| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1) What famous former prison sits ona rock in the middle of SF Bay? | Alcatraz | 100%
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| 2) What is the largest city in New England? | Boston | 100%
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| 29) What low lying area in CA has been recordedas the hottest place on Earth? | Death Valley | 100%
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| 4) What river runs from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico? | Mississippi | 100%
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| 12) What famous mountain features4 presidents carved into it? | Mount Rushmore | 100%
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| 20) In what city would you find the Gateway Arch? | St Louis | 100%
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| 13) What did the US purchase from Russiain 1867 under William Sewards negotiation? | Alaska | 94%
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| 23) What river cuts through the Grand Canyon? | Colorado | 94%
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| 6) What remote, swampy park covers a largepart of SW Florida? | Everglades | 94%
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| 24) What famous hydroelectric dam sits onthe AZ-NV border? | Hoover | 94%
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| 16) State in which the above is in | Maine | 94%
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| 3) What city is often called the Big Easy? | New Orleans | 94%
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| 14) What is the oldest US park? | Yellowstone | 94%
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| 37) In what suburb of LA would you find DisneyLand? | Anaheim | 88%
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| 18) What peak was formerly known asMt McKinley? | Denali | 88%
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| 5) What major city lies across the RioGrande from Juarez, Mexico? | El Paso | 88%
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| 17) What river in NY is named for the Dutchexplorer who discovered it? | Hudson | 88%
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| 34) In what state would you find Badlands National Park? | South Dakota | 88%
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| 38) What city south of Seattle shares a name with a popular Toyota truck? | Tacoma | 88%
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| 31) Famous alpine lake on the CA-NV border | Tahoe | 88%
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| 39) IAD and DCA airports serve what city? | Washington DC | 88%
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| 33) What city is also called the Steel capital? | Pittsburgh | 81%
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| 15) What is the only national park in New England? | Acadia | 75%
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| 32) What Kansas town was once called the"wickedest town in the west" during the late 1800s? | Dodge City | 75%
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| 30) Desert that the above is part of | Mojave | 75%
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| 21) What area of eastern NC is a narrow strip ofland bounded by the Pamlico Sound and Atlantic Ocean? | Outer Banks | 75%
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| 22) What city, founded in 1565, is the oldestin the US? | St Augustine | 75%
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| 26) In what citys harbor did Francis Scott Keywrite the Star Spangled Banner? | Baltimore | 69%
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| 8) Mt Whitney is located in what state? | California | 69%
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| 25) Reservoir that supplies the above | Lake Mead | 63%
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| 40) What is the northern, more remote part of Michiganknown as? | Upper Peninsula | 63%
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| 27) Mountain range that runs through northern NY state | Adirondack | 56%
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| 28) Large lake that straddles the NY-VT border | Champlain | 56%
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| 7) Gatlinburg, TN lies in the foothills of what range? | Great Smoky Mountains | 56%
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| 19) What peak can be seen from Seattle? | Rainier | 56%
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| 9) Mountain range the above is in | Sierra Nevada | 50%
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| 11) Big Bend Park lies in the SW part ofwhat state? | Texas | 50%
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| 36) What famous curved peak is a popular climbingspot in Yosemite Park? | Half Dome | 31%
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| 10) What city is often called "The Valley"? | Phoenix | 25%
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| 35) What remote Montana lake has been called the"clearest water on Earth"? | Flathead | 0%
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