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1855 J. H. Colton Company map of Virginia that predates the West Virginia partition by seven years.. Numerous state partition proposals have been put forward since the 1776 establishment of the United States that would partition an existing U.S. state or states so that a particular region might either join another state or create a new state.
"51st state" is a phrase used in the United States of America to refer to the idea of adding an additional state to the current 50-state Union. Proposals for a 51st state may include granting statehood to one of the U.S. territories or Washington, D.C., splitting an existing state, or annexing part or all of a sovereign country.
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In 2010, Sporcle released an iPhone and Android application with 250 games, though it has since been expanded to include any compatible quiz. [41] [42] Sporcle also has an Alexa app. [43] Sporcle Live has a mobile application to help live trivia players find nearby trivia nights, RSVP to events, and access visual rounds.
It claims to be the oldest continuously running student quiz contest in the United States. [8] The It's Academic televised student quiz show program has been run for high school teams in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area since 1961 and is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running quiz program in television ...
Quiz '88: Community Access: Ottawa, Ontario: 1988 Quiz Kids: Syndication CBS Cable: United States: 1949–1956 1981–1982 Quiz Kids: WNAC: Boston, Massachusetts: 1978 The Quiz Kids: ATN-7 GTV-9: Australia: 1957 The Quiz Kids Challenge: Syndication: United States: 1990 Quiz Whiz Junior: Arirang TV: South Korea: 2017 Remember This? MSNBC: United ...
The President of the United States can establish a national monument by presidential proclamation, and the United States Congress can by legislation. The Antiquities Act of 1906 authorized the president to proclaim "historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest" as national monuments.
Capitols – List of state and territorial capitols in the United States; Highest buildings – List of tallest buildings by U.S. state and territory; Hospitals – Lists of hospitals in the United States by U.S. state and territory; Museums – List of U.S. state historical societies and museums; Prisons – Lists of state prisons by U.S. state