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U.S. General Knowledge #67

Can you answer these random trivia questions with an American focus?
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What boy band member did Britney Spears once date?
Justin Timberlake
What general earned the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" – a play on his first and
middle initials?
Ulysses S. Grant
What is the most common species of duck in the U.S.?
Mallard
What college sports conference added 4 teams in 2024, bringing its total to 18?
Big Ten
What notorious outlaw was shot in the back by Robert Ford in 1882?
Jesse James
What are the Plain Dealer, Bee, and Courant?
Newspapers
What gym class activity has been referred to as "a sport of violence, exclusion,
and degradation?"
Dodgeball
What did the Wright Brothers make before they made airplanes?
Bicycles
What 2001 movie with Ben Affleck and Cuba Gooding Jr. featured events that happened
exactly sixty years earlier?
Pearl Harbor
Who was married to actress Jane Wyman before marrying his second wife, Nancy?
Ronald Reagan
Which Las Vegas casino also goes by the initials "T.I."?
Treasure Island
What city had a construction projection known as the "Big Dig" which lasted
from 1982–2007?
Boston
What was Jackie Kennedy's maiden name?
Bouvier
What is the northernmost city in the U.S. which is served by a passenger train line?
Fairbanks
Who is the only player to be named an All-Star in both the NFL and MLB?
Bo Jackson
Who (as of 2024) is nearly as rich as Bill Gates because he has held on to the
vast majority of his Microsoft stock?
Steve Ballmer
What was the most populous city in the Confederacy at the beginning of the Civil War?
New Orleans
In the Star Trek universe, phasers can be set to either kill or ____.
Stun
Which state contains "Triple Divide Peak" the place where water might drain into the
Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, or Hudson Bay?
Montana
What environmental group is named in honor of a person who shot and killed
thousands of birds?
Audubon Society
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9 Comments
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Level 69
Aug 16, 2024
Ouch, that was tough.
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Level 68
Aug 16, 2024
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Level 73
Aug 16, 2024
Thanks for including newspapers!
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Level 75
Aug 16, 2024
Tough but fair.
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Level 71
Aug 16, 2024
The Wright Brothers also made gliders
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Level 68
Aug 17, 2024
It was, in fact, a US quiz. Very hard for a foreigner!
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Level 74
Apr 25, 2025
I read that as "southernmost" city in the US serviced by rail. I wasted a lot of time throwing out answers like Miami, San Diego, McAllen, etc.
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Level 68
Jun 26, 2025
After discovering that quiz #66 in this series doesn't exist, I took the liberty of creating one myself. Hope you don't mind
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Level 35
Oct 12, 2025
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