Green Mountain State'?

Answer: Vermont

Question: Which state of the USA has the longest border with Canada?

Answer: Alaska

Question: Which State was the first to make the establishment of schools mandatory?

Answer: Massachusetts

US Cities and Landmarks Trivia

Question: New York City comprises how many boroughs?

Answer: 5

Question: North Dakota is bordered to the west by which state?

Answer: Montana

Question: Oklahoma City is the capital of which US state?

Answer: Oklahoma

Question: Pierre is the capital but which is the largest city in South Dakota?

Answer: Sioux Falls

Question: Richmond is the capital but which is the largest city in Virginia?

Answer: Virginia Beach

Question: Sacramento is the state capital but where is the California Supreme Court headquartered?

Answer: San Francisco

Question: Old Faithful is a major landmark in Yellowstone National Park. What is it?

Answer: A geyser

Question: On a clear day how far can one see from the observation platform of the Empire State Building?

Answer: 130 km

Question: Oregon is bordered to the north by which state?

Answer: Washington

Question: Peter Minuit of the Dutch West India Company bought Manhattan island from the local Indians in 1626 with cloth, trinkets, and beads worth the equivalent of what?

Answer: 24 dollars

Question: Roswell, the 'UFO crash site', is in which US state?

Answer: New Mexico

Question: The city of St Louis is which of the following?

Answer: A Port

Question: The area that was known as ´Cimarron Territory´ to 1890 is now known as what part of the USA?

Answer: The Oklahoma panhandle

Question: When Travelling west, in which city does Route 66 end?

Answer: Santa Monica

Question: Which city immediately preceded Augusta as capital of Maine?

Answer: Portland

Question: Which city immediately preceded Baton Rouge as capital of Louisiana?

Answer: New Orleans

Question: Which city immediately preceded Concord as capital of New Hampshire?

Answer: Exeter

Question: Which city immediately preceded Jackson as capital of Mississippi?

Answer: Natchez

Question: Which city immediately preceded Lansing as capital of Michigan?

Answer: Detroit

Question: Which city preceded Des Moines as capital of Iowa?

Answer: Iowa City

Question: Which US city is known as Beantown?

Answer: Boston

Question: Which US city is known as the City by the Bay?

Answer: San Francisco

Question: Work on building the White House began in what year?

Answer: 1792