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Daily puzzle · 4 October 2026

Guess the state, 4 October 2026

Five facts about the same US state or the District of Columbia, every one of them read off a public record and checked back against the page it came from. They get more specific as you go.

  1. Clue 1

    Worker type — standard

    US minimum wage rates by state, city, and worker type

  2. Clue 2

    Bodily injury per person — $15,000

    Minimum auto liability insurance limits by state

  3. Clue 3

    ASME Code Section stamps required — A, E, H, HLW, HV, M, S

    ASME Code Section stamps and National Board stamps required for boilers…

  4. Clue 4

    Age with judicial approval — sixteen or seventeen

    Minimum marriage age and exceptions by state

The answer, and where these facts came from

It was Louisiana. Each clue is a value one of these records publishes — open any of them for the source page and the sentence on it that says so.

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