Statistics for North American Geography Quiz #2

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What U.S. state was an independent country between 1836 and 1846?	Texas	94%
What is the oldest national park in the United States - and also the world?	Yellowstone	92%
Which North American capital city is farthest north?	Ottawa	90%
On what peninsula would you find the cities of Mérida and Cancún?	Yucatán	86%
What is the tallest mountain in the United States?	Denali	82%
What is the collective name of Horeshoe Falls, American Falls, and Bridal Veil Falls?	Niagara Falls	82%
What is the name of the string of islands off the southern tip of Florida?	Florida {Keys}	81%
To what country do the islands of Aruba, Curaçao and Saba belong?	Netherlands	81%
What island is the birthplace of pop singer Rihanna?	Barbados	80%
Which North American capital city is farthest south?	Panama City	80%
What is the busiest airport that serves Chicago?	O'Hare	79%
What volcano in Washington state erupted in 1980, killing 57 people?	Mount St. Helens	72%
What tribe has the largest reservation in the U.S. - bigger than 10 states?	Navajo	69%
What African religion became merged into Catholic beliefs and is practiced in Haiti and Louisiana?	Vodou	69%
What is the largest lake in Central America?	Lake Nicaragua	63%
In what desert is Las Vegas located?	Mojave	59%
What is the capital of British Columbia?	Victoria	57%
What is the Spanish name of Havana?	La {Habana}	49%
For what green bird is the currency of Guatemala named?	Quetzal	41%
From what country did the U.S. buy its Virgin Islands in 1917?	Denmark	32%