Can you answer these real 'Jeopardy!' clues about your state?

Clue #1: In Greek myth, this river flows by Hades; in reality, it's in Alabama.

Clue #2: If you're visiting the White House—the first White House of the Confederacy, that is—you're in this city.

Clue #3: This praline ingredient is Alabama's state nut.

Clue #1: In Greek myth, this river flows by Hades; in reality, it's in Alabama.

Answer: Styx

Clue #2: If you're visiting the White House—the first White House of the Confederacy, that is—you're in this city.

Answer: Montgomery

Clue #3: This praline ingredient is Alabama's state nut.

Answer: Pecan

Clue #1: His "Icebox" and his "Folly" were nicknames for the purchase of Alaska.

Clue #2: Haines, Alaska's museum of this tool features exhibits on handle making and "five ways to not hit your fingers.”

Clue #3: Because they can see Alaska from their dachas, the Russians call this peak Bolshaya Gora ("great mountain").

Clue #1: His "Icebox" and his "Folly" were nicknames for the purchase of Alaska.

Answer: Seward's

Clue #2: Haines, Alaska's museum of this tool features exhibits on handle making and "five ways to not hit your fingers.”

Answer: Hammers

Clue #3: Because they can see Alaska from their dachas, the Russians call this peak Bolshaya Gora ("great mountain").

Answer: Denali (or Mount McKinley)

Clue #1: Arizona's Petrified Forest is mostly this type of tree that has four vowels in a row.

Clue #2: This city grew up around a flagpole erected to celebrate the U.S. Centennial of 1876.

Clue #3: Around 1905 these animals, not native to Arizona, were brought to a ranch in the state, where they now roam.

Clue #1: Arizona's Petrified Forest is mostly this type of tree that has four vowels in a row.

Answer: Sequoia

Clue #2: This city grew up around a flagpole erected to celebrate the U.S. Centennial of 1876.

Answer: Flagstaff

Clue #3: Around 1905 these animals, not native to Arizona, were brought to a ranch in the state, where they now roam.

Answer: Buffalo

Clue #1: Arkansas has made the pink variety of this its state fruit and its state vegetable, just in case.

Clue #2: In 1957, federal troops had to escort the first black students to this Little Rock high school.

Clue #3: This weapon named for a frontiersman has also been called the "Arkansas toothpick."

Clue #1: Arkansas has made the pink variety of this its state fruit and its state vegetable, just in case.

Answer: Tomato

Clue #2: In 1957, federal troops had to escort the first black students to this Little Rock high school.

Answer: Central High School

Clue #3: This weapon named for a frontiersman has also been called the "Arkansas toothpick.”

Answer: Bowie knife

Clue #1: This gastropod mollusk is the official mascot of the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Clue #2: Both Spain's and California's highest mountain peaks are in a range called this.

Clue #3: John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" plays out its Cain and Abel parable in this California valley.

Clue #1: This gastropod mollusk is the official mascot of the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Answer: Banana slug (otherwise known as "Sammy the Slug")

Clue #2: Both Spain's and California's highest mountain peaks are in a range called this.

Answer: Sierra Nevada

Clue #3: John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" plays out its Cain and Abel parable in this California valley.

Answer: Salinas Valley

Clue #1: The view from this Colorado summit inspired the song "America the Beautiful.”

Clue #2: During prohibition, this Golden, Colorado, company switched to selling malted milk.

Clue #3: In 2005 this journalist went out with a bang; his ashes were shot from a cannon near his Colorado home.

Clue #1: The view from this Colorado summit inspired the song "America the Beautiful.”

Answer: Pike's Peak

Clue #2: During prohibition, this Golden, Colorado, company switched to selling malted milk.

Answer: Coors

Clue #3: In 2005 this journalist went out with a bang; his ashes were shot from a cannon near his Colorado home.

Answer: Hunter S. Thompson

Clue #1: Harriet Beecher Stowe lived next door to this other great American author at the time he wrote "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.”

Clue #2: This generic name for a small town comes from a Native American tribe of Connecticut.

Clue #3: A tick-transmitted infection, it gets its name from a Connecticut town.

Clue #1: Harriet Beecher Stowe lived next door to this other great American author at the time he wrote "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.”

Answer: Mark Twain

Clue #2: This generic name for a small town comes from a Native American tribe of Connecticut.

