Trivia: What state shares no common letters with its capital?
Texas
South Dakota
Nevada
West Virginia
The correct answer is South Dakota
So why is this answer correct? : There is only one pairing of state and state capital that shares no common letters between them: Pierre and South Dakota. Pierre is also the country’s second-smallest state capital by population (after Montpelier, Vermont) with just over 14,000 residents. Before South Dakota became a state, Yankton was the capital of the Dakota Territory; Pierre became the capital of South Dakota in 1890.