State Capitals: Fun Facts!

The state capital of California is....

• Los Angeles

• Sacramento

• San Francisco

• Oakland

Patrick Henry made his famous "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech at a church in _______, ________.

And they gave him death :(

• Hartford, Connecticut

• Dover, Delaware

• Harrisburg, Pennyslvania

• Richmond, Virginia

In 2007, Forbes named _____________ America's vainest city, claiming that they have 6 plastic surgeons to every 100 people and spend millions more on beauty products than citizens of similarly-sized cities.

• Tallahassee

• Salt Lake City

• Columbus

• Sacramento

• Austin

Both ____________ and __________ worked as tour guides at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee before they became famous country singers themselves.

• Brad Paisley, Reba McEntire

• Kathy Mattea, Dolly Parton

• Patty Loveless, Brad Paisley

• Trisha Yearwood, Kathy Mattea

The world's largest termite is a statue in _________________.

At 58 feet long it's 920 times larger than a real termite.

• Albany, New York

• Boston, Massachusetts

• Providence, Rhode Island

• Trenton, New Jersey

Waldo Park, one of the smallest parks in the world, consists of a giant sequoia surrounded by landscaping and marked with a plaque and sign.

So, "Where's Waldo...Park?" It's in _________.

It's 12ft x 20ft and contains the single sequoia, which was planted in 1872.

• Oregon

• Arkansas

• Hawaii

• Iowa

• Maine

In 1964, Jerry Mock became to first woman to fly around the world alone.

The trip started and ended in Columbus, Ohio. It took her ___ days.

• 43

• 29

• 36

• 17

In 2007 almost _________ people gathered in Bismarck, North Dakota to set the world record for most snow angels in one place.

• 6,700

• 10,200

• 12,500

• 9,000

In 1871, Zeth Wheeler patents rolled and perforated toilet paper. In 1877 he founded the ________ Perforated Wrapping Paper Company.

In 1897, company began selling and marketing standard perforated toilet paper on a roll.

• Albany

• Annapolis

• Augusta

• Austin

• Atlanta

Mission San Miguel is the oldest church in the United States, and it was built in ____________ in the 1600s.

• Austin, Texas

• Phoenix, Arizona

• Sante Fe, New Mexico

• Sacramento, California