Answer: Podunk

Clue #3: A tick-transmitted infection, it gets its name from a Connecticut town.

Answer: Lyme disease

Clue #1: On Dec. 7, 1787, Delaware became the first state to do this.

Clue #2: At #15 [Forbes wealthiest families of the U.S.], this Delaware family shares $14.3 billion in chemical money—but they share it among more than 3,500 members.

Clue #3: In 2004 it was high "time" Delaware's Winterthur Museum paid $1.65 million for a 9-foot-tall one of these.

Clue #1: On Dec. 7, 1787, Delaware became the first state to do this.

Answer: Ratify the Constitution

Clue #2: At #15 [Forbes wealthiest families of the U.S.], this Delaware family shares $14.3 billion in chemical money—but they share it among more than 3,500 members.

Answer: Du Pont

Clue #3: In 2004 it was high "time" Delaware's Winterthur Museum paid $1.65 million for a 9-foot-tall one of these.

Answer: A grandfather clock

Clue #1: This Florida city was named in 1909 in hopes it would attract canal traffic from Central America.

Clue #2: Fighting a cliche, the Florida Highway Patrol prohibits its officers from wearing this intimidating type of sunglasses.

Clue #3: In July bring your beard to this Florida island for its Hemingway Days and you might win a look-alike contest.

Clue #1: This Florida city was named in 1909 in hopes it would attract canal traffic from Central America.

Answer: Panama City

Clue #2: Fighting a cliche, the Florida Highway Patrol prohibits its officers from wearing this intimidating type of sunglasses.

Answer: Reflective

Clue #3: In July bring your beard to this Florida island for its Hemingway Days and you might win a look-alike contest.

Answer: Key West

Clue #1: In 1916 Georgia Tech beat Cumberland College 222-0 in this sport.

Clue #2: James Oglethorpe founded Georgia in 1733 as a haven for people in trouble for this back in Britain.

Clue #3: Born in Georgia, this notorious frontier dentist first had a practice in Atlanta.

Clue #1: In 1916 Georgia Tech beat Cumberland College 222-0 in this sport.

Answer: Football

Clue #2: James Oglethorpe founded Georgia in 1733 as a haven for people in trouble for this back in Britain.

Answer: Debt

Clue #3: Born in Georgia, this notorious frontier dentist first had a practice in Atlanta.

Answer: Doc Holliday

Clue #1: He graduated from the Punahou Prep School in 1979 before moving on to Occidental and Columbia.

Clue #2: Ulysses Grant's dinner for King Kalakaua of these islands (including Hawaii) likely didn't include the food of that name.

Clue #3: The site of a leper colony, this Hawaiian island is nicknamed the "Friendly Island."

Clue #1: He graduated from the Punahou Prep School in 1979 before moving on to Occidental and Columbia.

Answer: Barack Obama

Clue #2: Ulysses Grant's dinner for King Kalakaua of these islands (including Hawaii) likely didn't include the food of that name.

Answer: The Sandwich Islands

Clue #3: The site of a leper colony, this Hawaiian island is nicknamed the "Friendly Island."

Answer: Molokai

Clue #1: Appropriately, Apollo 14 astronauts trained at the Idaho monument with this four-word name.

Clue #2: The name Idaho was nearly given to this other state, whose current name means "colored red."

Clue #3: Aptly, this toy got four write-in votes in Boise, Idaho's 1985 mayoral election.

Clue #1: Appropriately, Apollo 14 astronauts trained at the Idaho monument with this four-word name.

Answer: Craters of the Moon

Clue #2: The name Idaho was nearly given to this other state, whose current name means "colored red."

Answer: Colorado

Clue #3: Aptly, this toy got four write-in votes in Boise, Idaho's 1985 mayoral election.

Answer: Mr. Potato Head

Clue #1: The first public one of these schools began in Illinois in 1901 for students who wanted to pursue higher education in their home area.

Clue #2: You'll find Peoria just up from Pekin on this stately river.

Clue #3: This Illinois village where Abraham Lincoln lived has been rebuilt and is now a state park.

Clue #1: The first public one of these schools began in Illinois in 1901 for students who wanted to pursue higher education in their home area.

Answer: Community college

Clue #2: You'll find Peoria just up from Pekin on this stately river.

Answer: The Illinois

Clue #3: This Illinois village where Abraham Lincoln lived has been rebuilt and is now a state park.

