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U.S. General Knowledge #6

Can you answer these random questions with an American focus?
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Last updated: April 27, 2023
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First submittedApril 1, 2015
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Which U.S. state is known as "Big Sky Country"?
Montana
What German-born Secretary of State served under Presidents Nixon and Ford?
Henry Kissinger
What AOL catchphrase is also the name of a movie starring
Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan?
You've Got Mail
Which state had the highest population in the first U.S. census, conducted in 1790?
Virginia
What is the top grade of USDA beef?
Prime
What is the nickname of the shopping district on Michigan Avenue in Chicago?
The Magnificent Mile
Who did Ashton Kutcher replace on "Two And A Half Men"?
Charlie Sheen
Who flips the tiles on "Wheel of Fortune"?
Vanna White
What company built a market valuation of $50 billion in 2021 by selling an
"exercise bike with an iPad glued onto it"?
Peloton
What lake can be found on the border of Vermont and New York?
Lake Champlain
What diminutive actor stars as Frank Reynolds in "It's Alway Sunny in Philadelphia"?
Danny DeVito
In which quarter of New Orleans would you find Bourbon Street?
The French Quarter
What city has a neighborhood called Little Havana?
Miami
What is the most popular TV show that took place in the city of Albuquerque?
Breaking Bad
What does Rold Gold make?
Pretzels
In what city would you find Beacon Hill and Bunker Hill?
Boston
What company sells "Obsession" perfume?
Calvin Klein
Which former President also served as head of the CIA?
George H. W. Bush
What baseball stadium's outfield walls are covered with ivy?
Wrigley Field
What word is derived from the last name of Elbridge Gerry,
the 5th Vice President of the U.S.?
Gerrymander
32 Comments
+5
Level 74
Aug 28, 2015
This was a fun quiz, but IMHO the questions weren't very general. Eight clues for TV, movie, and radio and five for geography is too many for a general knowledge quiz. But that's just me.
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Level 74
Aug 29, 2015
general just means it not in any specific category and the questions can be related to anything
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Level 94
Apr 28, 2023
only 5 now
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Level 71
Aug 28, 2015
Only 23% know the Magnificent Mile?
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Level 74
Aug 29, 2015
unless you've been to chicago and shopped there, how would you ever hear of this? It's not like Rodeo drive that is on TV all the time.
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Level 71
Aug 30, 2015
Well, it may be more of a midwestern thing, but I live in a neighboring state and I've heard of it.
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Level 56
Aug 31, 2015
I'm also from a neighboring state, I've been to Chicago twice, and I've never heard of the Magnificent Mile. And I've played Watchdogs.
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Level 85
May 11, 2022
I've lived in Chicago ... and have never heard of it.
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Level 67
Jun 9, 2022
This seems impossible. What part of the city do you live in? Have you never been downtown...or talked to anyone who has?
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Level 85
Jun 9, 2022
According to Google, I lived about a mile away. Still never heard of it.
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Level ∞
Apr 27, 2023
Let me guess. You also put ketchup on your hot dog and think Harry Caray is something that Japanese people do with a sword. Kidding, kidding...
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Level 85
Apr 27, 2023
To be fair, I was in my late teens, so upscale shopping was not high on my to-do list.
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Level 81
May 27, 2022
I visited Chicago a few times, and heard of it, but couldn't recall it.
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Level 62
Jun 9, 2022
I remembered it clearly in Oprah Winfrey's voice when she announced where her talk-show guests would stay - at "the all-suite OMNI HOTEL in Chicago's MAGNIFICENT MILE"
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Level 68
Jun 11, 2022
Sorry, never heard of it.
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Level 53
Oct 8, 2016
you should except Vana as an option
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Level 58
Mar 11, 2017
Probably wouldn't work as it's spelled Vanna.
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Level 67
Jun 9, 2022
I know from the drawings that Marmaduke is the same breed as Scooby Doo, but I couldn't summon the name. Head-slap when I saw it.
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Level 76
Jun 9, 2022
Wouldn't accept "that guy from that 70s show".
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Level 70
Jun 9, 2022
Excellent US General Knowledge quiz! US-centric, as it should be. This morally superior, know-it-all Canadian scored a miserable 50 percent.
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Level 75
Jun 9, 2022
I thought of 'battle' for the quote one, but the line for the missing word seemed too long so I didn't guess it. I'd already tried many other options by that point so I just moved on. 4/20, yikes.
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Level 68
Jun 11, 2022
Well, I got 4.
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Level 91
Apr 27, 2023
exercise bike answer is misspelled.
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Level 86
Apr 27, 2023
...which makes is really hard to get the right answer!
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Level 85
Apr 27, 2023
PelOton, not PelEton.
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Level 90
Apr 27, 2023
And the correct answer isn't even accepted as a type-in
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Level ∞
Apr 27, 2023
Very sorry about that. Fixed.
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Level 86
Apr 27, 2023
Grammar error - "Who did Ashton Kutcher replaced on "Two And A Half Men"?"

Great quiz otherwise

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Level ∞
Apr 27, 2023
Fixed
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Level 77
Apr 27, 2023
Great quiz - please accept "Gerrymander" though in addition to just "mander"
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Level ∞
Apr 28, 2023
Okay
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Level 82
Apr 29, 2023
As a non-American, this one definitely felt more challenging than others in this series.