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Trivia For August 4, 2026
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U.S. State History
Question 1:
During the Land Run of 1889, settlers illegally snuck into the territory that would later become this state, earning them the nickname "Sooners".
Originally set aside as "Indian Territory", the U.S. government reneged on the agreement and opened it to settlement. Once "Sooner" was considered a derogatory term for those who snuck onto the land illegally before the start of the Run. Today, "Sooner State" is the state's official nickname and appears on its license plates.
Question 2:
What U.S. state is nicknamed the "Centennial State" because it was admitted to the Union in 1876, one hundred years after the nation's founding?
On August 1, 1876 (four weeks after the Centennial of the United States), U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed a proclamation admitting Colorado to the Union as the 38th state.
Question 3:
The idiom "get out of Dodge" essentially means "to leave immediately" and is associated with the frontier settlement of Dodge City, located in this U.S. state.
During the 1870s, Dodge City became a magnet for cowboys, buffalo hunters, and outlaws, quickly earned a reputation for lawlessness, shoot-outs, and gambling. The idiom gained popularity in the mid-20th century, due to the hit show Gunsmoke, which was set in the town.
Question 4:
Which U.S. state was an independent country from 1777 to 1791?
In January 1777 delegates from 28 towns in Vermont met and declared independence. Territorial conflicts with New York kept Vermont out of the nascent U.S.A. until 1791. On March 4, 1791, Vermont was added as the fourteenth U.S. state.
Question 5:
George Calvert founded the colony that would eventually become this U.S. state as a haven for English Catholics in the New World.
Calvert, who was the 1st Baron Baltimore, named the new colony was named after the devoutly Catholic Mary I. Provincial Maryland would serve as an early pioneer of religious toleration in the English colonies.
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