| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| In what day and month of 1859 did Oregon become a state? (hint: Valentine's Day) | February 14 | 95%
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| What explorers traveled through Oregon in 1805 and 1806? | Lewis and Clark | 87%
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| In 1994, what did Oregon become the first state to legalize? | Physician-assisted {Suicide} | 84%
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| What TV series was created by Matt Groening in 1989? | The Simpsons | 83%
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| From what country where the first European who visited Oregon? | Spain | 76%
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| What "lake" did Mount Mazama form when it erupted about 7,700 years ago? | Crater Lake | 67%
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| What did Oregon became the first state to decriminalize in 1973? | Recreational Marijuana | 65%
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| Whose ex-husband hired an attacker to strike Nancy Kerrigan on her landing knee? | Tonya Harding | 65%
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| What clothing company was founded by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight in 1964? | Nike | 62%
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| Who did Kurt Cobain marry to in 1992? | Courtney Love | 57%
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| What novel was published by Chuck Palahniuk in 1996 - which was made into a movie and starred Brad Pitt and Edward Norton? | Fight Club | 54%
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| What river valley was the destination of Oregon Trail pioneers? | Willamette | 51%
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| What Republican president lived with his uncle in Oregon when he was orphaned in 1885? | Herbert Hoover | 47%
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| What city, hometown of the Goonies, is the oldest in Oregon? | Astoria | 42%
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| How did the Olympic-runner Steve Prefontaine die at the age of 24? | Car crash | 34%
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| What author wrote children's books such as "Beezus and Ramona" "Henry Huggins"? | Beverly Cleary | 32%
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