[usa] how well do you know your country
In the U.S. of A., which town or city over 2000 people has [initials of names in brackets] the:
1] highest median household income [A, Ca]
2] youngest residents [KJ, NY]
3] oldest residents [LW, Ca]
4] longest commuting times [LLA, Ca]
5] shortest commuting times [FB, Tx]
6] highest percentage of foreign-born residents [S, Fl]
7] highest percentage of college students [S, Conn]
8] least-educated people [M, Ca]
9] best safety record [N, Penn]
10] worst safety record [N, Ill]
11] largest percentage of females [St.J, Minn]
12] largest percentage of males [B, Ill]
13] If Houston was named after Sam Houston, who actually did the naming?
14] The folk on the Mayflower, religiously speaking, weren't Puritans, they were S_____s, and anyway they called themselves "S_____s."
15] Samoset and Squanto spoke a] Tisquantum b] French c] English.
16] Amerigo Vespucci was originally from which city?
17] Virginia was for a while called "W_____," meaning, "what gay clothes you wear,"
18] The atheist who was in favor of lower-casing "Nature," "Creator," and even "G-d" Himself was: a] Adams b] Franklin c] Jefferson
19] Why is the South called Dixie?
20] "Dollar," was first recorded in 1683, coming from the Bohemian coin the "J_____r."


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