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Clue	Answer	% Correct
A person wanting to see the Liberty Bell would have to travel to what state?	Pennsylvania	79%
During what month is Labor Day celebrated by American workers?	September	74%
The legs of amphibians evolved from what structures on fish?	Fins	68%
There is practically no chance of an outbreak of cholera if water is treated with the proper amount of what greenish, gaseous halogen?	Chlorine	63%
It is an aquatic fur-bearer with webbed feet closely related to the marten. It inhabits lakes and streams, feeding on fish. Name this mammal with a flattened tail that burrows in the banks of streams.	Otter	58%
Tiahuanaco is a large complex of ceremonial and religious buildings near what lake between Peru and Bolivia?	Titicaca	53%
'Heart of Dixie' is on the license plates of what state?	Alabama	47%
Correct the word in this ill-conceived sentence. There exists in this land many creatures that I would prefer not to feed.	Exist	47%
In 1812, Napoleon's army suffered nearly 500,000 casualties while retreating from what Eastern European city?	Moscow	47%
Many of the 'One Thousand and One Nights' tales are set in what ancient city adjacent to the Tigris River?	Baghdad	42%
What crisis that occupied Jimmy Carter during his last months in office may well have been the single most important factor in his defeat by Ronald Reagan in the 1980 election?	Iran Hostage Crisis	37%
Laos is one of the four nations in the opium-poppy-growing region known as what triangle?	Golden Triangle	21%
What length is the line of centers for two circles with radii of 12 and 17 if the circles are concentric?	0	16%
Spanning the width of the stage, what is the name for the surface behind the acting area upon which scenery is usually painted?	Backdrop	11%
To the nearest cubic inch, what is the volume of a sphere with a diameter of 20 inches? (within 5in^3)	4189in^3	5%
In 1995, dinosaur experts noted that a previously unknown, enormous dinosaur had been unearthed in Argentina. Name this creature believed to be about two tons heavier than the next largest meat eater, tyrannosaurus rex.	Gigantosaurus Carolinii	5%
What kind of basalts form when, like being squeezed from a toothpaste tube, elongated blobs of lava break out underwater and flow over previously deposited blobs?	Pillow Basalt	5%
Name the record produced by the marking device on a seismograph.	Seismogram	5%
According to some accounts, it was sparks from the great Chicago fire of 1871 that started the forest fires that destroyed a million acres of Michigan and Wisconsin timberland. In this fire, more than 1200 people died in what Wisconsin logging town?	Peshtigo	0%
Turpentine is manufactured from what complex substance secreted by plants?	Resin	0%

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