US States and Capitals Jeopardy

Fifty states, fifty capitals, one loud classroom. This free geography game runs on a projector while students answer on phone or tablet buzzers.

6 categories · 30 clues · Final Jeopardy · everyone buzzes in from their phone

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Capitals East of the Mississippi

$200
This is the capital of Georgia, and it is also that state's largest city.
What is Atlanta?
$400
This is the capital of Massachusetts, home of the Boston Tea Party.
What is Boston?
$600
This is the capital of Ohio, named for the explorer who reached the Americas in 1492.
What is Columbus?
$800
This is the capital of Florida, a smaller city than Miami, Tampa, or Orlando.
What is Tallahassee?
$1,000
This is the capital of New York State, located far north of New York City.
What is Albany?

Capitals West of the Mississippi

$200
This is the capital of California, not Los Angeles or San Francisco.
What is Sacramento?
$400
This is the capital of Texas, home to the flagship campus of the state's largest public university system.
What is Austin?
$600
This is the capital of Colorado, nicknamed the Mile High City for its elevation.
What is Denver?
$800
This is the capital of Washington State, not to be confused with the nation's capital.
What is Olympia?
$1,000
This is the capital of Oregon, a smaller and less famous city than Portland.
What is Salem?

State Nicknames

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This state is nicknamed the Sunshine State.
What is Florida?
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This state is nicknamed the Lone Star State.
What is Texas?
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This state is nicknamed the Golden State.
What is California?
$800
This state is nicknamed the Empire State.
What is New York?
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This state is nicknamed the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
What is Minnesota?

Capital or Largest City

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This city is Illinois's largest city, but it is not the state capital, which is Springfield.
What is Chicago?
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This city is Michigan's largest city, but the state capital is Lansing.
What is Detroit?
$600
This city is Pennsylvania's largest city, but the state capital is Harrisburg.
What is Philadelphia?
$800
This city is Missouri's largest city, but the state capital is Jefferson City.
What is Kansas City?
$1,000
This city is Washington State's largest city, but the state capital is Olympia.
What is Seattle?

Abbreviation Station

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This is the two-letter postal abbreviation for Ohio.
What is OH?
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This is the two-letter postal abbreviation for Georgia.
What is GA?
$600
This is the two-letter postal abbreviation for Illinois.
What is IL?
$800
This is the two-letter postal abbreviation for Louisiana.
What is LA?
$1,000
This is the two-letter postal abbreviation for Arizona, easy to mix up with Arkansas's.
What is AZ?

Which State Am I

$200
This is the smallest US state by area, and its capital is Providence.
What is Rhode Island?
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This state is nicknamed the Aloha State, and its capital is Honolulu.
What is Hawaii?
$600
This state is shaped like a mitten, and its capital is Lansing.
What is Michigan?
$800
This state produces the most crawfish in the US, and its capital is Baton Rouge.
What is Louisiana?
$1,000
This is the least populous US state, and its capital is Cheyenne.
What is Wyoming?

Final Jeopardy — Hard-to-Reach Capitals

This Alaskan state capital cannot be reached by road from the rest of North America; people and cars arrive by boat or by plane.

What is Juneau?

How to run this board

Every state capital a quiz could ask about is fair game on this board, split east and west of the Mississippi so students can play to their strong half, with extra columns for nicknames, abbreviations, and the classic trap of capitals that are not the biggest city.

Capital or Largest City is where the fun is - most kids are certain New York City and Los Angeles are capitals until the buzzer tells them otherwise.

Elementary players do better with team buzzing than individual phones, and a rule that the whole team must agree before pressing keeps one confident guesser from spending everyone's points.

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