| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| States that border Nebraska | Kansas | 93%
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| States that border Nebraska | Missouri | 92%
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| States that border Nebraska | Colorado | 91%
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| States that border Nebraska | South Dakota | 91%
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| Capital city | Lincoln | 90%
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| States that border Nebraska | Iowa | 89%
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| Most populous city | Omaha | 87%
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| States that border Nebraska | Wyoming | 87%
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| Pioneer trail that passed by that landmark | {Oregon} Trail | 74%
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| Tree-planting holiday started in Nebraska in 1872 | {Arbor} Day | 67%
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| The fifth-richest person in the world, as of 2020 | Warren Buffett | 67%
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| Team name of the University of Nebraska | Cornhuskers | 64%
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| President born in Nebraska in 1913 but who grew up in Michigan | Gerald Ford | 62%
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| Powdered drink mix invented in 1927 in Hastings, Nebraska | Kool-Aid | 61%
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| Nebraska is the only state in the U.S. to have a _______ legislature, meaning it has just one chamber | Uni{cameral} | 56%
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| 1862 act that gave free land to settlers in Nebraska and other western states | {Homestead} Act | 41%
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| Underground layer of water-bearing rock that lies underneath the state, and is one of the largest of its kind in the world | Ogallala {Aquifer} | 40%
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| River that runs through the middle of the state | Platte | 40%
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| Pointy landmark featured on the Nebraska state quarter | {Chimney} Rock | 34%
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| Nebraskan who ran for President several times, served as Secretary of State, wanted to ban the teaching of evolution, and gave the famous "Cross of Gold" speech | William Jennings Bryan | 29%
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