State | Question | Answer | % Correct |
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New Jersey | Who shot Alexander Hamilton in Weehawken in 1804? | Aaron Burr | 100%
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Tennessee | What Tennessee politician would have become President if he had been able to win his own state? | Al Gore | 100%
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What Kansan aviatrix disappeared over the Pacific? | Amelia Earhart | 100%
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What Philadelphia resident published "Poor Richard's Almanack"? | Ben Franklin | 100%
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Vermont | What ice cream brand was founded by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield in 1978? | Ben & Jerry's | 100%
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What former Governor of Arkansas became the President? | Bill Clinton | 100%
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Of what creatures were there 13 millions in 1870 in Montana but, by 1884, there were almost none? | Bison | 100%
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What area in western South Dakota had a gold rush in the 1870s? | {Black} Hills | 100%
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What singer outraged fans by playing electric instruments at a 1965 folk festival in Rhode Island? | Bob Dylan | 100%
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Utah | Who succeded Joseph Samith as President of the Mormons, and led the them west? | Brigham Young | 100%
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What Ivy League university was established in Providence in 1764? | Brown | 100%
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Oklahoma | What Native American tribe was expelled from eastern Tennessee and forced to walk to Oklahoma? | Cherokee | 100%
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What country was Richmond the capital of between 1861-65? | Confederate States | 100%
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What was the most important crop in Alabama before the Civil War? | Cotton | 100%
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Oregon | What caldera did Mount Mazama form when it erupted about 7,700 years ago? | Crater Lake | 100%
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What "King of the Wild Frontier" served as a Tennessee congressman before getting killed at the Alamo? | Davy Crockett | 100%
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What river did George Washington cross to launch a surprise attack in Trenton in 1776? | Delaware | 100%
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What singer was born in Mississippi but later relocated to Memphis? | Elvis Presley | 100%
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What Vermonter was the leader of the Green Mountain Boys and captured Fort Ticonderoga? | Ethan Allen | 100%
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What scientific theory was John T. Scopes prosecuted for teaching? | Evolution | 100%
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In what day and month of 1859 did Oregon become a state? (hint: same date as Valentine's Day) | February 14 | 100%
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What modern-day army fort used to house a large portion of the United States' official gold reserves? | Fort {Knox} | 100%
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What beverage was invented to help the Florida Gators football team in 1965? | Gatorade | 100%
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In what battle did George G. Meade beat Robert E. Lee? | Gettysburg | 100%
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What University, founded in 1636, was the first institute of higher learning in the U.S.? | Harvard | 100%
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What President was born in West Branch in 1874? | Herbert Hoover | 100%
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Florida | What hurricane devastated South Florida in 1992? | Hurricane Andrew | 100%
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Mississippi | What was the name of the hurricane that killed 238 people in the state in 2005? | Hurricane Katrina | 100%
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What Teamsters union leader was last seen outside a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975? | Jimmy Hoffa | 100%
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Delaware | What Delaware Senator became Vice President in 2008? | Joe Biden | 100%
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At what University were four Vietnam War protestors killed in 1970? | Kent State | 100%
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Kentucky | What famous horse race was inaugurated in 1875 in Churchill Downs? | Kentucky {Derby} | 100%
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What Harland Sanders was famous for? | Kentucky Fried Chicken | 100%
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What two explorers did Sacagawea join in North Dakota? | Lewis and Clark | 100%
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What writer was born in Missouri in 1835 as Samuel Clemens? | Mark Twain | 100%
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What Detroit music label recorded the Supremes, Temptations, and Jackson 5? | {Motown} Records | 100%
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What is the name of George Washington's estate? | Mount Vernon | 100%
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What boxer floated like a butterfly, and stung like a bee? | Muhammad Ali | 100%
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Ohio | What Ohio native was the first person to walk on the moon? | Neil Armstrong | 100%
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What Kansas resident's lawsuit against the Board of Education led to a 1954 Supreme Court decision that outlawed school segregation? | Oliver Brown | 100%
