Statistics for American Tall Tales and Legends

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Walked the U.S. planting apple trees	Johnny Appleseed	100%
Giant lumberjack	Paul Bunyan	95%
Pet blue ox of the above	Babe	90%
"King of the Wild Frontier"; fought at the Alamo and wore a coonskin cap	Davy Crockett	85%
Cowboy who was raised by coyotes; caught a twister	Pecos Bill	75%
Steel-driving man who died with a hammer in his hand	John Henry	70%
Frontiersman who settled Kentucky	Daniel Boone	65%
Knife namesake who fought at the Alamo	Jim Bowie	60%
Tough martial artist who counted to infinity...twice	Chuck Norris	55%
Frontierswoman who appeared in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show	Calamity Jane	45%
Heroic engineer who died in a train crash while saving others	Casey Jones	35%
Woman who brought water to soldiers during the Revolutinary War	Molly Pitcher	15%