Answer: New Salem

Clue #1: South Bend, Indiana, is home to a museum dedicated to this bygone automobile company.

Clue #2: In 1934 this notorious criminal escaped from a jail in Crown Point, Indiana, by using a fake gun carved from wood.

Clue #3: The earliest known use of this term was in an Indianapolis Star opinion piece of Sept. 20, 1914.

Clue #1: South Bend, Indiana, is home to a museum dedicated to this bygone automobile company.

Answer: Studebaker

Clue #2: In 1934 this notorious criminal escaped from a jail in Crown Point, Indiana, by using a fake gun carved from wood.

Answer: John Dillinger

Clue #3: The earliest known use of this term was in an Indianapolis Star opinion piece of Sept. 20, 1914.

Answer: First World War

Clue #1: Since 1911, the Iowa State Fair has featured one of these sculpted from 600 pounds of pure cream butter.

Clue #2: This artist from Iowa once said, "All the really good ideas I'd ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.”

Clue #3: "The Music Man" takes place "right here in" this Iowa city.

Clue #1: Since 1911, the Iowa State Fair has featured one of these sculpted from 600 pounds of pure cream butter.

Answer: A butter cow

Clue #2: This artist from Iowa once said, "All the really good ideas I'd ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.”

Answer: Grant Wood

Clue #3: "The Music Man" takes place "right here in" this Iowa city.

Answer: River City

Clue #1: To mark the launch of Pokemon, Kansas' capital was renamed this for a day in 1998.

Clue #2: A Coffeyville museum tells of the 1892 attempted bank robbery by this gang and how they got shot up by the citizenry.

Clue #3: This Kansan made her last known take-off from New Guinea; if you find out where she is, let us know.

Clue #1: To mark the launch of Pokemon, Kansas' capital was renamed this for a day in 1998.

Answer: ToPikachu

Clue #2: A Coffeyville museum tells of the 1892 attempted bank robbery by this gang and how they got shot up by the citizenry.

Answer: The Dalton Boys

Clue #3: This Kansan made her last known take-off from New Guinea; if you find out where she is, let us know.

Answer: Amelia Earhart

Clue #1: Not cotton, but this rope-making plant was king in antebellum Kentucky, which grew almost all the United States' supply.

Clue #2: In an effort to save money, the Kentucky Coal Museum recently switched to this source of renewable energy.

Clue #3: In 1935 Kentucky's governor gave this restaurant founder his "rank.”

Clue #1: Not cotton, but this rope-making plant was king in antebellum Kentucky, which grew almost all the United State's supply.

Answer: Hemp

Clue #2: In an effort to save money, the Kentucky Coal Museum recently switched to this source of renewable energy.

Answer: Solar

Clue #3: In 1935 Kentucky's governor gave this restaurant founder his "rank.”

Answer: Col. Sanders

Clue #1: On May 21, 1934, this duo attended a party at Black Lake, Louisiana; two days later, they were killed by the law.

Clue #2: Until the 1970s Louisiana had the longest of these in the U.S., containing over a quarter-million words.

Clue #3: The Vieux Carre section of New Orleans is better known as this.

Clue #1: On May 21, 1934, this duo attended a party at Black Lake, Louisiana; two days later, they were killed by the law.

Answer: Bonnie and Clyde

Clue #2: Until the 1970s Louisiana had the longest of these in the U.S., containing over a quarter-million words.

Answer: State constitution

Clue #3: The Vieux Carre section of New Orleans is better known as this.

Answer: The French Quarter

Clue #1: After alcohol was made illegal in Maine, vendors offered swigs from concealed pints in their pants and got this nickname.

Clue #2: The International Museum of this -ology in Maine has exhibits for the Montauk Monster and the Jersey Devil.

Clue #3: In 2017 the Maine farm and barn that inspired this classic 1952 novel were put up for sale.

Clue #1: After alcohol was made illegal in Maine, vendors offered swigs from concealed pints in their pants and got this nickname.

Answer: Bootleggers

Clue #2: The International Museum of this -ology in Maine has exhibits for the Montauk Monster and the Jersey Devil.

Answer: Cryptozoology

Clue #3: In 2017 the Maine farm and barn that inspired this classic 1952 novel were put up for sale.

Answer: “Charlotte's Web”

Clue #1: In 1981 he was ordered to pay Maryland $250,000 to compensate for bribes taken while governor and vice president.

