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| NEW JERSEY'S STATE CAPITAL WAS NAMED FOR A MERCHANT & LANDOWNER WITH THIS 5-LETTER NAME | TRENT
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| THIS STATE CAPITAL IS A LOVELY PLACE TO VISIT, THOUGH NOT FOR ZEBULON PIKE, IMPRISONED THERE IN 1807 | SANTA FE, NM
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| THIS CAPITAL ON THE KENTUCKY RIVER WAS NAMED AFTER STEPHEN FRANK, AN EARLY PIONEER | FRANKFORT
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| IT WAS LAID OUT IN 1858, AND ITS GROWTH WAS STIMULATED BY THE DISCOVERY THE FOLLOWING YEAR OF THE NEARBY COMSTOCK LODE | CARSON CITY
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| THIS SMALL CAPITAL LIES ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE & ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN BUTTE AND GREAT FALLS | HELENA
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| IT'S THE SEAT OF KENNEBEC COUNTY | AUGUSTA,ME
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| THIS CITY BECAME A STATE CAPITAL IN 1826, THE SAME YEAR THE PRESIDENT FOR WHICH IT IS NAMED DIED | JEFFERSON CITY
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| WHEN TEXAS BECAME A REPUBLIC IN 1836, HE BECAME ITS FIRST SECRETARY OF STATE | AUSTIN
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| RUB SHOULDERS WITH NEBRASKA STATE LEGISLATORS AT BILLY'S RESTAURANT IN THIS CAPITAL | LINCOLN
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| FORT UNION IS AN OLD MILITARY POST ON THIS TRAIL THAT SHARES ITS NAME WITH THE STATE CAPITAL | SANTE FE
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| THE COURANT IN THIS STATE'S CAPITAL HAS BEEN PUBLISHED SINCE 1764 | CONNECTICUT
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| LINCOLN, NE HAS A STANDING LINCOLN BY THIS SCULPTOR FAMOUS FOR THE SEATED LINCOLN IN WASHINGTON, D.C. | DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH
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| THE NAME OF THIS STATE CAPITAL IS FRENCH FOR "RED STICK" | BATON ROUGE
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| THE SONY OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT TAKES PLACE IN JANUARY AT THE WAIALAE COUNTRY CLUB IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | HONOLULU
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| GRANITE WORKS SPRUNG UP IN & AROUND THIS STATE CAPITAL USING STONE FROM BARRE, A FEW MILES AWAY | MONTPELIER
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| IN 1812 THE STATE LEGISLATURE CHOSE THIS NAME FOR ITS CAPITAL THOUGH MANY WANTED TO NAME IT OHIO CITY | COLUMBUS
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| VIRGINIA CITY, NV & THIS NEARBY STATE CAPITAL ARE KNOWN AS "SISTERS IN HISTORY" | CARSON CITY
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| CARSON CITY, NV & THIS NEARBY CITY ARE KNOWN AS "SISTERS IN HISTORY" | VIRGINIA CITY
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| IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE TEXAS STATE FAIR, HEAD TO THIS CITY, NOT THE CAPITAL | DALLAS
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| 1708: LATER A STATE CAPITAL, THIS CITY IS INCORPORATED & RENAMED FOR PRINCESS ANNE OF ENGLAND | ANNAPOLIS
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| A PUDDLED ADOBE ON DE VARGAS STREET IN THIS STATE CAPITAL CLAIMS TO BE THE USA'S OLDEST HOUSE | SANTA FE
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| THIS U.S. STATE WAS THE LAST TO FLY THE CONFEDERATE FLAG OVER ITS CAPITAL; THE FLAG CAME DOWN IN 2000 | SOUTH CAROLINA
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| THE OLD BARRACKS IN THE NJ CAPITAL HOUSED CONTINENTAL ARMY TROOPS DURING THE REVOLUTION | TRENTON
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| THE SITE FOR THIS STATE CAPITAL WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION BETWEEN PENSACOLA & ST. AUGUSTINE | TALLAHASSEE
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| IN 1849 BATON ROUGE REPLACED THIS CITY AS CAPITAL OF LOUISIANA | NEW ORLEANS
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| AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 7,000', THIS CITY IN NEW MEXICO'S SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS IS THE HIGHEST STATE CAPITAL | SANTA FE
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| THE 2 STATE CAPITALS WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, THAT HAVE "CITY" IN THEIR NAMES | SALT LAKE CITY & CARSON CITY
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| IN 1821 MISSISSIPPI NAMED ITS CAPITAL FOR THIS HERO OF THE WAR OF 1812; HE DIDN'T BECOME PRESIDENT UNTIL 8 YEARS LATER | ANDREW JACKSON
