US States Quiz
10 questions on the 50 states, capitals, and regions. No signup, instant scoring.
How the quiz works
Each round picks 10 random questions across three categories: state capitals (which capital matches the state), regions (which region a state belongs to), and abbreviations (matching the 2-letter code to the state). Mixed mode rotates all three. Capitals-only, regions-only, and abbreviations-only let you drill a specific weakness.
What the questions ask, and the usual traps
Capitals. Only 17 of the 50 state capitals are also the largest city of their state: Phoenix, Little Rock, Denver, Atlanta, Honolulu, Boise, Indianapolis, Des Moines, Boston, Jackson, Columbus, Oklahoma City, Providence, Nashville, Salt Lake City, Charleston (West Virginia) and Cheyenne. The other 33 are where the traps sit: Albany, not New York City; Sacramento, not Los Angeles; Springfield, not Chicago; Harrisburg, not Philadelphia; Tallahassee, not Jacksonville or Miami; Austin, not Houston. The capitals matching game drills them ten states at a time.
Regions. The quiz uses the Census Bureau's four regions: the Northeast (9 states), the Midwest (12), the South (16) and the West (13). The edges are what it tests: Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia count as the South, as do Oklahoma and Texas, while Kansas and Missouri count as the Midwest. The 50 states page lists every region in full.
Abbreviations. Eight states start with M, and their codes are the ones to learn by heart: ME Maine, MD Maryland, MA Massachusetts, MI Michigan, MN Minnesota, MS Mississippi, MO Missouri and MT Montana. The four A states are the other trap: AL is Alabama, AK Alaska, AZ Arizona and AR Arkansas. The abbreviations list has all 50 and the abbreviations quiz asks 20 of them a round.
Want to learn the states properly?
The 50 states guide walks you through every state by region in under a week. The capitals guide adds mnemonics for the 12 trickiest. The regions guide covers the Census Bureau's 4-region division.
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