1. Los Alamos National Laboratory was founded during World War II for nuclear weapons research. The laboratory is located near Santa Fe in which state?
2. Bighorn Lake, formed by Yellowtail Dam, lies inside a national recreation area that straddles the border between Wyoming and which state to the north?
3. Branson, right, home to many popular tourist attractions, is located near the border of Arkansas on the Ozark Plateau in which state?
4. Which state, which borders the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick, was part of Massachusetts until achieving statehood in 1820?
5. Area 51, the nickname for a site believed to be used for testing experimental aircraft, is located in the desert northeast of Death Valley in which landlocked state?
6. Camp David, a presidential mountain retreat, lies northwest of Washington, D.C., and south of the Mason-Dixon Line in which state?
7. Biloxi, a city that is home to many casinos that were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, lies on the Gulf of Mexico coastline of which state?
8. The Charles River travels for less than 100 miles and separates Boston and Cambridge before reaching the Atlantic Ocean while remaining entirely within which state?
9. Kalamazoo, where many workers are employed by the pharmaceutical industry, lies in the southwestern part of which state that is made up of two large peninsulas?
10. The Mall of America, the largest mall in the United States, is located in the Twin Cities suburb of Bloomington in which state?
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ANSWERS: 1. New Mexico 2. Montana 3. Missouri 4. Maine 5. Nevada 6. Maryland 7. Mississippi 8. Massachusetts 9. Michigan 10. Minnesota — National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