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| WHEN KANSAS BECAME A STATE IN 1861, THIS CITY BECAME CAPITAL | TOPEKA
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| THIS CAPITAL LIES IN THE EAGLE VALLEY ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF RENO | CARSON CITY
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| TEMPE IS A SOUTHERN SUBURB OF THIS CITY | PHOENIX
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| A STATUE OF ETHAN ALLEN STANDS WITHIN THE PORTICO OF THE STATE CAPITAL BUILDING IN THIS CITY | MONTPELIER
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| IT'S THE CAPITAL OF THE EVERGREEN STATE | OLYMPIA
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| MUCH OF THE TRENDY BACK BAY AREA OF THIS STATE CAPITAL IS BUILT ON A LANDFILL | BOSTON
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| BECAUSE HE BELIEVED GOD LED HIM THERE, ROGER WILLIAMS NAMED A STATE CAPITAL THIS | PROVIDENCE
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| IT'S WHERE YOU'LL FIND THE ROBERT C. BYRD U.S. COURTHOUSE | CHARLESTON, WV
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| A STATE CAPITAL: "HOLY FAITH" | SANTA FE
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| LAST STATE CAPITAL TO BE NAMED FOR A U.S. PRESIDENT | LINCOLN, NE
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| THIS STATE CAPITAL WAS THE SUBJECT OF A 20-YEAR BOUNDARY DISPUTE, AND GETS ITS NAME FROM THE FIGHT'S PEACEFUL OUTCOME | CONCORD, NH
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| THIS STATE CAPITAL HAS TROLLEYS & BUSES CALLED "DILLOS" THAT TAKE FOLKS TO ATTRACTIONS & MUSIC CLUBS | AUSTIN
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| THIS STATE CAPITAL LIES IN THE FERTILE WILLAMETTE VALLEY | SALEM, OR
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| THE FLAG OF THIS CAPITAL CITY HAS A SPANISH SHIP ON IT | COLUMBUS, OH
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| THIS CAPITAL WAS CREATED BY THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE AND LAID OUT BY THE SON OF DANIEL BOONE | JEFFERSON CITY, MO
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| ONE OF THE MAJOR ATTRACTIONS IN THIS STATE CAPITAL IS THE TOMB OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN OAK RIDGE CEMETERY | SPRINGFIELD, IL
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| MOUNT RANIER IS VISIBLE TO THE EAST FROM ITS STATE CAPITOL BUILDING | OLYMPIA
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| THIS CAPITAL BEGAN AS A SMALL DUTCH OUTPOST, FORT NASSAU, BUILT ON WESTERLO ISLAND IN THE HUDSON RIVER | ALBANY, NY
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| WASHINGTON'S 1776 CROSSING OF THE DELAWARE LED TO THE OCCUPATION OF THIS FUTURE STATE CAPITAL 4 DAYS LATER | TRENTON, NJ
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| VETERANS MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM IN THIS STATE CAPITAL WAS THE HOME OF THE IOWA BARNSTORMERS OF THE AFL | DES MOINES
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| IT WAS OFFICIALLY DECLARED THE CAPITAL OF A KINGDOM 109 YEARS BEFORE IT BECAME A STATE CAPITAL | HONOLULU
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| THIS STATE CAPITAL LIES ON A NARROW STRIP OF LAND BETWEEN THE GASTINEAU CHANNEL & THE SLOPES OF 2 MOUNTAINS | JUNEAU, AK
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| THE GOLDEN NORTH SALMON DERBY IS ONE OF THE ANNUAL EVENTS CELEBRATED IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | JUNEAU
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| DURING THE CIVIL WAR, GENERAL SHERMAN REDUCED THIS STATE CAPITAL TO ASHES, CAUSING IT TO BE CALLED "CHIMNEYVILLE" | JACKSON
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| FORT ORANGE WAS ESTABLISHED BY DUTCH SETTLERS IN 1624 IN WHAT IS NOW THIS STATE CAPITAL | ALBANY
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| SITUATED ON THE PICTURESQUE SANGAMON RIVER, SPRINGFIELD IN THIS STATE IS SERVED BY CAPITAL AIRPORT | ILLINOIS
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| THIS STATE CAPITAL IS LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF NAVIGATION ON THE EAST BANK OF THE DELAWARE RIVER | TRENTON
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| THIS STATE CAPITAL WAS GOVERNED AT TIMES BY BRITAIN, FRANCE, SPAIN, THE REPUBLIC OF WEST FLORIDA, THE CSA, AND THE U.S. | BATON ROUGE
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| SOUTH CAROLINA NATIVE ROBERT MILLS DESIGNED THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT & SOME OF THE USC CAMPUS IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | COLUMBIA
