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    "ENTRY": [
      {
        "ID": "3",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "Where do “klutz’ “chutzpah”, “schlep”, and “schmooze” come from, and where are these words mostly used?",
        "CORRECT": "NY",
        "INCORRECT1": "AR",
        "INCORRECT2": "NC",
        "INCORRECT3": "CO",
        "EXPLANATION": "Yiddish, originally primarily spoken by immigrant Jews in New York, but now used by most New Yorkers, and others."
      },
      {
        "ID": "4",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What country captured and burned the US capital?",
        "CORRECT": "Britain",
        "INCORRECT1": "France",
        "INCORRECT2": "Mexico",
        "INCORRECT3": "Russia"
      },
      {
        "ID": "5",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What is the shape of 3 of the four sides of Washington, DC ?",
        "CORRECT": "Straight lines",
        "INCORRECT1": "parts of a circle",
        "INCORRECT2": "star-shaped",
        "INCORRECT3": "ellipse"
      },
      {
        "ID": "7",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What side was the US on in the Napoleonic Wars between Britain and France?",
        "CORRECT": "Napoleon’s",
        "INCORRECT1": "Britain",
        "INCORRECT2": "Spanish",
        "INCORRECT3": "Germany"
      },
      {
        "ID": "8",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What river is Washington, DC on?",
        "CORRECT": "Potomac river",
        "INCORRECT1": "Columbia",
        "INCORRECT2": "Red River",
        "INCORRECT3": "Hudson"
      },
      {
        "ID": "13",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What city is sometimes call Gotham?",
        "CORRECT": "New York City",
        "INCORRECT1": "Chicago, Illinois",
        "INCORRECT2": "Los Angles, California",
        "INCORRECT3": "Austin, Texas"
      },
      {
        "ID": "15",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "Where is the US Supreme Court?",
        "CORRECT": "Washington, DC",
        "INCORRECT1": "NY",
        "INCORRECT2": "PA",
        "INCORRECT3": "CA"
      },
      {
        "ID": "17",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What is the biggest island in New York state?",
        "CORRECT": "Long Island",
        "INCORRECT1": "Staten Island",
        "INCORRECT2": "Ellis Island",
        "INCORRECT3": "Coney Island"
      },
      {
        "ID": "19",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "Which city is farthest south—Houston, Texas; Jacksonville, Florida or New Orleans, Louisiana?",
        "CORRECT": "Houston",
        "INCORRECT1": "Jacksonville",
        "INCORRECT2": "New Orleans"
      },
      {
        "ID": "20",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "Which three countries sold Alaska, Louisiana, and the Virgin Islands, respectively, to the US?",
        "CORRECT": "Russia, France and  Denmark",
        "INCORRECT1": "Russia, England, Spain",
        "INCORRECT2": "Germany, England and Italy",
        "INCORRECT3": "Mexico, Canada and Portugal"
      },
      {
        "ID": "21",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What country gave the Statue of Liberty to the US?",
        "CORRECT": "France",
        "INCORRECT1": "Britain",
        "INCORRECT2": "Mexico",
        "INCORRECT3": "China"
      },
      {
        "ID": "27",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What straits separate the Bahamas from Florida?",
        "CORRECT": "Straits of Florida",
        "INCORRECT1": "Bering Strait",
        "INCORRECT2": "Lake Erie",
        "INCORRECT3": "Strait of Juan de Fuca"
      },
      {
        "ID": "28",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What lake is Buffalo on?",
        "CORRECT": "Lake Erie",
        "INCORRECT1": "Lake Michigan",
        "INCORRECT2": "Lake Ontario",
        "INCORRECT3": "Lake Huron"
      },
      {
        "ID": "29",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "Which is the farthest north, Milwaukee, Minneapolis or Toronto?",
        "CORRECT": "Minneapolis",
        "INCORRECT1": "Toronto, Canada"
      },
      {
        "ID": "32",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What future state did the Puritans give the like-sounding name “Rogues Island”?",
        "CORRECT": "RI",
        "INCORRECT1": "VA",
        "INCORRECT2": "MD",
        "INCORRECT3": "GA",
        "EXPLANATION": "There was a major religious dispute between them"
      },
      {
        "ID": "36",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "You are climbing a mountain, and you reach a point where there are trees behind you, but then they stop.  What is it called where there are no more trees on the upper part of a mountain?",
        "CORRECT": "The tree line",
        "INCORRECT1": "The continental divide",
        "INCORRECT2": "The Piedmont line",
