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1. What was the first permanent successful English settlement in the Americas? Jimtown,West Virginia Jamestown,Virginia Johnstown,Pennsylvania Jollytime,Iowa

2. Where was the first "ginger ale" created in the USA, and by whom ? 1800, St Louis Missouri, John McLaughlin 1830, Washington DC, B. Clinton 1816, New York New York, T.J. Schweppes 1866, Detroit Michigan, James Vernor

3. Pick the three items that Benjamin Franklin invented. flexible urinary catheter, glass harmonica, lightning rod glass harmonica, bifocal glasses, telegraph lighting rod, 'Franklin' stove, telephone lightning rod, mouse trap, doorstops

4. Which letter in the alphabet does NOT appear anywhere in any of the names of the fifty states? Z X V Q

5. Babe Ruth kept what under his ballcap to keep himself cool? Lettuce leaves Cabbage leaves Wet towels Bunches of spinach

6. Parker Brothers/Hasbro, the makers of the board game Monopoly, produce more Monopoly money than all the real money in the world each year. True False

7. The Confederate flag was designed and first flown in what southern state and year? Alabama,1861 Georgia,1821 Mississippi,1859 Arkansas,1810

8. Which of the 50 states can boast being in the 90th percentile in the harvesting of blueberries and the production of toothpicks? California Michigan Washington Maine

9. In what state was the first long distance auto race held and in what year? New York,1800 Indiana, 1911 Illinois,1900 Texas, 1912

10. At what University was Gatorade developed? Florida State University Florida A &M University University of Miami University of Florida