The Most Recent... United States - Statistics

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Answer Stats

The most recent...	Year	Answer	% Correct
State to join the Union	1959	Hawaii	98%
President to resign from office	1974	Richard Nixon	92%
Country to capture U.S. territory	1942	Japan	84%
City other than Washington D.C. to be the capital	1800	Philadelphia	79%
City to suffer > 1,000 deaths in a natural disaster	2005	New Orleans	74%
General to serve as U.S. President	1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower	73%
U.S. city to host the Winter Olympics	2002	Salt Lake City	72%
State to break away from another state	1863	West Virginia	66%
U.S. war against the United Kingdom	1812–1815	War of 1812	63%
American to win a Nobel Peace Prize	2009	Barack Obama	61%
Federal holiday to be added to the calendar	2021	Juneteenth	60%
Branch of service to be added to the U.S. military	2019	Space Force	57%
Volcano to erupt with a level of VE5 or higher	1980	Mount St. Helens	56%
NFL team to move to a new city	2020	Las Vegas Raiders	52%
City to surpass 2 million in population	≈ 2014	Houston	40%
Position to be added to the U.S. cabinet	2003	Homeland Security	37%
Sitcom to be the #1 program on network television	2018	The Big Bang Theory	34%
Country that won an Olympic gold medal in men's basketball OTHER than the U.S.	2004	Argentina	30%
President who was not either a Republican or Democrat	1853	Millard Fillmore	29%
American man to win a singles title at Wimbledon	2000	Pete Sampras	29%