Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Tuesday Trivia

The answer to yesterday's question is:
Newfoundland and Labrador, which joined the Confederation in 1949. Originally called Newfoundland, the Canadian constitution was amended in 2001 to effect the name change. (Nunavut is a territory, not a province.)

Today's question is:
Most Americans know that Alaska and Hawaii were the 49th and 50th states, joining the union in 1959. What was the 48th state, and when did it join?

4 comments:

EdD said...

It was Arizona in 1912

gbradley said...

Oklahoma, or New Mexico, or Arizona, or Utah, maybe Wyoming?
I don't know but I've wondered this before.

MAJ K said...

Arizona, in 1912

Steve USMA '85 said...

I'm guessing Oklahoma but have no idea of when it achieved statehood.