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| BARRY GOLDWATER WAS BORN IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | PHOENIX
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| MARGARET MITCHELL WAS BORN IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | ATLANTA
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| SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY WAS BORN IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | MONTPELIER
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| CONFEDERATE WAR GENERAL GEORGE E. PICKETT WAS BORN IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | RICHMOND
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| IT TOOK 3 TRIES, BUT FINALLY, SEVERAL THOUSAND CROSSED THE EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE IN 1965 ON A CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH FROM SELMA TO THIS STATE CAPITAL | MONTGOMERY
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| A CARRIBEAN CAPITAL OR THE FIRST CAPITAL OF NEW YORK STATE | KINGSTON
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| "CITY OF PAUL REVERE" | BOSTON
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| ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST PIPE ORGANS IS FOUND IN THE TABERNACLE IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | SALT LAKE CITY
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| IN 1860 & 1861 PONY EXPRESS RIDERS CARRIED THE MAIL FROM ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI, ENDING IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | SACRAMENTO, CA
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| "THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT" | MONTGOMERY, AL
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| 4 CITIES LIES WITHIN THIS STATE CAPITAL'S CITY LIMITS; BEECH GROVE, SOUTHPORT, LAWRENCE, & SPEEDWAY | INDIANAPOLIS
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| THE PORTRAIT ON THIS STATE CAPITAL'S SEAL, RESEMBLES THE ONE ON THE PENNY | LINCOLN, NE
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| ENGLISH CLIFF SITE & ALSO A STATE CAPITAL | DOVER
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| INDIAN TRIBE OF THE GREAT PLAINS & ALSO A STATE CAPITAL | CHEYENNE
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| LAST NAME OF BOB, WHO PLAYED MAYNARD G. KREBS & ALSO A STATE CAPITAL | DENVER
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| PLAIN WHERE GAMES WERE PLAYED IN ANCIENT GREECE & ALSO A STATE CAPITAL | OLYMPIA
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| ANOTHER WORD FOR A PEACE TREATY & ALSO A STATE CAPITAL | CONCORD
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| IN 1989 JULIAN BOND DEDICATED A CIVIL RIGHTS MEMORIAL DESIGNED BY MAYA LIN IN THIS SOUTHERN STATE CAPITAL | MONTGOMERY
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| THIS CAPITAL CITY IS HOME TO BULLFINCH'S STATE HOUSE | BOSTON
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| THE GROWTH OF THIS STATE CAPITAL IN EAGLE VALLEY WAS STIMULATED BY THE DISCOVERY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE IN 1859 | CARSON CITY, NV
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| THIS STATE CAPITAL IS HOME TO EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE | OLYMPIA, WA
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| 4 STATE CAPITALS THAT START WITH THE SAME FIRST LETTER AS THE STATE THEY ARE CAPITAL OF | DOVER, HONOLULU, INDIANAPOLIS, OKLAHOMA CITY
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| 4 STATE CAPITALS WITH "CITY" IN THEIR NAMES | OKLAHOMA CITY, SALT LAKE CITY, JEFFERSON CITY, & CARSON CITY
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| PRINCIPLE RIVER OF HARRISBURG, PA | SUSQUEHANNA RIVER
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| THE GRAND RIVER IS THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF THIS STATE CAPITAL | LANSING, MI
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| THE AMERICAN RIVER IS THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF THIS STATE CAPITAL | SACRAMENTO, CA
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| PRINCIPLE RIVER OF PHOENIX, AZ | SALT RIVER
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| PRINCIPLE RIVER OF ALBANY, NY | HUDSON RIVER
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| THE PEARL RIVER IS THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF THIS STATE CAPITAL | JACKSON, MS
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| THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF AUGUSTA, ME | KENNEBEC RIVER
