Florida
To clarify: The poster’s actual screen surname is Lendervedder, with an n in the third position, as opposed to Really’s previous erroneous Leddervedder reading.
well really it is Lavender I don’t care what he thinks.
I just flipped a coin to break the tie and you lost. 
1 Other than Mississippi, name a state that the Mississippi river runs through.
Louisiana
2 Name a state with lots of mountains.
Colorado
3 Name a state that cowboys come from
Texas
4 Other than Alaska, name a state with cold winters.
Maine
5 Name a president who served between 1880 and 1920.
Teddy Roosevelt
6 Name a president who was bald.
Eisenhower
7 Name a first lady.
Hillary Clinton
8 Name a US City that is famous for music.
New Orleans
9 Other than New York, name a city with a large population.
Los Angeles (due to the US-natured theme of the rest of the questions)
10 Name a state that that has lots of tourism.
California
30 + 45 + 45 + 9 + 26 + 30 + 22 + 17 + 29 + 14 = 267 *2 = 534. I win!
This was tougher than I thought. I wanted questions that would have 2-3 big responses. I thought mountain state would have a much bigger split. The tourism question worked out pretty well I thought. I clearly didn’t put enought thought into the first lady question.
Then of course tabulating the responses sucks ass.
1 Other than Mississippi, name a state that the Mississippi river runs through.
Louisiana
2 Name a state with lots of mountains.
Colorado
3 Name a state that cowboys come from
Texas
4 Other than Alaska, name a state with cold winters.
Maine
5 Name a president who served between 1880 and 1920.
Teddy Roosevelt
6 Name a president who was bald.
Eisenhower
7 Name a first lady.
Barbara Bush
8 Name a US City that is famous for music.
Nashville
9 Other than New York, name a city with a large population.
Chicago
10 Name a state that that has lots of tourism.
Hawaii (and I looked after bunches of them!)
Drat it! Not only am I too late, I’m next to last!