Sunday, September 10, 2006

[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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