Statistics for History of Washington State

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What software company was started by Bill Gates and Paul Allen?	Microsoft	95%
What type of Native American art was made by carving trees?	{Totem} Poles	93%
What online book seller was founded in Seattle in 1994?	Amazon.com	91%
What did Washington and Colorado become the first states to legalize in 2012?	Marijuana	91%
What Seattle landmark was built for the World's Fair of 1962?	Space Needle	89%
What volcano killed 57 people when it erupted in 1980?	Mount St. Helens	87%
What two American explorers reached the Pacific Ocean on November 15,1805?	Lewis and Clark	85%
What musician committed suicide in his Seattle home in 1994?	Kurt Cobain	84%
What national beverage chain started near Seattle's Pike Place Market in 1971?	Starbucks	84%
What airplane company was founded in Seattle in 1916?	Boeing	82%
Two serial killers have killed over 10 people in the state. Who were they?	Ted {Bundy}	81%
What radioactive material was produced in Richland, Washington for the Manhattan Project?	Plutonium	66%
What mountain was climbed for the first time in 1870?	Mount Rainier	63%
What river was dammed by the Grand Coulee Dam in the 1930s?	Columbia River	54%
What gold rush caused many people to flock to Seattle on their way to Canada?	Klondike Gold Rush	49%
Two serial killers have killed over 10 people in the state. Who were they?	{Green} River Killer	42%
What British sea captain explored Puget Sound in 1792?	George Vancouver	35%
What holiday was first celebrated in Spokane on June 19, 1910?	Father's Day	27%