| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 88%
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| Tennessee | 88%
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| West Virginia | 88%
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| Maine | 83%
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| New Hampshire | 83%
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| New York | 83%
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| Pennsylvania | 83%
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| Vermont | 83%
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| Virginia | 83%
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| Connecticut | 79%
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| North Carolina | 79%
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| Massachusetts | 75%
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| New Jersey | 75%
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| Maryland | 71%
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| The tallest mountain in the state's White Mountains | Mount {Washington} | 71%
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| National Park and subrange of the Appalachian Mountains | Great Smoky Mountains | 67%
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| Near its midpoint, the AT enters this historic town | Harpers Ferry | 54%
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| Mountain at the northern terminus of the trail | Katahdin | 54%
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| To the nearest hundred miles, the length of the AT | 2200 | 50%
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| Other two trails of the Triple Crown of long-distance US hiking | Pacific Crest Trail | 50%
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| National park with part of the Blue Ridge Mountains | Shenandoah | 50%
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| Long portion without any civilization nearing the northernmost mountain | The Hundred-Mile {Wilderness} | 50%
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| Mountain at the southern terminus of the AT | {Springer} Mountain | 46%
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| Marks on trees and rocks that show the path | {white} blaze | 46%
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| Nickname for the state, describing its rugged terrain | {Rock}sylvania | 42%
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| Bill Bryson's 1998 book about the trail (turned into a 2015 movie) | A Walk in the Woods | 33%
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| Kuwohi is the highest point on the trail. What's its old name? | {Clingmans} Dome | 33%
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| Other two trails of the Triple Crown of long-distance US hiking | Continental Divide Trail | 33%
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| The AT merges with the southern portion of this Vermont trail | {Long} Trail | 33%
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| People who surprise thru-hikers with water, food, supplies, and other help | trail {angels} | 33%
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| Passes over this tallest dam in the Eastern United States | {Fontana} Dam | 21%
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| At the halfway mark, some thru-hikers try to consume a half gallon of this | ice cream | 21%
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| Rock ledge that is the most photographed place on the trail | {McAfee} Knob | 17%
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| At the lowest point of the trail, it crosses through this type of establishment | zoo | 17%
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| Widest unbridged river the AT crosses, which necessitates a ferry | {Kennebec} River | 13%
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| Gap of giant boulders considered the "toughest mile" on the trail | {Mahoosuc} Notch | 13%
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