| Hint | State |
| ... did not allow the sale of liquor 'by the drink' (on-premises) until the 1980s? | |
| ...refused to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention? | |
| ...has two pairs of four of the same letter in its name? | |
| ...has a monument honoring both the Union and Confederate armies? | |
| ...has a capital that begins with 'f'? | |
| ...has five Big Four teams, but not in all four leagues? | |
| ...consists entirely of two peninsulas? | |
| ...is entirely east of the continental divide and joined the union in the 20th century? | |
| ...is not located in continental North America? | |
| ...has a three-word capital? | |
| ...does not require those that wish to vote be registered? | |
| ...has a commercial tea plantation? | |
| ...is east of the Mississippi River and has a mountain that is over 6,500 feet? | |
| ...has a triple divide (water flows into Atlantic, Pacific, and Hudson Bay)? | |
| ...touches both the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean | |
| ...is in the top nine in terms of population, but does not have a team in all of the Big Four sports leagues? | |
| ...has a population of under 600,000 people? | |
| ...is east of the Mississippi River and has a county with an Indian majority? | |
| ...has had the flags of six different nations fly over it? | |
| ...does not have a rectangular flag? | |
| ...has one syllable in its name? | |
| ...does not have a unit of the National Park System? | |
| ...has had eight presidents born in it? | |
| ...does not share a single letter with its capital? | |
| ...has a unicameral (one house) legislature? | |