Maine
Useless Knowledge
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100

What percentage of Maine is covered in forests?

Ninety (90%) percent

100

What is buried beneath the Statue of Liberty?

A copy of the U.S. Constitution

100

What is the longest river in the U.S.?

Mississippi River

100

True or False:

A cats nose has a unique pattern, just like the human fingerprint?

True

100

Which of these games includes the phrase "Do not pass Go, do not collect $200"?

Monopoly

200

What are the five major cities in the state of Maine?

Portland, Bangor, Biddeford, Auburn and Lewiston

200

What is the second most visited National Park in the U.S.?

Acadia National Park, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

200

How many stripes are on the American Flag?

13 representing the first 13 colonies

200

While the female rabbits are called a doe and a male rabbit is a buck, what are baby rabbits called?

A kit

200

In the Christmas song, Twleve days of Christmas, what gift was given on the fourth day?

Four Calling birds

300

What is Maine's smallest city?

Hallowell

300

What is considered to be the deadliest job in the United States?

Being President of the U.S.

300

Who is the American swimmer who holds the most olympic medals?

Michael Phelps

300

What is the only mammal that cannot jump?

Elephant

300

How many rings are on the Olympic flag?

Five

400

Aroostook county is larger than what two states put together?

Connecticut and Rhode Island

400

What is the most popular name given to boys in the U.S.?

James (Mary is the girls)

400

The unicorn is the national animal of which United Kingdom country? (England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales)

Scotland

400

Where is the heart of a shrimp located?

In it's head

400

Who sailed the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria?

Christopher Columbus

500

How did the desert of Maine come to exist?

From overfarming the land

500

What state has three times MORE cows than people?

Montana

500

When content and relaxed, a rabbit makes what sound, like a domestic one?

Purrs like a cat

500

Spending most of the day eating, a full-grown giraffe consumes how many pounds of leaves and twigs a day? (less than 100)

75 pounds

500

In the Wizard of Oz, who needed to see the wizard about getting a brain?

The scarecrow