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What Chicago talk show host became the richest African-American person? | Oprah Winfrey | 100%
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What Native American woman saved John Smith from execution? (according to legend) | Pocahontas | 100%
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What sports movie, set in Philadelphia, won an Oscar for Best Picture in 1977? | Rocky | 100%
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Alabama | Who refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery in 1955? | Rosa Parks | 100%
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From 1930 to 1983, Rhode Island hosted the America's Cup races in what sport? | Sailing | 100%
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What Maine-native wrote books such as "Pet Sematary", "It" and "Cujo"? | Stephen King | 100%
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What product did the Sons of Liberty throw into Boston Harbor in a 1773 "party"? | Tea | 100%
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What invention did Samuel Morse demonstrate for the first time in Morristown in 1838? | Telegraph | 100%
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What TV series was created by Matt Groening in 1989? | The Simpsons | 100%
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What inventor's laboratory was located in Menlo Park? | Thomas Edison | 100%
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What "trail" brought Native Americans to Oklahoma? | Trail of {Tears} | 100%
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What three-letter agency brought electricity to the Tennessee Valley in the 1930s? | TVA | 100%
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Pennsylvania | What Quaker founded the colony of Pennsylvania? | William Penn | 100%
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What major event was hosted by Salt Lake City in 2002? | Winter Olympics | 100%
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Connecticut | What is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the nation? | Yale | 100%
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Wyoming | What was the first national park in the world? | Yellowstone | 100%
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What was the last name of brothers John, Robert, and Ted? | Kennedy | 88%
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What did Colorado legalize in 2012 - becoming the first state to do so with Washington? | Recreational Marijuana | 88%
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What holiday was celebrated for the first time (sort of) in 1621? | Thanksgiving | 88%
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Massachusetts | What ship brought the Pilgrims to Massachusetts? | The Mayflower | 88%
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Kansas | What five-star general from Kansas served as the President? | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 86%
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What Mississippian is worldwide known for being the creator of "The Muppets"? | Jim Henson | 86%
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What was the Native American tribe of Geronimo? | Apache | 83%
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What U.S. President was born in Nebraska but grew up in Michigan? | Gerald Ford | 83%
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Arizona | What Arizona Senator ran for President in 2008? | John McCain | 83%
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What state's Portland was named after Maine's Portland? | Oregon | 83%
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In what town did Wyatt Earp have a shootout in 1881? | Tombstone | 83%
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What coastal city was known as "The World's Playground" in the 1920s? | Atlantic City | 80%
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Alaska | What country controlled Alaska between 1733–1867, until it sold Alaska to the U.S.? | Russia | 80%
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What country built Fort Christina in 1638 as part of its short-lived U.S. colony? | Sweden | 80%
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What did Delaware became the first state to ratify in December 7, 1787? | U.S. Constitution | 80%
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Wyoming was the first state to grant what people the right to vote? | Women | 80%
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What "inescapable" island prison housed notorious inmates such as Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly? | Alcatraz | 75%
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What company was started by two Steves in a garage in Los Altos in 1976? | Apple Computer | 75%
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California | What Austrian-born celebrity was elected governor in 2003? | Arnold Schwarzenegger | 75%
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Hawaii | What U.S. President was born in Honolulu in 1961? | Barack Obama | 75%
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What team was accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series? | Black {Sox} | 75%
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What cable news channel was founded by Ted Turner in 1980? | CNN | 75%
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What, until 1903, was the "active" ingredient in Coca-Cola? | Cocaine | 75%
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What served as the gateway to over 12 million immigrants between 1892 and 1954? | {Ellis} Island | 75%
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What canal, completed in 1825, connected the Hudson River to the Great Lakes? | Erie Canal | 75%
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New York | What country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States? | France | 75%