        "INCORRECT3": "The Cumberland Gap"
      },
      {
        "ID": "37",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "In which state would you find tundra, an area where it is too cold for trees to grow, and there is only low vegetation?",
        "CORRECT": "AK",
        "INCORRECT1": "MT",
        "INCORRECT2": "MI",
        "INCORRECT3": "ME"
      },
      {
        "ID": "39",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What is the largest US town above the Arctic circle ?",
        "CORRECT": "Barrow, Alaska",
        "INCORRECT1": "Port Orford, Washington",
        "INCORRECT2": "Juneau Alaska",
        "INCORRECT3": "Portland, Maine"
      },
      {
        "ID": "41",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What was the world’s tallest building for 36 years, and then again became the tallest building in New York City?",
        "CORRECT": "The Empire State Building",
        "INCORRECT1": "Sears Tower",
        "INCORRECT2": "One World Trade Building",
        "INCORRECT3": "Trump Tower",
        "EXPLANATION": "The Empire State Building was the tallest in the world until the north tower of the  Twin Towers was built in  1970.  After September 11, 2001, the Empire State Building was again the tallest building in New York, though not the world"
      },
      {
        "ID": "42",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "Where would you find people eating  grits, Pecan pie and black-eyed peas?",
        "CORRECT": "the South",
        "INCORRECT1": "The upper Mid-west",
        "INCORRECT2": "The Pacific states",
        "INCORRECT3": "New England",
        "EXPLANATION": "t"
      },
      {
        "ID": "43",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What US zoo boasts the most species of animals in the world, with over 800?",
        "CORRECT": "San Diego Zoo",
        "INCORRECT1": "Chicago Zoo",
        "INCORRECT2": "Smithsonian National Zoo",
        "INCORRECT3": "Bronx Zoo"
      },
      {
        "ID": "44",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What US city is composed of 5 boroughs, Staten Island and Queens among them?",
        "CORRECT": "New York City",
        "INCORRECT1": "St Louis, Missouri",
        "INCORRECT2": "Los Angles, California",
        "INCORRECT3": "Richmond, Virginia"
      },
      {
        "ID": "46",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What Street in New York runs the entire length of Manhattan, and is called “The Great White Way”?",
        "CORRECT": "Broadway, New York",
        "INCORRECT1": "Wall Street",
        "INCORRECT2": "Main Street",
        "INCORRECT3": "Avenue of the Americas"
      },
      {
        "ID": "50",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What bright red bird is the state bird for seven US states?",
        "CORRECT": "Cardinal",
        "INCORRECT1": "Robin",
        "INCORRECT2": "Starling",
        "INCORRECT3": "Camp Robber Jay"
      },
      {
        "ID": "54",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "How many miles off the shore does a nation have exclusive fishing rights?",
        "CORRECT": "200",
        "INCORRECT1": "300",
        "INCORRECT2": "1000",
        "INCORRECT3": "10"
      },
      {
        "ID": "55",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "In which state is the oldest public park?",
        "CORRECT": "MA",
        "INCORRECT1": "GA",
        "INCORRECT2": "OH",
        "INCORRECT3": "SC",
        "EXPLANATION": "Boston Commons is Massachusetts"
      },
      {
        "ID": "56",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What US river got its name from a Spanish word for “red” or “reddened”?",
        "CORRECT": "Colorado",
        "INCORRECT1": "Columbia",
        "INCORRECT2": "Potomac",
        "INCORRECT3": "Missouri"
      },
      {
        "ID": "62",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What desert would you go to  see the saguaro cactus?",
        "CORRECT": "CORRECT PLACEHOLDER",
        "INCORRECT1": "Gobi",
        "INCORRECT2": "Sahara",
        "INCORRECT3": "Sandy"
      },
      {
        "ID": "63",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "Where is the Sonoran desert?",
        "CORRECT": "CA",
        "INCORRECT1": "NE",
        "INCORRECT2": "ID",
        "INCORRECT3": "TX",
        "EXPLANATION": "South-eastern California and part of Arizona, going into northern Mexico"
      },
      {
        "ID": "64",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What are the Sonoran, Mojave, Chichewa, and Great Basin?",
        "CORRECT": "Deserts",
        "INCORRECT1": "Rivers",
        "INCORRECT2": "Mountains",
        "INCORRECT3": "Cities in the Western US",
        "EXPLANATION": "Deserts, all of which are at least partly in the US"
      },
      {
        "ID": "65",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "Where did the first steamboat go?",
        "CORRECT": "Pittsburgh to New Orleans",
