US GEOGRAPHY RIDDLES III

1. The last four letters of a certain state's name are exactly the same as the first four letters of its capital city. Can you name the state and its capital?

2. What do the names of these cities have in common?

ALBANY

SANTA MONICA

KODIAK

3. What is unusual about the words MARINE and MALARIA?

4. What state, other than West Virginia, has the name of another state within its own name?

5. What state is farthest South?

6. What state is farthest North?

7. What state is farthest West?

8. What state is farthest East?

Answers:

1. MONTpelier, VerMONT

2. The last two letters of each city are the same as its state postal abbreviation.

3. MA /AR/RI/IN/NE and MA/AL/LA/AR/RI/IA

4. Arkansas

5. Hawaii (same latitude as Mexico City)

6. Alaska

7. Alaska

8. Alaska (The Aleutian Islands cross the Prime Meridian.)