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New Hampshire | What President, elected in 1852, comes from New Hampshire? | Franklin Pierce | 75%
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What blockbuster 1939 movie tells the story of a southern belle during the Civil War and Reconstruction? | Gone with the Wind | 75%
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What African-American neighborhood had a literary "Renaissance" in the 1920s? | Harlem | 75%
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What author of "The Catcher in the Rye" moved to New Hampshire and become a recluse? | J. D. Salinger | 75%
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Georgia | Who is the only President to be born in Georgia? | Jimmy Carter | 75%
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Washington | What volcano killed 57 people when it erupted in 1980? | Mount St. Helens | 75%
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What type of boom started in 2006 in North Dakota? | Oil Boom | 75%
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What naval base was attacked by the Japanese airforce in 1941? | Pearl Harbor | 75%
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The first one took place in 1902. Michigan defeated Stanford 49-0. What was it? | Rose Bowl | 75%
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What historic highway starts in Chicago and ends in Santa Monica, California? | Route 66 | 75%
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What name was given to the islands by James Cook? | Sandwich Islands | 75%
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What was the most populous city in Georgia before the Civil War? | Savannah | 75%
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Illinois | What was the world's tallest building from 1973-1998? | Sears Tower | 75%
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What worldwide popular sport was invented in Hawaii? | Surfing | 75%
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What Dan Brown novel was published in 2003? | The Da Vinci Code | 75%
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What type of Native American art was made by carving trees? | {Totem} Poles | 75%
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What Civil War general lived in Galena, Illinois? | Ulysses S. Grant | 75%
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North Dakota | Since 1987, what economic figure has never exceeded 5%? | Unemployment | 75%
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What country annexed Hawaii in 1898? | United States | 75%
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What is the term for the violent era when Kansas decided whether to become a free state or a slave state? | {Bleeding} Kansas | 71%
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What famous frontier town was once the ending point for cattle drives? | Dodge City | 71%
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What president was born in a log cabin in Kentucky, but grew up in Indiana? | Abraham Lincoln | 67%
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Louisiana | What group of people settled in Louisiana after being exiled from eastern Canada in the 1700s? | Acadians (Cajuns) | 67%
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What tree-planting holiday started in Nebraska in 1872? | {Arbor} Day | 67%
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What type of weapon was first tested in New Mexico in 1945? | Atomic Bomb | 67%
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Texas | What 1836 battle is the most "remembered" battle of the Texas Revolution? | Battle of {Alamo} | 67%
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What Arizona native led organised farm workers in Chicago? | Cesar Chavez | 67%
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What singer recorded songs such as "Johnny B. Goode" and "Roll Over Beethoven"? | Chuck Berry | 67%
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What was the dominant Native American nation in Texas from 1750-1850? | Comanche | 67%
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What potato misspeller served as Vice President? | Dan Quayle | 67%
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What bearded, daiquiri-loving novelist lived in Key West from 1931 to 1939? | Ernest Hemingway | 67%
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What important coastal city was destroyed by a hurricane in 1900? | Galveston | 67%
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Indiana | In what city was Michael Jackson born in 1958? | Gary | 67%
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What monument became the nation's smallest national park in 2018? | Gateway Arch | 67%
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What President, born in Connecticut, passed himself off as a Texan? | George W. Bush | 67%
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What TV show was about a mother and daughter named Lorelai and Rory? | {Gilmore} Girls | 67%
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What event killed around 2,500 people in 1871? | Great Peshtigo {Fire} | 67%
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What was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas? | Jamestown | 67%
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Maryland | What Maryland native assassinated Abraham Lincoln? | John Wilkes Booth | 67%
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The first of what type of surgery was performed by Dr. Floyd John Lewis at the University of Minnesota in 1952? | {Open}-{Heart} Surgery | 67%
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What mail delivery service used horse riders between Missouri and California? | {Pony} Express | 67%
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Virginia | Who is Virginia named for? | Queen Elizabeth | 67%
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In what city did a 1947 UFO incident happen 75 miles away? | Roswell | 67%