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| THE MERRIMACK RIVER IS THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF THIS STATE CAPITAL | CONCORD, NH
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| THE KANAWHA RIVER IS THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF THIS STATE CAPITAL | CHARLESTON, WV
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| PRINCIPLE RIVER OF BOSTON, MA | CHARLES RIVER
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| PRINCIPLE RIVER OF DENVER, CO | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER
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| THE SEVERN RIVER IS THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF THIS CAPITAL | ANNAPOLIS, MD
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| PRINCIPLE RIVER OF SALEM, OR | WILLAMETTE RIVER
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| THE CONGAREE RIVER IS THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF THIS CAPITAL CITY | COLUMBIA, SC
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| THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF RICHMOND, VA | JAMES RIVER
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| ALPHABETICALLY FIRST STATE CAPITAL | ALBANY
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| ALPHABETICALLY LAST STATE CAPITAL | TRENTON
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| ONLY STATE CAPITAL WITH NO LETTERS IN COMMON WITH STATE THAT IT IS IN | PIERRE, SD
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| STATE CAPITAL WITH THE LARGEST POPULATION (CITY PROPER) | PHOENIX
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| STATE CAPITAL WITH THE LARGEST POPULATION (METROPOLITAN AREA) | ATLANTA
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| STATE CAPITAL WITH THE LARGEST POPULATION WITHOUT ALSO BEING LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE | AUSTIN, TX
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| LEAST POPULOUS STATE CAPITAL | MONTPELIER
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| STATE CAPITAL WHOSE NAME STARTS WITH THE LAST 4 LETTERS OF THE STATE THAT IT IS IN | MONTPELIER
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| LONGEST SERVING CAPITAL (PREDATES US) | SANTA FE
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| THIS STATE CAPITAL IS THE LARGEST CITY IN ITS STATE, BUT NOT THE LARGEST METROPOLITAN AREA | COLUMBUS, OH
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| ONLY CAPITAL THAT IS NOT THE COUNTY SEAT OF THE COUNTY IT IS IN | LANSING, MI
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| OF THE ALLITERATIVE STATE CAPITALS, THE ONE THAT IS FIRST ALPHABETICALLY | DOVER, DE
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| OF THE CAPITALS WITH THE WORD "CITY" IN THEIR TITLES, THE ONE THAT IS ALPHABETICALLY FIRST | CARSON CITY
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| OF THE CAPITALS NAMED AFTER PRESIDENTS, THE ONE THAT IS FURTHEST WEST | LINCOLN, NE
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| HAS THE OLDEST CAPITAL BUILDING STILL IN USE | ANNAPOLIS, MD
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| ONLY STATE CAPITAL TO BORDER ANOTHER COUNTRY | JUNEAU
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| ONLY CAPITAL WITH 3 WORDS IN ITS NAME | SALT LAKE CITY
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| SECOND HIGHEST ELEVATED STATE CAPITAL | CHEYENNE
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| ONLY ONE WORD STATE CAPITAL THAT ENDS IN "K" | BISMARCK
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| STATE CAPITAL WITH THE MOST LETTERS IN ITS NAME | JEFFERSON CITY
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| ONE WORD STATE CAPITAL WITH THE LONGEST NAME | INDIANAPOLIS
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| STATE CAPITAL CAPTURED & BURNED BY GENERAL SHERMAN IN THE CIVIL WAR (THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS A CAPITAL CITY AT THE TIME) | COLUMBIA, SC
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| THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WAS FAMOUSLY SUED HERE IN THE 1950S | TOPEKA, KS
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| PIERRE LE MOYNE D'IBERVILLE GAVE THIS CITY ITS NAME | BATON ROUGE
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| EASTERNMOST CAPITAL IN THE U.S. | AUGUSTA, ME
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| MUSIC CITY U.S.A | NASHVILLE, TN
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| KURT COBAIN LIVED HERE & THE BAND HOLE HAS A SONG NAMED AFTER THE CITY | OLYMPIA
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| THE KANAWHA & ELK RIVERS MEET IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | CHARLESTON, WV