        "INCORRECT1": "New York City to Chicago",
        "INCORRECT2": "St. Louis to Chicago",
        "INCORRECT3": "Cincinnati to St. Louis"
      },
      {
        "ID": "68",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "Which of these states were once covered with glaciers in the last ice age?",
        "CORRECT": "MI",
        "INCORRECT1": "NV",
        "INCORRECT2": "NC",
        "INCORRECT3": "AR"
      },
      {
        "ID": "69",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "Where the Ohio River and the Mississippi River meet, which river is larger?",
        "CORRECT": "Ohio River",
        "INCORRECT1": "Mississippi River"
      },
      {
        "ID": "70",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What river was generally a border between Free States and Slave States before the Civil War?",
        "CORRECT": "Ohio River",
        "INCORRECT1": "Mississippi River",
        "INCORRECT2": "Missouri River",
        "INCORRECT3": "Columbia River"
      },
      {
        "ID": "71",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "Which river was the most frequently crossed by escaping slaves (trying to get from a Slave State to a Free State)?",
        "CORRECT": "Ohio River",
        "INCORRECT1": "Colorado River",
        "INCORRECT2": "Mississippi river",
        "INCORRECT3": "Missouri River"
      },
      {
        "ID": "72",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "Which is the largest US river emptying into the Pacific Ocean?",
        "CORRECT": "Columbia River",
        "INCORRECT1": "Mississippi River",
        "INCORRECT2": "Potomac River",
        "INCORRECT3": "Colorado River"
      },
      {
        "ID": "73",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What two major rivers empty into the Gulf of Mexico?",
        "CORRECT": "Rio Grande and Mississippi",
        "INCORRECT1": "Colorado and Mississippi",
        "INCORRECT2": "Columbia and Rio Grande",
        "INCORRECT3": "Potomac and Mississippi"
      },
      {
        "ID": "74",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What city is at the mouth of the Mississippi?",
        "CORRECT": "New Orleans",
        "INCORRECT1": "St Louis",
        "INCORRECT2": "Chicago",
        "INCORRECT3": "New York"
      },
      {
        "ID": "75",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What body of water does the Mississippi empty into?",
        "CORRECT": "Gulf of Mexico",
        "INCORRECT1": "Atlantic Ocean",
        "INCORRECT2": "Pacific Ocean",
        "INCORRECT3": "Gulf of California"
      },
      {
        "ID": "81",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "Where is the pass that Lewis and Clark used to go west?",
        "CORRECT": "Lolo pass, between Idaho and Montana",
        "INCORRECT1": "South Pass",
        "INCORRECT2": "Donner Pass",
        "INCORRECT3": "Cumberland Gap"
      },
      {
        "ID": "82",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "What construction made New York City into the major East Coast seaport and largest US city?",
        "CORRECT": "Erie Canal",
        "INCORRECT1": "Panama Canal",
        "INCORRECT2": "St Lawrence Seaway",
        "INCORRECT3": "Chesapeake Bay"
      },
      {
        "ID": "91",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "Which of these states were once covered with glaciers in the last ice age?",
        "CORRECT": "IL",
        "INCORRECT1": "OR",
        "INCORRECT2": "WV",
        "INCORRECT3": "CO"
      },
      {
        "ID": "92",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "Which state was once an independent republic?",
        "CORRECT": "TX",
        "INCORRECT1": "WY",
        "INCORRECT2": "KY",
        "INCORRECT3": "NE"
      },
      {
        "ID": "96",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "Which of these  states produces the most wheat?",
        "CORRECT": "KA",
        "INCORRECT1": "AR",
        "INCORRECT2": "OK",
        "INCORRECT3": "WY"
      },
      {
        "ID": "99",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "There are two Red Rivers in the US.  Which two states does the Red River of the South flow between?",
        "CORRECT": "Between Texas and Oklahoma",
        "INCORRECT1": "Between Texas and Arizona",
        "INCORRECT2": "Between Colorado and Wyom8ing",
        "INCORRECT3": "Between Mississippi and Arkansas"
      },
      {
        "ID": "101",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "Where did the Pony Express go?",
        "CORRECT": "From St. Joseph Missouri to Sacramento, California.  It only lasted about 18 months.",
        "INCORRECT1": "From St. Louis,  Missouri to San Francisco, California",
        "INCORRECT2": "From Chicago, Illinois to San Francisco, California",
        "INCORRECT3": "From Portland, Oregon to St. Louis , Missouri",
        "EXPLANATION": "The Pony Express only lasted 18 months."
