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