Clue #2: Fittingly, this Maryland fort was built in a star shape.

Clue #3: At his death in 1832, Charles Carroll of Maryland was the last surviving signer of this document.

Clue #1: In 1981 he was ordered to pay Maryland $250,000 to compensate for bribes taken while governor and vice president.

Answer: Spiro Agnew

Clue #2: Fittingly, this Maryland fort was built in a star shape.

Answer: Fort McHenry

Clue #3: At his death in 1832, Charles Carroll of Maryland was the last surviving signer of this document.

Answer: The Declaration of Independence

Clue #1: Danvers, Massachusetts, has a memorial for those who died after being accused of this in the late 17th century.

Clue #2: Rumors that these snacks were named for a physicist are untrue; they're named for a town in Massachusetts.

Clue #3: The epitaph on this poet's grave marker in Amherst, Massachusetts, simply says, "Called Back.”

Clue #1: Danvers, Massachusetts, has a memorial for those who died after being accused of this in the late 17th century.

Answer: Witchcraft

Clue #2: Rumors that these snacks were named for a physicist are untrue; they're named for a town in Massachusetts.

Answer: Fig Newtons

Clue #3: The epitaph on this poet's grave marker in Amherst, Massachusetts simply says, "Called Back.”

Answer: Emily Dickinson

Clue #1: Because of its portrayal of the Jewish character Shylock, this play was banned in Michigan in 1980.

Clue #2: The public is only allowed to use buggies, bikes, and saddle horses on this Michigan resort island.

Clue #3: The American Chronicle says that in 1924 half a million people wrote this Michigander asking for money.

Clue #1: Because of its portrayal of the Jewish character Shylock, this play was banned in Michigan in 1980.

Answer: “Merchant of Venice”

Clue #2: The public is only allowed to use buggies, bikes, and saddle horses on this Michigan resort island.

Answer: Mackinac Island

Clue #3: The American Chronicle says that in 1924 half a million people wrote this Michigander asking for money.

Answer: Henry Ford

Clue #1: This renowned Minnesota institution opened its own med school in 1972.

Clue #2: At Austin, Minnesota's Museum of this Hormel product, featuring a wall of more than 3,000 cans.

Clue #3: This St. Paul company began by mining corundum, then making sandpaper and masking tape.

Clue #1: This renowned Minnesota institution opened its own med school in 1972.

Answer: The Mayo Clinic

Clue #2: At Austin, Minnesota's Museum of this Hormel product, featuring a wall of more than 3,000 cans.

Answer: Spam

Clue #3: This St. Paul company began by mining corundum, then making sandpaper and masking tape.

Answer: 3M

Clue #1: Named for the Mississippi area it served, this airline began in 1924 as a crop-dusting service.

Clue #2: As the Broadway musical told you, Mississippi came from the Chippewa word meaning this.

Clue #3: In "Mississippi Squirrel Revival," Ray Stevens rhymes "hallelujah" with this city that's in the state.

Clue #1: Named for the Mississippi area it served, this airline began in 1924 as a crop-dusting service.

Answer: Delta Airlines

Clue #2: As the Broadway musical told you, Mississippi came from the Chippewa word meaning this.

Answer: Big river

Clue #3: In "Mississippi Squirrel Revival," Ray Stevens rhymes "hallelujah" with this city that's in the state.

Answer: Pascagoula

Clue #1: This Missouri man who loved to work for peanuts also developed a type of synthetic marble made from wood shavings.

Clue #2: On Missouri's flag, two of these large predators once plentiful there stand atop a scroll on which the state's motto appears.

Clue #3: With more than 40 theaters and 100 live shows, this city calls itself the "live music show capital of the world.”

Clue #1: This Missouri man who loved to work for peanuts also developed a type of synthetic marble made from wood shavings.

Answer: George Washington Carver

Clue #2: On Missouri's flag, two of these large predators once plentiful there stand atop a scroll on which the state's motto appears.

Answer: Bears

Clue #3: With more than 40 theaters and 100 live shows, this city calls itself the "live music show capital of the world.”

Answer: Branson

Clue #1: This Montana site was designated a national cemetery in 1879; it became a national monument in 1946.

Clue #2: There are about 25 of these in the Montana national park named for them.