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| THE MOST SIGNIFICANT NUCLEAR ACCIDENT IN AMERICA'S HISTORY HAPPENED 30 YEARS AGO OUTSIDE OF THIS CITY | HARRISBURG
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| THE NAME OF THIS CITY COMES FROM THE SEMITIC WORDS FOR PEACE | SALEM,OR
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| FOUNDED BY ROGER WILLIAMS | PROVIDENCE, RI
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| TEACHER/ASTRONAUT CHRISTA MCAULIFFE & FORMER PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE LIVED HERE | CONCORD
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| ONLY STATE CAPITAL THAT STARTS WITH AN F | FRANKFORT, KY
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| ITS WHERE PATRICK HENRY SAID "GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH" | RICHMOND
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| IT IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF PROGRESSIVE MAGAZINE | MADISON, WI
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| PRIMARY SITE OF CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND A FAMOUS BUS BOYCOTT | MONTGOMERY, AL
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| IN 1957 PRESIDENT EISENHOWER SENT NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS HERE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF 9 STUDENTS ATTEMPTING TO INTEGRATE A SCHOOL | LITTLE ROCK, AR
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| THE BEE IS ITS PRIMARY NEWSPAPER | SACRAMENTO
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| ONLY CITY TO REJECT THE OLYMPICS AFTER BEING SELECTED TO HOST; THE GAMES WERE MOVED TO INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA THAT YEAR INSTEAD | DENVER, CO
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| THE "INSURANCE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" | HARTFORD, CT
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| HOME TO THE ONLY ROYAL PALACE USED BY AN OFFICIAL MONARCH IN THE U.S. | HONOLULU
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| BLUE TURF (NUFF SAID) | BOISE, ID
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| THE SEMINOLES PLAY HERE | TALLAHASSEE
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| STUART SMALLEY IS ONE OF THEIR SENATORS | SAINT PAUL, MN
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| THE AIRPORT HERE WAS NAMED AFTER MEDGAR EVERS | JACKSON
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| PRIOR TO 9/11, THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE ACT OF TERRORISM IN THE U.S. TOOK PLACE HERE | OKLAHOMA CITY
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| THE NY TIMES SAID IF YOU HAVE ANY DESIRE TO WITNESS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IN THE MOST UP CLOSE & INTIMATE SETTINGS, THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE TO GO THAN HERE | DES MOINES, IA
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| ORIGINALLY NAMED AFTER JOHN C. CALHOUN, ITS MOST FAMOUS RESIDENT WAS THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR | SPRINGFIELD, IL
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| NEW CASTLE WAS THIS MID-ATLANTIC STATE'S FIRST CAPITAL | DELAWARE
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| IT SERVED AS THE GATEWAY TO THE 1849 CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH | SACRAMENTO
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| IT SHARES ITS NAME WITH A MASSACHUSETTS CITY FAMOUS FOR TRIALS | SALEM, OR
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| THE FIRST CHRISTMAS MASS CELEBRATED IN THE U.S. TOOK PLACE IN THIS CAPITAL IN 1539 DURING DE SOTO'S EXPLORATIONS | TALLAHASSEE
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| ORIGINALLY LE FLEUR'S BLUFF, IT WAS RENAMED FOR A WAR HERO WHO WOULD BECOME PRESIDENT | JACKSON
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| IT'S THE STATE CAPITAL WHERE HUEY LONG WAS SHOT IN 1935 | BATON ROUGE
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| THE NAME OF THIS CAPITAL IS ANOTHER WORD FOR GOD'S GUIDANCE | PROVIDENCE
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| THE HOMES OF MARK TWAIN & HARRIET BEECHER STOWE CAN BE FOUND IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | HARTFORD, CT
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| A PLANETARIUM IN THIS CAPITAL BEARS THE NAME OF CHRISTA MCAULIFFE | CONCORD, NH
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| AN EVENT THAT OCCURRED IN THIS STATE CAPITAL IN 1995, LED TO THE CREATION OF THE SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION | OKLAHOMA CITY
