| IDAHO | In which state is Hell's Canyon, the US's deepest river gorge? (5) |
| VICTORIA | In which state is Melbourne? (8) |
| OREGON | Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the United States, is in which state? (6) |
| NEWHAMPSHIRE | Which state is the first to hold a primary in the US presidential elections? (3,9) |
| KANSAS | Dorothy lives in which state in The Wizard of Oz? (6) |
| CHINA | Country in which State Grid, the world's largest utility company, is based |
| MONTANA | The Crow native American people live mainly in which state? (7) |
| WITCHERY | Which state is associated with a fair amount of misery and the dark arts? (8) |
| HAWAII | Which state is the USA's southernmost? (6) |
| DELAWARE | Which state is considered to be the USA's first? (8) |
| OXBOWDAM | Hydroelectric run-of-the-river installation on the Snake River in Hells Canyon on the Idaho-Oregon border |
| CONGO | Deepest river in the world, and the only major river to cross the equator twice (5) |
| NIAGARA | This rhododendron cultivar is also a river, gorge and natural feature on the border of the Canadian Province of Ontario and the US state of New York (7) |
| BAVARIA | Which state is Germany's largest? (7) |
| UTAH | The California gull is the state bird of which state? |
| ILLINOIS | Springfield is the capital of which State in the USA (8) |
| BARRANCO | Car baron crashed in narrow, winding river gorge (8) |
| BARRANCAS | In the US, narrow, winding river gorges (9) |
| VERMONT | Which state does Bernie Sanders represent in the US Senate? (7) |
| GOA | Which state of western India is bordered on the east and south by Karnataka? (3) |