| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What U.S. state was an independent country between 1836 and 1846? | Texas | 94%
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| What is the oldest national park in the United States - and also the world? | Yellowstone | 93%
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| Which North American capital city is farthest north? | Ottawa | 91%
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| On what peninsula would you find the cities of Mérida and Cancún? | Yucatán | 87%
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| What is the tallest mountain in the United States? | Denali | 84%
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| To what country do the islands of Aruba, Curaçao and Saba belong? | Netherlands | 83%
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| What island is the birthplace of pop singer Rihanna? | Barbados | 82%
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| What is the collective name of Horeshoe Falls, American Falls, and Bridal Veil Falls? | Niagara Falls | 82%
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| Which North American capital city is farthest south? | Panama City | 82%
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| What is the name of the string of islands off the southern tip of Florida? | Florida {Keys} | 81%
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| What is the busiest airport that serves Chicago? | O'Hare | 75%
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| What volcano in Washington state erupted in 1980, killing 57 people? | Mount St. Helens | 70%
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| What tribe has the largest reservation in the U.S. - bigger than 10 states? | Navajo | 69%
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| What African religion became merged into Catholic beliefs and is practiced in Haiti and Louisiana? | Vodou | 69%
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| What is the largest lake in Central America? | Lake Nicaragua | 66%
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| In what desert is Las Vegas located? | Mojave | 61%
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| What is the capital of British Columbia? | Victoria | 55%
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| What is the Spanish name of Havana? | La {Habana} | 46%
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| For what green bird is the currency of Guatemala named? | Quetzal | 41%
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| From what country did the U.S. buy its Virgin Islands in 1917? | Denmark | 32%
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