Statistics for U.S. General Knowledge #28

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  • The average score is 12 of 20

Answer Stats

QuestionAnswer% Correct
What was the largest chain of video rental stores in the United States in the 1990s?Blockbuster
91%
What word comes before Cod, Fear, and Canaveral?Cape
85%
What word, starting with O, refers to people like Billy the Kid and Jesse James?
Outlaw
77%
Who lived at a plantation named Monticello?Thomas Jefferson
75%
What can you buy on the TV show "Wheel of Fortune"?a Vowel
74%
Who is the dapper, monocle-wearing mascot of the Planters company?Mr. Peanut
72%
Who founded Standard Oil and was the first U.S. citizen to be worth one billion dollars?John D. Rockefeller
71%
Which U.S. state did Huckleberry Finn live in?Missouri
66%
What principle allows the government to force someone to sell
their property for public use?
Eminent {domain}
63%
What TV show had a character that was played by both Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen?Full House
63%
Who, appropriately, wrote the state song of Colorado: "Rocky Mountain High"?John Denver
63%
It's 1996. A dance craze is sweeping America. What is it?The Macarena
58%
Who are also known as the Bronx Bombers?New York Yankees
54%
What company makes Viagra?Pfizer
53%
Who created and hosted 23 seasons of "America's Next Top Model"?Tyra Banks
51%
What magazine has Alfred E. Neuman on its cover?Mad
50%
What racehorse won the Triple Crown in 1973, and still holds the record
for the fastest time in all three races?
Secretariat
47%
What fictional character mocked his daughter's vegetarianism, saying
"you don't win friends with salad"?
Homer Simpson
41%
According to Thomas Edison, what is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration?Genius
35%
What company was nicknamed Ma Bell before it broke apart into several "Baby Bells"?AT&T
34%

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