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U.S. General Knowledge #52

Can you answer these random questions with an American focus?
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What city hosts the world's oldest annual marathon, first run in 1897?
Boston
What building's grounds include the Rose Garden and the South Lawn?
The White House
What are "Africanized" honey bees also known as?
Killer bees
Name one of the two famous people who died on July 4, 1826.
John Adams /
Thomas Jefferson
What four-word anti-littering slogan can be found on Texas roadsigns?
Don't Mess With Texas
Who did the owner of the Red Sox sell to the Yankees in 1920, supposedly to help
finance a Broadway play?
Babe Ruth
What Cuban-American rapper shares a name with a type of dog?
Pitbull
What major American city has two Q's and 3 U's in its name?
Albuquerque
What cost 2 cents in 1928, 20 cents in 1981, and 55 cents in 2020?
A first class stamp
What plant did George Washington Carver famously work with?
Peanuts
(or Sweet Potatoes)
Who did Jack Ruby assassinate in 1963 in Dallas?
Lee Harvey Oswald
What was made mandatory in U.S. cars in the 1960s, in part due to Ralph Nader's book
"Unsafe at Any Speed"?
Seatbelts
What major American city created a "poop patrol" in 2018 in an attempt to reduce
the amount of human feces on its streets?
San Francisco
What type of person, like, totally, talks like this?
Valley Girl
What is the only U.S. state that touches two different oceans?
Alaska
Who piloted the "Spirit of St. Louis" from New York to Paris in 1927?
Charles Lindbergh
What notable attraction's South Rim and North Rim take four hours to drive between,
despite being just 10 miles apart?
The Grand Canyon
Who says "Hi-Diddly-Ho, Neighborino"?
Ned Flanders
What variety of the plant Brassica oleracea did George H. W. Bush
ban from Air Force One?
Broccoli
What is the name of the central banking system of the United States?
The Federal Reserve
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Dec 19, 2020
Apparently poop patrol members earn $71,760 a year, plus an additional $112,918 in benefits. Only in San Francisco...
toowise
+5
Level 78
Dec 20, 2020
Where can some one apply ?...asking for a friend !
loganite
+5
Level 88
Dec 24, 2020
In California that's barely enough to avoid having to make more work for yourself! ;)
TheBerryLegend
+1
Level 51
Dec 20, 2020
Gross + Interesting + Amazing that poop patrol members earn that much
EytanMelech
+1
Level 67
Dec 21, 2020
I believe poop patrol people also end up doing a lot of needle cleanup, as both objects tend to be clustered in the same types of areas.
joeythelemur
+2
Level 84
Dec 21, 2020
That's enough to perhaps not be below the poverty line in San Francisco.
nonono
+1
Level 88
Dec 21, 2020
Not really. The cut-off for subsidized housing for a family of 4 is $117,400. Moreover, is that really a job anyone wants?
Phil
+1
Level 57
Dec 25, 2020
They're talking about human poop.
Bdubz
+1
Level 43
Dec 27, 2020
About enough for one month's rent in SF
jayrod
+1
Level 92
Dec 20, 2020
Took me a bit to get the Texas slogan one.
mattBk
+1
Level 71
Dec 24, 2020
Maybe because it's 5 words and not 4
jmellor13
+7
Level 67
Dec 24, 2020
...it's four. I had no idea that was an anti-littering slogan. Thought it was just a way Texans express their almost-comical devotion to their home state. Them and Jersey.
EvanAviator
+2
Level 59
Dec 24, 2020
are you illiterate? its definitely four
mattBk
+1
Level 71
Dec 24, 2020
Many literate people consider "don't" to be 2 words not 1.
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 89
Dec 25, 2020
It can be both.
BlackLab
+1
Level 65
Jul 27, 2023
I almost thought it was something like "Don't mess 'ON' Texas" a play on words. I never really knew where the slogan originated.
postwaste
+1
Level 85
Dec 24, 2020
No Stupid Flanders?
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