Stats: 99 U.S. General Knowledge Questions of Increasing Difficulty

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%	Hint	Answer	% Correct
99	What is the only U.S. state whose name starts with the letter G?	Georgia	99%
98	Where did Neil Armstrong walk in 1969 that no other person had ever set foot on before?	The Moon	99%
95	What is the lowest and hottest valley in the United States?	{Death} Valley	97%
97	What is the name of the U.S. President's office?	The {Oval} Office	96%
94	What animal do Buffalo Wings come from?	Chicken	95%
96	What nearby country has been embargoed by the United States since 1961?	Cuba	95%
93	What former prison, located in San Francisco Bay, is called "The Rock"?	Alcatraz	94%
92	In what city is NASA's mission control center located?	Houston	90%
88	Which state is mentioned in the lyrics to the song "Take Me Home, Country Roads"?	West Virginia	89%
87	What city has a neighborhood called Little Havana?	Miami	88%
89	What street do Bert and Ernie live on?	Sesame Street	88%
90	What was the largest chain of video rental stores in the United States in the 1990s?	Blockbuster	87%
91	Whose 1995 murder trial was sometimes called the "Trial of the Century"?	O.J. Simpson	87%
84	On what highway can you "get your kicks"?	Route 66	81%
80	What was made mandatory in U.S. cars in the 1960s, in part due to Ralph Nader's book "Unsafe at Any Speed"?	Seatbelts	80%
82	Who was married to both Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller?	Marilyn Monroe	78%
81	Which U.S. state pays its residents about $1000 per year?	Alaska	77%
83	What state is called "Big Sky Country"?	Montana	77%
68	What city in Florida is named after a city in Russia?	St. Petersburg	77%
78	What is the largest library in the U.S., in terms of the size of its collection?	Library of {Congress}	76%
74	What criminal was famously pursued by Prohibition agent Eliot Ness?	Al Capone	75%
77	On what famous statue is it written "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses"?	The Statue of Liberty	75%
85	What building was formerly known as the "Executive Mansion"?	The White House	75%
65	What language did the Pennsylvania Dutch speak?	German	74%
86	What is the name of Elvis Presley's former home in Memphis?	Graceland	74%
69	Who founded Standard Oil and was the first person to be worth one billion dollars?	John D. Rockefeller	71%
71	What are Big Bend, Acadia, and Joshua Tree?	National Parks	71%
66	What area of Florida can be described as a slow-moving, 60-mile-wide river?	The Everglades	71%
63	In what lake did the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sink?	Lake Superior	70%
76	What plant which grows on Live Oak trees is, despite its name, neither a moss nor native to Spain?	Spanish Moss	69%
79	Who lived at a plantation named Monticello?	Thomas Jefferson	69%
61	Which U.S. state was the end point of the Trail of Tears?	Oklahoma	67%
58	In which state do Ducks battle Beavers?	Oregon	66%
73	Who shot Alexander Hamilton?	Aaron Burr	65%
75	What were the Spruce Goose and the Spirit of St. Louis?	Airplanes	65%
72	Who sang "Folsom Prison Blues"?	Johnny Cash	64%
70	Which state is divided into parishes instead of counties?	Louisiana	64%
64	What city was Mark Wahlberg born in?	Boston	63%
62	What John Steinbeck book was about poor farmers who traveled from Oklahoma to California?	The Grapes of Wrath	62%
67	What numbers begin appearing on U.S. addresses in 1963?	ZIP Codes	62%
60	What became, in 2013, the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy?	Detroit	59%
56	Complete the analogy. Sooner is to Oklahoma as _______ is to Indiana.	Hoosier	59%
52	What state is home to Miami University, established in 1809?	Ohio	59%
59	What branch of the military joined the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard in 2019?	Space Force	59%
57	Who, according to the Chicago Tribune, did Thomas Dewey defeat in 1948?	Harry S. Truman	53%
54	What are forbidden on Michigan's Mackinac Island?	Cars	51%
48	Who wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner"?	Francis Scott Key	51%
53	What cost 2 cents in 1928, 20 cents in 1981, and 55 cents in 2020?	A first class stamp	50%
46	What is the state food of Maryland?	Blue Crabs	49%
44	What was the nickname of disease-spreading cook Mary Mallon?	{Typhoid} Mary	46%
45	Which one of the Muppets was culinary and Nordic?	The Swedish Chef	45%
49	At what event would you be most likely to hear the song "Pomp and Circumstance"?	Graduation	44%
51	Who was known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park"?	Thomas Edison	44%
55	What type of videocassette lost the "format wars" to VHS in the 1980s?	Betamax	43%
