Statistics for The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidency

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Space agency founded in 1958	NASA	95%
States that joined the union	Alaska	92%
	Hawaii	92%
Nickname	Ike	92%
Highest military rank he attained	{Five}-star general	90%
Conflict that ended with an armistice in 1953	Korean War	88%
Vice President	Richard Nixon	88%
The Soviet Union won the first stage in the "space race" when it launched this artificial sattelite	Sputnik	82%
Landmark supreme court decision concerning the desegregation of public schools	{Brown} vs. Board of Education	80%
According to this theory, once one country becomes communist, others will "fall", too	Domino Theory	77%
Conflict, primarily between Israel and Egypt, that was ended thanks to US and Soviet pressure	{Suez} Crisis	76%
Construction of this road network began under Eisenhower	{Interstate} Highway System	75%
Eisenhower warned against this in his farewell speech	{Military}-industrial complex	67%
He was raised and is buried in this state	Kansas	65%
Codename for the invasion of Nazi-occupied France, which Eisenhower oversaw as supreme commander	Operation {Overlord}	64%
This presidential retreat was named after Eisenhower's grandson	Camp David	63%
Democratic opponent in the presidential elections of 1952 and 1956	Adlai Stevenson	62%
In this country, prime minister Mossadegh was overthrown with the help of US intelligence	Iran	62%
His wife's first name	Mamie	48%
The position of assistant to the president adopted this military-style name	Chief of Staff	35%