Clue #3: Helena's valley is named after this alliterative plant; William Clark was injured by many of its barbs when he explored there.

Clue #1: This Montana site was designated a national cemetery in 1879; it became a national monument in 1946.

Answer: Little Big Horn

Clue #2: There are about 25 of these in the Montana national park named for them.

Answer: Glaciers

Clue #3: Helena's valley is named after this alliterative plant; William Clark was injured by many of its barbs when he explored there.

Answer: Prickly pear

Clue #1: The name Nebraska comes from an Oto native American word meaning "flat water," referring to this river.

Clue #2: I'm in the nation's only one-house state legislature known by this one-word term. Nebraskans chose it by popular vote in the 1930s.

Clue #3: Officially "The Tree Planters' State" in 1895, in 1945 it became this "State" to honor University of Nebraska athletic teams.

Clue #1: The name Nebraska comes from an Oto native American word meaning "flat water," referring to this river.

Answer: The Platte

Clue #2: I'm in the nation's only one-house state legislature known by this one-word term. Nebraskans chose it by popular vote in the 1930s.

Answer: Unicameral

Clue #3: Officially "The Tree Planters' State" in 1895, in 1945 it became this "State" to honor University of Nebraska athletic teams.

Answer: The Cornhusker State

Clue #1: In 1909, the legislature passed laws making this illegal; in 1931, they changed their minds.

Clue #2: The 1850s discovery of this "lode" named for a prospector set off a silver rush in Nevada.

Clue #3: The first live telecast of one of these originated in Nevada on April 22, 1952.

Clue #1: In 1909, the legislature passed laws making this illegal; in 1931, they changed their minds.

Answer: Gambling

Clue #2: The 1850s discovery of this "lode" named for a prospector set off a silver rush in Nevada.

Answer: The Comstock lode

Clue #3: The first live telecast of one of these originated in Nevada on April 22, 1952.

Answer: A nuclear explosion (or detonation)

Clue #1: After 12,000 years staring out over New Hampshire, this senior citizen succumbed in 2003.

Clue #2: Some officials in New Hampshire were unhappy that the title of this action film was a play on the state motto.

Clue #3: In 1818 Daniel Webster argued before the Supreme Court to stop New Hampshire from taking over this private college.

Clue #1: After 12,000 years staring out over New Hampshire, this senior citizen succumbed in 2003.

Answer: The Old Man of the Mountain

Clue #2: Some officials in New Hampshire were unhappy that the title of this action film was a play on the state motto.

Answer: Live Free or Die Hard

Clue #3: In 1818 Daniel Webster argued before the Supreme Court to stop New Hampshire from taking over this private college.

Answer: Dartmouth

Clue #1: This ex-"Daily Show" host was born in New York City, but was raised in New Jersey, part of the great Jewish emigration of 1963.

Clue #2: New Jersey's last royal governor was an illegitimate son of this Philadelphia printer-inventor.

Clue #3: "Newark Athlete," an experimental film from 1891, was made at his lab in West Orange, New Jersey.

Clue #1: This ex-"Daily Show" host was born in New York City, but was raised in New Jersey, part of the great Jewish emigration of 1963.

Answer: Jon Stewart

Clue #2: New Jersey's last royal governor was an illegitimate son of this Philadelphia printer-inventor.

Answer: Benjamin Franklin

Clue #3: "Newark Athlete," an experimental film from 1891, was made at his lab in West Orange, New Jersey.

Answer: Thomas Edison

Clue #1: New Mexico has an official state question, "Red or green?"—it refers to these edibles.

Clue #2: New Mexico's acquiring statehood in 1912 didn't stop his gang from raiding the town of Columbus in 1916.

Clue #3: The Bradbury Science Museum in this New Mexico city displays replicas of the two atomic bombs used in WWII.

Clue #1: New Mexico has an official state question, "Red or green?"—it refers to these edibles.

Answer: Chili peppers

Clue #2: New Mexico's acquiring statehood in 1912 didn't stop his gang from raiding the town of Columbus in 1916.

Answer: Pancho Villa

Clue #3: The Bradbury Science Museum in this New Mexico city displays replicas of the two atomic bombs used in WWII.

Answer: Los Alamos

Clue #1: Start spreading the news: New York has an official muffin that's made with this state fruit.

Clue #2: To convince New Yorkers it was safe, this impresario led 21 elephants across the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883.

