| Exceptional Quality | State | Extra Trivia |
| ...that allows residents to vote from outer space? | |
| ...in which diamonds are mined? | |
| ...whose current State Capitol building predates the revolution? | |
| ...with a modern city founded by European colonists prior to 1600? | |
| ...with different designs on either side of its State Flag? | |
| ...in which the Northern half is in a different time zone than the Southern half? | |
| ...to contain more than one Ivy League school? | |
| ...to host a Confederate President's inauguration? | |
| ...with a community-owned major league professional sports team? | |
| ...to lie entirely above 1,000 meters elevation? | |
| ...whose name appears in another state's most populous city? | |
| ...named after a German-born monarch? | |
| ...whose two biggest cities have lent their names to a Tony-winning musical and an Oscar-winning film, respectively? | |
| ...to be admitted to the Union under a President Roosevelt? | |
| ...to have territory in the Eastern Hemisphere? | |
| ...to have a lighthouse that stands over 60 meters high? | |
| ...whose three largest cities begin with the same letter? | |
| ...never to cast an electoral vote for Ronald Reagan? | |
| ...to include a noncontiguous parcel of land completely surrounded by two other states? | |
| ...to have two Federal Reserve Banks? | |
| ...where less than 26% of its citizens identify themselves as White/Caucasian? | |
| ...without commercial air service? | |
| ...whose name has no letters in common with that of its capital? | |
| ...to have multiple native sons immortalized atop Mount Rushmore? | |
| ...to have divorce laws written into its Constitution? | |