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United States Multiple Choice Quiz

Can you answers these multiple choice questions about the United States?
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Last updated: July 15, 2021
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First submittedJuly 15, 2021
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1. How many other countries does the U.S. share a land border with?
1
2
3
4
Mexico and Canada
2. True or false: Texas is the largest state by area.
True
False
Alaska is more than twice as large
3. Which of these people was NOT a U.S. President?
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Eugene V. Debs
James Monroe
4. What do the stripes on the American flag represent?
The blood of soldiers and the white of peace
The Ten Commandments
The 13 original colonies
Nothing in particular
5. Which of these cities has the highest population?
Dallas
Denver
Des Moines
6. How many states border the Pacific Ocean?
1
3
5
7
Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington
7. Which of these words does NOT appear in the lyrics to the Star-Spangled Banner?
Bombs
Brave
Flag
Freedom
8. Which of these countries was once a U.S. territory?
Brazil
Ghana
Philippines
Taiwan
9. Which of these cities is located in a desert?
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland
10. Which of these states is in the "Bible Belt"?
Massachusetts
Michigan
Mississippi
Montana
11. Which of these places is NOT in the United States?
12. True or false: The United States has more prisoners than college students.
True
False
The are about 10 times as many college students
13. What is the nickname of Las Vegas?
The Big Easy
The City that Never Sleeps
Sin City
14. What is the largest lake that is entirely within the United States?
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior
Great Salt Lake
15. What is the tallest building in the United States?
Empire State Building
One World Trade Center
Sears Tower
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Level 52
Jul 15, 2021
Fun quiz. Pretty easy, too.
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Level 32
Mar 15, 2023
lies
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Level 89
Jul 15, 2021
Sear Tower now = Willis Tower

Otherwise fun.

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Level 89
Jul 15, 2021
And the top of the Sears Tower is still 80 feet higher than the new WTC. In New York City alone, the roof of Central Park Tower is 180 feet higher than the WTC, 111 57th Street is 60 feet higher, and 432 Park Avenue is 30 feet higher. WTC pulls the old cheating measure of putting up a skinny 400-foot pencil and counting it as height, where others are not allowed to do the same. You will never stand or sit higher than 1,368 feet in the new WTC.
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Level ∞
Jul 16, 2021
The correct answer is One World Trade Center. This is adjudicated by the the Council on Tall Buildings, ironically based in Chicago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_Tall_Buildings_and_Urban_Habitat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_the_United_States

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Level 32
Mar 15, 2023
babe keep it short and simple
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Level 60
Feb 8, 2024
I always do
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Level 59
Aug 7, 2021
no it's the Sears
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Level 67
Aug 8, 2021
I don't understand this weird brand loyalty Chicagoans have to "Sears Tower." Sears was not a war hero. He was a business owner. Now a new business owns the rights to the building's name. Who cares? It's called the Willis Tower. I usually say "Sears Tower" too, because that's what everyone else does, but it is certainly not wrong to call it the Willis Tower. I really don't understand why people make such a big deal of this.
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Level 87
Jan 21, 2022
I don't complain when I go to the top of the Pan Am building in New York. I do agree the answer should read "Willis Tower", no matter how many Chicagoans say, "What chu talkin' about? Willis?"
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Level 48
Nov 20, 2022
Man’s tryna start an argument with the quizmaster… insolence is strong with this one. 🗿
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Level 82
Jul 16, 2021
Too U.S.-centric
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Level 43
Jul 16, 2021
I sincerely hope this is sarcasm
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Level 82
Jul 16, 2021
Be me, read "population" as "elevation", pick Denver :(
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Level 86
Jul 18, 2021
It's a shame that Debs wasn't president.
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Level 75
Jul 21, 2021
What does it say that most people believe that the US has more prisoners than college students? Even though they're wrong, it's an indictment in itself that so many people would guess that prisoners outnumber students in this in-many-ways great country.

P.S. Alaska & Hawaii grrr! Of course they border the Pacific!

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Level 84
Jul 26, 2021
Media malpractice is the answer.
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Level 66
Aug 7, 2021
Or it could be that it is a wild guess, based on figuring it's probably true or it wouldn't be asked.
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Level 71
Aug 9, 2021
For black people it is true but not for the population as a whole.
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Level 74
Dec 1, 2021
According to source, there a 2.5 million black college students in the US in fall 2019. According to source, there were 2.09 million TOTAL incarcerated people in the US in 2019. So you're wrong. And according to source, and corroborated by other sources, approximately 40% of the prison population is black. So you're pretty far off. Maybe you should do research before you post misinformation online.
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Level 76
Aug 7, 2021
where are the places in question 11?
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Level 48
Aug 7, 2021
Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, and Shanghai, China
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Level 53
Aug 7, 2021
Ayyyy! I got every question correctly except the one about prisoners and college students, that's a win in my books :)
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Level 60
Aug 7, 2021
When you thought the word population was elevation. *sigh*
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Level 67
Aug 7, 2021
Interesting how the Star Spangled Banner question was surprisingly hard, I myself assumed bombs was not in it but I believe it's in that part towards the end that people forget the words to. As for the prisoners vs college students question, that one seemed like a trick question but right before taking this quiz I was looking at colleges and some of the populations are insanely high, and considering how many universities there are in the country I was thinking it has to outnumber prisoners
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Level 68
Aug 7, 2021
The word "bombs" is in the tenth line, not exactly the end
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Level 46
Aug 7, 2021
Almost got a perfect score but I threw on the last question. The height difference is very minimal between the One WTC and the Sears Tower it seems.
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Level 79
Aug 8, 2021
Agh! Hit "Denver" after "What is the highest ..." A useful lesson in reading the whole question!
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Level 54
Aug 8, 2021
Eugene Debs, lmfao
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Level 45
Aug 8, 2021
Texas is the last state that touches the Atlantic, and then it switches to the Pacific, with New Mexico, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Alaska and Washington.

That's what I thought, until I remembered that Mexico existed.

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Level 66
Aug 10, 2021
Only one I missed was the tallest building.
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Level 48
Aug 10, 2021
Lake Superior is such a misnomer :/
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Level 75
Oct 28, 2021
It's larger than Lake Michigan, but it's not entirely within the US. It's between the US and Canada
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Level 44
Aug 10, 2021
Dang. The only one I missed was the tower one, I guessed Sears tower because I read that the Twin Towers were surpassed by Sears in height soon after they were built? And the new WTC is shorter than the Twin Towers were, so that was my reasoning. Huh.
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Level 76
Oct 7, 2021
To be fair the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) does have a higher top floor: 1354 feet compared to the 1WTC's 1268, but the One World Trade Center has a higher architectural height and tip, even if the top 400 feet or so is mostly just a little spire
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Level 74
Dec 1, 2021
LOL at the people who thought there were more prisoners than college students.
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Level 73
Mar 23, 2022
People we have a lot of prisoners but not THAT many
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Level 40
Feb 15, 2023
i thought it said los angeles
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Level 59
Jun 19, 2023
Just out of curiosity, doesn't the US technically border Cuba at Guantanamo Bay?
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Level 62
Aug 1, 2023
All of Guantanamo Bay is part of Cuba, the area that contains the naval base is under the jurisdiction of the United States based on a 1903 Lease Agreement. The United States has to pay annual fees to retain the lease agreement.