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Question	Answer	% Correct
On what highway can you "get your kicks"?	Route 66	82%
What holiday on June 19th celebrates the abolition of slavery in Texas?	Juneteenth	70%
Who supposedly threw a silver dollar across the Potomac River?	George Washington	66%
What musical instrument did Bill Clinton play on TV during his election campaign?	Tenor Saxophone	65%
What is the colloquial term for a wedding where the bride is pregnant?	{Shotgun} Wedding	62%
Who was the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms?	Grover Cleveland	60%
Which U.S. state was the end point of the Trail of Tears?	Oklahoma	60%
What model of Chevy, discontinued in 1987, was a car in front and a pickup truck in back?	El {Camino}	56%
What hipster city has been called a place where young people go to retire?	Portland	44%
What department of the U.S. government do ambassadors work for?	State Department	44%
In what city would you find Yale University?	New Haven	41%
What race is commonly referred to as "the run for the roses"?	The Kentucky Derby	41%
What product used the slogan "plop plop fizz fizz"?	Alka-Seltzer	40%
Who did Anita Hill accuse of sexual harassment during confirmation hearings in 1991?	Clarence Thomas	38%
What rating replaced X in movie theaters?	NC-17	38%
What TV host would pretend to be a psychic swami named Carnac the Magnificent?	Johnny Carson	32%
What L.A. neighborhood is known for its "towers" and the race riots that happened there in 1965?	Watts	28%
Republicans call it the death tax. What do Democrats call it?	{Estate} Tax	27%
What restaurant chain announced in 2010 that their food used to taste like cardboard?	Dominos	26%
What union do nearly 100,000 employees of Ford and GM belong to?	The United Auto Workers	25%