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| SANTE FE, NM IS LOCATED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THESE MOUNTAINS | SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS
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| WEALTH, OR A CITY THAT IS THE OFFICIAL SEAT OF GOVERNMENT IN A STATE | CAPITAL
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| THIS STATE CAPITAL'S SEAL SHOWS THE PHOENIX RISING FROM THE ASHES, SYMBOLIC OF ITS REBUILDING AFTER THE CIVIL WAR | ATLANTA
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| THIS STATE CAPITAL IS HOME TO ONE OF THE ARMED FORCES ACADEMIES | ANNAPOLIS
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| IT'S THE SOUTHERNMOST STATE CAPITAL | HONOLULU
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| GOING WEST FROM FARGO, IT'S A 193-MILE STRAIGHT SHOT ON I-94 TO THIS STATE CAPITAL | BISMARCK
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| IT'S THE CAPITAL OF THE SOONER STATE | OKLAHOMA CITY
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| THIS STATE CAPITAL IS "THE CROSSROADS OF THE PACIFIC" | HONOLULU
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| THIS MIDWESTERN CAPITAL CITY HAS A GREAT "TRACK" RECORD AS "THE CROSSROADS OF AMERICA", ALSO THE MOTTO OF ITS STATE | INDIANAPOLIS
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| THIS NEVADA CAPITAL WAS FOUNDED BY ABRAHAM CURRY, WHO NAMED IT FOR A FAMOUS FRONTIER SCOUT | CARSON CITY
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| MORE THAN HALF OF ALL U.S. COINS ARE MADE AT THE MINT IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | DENVER
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| THIS STATE CAPITAL WAS FOUNDED BY JOHN SUTTER, JR. A YEAR AFTER GOLD WAS DISCOVERED AT HIS FATHER'S SAWMILL | SACRAMENTO
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| PETER STUYVESANT GAVE IT THE NAME BEVERWYCK IN 1652; 12 YEARS LATER, IT WAS GIVEN ITS PRESENT NAME | ALBANY
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| THE 20' TALL STATUE THAT STANDS IN THIS CAPITAL'S CITY HALL PLAZA WAS A GIFT FROM THE CITIZENS OF GENOA, ITALY | COLUMBUS, OH
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| NAMED FOR A FRENCH CITY, THIS SMALLEST STATE CAPITAL COMMANDS THE MAIN PASS THROUGH THE GREEN MOUNTAINS | MONTPELIER
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| THE MISSOURI RIVER LIES ABOUT 10 MILES TO THE EAST OF THIS CAPITAL, THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ABOUT 10 MILES WEST | HELENA
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| THIS CAPITAL LIES ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN THE NORTH DAKOTA & NEBRASKA BORDERS | PIERRE, SD
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| THIS STATE DIDN'T KEEP POUGHKEEPSIE AS ITS CAPITAL FOR VERY LONG | NEW YORK
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| PORTLAND USED TO BE A CAPITAL OF MAINE & AUGUSTA USED TO BE A CAPITAL OF THIS STATE | GEORGIA
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| MR. POTATO HEAD GOT POLITICAL IN THE 1980S AND, APPROPRIATELY, RAN FOR MAYOR OF THIS STATE CAPITAL | BOISE, IDAHO
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| NOW KNOWN AS THE SURVIVOR TREE, THIS AMERICAN ELM SURVIVED THE APRIL 19TH TRAGEDY IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | OKLAHOMA CITY
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| BISMARCK, ND CAN BE FOUND ON THIS RIVER | MISSOURI
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| IN 1819 EAST ALABAMA AND NEW PHILADELPHIA WERE CONSOLIDATED INTO THIS | MONTGOMERY, AL
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| THIS STATE CAPITAL LIES ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF PORTLAND ON THE WILLAMETTE RIVER | SALEM, OR
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| THIS STATE CAPITAL LIES ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORTLAND ON THE KENNEBEC RIVER | AUGUSTA, ME
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| THIS CAPITAL FOUNDED BY GOLD MINERS HAS OVER 100 DAYS A YEAR OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES | JUNEAU
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| THE 20,OOO STRONG UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY IS HEADQUARTERED IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | RICHMOND, VA
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| IT'S THE "INSECT" NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CALIFORNIA'S STATE CAPITAL | SACRAMENTO BEE
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| MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR WAS BORN IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | ATLANTA, GA
