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%
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Hint
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Answer
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99
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What is the only U.S. state whose name starts with the letter G?
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Georgia
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98
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Where did Neil Armstrong walk in 1969 that no other person had ever set foot on before?
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The Moon
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97
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What is the name of the U.S. President's office?
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The Oval Office
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96
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What nearby country has been embargoed by the United States since 1961?
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Cuba
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95
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What is the lowest and hottest valley in the United States?
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Death Valley
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94
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What animal do Buffalo Wings come from?
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Chicken
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93
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What former prison, located in San Francisco Bay, is called "The Rock"?
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Alcatraz
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92
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In what city is NASA's mission control center located?
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Houston
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91
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Whose 1995 murder trial was sometimes called the "Trial of the Century"?
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O.J. Simpson
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90
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What was the largest chain of video rental stores in the United States in the 1990s?
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Blockbuster
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89
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What street do Bert and Ernie live on?
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Sesame Street
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88
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Which state is mentioned in the lyrics to the song "Take Me Home, Country Roads"?
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West Virginia
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87
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What city has a neighborhood called Little Havana?
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Miami
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86
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What is the name of Elvis Presley's former home in Memphis?
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Graceland
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85
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What building was formerly known as the "Executive Mansion"?
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The White House
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84
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On what highway can you "get your kicks"?
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Route 66
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83
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What state is called "Big Sky Country"?
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Montana
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82
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Who was married to both Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller?
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Marilyn Monroe
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81
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Which U.S. state pays its residents about $1000 per year?
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Alaska
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80
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What was made mandatory in U.S. cars in the 1960s, in part due to Ralph Nader's book "Unsafe at Any Speed"?
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Seatbelts
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79
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Who lived at a plantation named Monticello?
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Thomas Jefferson
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78
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What is the largest library in the U.S., in terms of the size of its collection?
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Library of Congress
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77
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On what famous statue is it written "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses"?
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The Statue of Liberty
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76
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What plant which grows on Live Oak trees is, despite its name, neither a moss nor native to Spain?
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Spanish Moss
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75
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What were the Spruce Goose and the Spirit of St. Louis?
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Airplanes
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74
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What criminal was famously pursued by Prohibition agent Eliot Ness?
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Al Capone
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73
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Who shot Alexander Hamilton?
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Aaron Burr
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72
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Who sang "Folsom Prison Blues"?
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Johnny Cash
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71
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What are Big Bend, Acadia, and Joshua Tree?
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National Parks
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70
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Which state is divided into parishes instead of counties?
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Louisiana
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69
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Who founded Standard Oil and was the first person to be worth one billion dollars?
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John D. Rockefeller
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68
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What city in Florida is named after a city in Russia?
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St. Petersburg
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67
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What numbers begin appearing on U.S. addresses in 1963?
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ZIP Codes
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66
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What area of Florida can be described as a slow-moving, 60-mile-wide river?
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The Everglades
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65
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What language did the Pennsylvania Dutch speak?
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German
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64
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What city was Mark Wahlberg born in?
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Boston
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63
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In what lake did the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sink?
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Lake Superior
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62
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What John Steinbeck book was about poor farmers who traveled from Oklahoma to California?
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The Grapes of Wrath
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61
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Which U.S. state was the end point of the Trail of Tears?
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Oklahoma
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60
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What became, in 2013, the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy?
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Detroit
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59
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What branch of the military joined the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard in 2019?
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Space Force
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58
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In which state do Ducks battle Beavers?
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Oregon
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57
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Who, according to the Chicago Tribune, did Thomas Dewey defeat in 1948?
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Harry S. Truman
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56
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Complete the analogy. Sooner is to Oklahoma as _______ is to Indiana.
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Hoosier
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55
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What type of videocassette lost the "format wars" to VHS in the 1980s?
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Betamax
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54
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What are forbidden on Michigan's Mackinac Island?
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Cars
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53
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What cost 2 cents in 1928, 20 cents in 1981, and 55 cents in 2020?
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A first class stamp
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52
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What state is home to Miami University, established in 1809?
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Ohio
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51
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Who was known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park"?
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Thomas Edison
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50
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What gemstone has a blue-green color and is common in the Southwest United States?
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Turquoise
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49
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At what event would you be most likely to hear the song "Pomp and Circumstance"?
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Graduation
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48
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Who wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
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Francis Scott Key
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47
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What is the world’s longest system of caves?
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Mammoth Cave
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46
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What is the state food of Maryland?
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Blue Crabs
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45
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Which one of the Muppets was culinary and Nordic?
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The Swedish Chef
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44
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What was the nickname of disease-spreading cook Mary Mallon?