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Who served as the first president of the Republic of Texas? | Sam Houston | 67%
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What city, founded in 1565, is the oldest European settlement in the U.S.? | St. Augustine | 67%
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Who was President when the United States bought Louisiana from France in 1803? | Thomas Jefferson | 67%
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Nebraska | What business tycoon was world's 2nd richest person in 2017? | Warren Buffett | 67%
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What national park was established in 2019? | White Sand | 67%
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What was the first name of President Taylor? | Zachary | 67%
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In what city did the 1999 Colorado school shooting incident take place? | Columbine | 63%
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Who wrote Colorado's official state song, "Rocky Mountain High"? | John Denver | 63%
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Colorado | What child beauty queen was murdered in 1996? | JonBenét Ramsey | 63%
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In what city did three civil rights marches begin? | Selma | 63%
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In what year did Alaska gain statehood? | 1959 | 60%
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What ship spilled oil in 1989 in the Prince William Sound? | Exxon {Valdez} | 60%
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Which Governor of Alaska ran for VP in the 2008 election with John McCain? | Sarah Palin | 60%
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What did North Carolina provide at least 125,000 of to the Confederacy during the Civil War — far more than any other state? | Soldiers | 60%
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During the Civil War, Grant's capture of what city allowed the North to control the entire length of the Mississippi River? | Vicksburg | 57%
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What online book seller was founded in Seattle in 1994? | Amazon | 50%
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What "area", famous for UFO's, did USAF acquire in 1955, primarily for flight testing the Lockheed U-2 aircraft? | Area 51 | 50%
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Montana | In what 1876 battle did Custer meet his end? | Battle of the {Little} {Big} {Horn} | 50%
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What "Socialist" Vermont Senator politician was a 2016 Presidential candidate? | Bernie Sanders | 50%
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What flag was removed from the capital in 2015? | Confederate Flag | 50%
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What industry moved to Los Angeles in order to escape the enforcement of Thomas Edison's patents? | Film Industry | 50%
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Nevada | What Nevadan boxer fought Pacquiao in 2015? | Floyd Mayweather | 50%
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Michigan | What was the world's biggest corporation by revenue in 1960? | General Motors | 50%
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Who was the first openly-gay man to win political office in California? | Harvey Milk | 50%
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What poet wrote "The Song of Hiawatha"? | Henry Wadsworth {Longfellow} | 50%
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What city was the birthplace of both of those governors? | Hope | 50%
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What former pro wrestler was the Governor of Minnesota between 1999–2003? | Jesse Ventura | 50%
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Iowa | What truly gritty actor, known as "The Duke", was born as Marion Robert Morrison? | John Wayne | 50%
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What gold rush caused many people to flock to Seattle on their way to Canada? | Klondike Gold Rush | 50%
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What type of "rush" did Oklahoma have 1889? | {Land} Rush | 50%
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World’s largest exhibited skeleton of what extinct mammal was found on a farm in Lincoln County in 1922? | Mammoth | 50%
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Maine | What state was Maine part of before 1820? | Massachusetts | 50%
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In what city did many rich people build summer mansions during the Gilded Age? | Newport | 50%
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What type of weapons were mainly being tested at the Nevada Test Site? | {Nuclear} Weapons | 50%
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What landmark on Cannon Mountain collapsed in 2003? | {Old} {Man} of the Mountain | 50%
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What was discovered in 1930 at Lowell Observatory? | Pluto | 50%
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Rhode Island | Who founded Rhode Island after being banished from Massachusetts? | Roger Williams | 50%
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What practice were the federal troops call in to end in schools in the 1950s? | Segregation | 50%
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By what nickname was boxer Joe Frazier known? | {Smokin} Joe | 50%
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What South Carolina Senator died in 2003 at age 100 - the oldest Senator of all time? | Strom Thurmond | 50%
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What sport did Andre Agassi play professionally between 1986-2006? | Tennis | 50%
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What President played cowboy as a young man in North Dakota? | Theodore Roosevelt | 50%