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| EX-GOVERNOR DOUGLAS WILDER WAS BORN IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | RICHMOND, VA
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| MASS MURDERER CHARLES STARKWEATHER WAS BORN IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | LINCOLN, NE
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| IF YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT THE LBJ LIBRARY, GO TO THIS STATE CAPITAL | AUSTIN, TX
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| THE MOST POPULOUS STATE CAPITAL | PHOENIX
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| ITS STROM THURMOND FEDERAL BUILDING WAS COMPLETED IN 1979 | COLUMBIA, SC
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| AMONG ITS NICKNAMES ARE "ZION" AND "THE NEW JERUSALEM" | SALT LAKE CITY
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| THE 3 STATE CAPITALS THE MISSOURI RIVER FLOWS THROUGH | BISMARCK, PIERRE, & JEFFERSON CITY
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| ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND IN 1957 JOHN CHANCELLOR RACED TO THIS STATE CAPITAL TO COVER BREAKING NEWS | LITTLE ROCK, AR
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| YOU'LL FIND THIS STATE CAPITAL ABOUT 100 MILES NORTH OF DENVER | CHEYENNE, WY
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| THIS STATE CAPITAL LIES ON BOTH BANKS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER | ST. PAUL
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| VINCENNES ON THE WABASH RIVER IN THIS STATE WAS THE TERRITORIAL CAPITAL FROM 1800 TO 1813 | INDIANA
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| THIS CITY IS HOME TO THE EMPIRE STATE PLAZA | ALBANY
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| WHILE PORTLAND IS MAINE'S MAIN CITY, THIS IS THE CAPITAL | AUGUSTA
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| THE FIRST CAPITAL OF THE CONFEDERACY, IT'S NICKNAMED "THE CRADLE OF THE CONFEDERACY" | MONTGOMERY, AL
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| FALL RIVER, MA IS PART OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF THIS STATE CAPITAL | PROVIDENCE, RI
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| FORT LEWIS, ONE OF AMERICA'S LARGEST ARMY POSTS, LIES BETWEEN TACOMA & THIS STATE CAPITAL | OLYMPIA, WA
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| THE PLAZA HAS BEEN THE HEART OF THIS SOUTHWESTERN STATE CAPITAL SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1610 | SANTA FE
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| THE LARGEST STATE CAPITAL IN AREA | JUNEAU, AK
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| "CITY OF PAUL REVERE" | BOSTON
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| "THE FUN-TIER CAPITAL OF TEXAS" | AUSTIN
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| "ARKOPOLIS" | LITTLE ROCK
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| "THE BLUEGRASS CAPITAL" | FRANKFORT
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| THE NFL PRO BOWL GAME IS PLAYED EACH YEAR IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | HONOLULU
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| ABRAHAM LINCOLN MOVED TO THIS CAPITAL CITY IN 1837 | SPRINGFIELD, IL
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| AMERICA'S OLDEST PUBLIC ART MUSEUM, THE WADSWORTH ATHENEUM, IS IN THIS CITY WHOSE NAME CONTAINS THE WORD "ART" | HARTFORD, CT
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| IT'S THE STATE CAPITAL WHERE YOU CAN CRUISE GARTH BROOKS BLVD. | OKLAHOMA CITY
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| IN THE OLD RAILWAY LINE IT FELL BETWEEN ATCHISON AND SANTA FE | TOPEKA
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| CAPITALS NAMED FOR WOMEN INCLUDE THE CAPITAL OF MARYLAND & THIS MAINE CAPITAL | AUGUSTA
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| IT'S THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE NICKNAMED "THE HEART OF DIXIE" | MONTGOMERY
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| A DEER CROSSING SIGN COULD BE THE SYMBOL FOR THIS NEW ENGLAND CAPITAL | HARTFORD
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| THIS STATE CAPITAL LOCATED ON CROW CREEK HAS A "C" NAME ALSO, THE NAME OF AN INDIAN TRIBE | CHEYENNE
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| THIS OHIO CITY IS HOME TO CAMP CHASE CONFEDERATE CEMETERY | COLUMBUS
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| THIS NORTH DAKOTA CITY'S CAPITAL BUILDING IS CALLED "THE SKYSCRAPER OF THE PRAIRIES" | BISMARCK
