Statistics for U.S. General Knowledge #28

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What was the largest chain of video rental stores in the United States in the 1990s?	Blockbuster	91%
What word comes before Cod, Fear, and Canaveral?	Cape	85%
What word, starting with O, refers to people like Billy the Kid and Jesse James?	Outlaw	77%
Who lived at a plantation named Monticello?	Thomas Jefferson	75%
What can you buy on the TV show "Wheel of Fortune"?	a Vowel	74%
Who is the dapper, monocle-wearing mascot of the Planters company?	Mr. Peanut	72%
Who founded Standard Oil and was the first U.S. citizen to be worth one billion dollars?	John D. Rockefeller	71%
Which U.S. state did Huckleberry Finn live in?	Missouri	66%
What TV show had a character that was played by both Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen?	Full House	64%
Who, appropriately, wrote the state song of Colorado: "Rocky Mountain High"?	John Denver	64%
What principle allows the government to force someone to sell their property for public use?	Eminent {domain}	63%
It's 1996. A dance craze is sweeping America. What is it?	The Macarena	58%
Who are also known as the Bronx Bombers?	New York Yankees	54%
What company makes Viagra?	Pfizer	53%
Who created and hosted 23 seasons of "America's Next Top Model"?	Tyra Banks	51%
What magazine has Alfred E. Neuman on its cover?	Mad	50%
What racehorse won the Triple Crown in 1973, and still holds the record for the fastest time in all three races?	Secretariat	47%
What fictional character mocked his daughter's vegetarianism, saying "you don't win friends with salad"?	Homer Simpson	41%
According to Thomas Edison, what is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration?	Genius	35%
What company was nicknamed Ma Bell before it broke apart into several "Baby Bells"?	AT&T	34%