Statistics for Alex Haley's "Roots"

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
__________ George	Chicken	91%
Country where the main character was born	The Gambia	73%
Name of the main character's daughter	Kizzy	55%
Main character's slave name	Toby	55%
Main character's mother's first name	Binta	36%
Number of George's children	eight	36%
Main character's ethnicity	Mindinka	36%
George's father's first name	Tom	36%
Name of the main character's wife	Bell	27%
Main character's father's first name	Omoro	27%
Reason that the main character's daughter was sold from her parents' farm	forgery	18%
Name of the main character's hometown	Juffure	18%
Main character/protagonist's full name	Kunte Kinte	18%
Name of the ship that brought the main character from Africa	Lord Ligonier	18%
Colony (later state) where the main character was sold at an auction	Maryland	18%
Skilled trade of George's fourth son	blacksmith	9%
Name of the major river in the homeland of the main character in his native language	Kamby Bolongo	9%
Dysentery was known by this term on the slave ship	The flux	9%
Main character's owner's last name	Waller	9%
First name of the main character's brother	Lamin	0%
George's teacher	Mingo	0%
Meaning of the name of the main character's daughter	stays put	0%
Main character's word for white people	Toubob	0%