Clue #3: A New York bridge that gets you to Staten Island is named for this privateer turned explorer.

Clue #1: Start spreading the news: New York has an official muffin that's made with this state fruit.

Answer: An apple

Clue #2: To convince New Yorkers it was safe, this impresario led 21 elephants across the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883.

Answer: P.T. Barnum

Clue #3: A New York bridge that gets you to Staten Island is named for this privateer turned explorer.

Answer: Verrazzano

Clue #1: Established in 1837 by Quakers, Guilford College did not allow this until 1887; finally, glee club!

Clue #2: This cape, the southern tip of Smith Island, lends its name to a scary film and its remake.

Clue #3: North Carolina has held a festival of these flowers since 1948.

Clue #1: Established in 1837 by Quakers, Guilford College did not allow this until 1887; finally, glee club!

Answer: Singing

Clue #2: This cape, the southern tip of Smith Island, lends its name to a scary film and its remake.

Answer: Cape Fear

Clue #3: North Carolina has held a festival of these flowers since 1948.

Answer: Azaleas

Clue #1: This disease of little sores on the skin nearly wiped out North Dakota's "Three Tribes" in 1837.

Clue #2: This Rough Rider is seen astride a horse on the 2016 quarter for the North Dakota national park named for him.

Clue #3: The University of North Dakota's "Lux et Lex" means "Light and" this.

Clue #1: This disease of little sores on the skin nearly wiped out North Dakota's "Three Tribes" in 1837.

Answer: Smallpox

Clue #2: This Rough Rider is seen astride a horse on the 2016 quarter for the North Dakota national park named for him.

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Clue #3: The University of North Dakota's "Lux et Lex" means "Light and" this.

Answer: Law

Clue #1: A July 21, 1969, Wapakoneta, Ohio, Daily News headline about a local boy read, "Neil steps on" this.

Clue #2: Little Turtle fought off U.S. troops as a chief of this Ohio (not Florida) tribe.

Clue #3: Churchill called this largest city on the Ohio River the most beautiful of the inland cities of the Union.

Clue #1: A July 21, 1969, Wapakoneta, Ohio, Daily News headline about a local boy read, "Neil steps on" this.

Answer: The moon

Clue #2: Little Turtle fought off U.S. troops as a chief of this Ohio (not Florida) tribe.

Answer: Miami

Clue #3: Churchill called this largest city on the Ohio River the most beautiful of the inland cities of the Union.

Answer: Cincinnati

Clue #1: Oklahoma has a panhandle because Texas couldn't have land north of 36°30' north or it would have had to free its slaves under this 1820 deal.

Clue #2: The state didn't repeal this until 1959, years after the 18th Amendment was repealed.

Clue #3: The resolution making this largest North American frog Oklahoma's state amphibian says it makes a "jug-o-rum" sound.

Clue #1: Oklahoma has a panhandle because Texas couldn't have land north of 36°30' north or it would have had to free its slaves under this 1820 deal.

Answer: Missouri Compromise

Clue #2: The state didn't repeal this until 1959, years after the 18th Amendment was repealed.

Answer: Prohibition

Clue #3: The resolution making this largest North American frog Oklahoma's state amphibian says it makes a "jug-o-rum" sound.

Answer: The bullfrog

Clue #1: The town of Fossil once held annual "Days" of these departed reptiles, but the event is now extinct.

Clue #2: Writing in his journal in January 1806, he gave Clark's Mountain, Oregon, its name.

Clue #3: While president, Teddy Roosevelt established five national parks, including this one "deep" in Oregon.

Clue #1: The town of Fossil once held annual "Days" of these departed reptiles, but the event is now extinct.

Answer: Dinosaur

Clue #2: Writing in his journal in January 1806, he gave Clark's Mountain, Oregon, its name.

Answer: Meriwether Lewis

Clue #3: While president, Teddy Roosevelt established five national parks, including this one "deep" in Oregon.

Answer: Crater Lake National Park

Clue #1: Although called a state, Pennsylvania is actually this, as are Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Virginia.

Clue #2: The state's name means Penn's these.

Clue #3: Established in 1881, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania was the world's first collegiate school of this.

Clue #1: Although called a state, Pennsylvania is actually this, as are Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Virginia.

Answer: Commonwealth

Clue #2: The state's name means Penn's these.

