Strange but true: guess the US city - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
In 2017 in this Irish-sounding Maryland town, SWAT teams had a standoff with an armed man who had shot at his wife after she took a bite of his cheese sandwich.	Dundalk	92%
Artists in this New England city sneaked building materials into an unused space within a shopping mall and lived there undetected for four years.	Providence	88%
In the early 1800s, tomatoes were put on trial in this witchy-sounding New Jersey town because they were thought to be poisonous.	Salem	88%
This desert city has a large suburb called Surprise.	Phoenix	83%
The Who’s Keith Moon passed out on stage during a concert in this hippie mecca and was replaced by an audience member.	San Francisco	75%
Concetta Antico, a woman from this border city, has a genetic variation which allows her to see 100 million colours.	San Diego	71%
A family found 50,000 bees living behind a bedroom wall in this city, whose basketball team is called the Hornets.	Charlotte	67%
This desert town saw the first bombing of the continental US, by a drunk pilot attempting to participate in a war in Mexico.	Naco	67%
An ex-con broke into his former lover's house in this Charlotte suburb and lived in her attic for two weeks.	Rock Hill	67%
At the opening ceremony of the 1994 World Cup in this city, Diana Ross was supposed to kick a ball into the net from six yards out, but somehow missed.	Chicago	54%
A woman from this southern city faked pregnancy to get maternity leave, by stuffing objects up her shirt.	Atlanta	50%
In 2015, a woman from this major western city sleepwalked outdoors for nine miles, barefooot.	Denver	46%
The hijacker known as D.B. Cooper took off from here in 1973, before extorting $200,000 from the authorities and parachuting out of the plane with it at night.	Portland	46%
A man was caught at this airport in 2014 trying to smuggle snakes into the country in a bag stuffed up his trousers.	Miami	38%
A man bet $50,000 that there would be a pitch invader at the 2021 Super Bowl here, ran on himself, then tried to claim the winnings.	Tampa	29%

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