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| ACCORDING TO THE 1990 CENSUS, THIS VERMONT CAPITAL HAD ONLY 8,247 RESIDENTS | MONTPELIER
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| THIS CAPITAL WAS FOUNDED IN 1851 AS EAGLE STATION, A STOP FOR WAGONS CROSSING THE SIERRA NEVADAS | CARSON CITY
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| THIS STATE CAPITAL IS PART OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA THAT INCLUDES BOULDER | DENVER
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| ON AN ISTHMUS BETWEEN LAKES MENDOTA & MONONA, IT'S WISCONSIN'S 2ND LARGEST CITY | MADISON
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| TO SEE THE GRAVE OF DANIEL BOONE, YOU HAVE TO BLAZE A TRAIL TO THIS CAPITAL | FRANKFORT, KY
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| THERE'S AN ANNUAL DOGSLED RACE IN THIS CAPITAL OF THE 4TH LARGEST STATE IN THE U.S. | HELENA
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| THIS MASSACHUSETTS CAPITAL IS THE MOST POPULOUS CITY IN NEW ENGLAND | BOSTON
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| ABOUT 75% OF ALL U.S. COINS ARE MINTED IN THIS CAPITAL | DENVER
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| GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY IS LOCATED IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | PHOENIX
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| IN 1838 PIERRE "PIG'S EYE" PARRANT BECAME THE FIRST SETTLER IN WHAT IS NOW THIS MINNESOTA CAPITAL | ST. PAUL
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| IN 1614 FORT NASSAU, A DUTCH TRADING POST, WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE SITE OF THIS CAPITAL | ALBANY
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| IT'S WYOMING'S LARGEST CITY AND MANUFACTURING CENTER | CHEYENNE
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| THERE'S A SMALL MUSEUM DEVOTED TO FATHER DAMIEN IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | HONOLULU
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| NOW A STATE CAPITAL, IT WAS THE SITE OF A SURPRISE ATTACK DEC. 7, 1941 | HONOLULU
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| HOME OF THE UTAH JAZZ | SALT LAKE CITY
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| FOR 2 MONTHS IN 1784, IT SERVED AS THE TEMPORARY CAPITAL OF THE U.S.; IT BECAME NEW JERSEY'S CAPITAL IN 1790 | TRENTON
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| YOU CAN VISIT THE LAST CHANCE MINING MUSEUM IN THIS CAPITAL OF "THE LAST FRONTIER" | JUNEAU, AK
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| SUGAR PLANTATIONS ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI FROM THIS CAPITAL FORM AN AREA KNOWN AS THE "SUGAR BOWL OF AMERICA" | BATON ROUGE
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| NEVADA'S STATE CAPITAL WAS NAMED FOR THIS MAN | CHRISTOPHER "KIT" CARSON
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| THIS RHODE ISLAND CITY HAS ALMOST TWICE THE POPULATION OF WARWICK, THE STATE'S SECOND LARGEST CITY | PROVIDENCE
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| ON JULY 4, 1831, "AMERICA" WAS FIRST SUNG AT THIS CITY'S PARK ST. CHURCH AT THE FOOT OF BEACON HILL | BOSTON
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| THIS CAPITAL LIES AT THE SOUTHERN END OF PUGET SOUND ON BUDD INLET AND CAPITOL LAKE | OLYMPIA
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| WHEN THIS FUTURE CONFEDERATE CAPITAL BECAME A CITY IN 1782, HALF ITS POPULATION WAS SLAVES | RICHMOND
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| ALPHABETICALLY, IT'S THE LAST STATE CAPITAL NAMED FOR A U.S. PRESIDENT | MADISON
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| IT WAS ONCE CALLED ANNE ARUNDEL TOWN AFTER THE WIFE OF THE 2ND LORD BALTIMORE | ANNAPOLIS
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| THIS KANSAS CITY'S ZOOLOGICAL PARK BOASTS A TROPICAL RAIN FOREST HABITAT | TOPEKA
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| YOU CAN VISIT THE RODEO HALL OF FAME AT THE NATIONAL COWBOY HALL OF FAME IN THIS CITY | OKLAHOMA CITY
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| THIS CITY COVERS 3,108 SQUARE MILES, MAKING IT THE LARGEST STATE CAPITAL IN AREA IN THE U.S. | JUNEAU
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| WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, IN THIS STATE CAPITAL, IS CALLED THE OLDEST INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THE WEST | SALEM, OR
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| IT'S THE CAPITAL OF "THE GARDEN STATE" | TRENTON, NJ
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| CAPITAL OF MICHIGAN | LANSING
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