Statistics for History of New Mexico Quiz

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What type of weapon was first tested in New Mexico in 1945?	Atomic Bomb	96%
What TV show, about a chemistry teacher turned drug kingpin, was created by Vince Gilligan?	Breaking Bad	86%
What food chain did Stella Liebeck sue for the coffee being too hot in 1992?	McDonald's	85%
What city is famous for a 1947 UFO incident that happened 75 miles away?	Roswell	77%
What town renamed itself in honor of a radio quiz show in 1950?	{Truth} or Consequences	76%
What was Geronimo's tribe?	Apache	75%
What Native American tribe was forced to walk from their land in what is now Arizona to eastern New Mexico?	The Navajos	72%
What outlaw was gunned down by Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner in 1881?	Billy the Kid	71%
What New Mexico-native founded a famous hotel chain?	Conrad Hilton	62%
What female painter from Wisconsin used to paint New Mexico landscapes?	Georgia O'Keeffe	58%
What national laboratory was built to design the above?	Los Alamos	50%
In what dunes area was the first of that weapon test detonated?	White Sands	49%
In what 1854 purchase did the U.S. buy the southwest part of New Mexico?	{Gadsden} Purchase	48%
After what was did the U.S. take possession of?	Mexican-American War	44%
What novel was written by New Mexico Territory governor Lew Wallace in 1880? (hint: was made into a Best Picture starring Charlton Heston)	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ	42%
What former New Mexico governor ran for President in 2016 as the Libertarian nominee?	Gary Johnson	41%