Statistics for Famous People from Oregon

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Clue	Hometown	Oregonian	% Correct
Great Depression president	Newberg	Herbert Hoover	76%
Kurt Cobain's wife	Portland	Courtney Love	69%
Nancy Kerrigan rival	Portland	Tonya Harding	65%
Creator of "The Simpsons"	Portland	Matt Groening	58%
Children's author, first name Beverly	Portland	Beverly Cleary	47%
Nike chairman	Portland	Phil Knight	41%
High jump "flopper"	Medford	Dick Fosbury	34%
American middle distance runner who died in a car crash in 1975	Coos Bay	Steve Prefontaine	30%
Former strong safety for the Steelers	Winston	Troy Polamalu	25%
Director of "Fight Club" and "The Social Network"	Ashland	David Fincher	22%
"Fight Club" author	Portland	Chuck Palahniuk	17%
Author of "Into the Wild" and "Into Thin Air"	Corvallis	Jon Krakauer	17%
LSD-influenced author who led the Merry Pranksters	Springfield	Ken Kesey	15%
Nobel winner in Chemistry and Peace	Portland	Linus Pauling	11%