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Arkansas | What corporation, founded by Sam Walton, became world's largest corporation in 2002? | Walmart | 50%
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What Nebraskan ran for President several times, served as Secretary of State, wanted to ban the teaching of evolution, and gave the famous "Cross of Gold" speech? | William Jennings Bryan | 50%
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What U.S. President was assassinated by an anarchist in Buffalo in 1901? | William McKinley | 50%
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What style of blues music originated in Mississippi? | {Delta} Blues | 43%
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In what city was Elvis born in 1935? | Tupelo | 43%
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What chemical company invented nylon, teflon, kevlar, lycra, and much more? | DuPont | 40%
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On what Christian holiday was southern Alaska struck by a strong earthquake in 1964? | Good Friday | 40%
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North Carolina | What British colony became known as the "Lost Colony" - due to the unexplained disappearance of its population in 1590? | Roanoke | 40%
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What explorer who tried to find El Dorado, founded the above? | Walter Raleigh | 40%
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In what city were NASA rockets developed? | Huntsville | 38%
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Name one of the two Stephen King books that were set primarily in Colorado | The Shining | Misery | 38%
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What battle, fought on Sep 17, 1862, was the bloodiest day in U.S. military history? | Battle of {Antietam} | 33%
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What turncoat commanded the American Legion in the Revolutionary War? | Benedict Arnold | 33%
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What outlaw was gunned down by Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner in 1881? | Billy the Kid | 33%
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New Mexico | What Vince Gilligan was set in New Mexico and ran between 2008-13? | Breaking Bad | 33%
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South Carolina | At what fort did the first battle of the Civil War take place? | Fort Sumter | 33%
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Who wrote the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner" while watching the bombardment of Fort McHenry? | Francis Scott Key | 33%
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What city, founded as a trading post in 1634, is the oldest in Wisconsin? | Green Bay | 33%
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What musical, based on a John Waters movie, features the song "Good Morning Baltimore"? | Hairspray | 33%
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Wisconsin | What famous Hungarian-born escape artist grew up in Wisconsin? | Harry Houdini | 33%
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Missouri | Who was the only President that had Missouri as their home state? | Harry Truman | 33%
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What Minnesota Senator served as VP for Lyndon Johnson? | Hubert Humphrey | 33%
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What serial killer, known as Milwaukee Cannibal, murdered 17 men and boys from 1978 to 1991? | Jeffrey Dahmer | 33%
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Who is given credit as the first European to explore Florida? | Juan Ponce de León | 33%
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What holiday is celebrated on June 19th, to mark the day on which slavery was abolished in 1865? | Juneteenth | 33%
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What outdoor retailer, famous for its boots, had an unlimited return policy until 2018? | L.L. Bean | 33%
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What was made illegal in 1890? | Polygamy | 33%
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What political party was founded at a meeting at the Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon? | Republican Party | 33%
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In what tree was Connecticut's royal charter hidden in 1662? | The Charter {Oak} | 33%
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What family music group originated from Ogden, Utah in the 1970s? | The Osmonds | 33%
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What slugger hit 61 home runs in 1961? | Roger Maris | 25%
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What Wyoming politician has been called the most powerful Vice President of all-time? | Dick Cheney | 20%
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Who was the first wife of a president to be referred to as "First Lady"? | Dolley Madison | 20%
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Near what town did the Wright brothers make the first successful airplane flight? | Kitty Hawk | 20%
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The football team of what college were national champions in 2016 and 2018? | Clemson | 17%
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What type of apple was invented by the University of Minnesota in 1960? | Honeycrisp | 17%
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Minnesota | What retail corporation was founded by George Dayton in 1902? | Target | 17%
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During what war was West Virginia formed? | American Civil War | 0%
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What group of Swiss religious nonconformists moved to Pennsylvania in the 1700s? | Amish | 0%
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What huge copper-mining company, with a snake's name, went defunct in 1983? | Anaconda | 0%