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Typhoid Mary
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43
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What race is commonly referred to as "the run for the roses"?
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The Kentucky Derby
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42
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What state symbol of Ohio is similar to a chestnut except that it is poisonous?
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Buckeye
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41
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What company was nicknamed Ma Bell before it broke apart into several "Baby Bells"?
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AT&T
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40
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What architect designed the Guggenheim Museum in New York?
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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39
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What did the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company officially change its name to in 2002?
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3M
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38
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Whose manifesto, published in 1995, starts with the line "the Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race"?
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Ted Kaczynski
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37
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Near what city is the U.S. Air Force academy located?
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Colorado Springs
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36
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Whose fitness videos are called "Sweatin' to the Oldies"?
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Richard Simmons
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35
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What lake can be found on the border of Vermont and New York?
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Lake Champlain
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34
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What lake in Oregon is the deepest in the United States?
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Crater Lake
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33
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What brand's slogan is "when it rains, it pours"?
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Morton Salt
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32
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Except for a brief period in 1835–1836, the U.S. has had it for its entire history. Today it's bigger than ever. What is it?
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The National Debt
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31
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What were Big Brown, War Emblem, and Seattle Slew?
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Racehorses
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30
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What American bird, once numbering in the billions, went extinct in 1914?
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Passenger Pigeon
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29
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What South Dakota drug store is advertised on road signs for hundreds of miles in either direction?
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Wall Drug
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28
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What, according to Yogi Berra, ain't worth a dime anymore?
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a Nickel
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27
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What is the most common last name for Native Americans in the United States?
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Smith
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26
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Fill the blank in the quote: " Will it ____ in Peoria?"
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Play
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25
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What proposed amendment was approved by Congress in 1972, and ratified by 35 of the necessary 38 states?
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Equal Rights Amendment
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24
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Whose “Rules of Order” are commonly used to run meetings in the United States?
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Henry Martyn Robert’s
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23
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What three-letter agency administers the 247 million acres owned by the federal government?
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BLM
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22
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What is the nickname of the shopping district on Michigan Avenue in Chicago?
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The Magnificent Mile
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21
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What four-word anti-littering slogan can be found on Texas road signs?
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Don't Mess With Texas
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20
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Complete the analogy. Fred is to "Wonder Years" as Ben is to ...
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Boy Meets World
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19
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What former American politician has the middle name Danforth?
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Dan Quayle
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18
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Altria has been, according to one study, the most profitable company for investors since the inception of the S&P 500. What does Altria sell?
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Cigarettes
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17
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What was Ross Perot's middle name?
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Ross
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16
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What does the Herman Miller company make?
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Furniture
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15
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What is Buckminster Fuller famous for designing?
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Geodesic Domes
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14
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What composer's "Hoe-down" might you also remember from the commercial "Beef, it's what's for dinner"?
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Aaron Copland
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13
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What American woman has held the record for the heptathlon for over 25 years?
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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12
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What was the first social networking site to have 1 million members?
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Friendster
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11
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The $500 bill features the portrait of which U.S. president?
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William McKinley
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10
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Which U.S. state has the youngest median age?
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Utah
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9
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American Blues musician known only by his initials instead of his first name.
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W.C. Handy
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8
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Which Hungarian-born American mathematician is considered to be one of the smartest people of all-time?
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John von Neumann
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7
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Which U.S. president discovered a proof to the Pythagorean Theorem?
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James Garfield
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6
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What NCAA Division III college has set basketball scoring records by rapidly shooting three-point shots and not playing defense?
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Grinnell
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5
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Which artist sang "The Ballad of the Green Berets," the #1 hit song on the U.S. Billboard charts for 1966?
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Sgt. Barry Sadler
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4
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Which American agronomist led worldwide initiatives that contributed to extensive increases in agricultural production? His initiatives doubled wheat yields in South Asia - saving millions from starvation.
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Norman Borlaug
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3
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Who placed #97 on Quizmaster's list of the Most Important People in History, with the hint: "Arguably influenced pop culture more than anyone else."
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Walt Disney
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2
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What is the largest city in the United States starting with the letter U, based on 2020 Census Estimates?
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Upland, CA
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1
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Which movie included Abbott & Costello's "Who's on First?" routine?
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The Naughty Nineties
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- Through 737 takes, the average score is 49.5% correct - right where it should be.
- The answer with the greatest increase is Question 10: Which U.S. state has the youngest median age? It currently stands at 31% correct, an increase of 21 percentage points.
-The answer with the greatest decrease is Question 33: What brand's slogan is "when it rains, it pours"? It currently stands at 20% correct, a decrease of 13 percentage points.