      },
      {
        "ID": "103",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "Where is the lowest latitude in the US?",
        "CORRECT": "HI",
        "INCORRECT1": "AR",
        "INCORRECT2": "VA",
        "INCORRECT3": "MO",
        "IMAGE": "../assets/photos/evergladesalligatortry1.jpg"
      },
      {
        "ID": "104",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "In what state might you find these rock formations?",
        "CORRECT": "UT",
        "INCORRECT1": "NH",
        "INCORRECT2": "OH",
        "INCORRECT3": "MD",
        "IMAGE": "../assets/photos/bryceorzion.jpg"
      },
      {
        "ID": "105",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "In which of these states would you find these ancient cliff houses?",
        "CORRECT": "CO",
        "INCORRECT1": "GA",
        "INCORRECT2": "IN",
        "INCORRECT3": "MT",
        "IMAGE": "../assets/photos/cliffhouses.jpg"
      },
      {
        "ID": "106",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "In which of these states would you be likely to see this scene?",
        "CORRECT": "IL",
        "INCORRECT1": "VA",
        "INCORRECT2": "UT",
        "INCORRECT3": "NJ",
        "IMAGE": "../assets/photos/corn.jpg"
      },
      {
        "ID": "107",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "In which of these states would you be likely to see this reptile?",
        "CORRECT": "FL",
        "INCORRECT1": "MT",
        "INCORRECT2": "VT",
        "INCORRECT3": "NY",
        "IMAGE": "../assets/photos/evergladesalligator.jpg"
      },
      {
        "ID": "108",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "In which of these states would you see this scene?",
        "CORRECT": "HI",
        "INCORRECT1": "ND",
        "INCORRECT2": "MI",
        "INCORRECT3": "UT",
        "IMAGE": "../assets/photos/hawaiipalms.jpg"
      },
      {
        "ID": "109",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "In which of these states would you see this lava?",
        "CORRECT": "HI",
        "INCORRECT1": "TX",
        "INCORRECT2": "IA",
        "INCORRECT3": "VT",
        "IMAGE": "../assets/photos/lava.jpg"
      },
      {
        "ID": "110",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "In which of these states would you find this temperate rainforest?",
        "CORRECT": "WA",
        "INCORRECT1": "ID",
        "INCORRECT2": "IN",
        "INCORRECT3": "MA",
        "IMAGE": "../assets/photos/temprainforest.jpg"
      },
      {
        "ID": "111",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "In which of these states would you see these big trees?",
        "CORRECT": "CA",
        "INCORRECT1": "TX",
        "INCORRECT2": "MA",
        "INCORRECT3": "IL",
        "IMAGE": "../assets/photos/redwoods.jpg"
      },
      {
        "ID": "112",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "In which of these states would you find a cone-shaped (volcanic) mountain with conifer trees at the base?",
        "CORRECT": "WA",
        "INCORRECT1": "VA",
        "INCORRECT2": "SD",
        "INCORRECT3": "OK",
        "IMAGE": "../assets/photos/snowymtconifers.jpg"
      },
      {
        "ID": "113",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "In which of these states would you find this bison?",
        "CORRECT": "WY",
        "INCORRECT1": "VT",
        "INCORRECT2": "AL",
        "INCORRECT3": "CT",
        "IMAGE": "../assets/photos/ssgp1933.jpg"
      },
      {
        "ID": "114",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "In which of these states would you find fields of wheat?",
        "CORRECT": "KS",
        "INCORRECT1": "AZ",
        "INCORRECT2": "NH",
        "INCORRECT3": "MD",
        "IMAGE": "../assets/photos/wheat.jpg"
      },
      {
        "ID": "115",
        "TYPE": "MC",
        "QUESTION": "In which of these states might you find a mother bear and her young fishing for salmon?",
        "CORRECT": "AK",
        "INCORRECT1": "NJ",
        "INCORRECT2": "UT",
        "INCORRECT3": "DE",
        "IMAGE": "../assets/photos/bears.jpg"
      }
    ]
  }
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