Statistics for The Wire: Trivia

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
City where the show takes place	Baltimore	100%
Main character and "loose cannon"	Jimmy McNulty	94%
Actor who portrays Stringer Bell	Idris Elba	90%
His sturdy (drinking) partner	Bunk Moreland	89%
Nickname given to the area where drugs temporarily become legal	Hamsterdam	83%
What does Prez eventually end up working as?	Math teacher	83%
How could you tell Omar is comin'	You hear him whistling "Farmer in the Dell"	83%
Famous quote by Senator Clay Davis	Sheeeeeeeee-it	78%
A method used to surveil the drugdealers	Wiretapping	75%
Leader of the main organization behind the city's drug import	The Greek	69%
Season 5 features this newspaper	The Baltimore Sun	62%
Famous rapper playing "Cheese"	Method Man	61%
Creator of the series	David Simon	59%
Mayor candidate who "has a little finger in every pie"	Thomas Carcetti	59%
Rowdy son of Wee-Bey	Namond Brice	55%
Partially real character portrayed by herself	Felicia "Snoop" Pearson	50%
Opening theme	Way Down in the Hole	49%
Always has a suggestion	"Prop Joe"	37%
Singer who wrote this song	Tom Waits	31%
What the longshoremen have for breakfast	Beer and egg	26%
Whiskey referred to as "Protestant whiskey"	Bushmills	11%