Statistics for Famous People from North Carolina

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Clue	Hometown	Answer	% Correct
Possibly the greatest basketball player of all time	Wilmington	Michael Jordan	84%
President and duelist	-	Andrew Jackson	82%
The first President to be impeached	Raleigh	Andrew Johnson	72%
Star of a TV show set in Mayberry	Mt. Airy	Andy Griffith	62%
Televangelist, and spiritual advisor to several Presidents	Charlotte	Billy Graham	58%
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" writer who spoke at Clinton's inauguration	Winston-Salem	Maya Angelou	55%
Wife of the 1996 Republican nominee who ran for President herself	Salisbury	Elizabeth Dole	54%
First lady who saved a painting from the White House	New Garden	Dolley Madison	53%
NASCAR driver known as "The Intimidator"	Kannapolis	Dale Earnhardt	52%
Runner-up to Ruben Studdard on "American Idol"	Raleigh	Clay Aiken	48%
UNC basketball coach, 1961-1997	Chapel Hill	Dean Smith	45%
"You've Got a Friend" singer	Chapel Hill	James Taylor	45%
Longtime Duke basketball coach	Durham	Mike Krzyzewski	45%
First English person to be born in America, in 1587	Roanoke Colony	Virginia Dare	27%
"Ender's Game" author	Greensboro	Orson Scott Card	25%
Gay comedian who wrote "Me Talk Pretty One Day"	Raleigh	David Sedaris	24%
"Rockin' the Suburbs" pianist	Winston-Salem	Ben Folds	21%
Tenor saxophone player who recorded "A Love Supreme"	High Point	John Coltrane	19%