Statistics for Guinness World Records: North America

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Record	#	Answer	% Correct
Largest freshwater lake by surface area	82414 sqkm	Lake Superior	75%
Largest land gorge	446 km	Grand Canyon	63%
Tallest Mountain from the base to summit	4205 m	Mauna Kea	63%
Largest grasslands	3 million sqkm	The Great Plains	63%
Highest Tides	14.5 m	The Bay of Fundy	50%
Largest Marine protected area	1.5 million sqkm	Hawaii	38%
Largest measure tornado	4.18 km	Oklahoma	38%
Wettest Desert	500 mm	Sonoran Desert	25%
Deepest Plant	269 m	Bahamas	13%
Highest concentration of slot canyons	10000	Colorado Plateau	13%
Tallest Geyser	91.4 m	Steamboat	13%
Largest Gypsum crystals	11 m	Cave of the crystals	0%
Greatest tree girth	36.2 m	Montezuma	0%
Most northerly vocano	71 degrees N	Mount Beerenberg	0%