47	What is the world’s longest system of caves?	Mammoth Cave	41%
42	What state symbol of Ohio is similar to a chestnut except that it is poisonous?	Buckeye	40%
43	What race is commonly referred to as "the run for the roses"?	The Kentucky Derby	40%
40	What architect designed the Guggenheim Museum in New York?	Frank Lloyd Wright	39%
38	Whose manifesto, published in 1995, starts with the line "the Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race"?	Ted Kaczynski	39%
50	What gemstone has a blue-green color and is common in the Southwest United States?	Turquoise	38%
34	What lake in Oregon is the deepest in the United States?	Crater Lake	36%
37	Near what city is the U.S. Air Force academy located?	Colorado Springs	35%
35	What lake can be found on the border of Vermont and New York?	Lake Champlain	32%
28	What, according to Yogi Berra, ain't worth a dime anymore?	a Nickel	31%
41	What company was nicknamed Ma Bell before it broke apart into several "Baby Bells"?	AT&T	30%
31	What were Big Brown, War Emblem, and Seattle Slew?	Racehorses	30%
10	Which U.S. state has the youngest median age?	Utah	30%
39	What did the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company officially change its name to in 2002?	3M	28%
36	Whose fitness videos are called "Sweatin' to the Oldies"?	Richard Simmons	28%
32	Except for a brief period in 1835–1836, the U.S. has had it for its entire history. Today it's bigger than ever. What is it?	The National Debt	26%
30	What American bird, once numbering in the billions, went extinct in 1914?	Passenger Pigeon	25%
25	What proposed amendment was approved by Congress in 1972, and ratified by 35 of the necessary 38 states?	Equal Rights Amendment	24%
27	What is the most common last name for Native Americans in the United States?	Smith	23%
29	What South Dakota drug store is advertised on road signs for hundreds of miles in either direction?	{Wall} Drug	23%
33	What brand's slogan is "when it rains, it pours"?	Morton Salt	21%
26	Fill the blank in the quote: " Will it ____ in Peoria?"	Play	21%
23	What three-letter agency administers the 247 million acres owned by the federal government?	BLM	19%
22	What is the nickname of the shopping district on Michigan Avenue in Chicago?	The {Magnificent} Mile	19%
21	What four-word anti-littering slogan can be found on Texas road signs?	Don't Mess With Texas	16%
24	Whose “Rules of Order” are commonly used to run meetings in the United States?	Henry Martyn Robert’s	15%
13	What American woman has held the record for the heptathlon for over 25 years?	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	15%
20	Complete the analogy. Fred is to "Wonder Years" as Ben is to ...	Boy Meets World	14%
19	What former American politician has the middle name Danforth?	Dan Quayle	14%
11	The $500 bill features the portrait of which U.S. president?	William McKinley	14%
17	What was Ross Perot's middle name?	Ross	13%
16	What does the Herman Miller company make?	Furniture	12%
15	What is Buckminster Fuller famous for designing?	Geodesic Domes	12%
7	Which U.S. president discovered a proof to the Pythagorean Theorem?	James Garfield	11%
14	What composer's "Hoe-down" might you also remember from the commercial "Beef, it's what's for dinner"?	Aaron Copland	9%
18	Altria has been, according to one study, the most profitable company for investors since the inception of the S&P 500. What does Altria sell?	Cigarettes	7%
9	American Blues musician known only by his initials instead of his first name.	{W.C.} Handy	7%
12	What was the first social networking site to have 1 million members?	Friendster	6%
8	Which Hungarian-born American mathematician is considered to be one of the smartest people of all-time?	John {von Neumann}	6%
4	Which American agronomist led worldwide initiatives that contributed to extensive increases in agricultural production? His initiatives doubled wheat yields in South Asia - saving millions from starvation.	Norman Borlaug	5%
3	Who placed #97 on Quizmaster's list of the Most Important People in History, with the hint: "Arguably influenced pop culture more than anyone else."	Walt Disney	4%
6	What NCAA Division III college has set basketball scoring records by rapidly shooting three-point shots and not playing defense?	Grinnell	3%
5	Which artist sang "The Ballad of the Green Berets," the #1 hit song on the U.S. Billboard charts for 1966?	Sgt. Barry Sadler	3%
2	What is the largest city in the United States starting with the letter U, based on 2020 Census Estimates?	Upland, CA	3%
1	Which movie included Abbott & Costello's "Who's on First?" routine?	The Naughty Nineties	1%

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