| 100% | BOERWAR | 7 | Conflict whose resolution dissolved the Orange Free State |
| 46% | BOERWAR | 7 | Orange Free State conflict |
| 37% | BOER | 4 | Orange Free State settler |
| 37% | BOERS | 5 | Orange Free State founders |
| 30% | OHIO | 4 | The Buckeye State whose capital is Columbus |
| 30% | OHIO | 4 | State whose official fruit is the tomato |
| 29% | PRIVACY | 7 | The state of being free from public attention |
| 29% | ALASKA | 6 | State whose motto is "North to the Future" |
| 29% | ORE | 3 | State whose northern border is the Columbia River (Abbr.) |
| 28% | IOWA | 4 | State whose eastern border is formed by the Mississippi River |
| 28% | BOISE | 5 | State capital whose name derives from the French for "woods" |
| 28% | OHIO | 4 | ___ State University (school whose team nickname is the Buckeyes) |
| 28% | KANSAN | 6 | Person from the state whose capital is Topeka |
| 28% | BOISE | 5 | State capital whose name comes from the French for "wooded area" |
| 28% | MISSISSIPPI | 11 | State whose name comes from the Ojibwe word for "Great River" |
| 28% | ARIZONA | 7 | The only US state whose name contains a Z |
| 28% | UCSB | 4 | Golden State sch. whose athletics teams are the Gauchos |
| 27% | HAWAII | 6 | State whose flag includes the Union Jack |
| 27% | PEACE | 5 | Conflict-free state |
| 27% | ORE | 3 | State whose Division I teams include the Ducks and the Beavers: Abbr. |
| 27% | ORE | 3 | State whose Pac-10 teams are the Ducks and the Beavers: Abbr. |
| 27% | IOWA | 4 | State whose land became part of the US in the Louisiana Purchase |
| 27% | GAS | 3 | State of matter whose name comes from the Dutch pronunciation of “chaos” |
| 27% | MINNESOTA | 9 | State whose name is derived from the Dakota for "sky-tinted water" |
| 27% | BAHRAIN | 7 | Independent state in the Persian Gulf whose capital is Manama |
| 27% | IOWA | 4 | The only US state whose name starts with two vowels |
| 27% | SAMOA | 5 | Independent state in the Pacific Ocean whose capital is Apia |
| 27% | BARBADOS | 8 | Island state in the West Indies whose capital is Bridgetown |
| 27% | UTAH | 4 | State whose residents have the youngest median age |
| 27% | ARKANSAS | 8 | State whose name is its own abbreviation plus the name of another state |