Answer: Woods (sylvania)

Clue #3: Established in 1881, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania was the world's first collegiate school of this.

Answer: Business

Clue #1: This founder of Rhode Island has his own memorial in Providence.

Clue #2: Known for its jazz festival, this Rhode Island city also has a Greek festival and a chowder cook-off.

Clue #3: Before the Europeans, a few thousand of these Indians lived on the Rhode Island bay that shares their name.

Clue #1: This founder of Rhode Island has his own memorial in Providence.

Answer: Roger Williams

Clue #2: Known for its jazz festival, this Rhode Island city also has a Greek festival and a chowder cook-off.

Answer: Newport

Clue #3: Before the Europeans, a few thousand of these Indians lived on the Rhode Island bay that shares their name.

Answer: Narragansett

Clue #1: This three-layered "feminine" white cake filled with fruit and nuts was created in South Carolina, not Maryland.

Clue #2: This influential modern jazz trumpeter was born in Cheraw, South Carolina, in 1917.

Clue #3: Graduates of this military college in Charleston, South Carolina, fired the first shots at Fort Sumter to begin the Civil War.

Clue #1: This three-layered "feminine" white cake filled with fruit and nuts was created in South Carolina, not Maryland.

Answer: Lady Baltimore cake

Clue #2: This influential modern jazz trumpeter was born in Cheraw, South Carolina, in 1917.

Answer: Dizzy Gillespie

Clue #3: Graduates of this military college in Charleston, South Carolina, fired the first shots at Fort Sumter to begin the Civil War.

Answer: The Citadel

Clue #1: The Badlands in South Dakota is home to the black-footed type of this weasel, back from the brink of extinction.

Clue #2: A colossal statue of this Sioux chief was begun officially on a South Dakota mountain in 1948; it's still not done.

Clue #3: A historic site in South Dakota contains the launch control facility and a silo for one of these Cold War ICBMs.

Clue #1: The Badlands in South Dakota is home to the black-footed type of this weasel, back from the brink of extinction.

Answer: Ferret

Clue #2: A colossal statue of this Sioux chief was begun officially on a South Dakota mountain in 1948; it's still not done.

Answer: Crazy Horse

Clue #3: A historic site in South Dakota contains the launch control facility and a silo for one of these Cold War ICBMs.

Answer: A minuteman missile

Clue #1: "The Tennessee Tailor" was a nickname of this president who was a tailor in Tennessee.

Clue #2: Governor during Reconstruction, William Brownlow mobilized the Tennessee guard to crush this then-new hate group.

Clue #3: In March 1925 the Butler Act was passed, prohibiting the teaching of this in Tennessee schools.

Clue #1: "The Tennessee Tailor" was a nickname of this president who was a tailor in Tennessee.

Answer: Andrew Johnson

Clue #2: Governor during Reconstruction, William Brownlow mobilized the Tennessee guard to crush this then-new hate group.

Answer: The Ku Klux Klan

Clue #3: In March 1925, the Butler Act was passed, prohibiting the teaching of this in Tennessee schools.

Answer: Evolution

Clue #1: This "medicinal" soft drink was created in 1885 at Morrison's old corner drugstore in Waco.

Clue #2: On Nov. 22, 1963 around 1:45 p.m., he was arrested at the Texas Theatre, about an hour and 15 minutes after his crime.

Clue #3: In 2007 Robstown, near Corpus Christi, was recognized as the birthplace of this game, now played online, too.

Clue #1: This "medicinal" soft drink was created in 1885 at Morrison's old corner drugstore in Waco.

Answer: Dr. Pepper

Clue #2: On Nov. 22, 1963 around 1:45 PM, he was arrested at the Texas Theatre, about an hour and 15 minutes after his crime.

Answer: Lee Harvey Oswald

Clue #3: In 2007 Robstown, near Corpus Christi, was recognized as the birthplace of this game, now played online too.

Answer: Texas Hold ‘Em

Clue #1: In 1982 the University of Utah Hospital was where the first permanent artificial this organ was implanted.

Clue #2: To demonstrate the acoustics in this Salt Lake City building, tour guides will drop a pin.

Clue #3: Having saved early Mormon settlers from an invasion of katydids, it's now the state bird.

Clue #1: In 1982 the University of Utah Hospital was where the first permanent artificial this organ was implanted.