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What President had Indiana as his home state? | Benjamin Harrison | 0%
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What war did the Dayton Accords end in 1995? | Bosnian War | 0%
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What train and bank robber was born as Robert LeRoy Parker? | Butch Cassidy | 0%
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Every four years, Iowa has been hosting the nation's first Presidential what since the 1800s? | Caucus | 0%
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What Nez Perce leader, captured in 1877, said "I will fight no more forever"? | Chief {Joseph} | 0%
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What West Virginia native broke the sound barrier in 1947? | Chuck Yeager | 0%
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What city was founded by Buffalo Bill? | Cody | 0%
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What Sioux warrior is subject of a gigantic uncompleted sculpture? | Crazy Horse | 0%
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What river was caught on fire in Cleveland in 1969? | Cuyahoga River | 0%
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What Ivy League college, located in Hanover, was founded in 1769? | Dartsmouth | 0%
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What drought hit western Oklahoma in the 1930s? | {Dust} Bowl | 0%
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What author bought a house in Ketchum, Idaho and committed suicide in 1961? | Ernest Hemingway | 0%
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What daredevil tried to jump over the Snake River in a steam-powered rocket? | Evel Knievel | 0%
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Idaho | What were the original trading European settlers in Idaho looking for? | Fur | 0%
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What type of boom began in Indiana in the 1880s? | {Gas} boom | 0%
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What British sea captain explored Puget Sound in 1792? | George Vancouver | 0%
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What national park was established on the Canadian border in 1910? | Glacier | 0%
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Norman Borlaug is known to be the "Father" of what "revolution"? | Green Revolution | 0%
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West Virginia | In what town did the radical abolitionist, John Brown, raid in 1859? | Harpers {Ferry} | 0%
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What former Senator Majority Leader who represented Nevada from 1987-2017? | Harry Reid | 0%
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What Vermont Governor ran for President in 2004? | Howard Dean | 0%
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What depression-era governor, nicknamed "Kingfish", was assassinated in 1935? | Huey Long | 0%
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What day was declared an official state holiday in 1875? | Madri Gras | 0%
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What West Virginian gymnast won the all-around in the 1984 Olympics? | Mary Lou Retton | 0%
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What Yankees from Oklahoma slugger dueled Maris in 1961? | Mickey Mantle | 0%
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What ex-governor ran for President in 2008 and 2016? | Mike Huckabee | 0%
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South Dakota | The idea of what landmark was conceived by historian Doane Robinson? | Mount Rushmore | 0%
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In 1994, what did Oregon become the first state to legalize? | Physician-assisted {Suicide} | 0%
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The first governors of Delaware went by what title? | President | 0%
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What type of music was popularized by Cleveland DJ Alan Freed? | Rock & Roll | 0%
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What Lemhi Shoshone women helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition? | Sacagawea | 0%
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What was designed by Emma Edwards in 1891 - the only to have been designed by a woman? | {Seal} of Idaho | 0%
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What novel was published by Kurt Vonnegut in 1969? | Slaughterhouse-Five | 0%
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What nickname did Harry Alonzo Longabaugh receive after stealing a horse in Wyoming? | Sundance Kid | 0%
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What song did John Denver sing and write about West Virginia in 1971? | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 0%
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What Harper Lee was set in the county of Monroeville? | To Kill a Mockingbord | 0%
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What part of the state did Michigan acquire after agreeing to cede the Toledo Strip to Ohio? | Upper Peninsula | 0%
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What country controlled Vermont between 1777–1791? | Vermont Republic | 0%
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What message did Samuel Morse send via telegraph from Washington D.C. to Baltimore? | What Hath God {Wrought} | 0%
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What lawman was known for his life on the frontier as a soldier? | Wild Bill Hickok | 0%
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What river valley was the destination of Oregon Trail pioneers? | Willamette | 0%
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What is the name of the 1890 massacre of the Lakota people? | Wounded Knee | 0%
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What sport has the University of Iowa dominated, winning 23 NCAA championships? | Wrestling | 0%
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