Answer: Heart

Clue #2: To demonstrate the acoustics in this Salt Lake City building, tour guides will drop a pin.

Answer: The Mormon Tabernacle

Clue #3: Having saved early Mormon settlers from an invasion of katydids, it's now the state bird.

Answer: The seagull

Clue #1: In 1777 Vermont became the first state to abolish this completely.

Clue #2: Maria, the last of the original seven siblings of this musical troupe, passed away in Vermont in 2014 at age 99.

Clue #3: First formed to drive New York settlers out of Vermont, this armed band later gained fame at Fort Ticonderoga.

Clue #1: In 1777 Vermont became the first state to abolish this completely.

Answer: Slavery

Clue #2: Maria, the last of the original seven siblings of this musical troupe, passed away in Vermont in 2014 at age 99.

Answer: The von Trapps

Clue #3: First formed to drive New York settlers out of Vermont, this armed band later gained fame at Fort Ticonderoga.

Answer: The Green Mountain Boys

Clue #1: After this pirate aka Edward Teach died in 1718, his head was taken to Virginia and displayed on a pole.

Clue #2: In 1716 Virginia's governor claimed possession of this scenic valley for England.

Clue #3: Patrick Henry slept at the governor's palace in what's now this Virginia tourist mecca.

Clue #1: After this pirate aka Edward Teach died in 1718, his head was taken to Virginia and displayed on a pole.

Answer: Blackbeard

Clue #2: In 1716 Virginia's governor claimed possession of this scenic valley for England.

Answer: Shenandoah Valley

Clue #3: Patrick Henry slept at the governor's palace in what's now this Virginia tourist mecca.

Answer: Williamsburg

Clue #1: The postmark for letters and postcards for the Seattle World's Fair in 1962 featured this landmark.

Clue #2: This president may not be famous for much, but he did sign the 1853 bill creating the Washington Territory.

Clue #3: The state gem is this fossil; the best place to see it in Washington is a state park in Vantage.

Clue #1: The postmark for letters and postcards for the Seattle World's Fair in 1962 featured this landmark.

Answer: The Space Needle

Clue #2: This president may not be famous for much, but he did sign the 1853 bill creating the Washington Territory.

Answer: Millard Fillmore

Clue #3: The state gem is this fossil; the best place to see it in Washington is a state park in Vantage.

Answer: Petrified wood

Clue #1: In 1921 West Virginia became the first state to impose this, then a fraction of 1%; today it's 6%.

Clue #2: The John Brown Wax Museum in this town has 87 life-size figures telling his story from youth to the gallows.

Clue #3: Alphabetically, this West Virginia family once led by a man named "Devil Anse" comes before their Pike County, Kentucky, rivals.

Clue #1: In 1921 West Virginia became the first state to impose this, then a fraction of 1%; today it's 6%.

Answer: Sales tax

Clue #2: The John Brown Wax Museum in this town has 87 life-size figures telling his story from youth to the gallows.

Answer: Harpers Ferry

Clue #3: Alphabetically, this West Virginia family once led by a man named "Devil Anse" comes before their Pike County, Kentucky, rivals.

Answer: The Hatfields

Clue #1: Baraboo, the former winter home of this company, is home to a circus museum.

Clue #2: This nickname for Wisconsin folks goes back to lead miners who lived in holes in the ground or hillsides.

Clue #3: New Glarus, Wis., known as "Little" this country, has a Heidi festival every June.

Clue #1: Baraboo, the former winter home of this company, is home to a circus museum.

Answer: Ringling Brothers

Clue #2: This nickname for Wisconsin folks goes back to lead miners who lived in holes in the ground or hillsides.

Answer: Badgers

Clue #3: New Glarus, Wis., known as "Little" this country, has a Heidi festival every June.

Answer: Switzerland

Clue #1: The Indian paintbrush has this official designation in Wyoming; no, it's not the state paintbrush.

Clue #2: "Geographical" term for Jim Bridger, Jedediah Smith, and others who trapped in the state.

Clue #3: In 1925 Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman to hold this office in the U.S.

Clue #1: The Indian paintbrush has this official designation in Wyoming; no, it's not the state paintbrush.

Answer: State flower

Clue #2: "Geographical" term for Jim Bridger, Jedediah Smith, and others who trapped in the state.

Answer: Mountain men

Clue #3: In 1925 Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman to hold this office in the U.S.

Answer: Governor