Statistics for Strange but true: guess the US city

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  • This quiz has been taken 16 times
  • The average score is 9 of 15

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HintAnswer% Correct
In 2017 in this Irish-sounding Maryland town, SWAT teams had a standoff with an armed man who had shot at his wife after she took a bite of his cheese sandwich.Dundalk
85%
This desert city has a large suburb called Surprise.Phoenix
85%
Artists in this New England city sneaked building materials into an unused space within a shopping mall and lived there undetected for four years.Providence
85%
In the early 1800s, tomatoes were put on trial in this witchy-sounding New Jersey town because they were thought to be poisonous.Salem
77%
The Who’s Keith Moon passed out on stage during a concert in this hippie mecca and was replaced by an audience member.San Francisco
77%
A family found 50,000 bees living behind a bedroom wall in this city, whose basketball team is called the Hornets.Charlotte
69%
Concetta Antico, a woman from this border city, has a genetic variation which allows her to see 100 million colours.San Diego
69%
A woman from this southern city faked pregnancy to get maternity leave, by stuffing objects up her shirt.Atlanta
54%
At the opening ceremony of the 1994 World Cup in this city, Diana Ross was supposed to kick a ball into the net from six yards out, but somehow missed.Chicago
54%
This desert town saw the first bombing of the continental US, by a drunk pilot attempting to participate in a war in Mexico.Naco
54%
An ex-con broke into his former lover's house in this Charlotte suburb and lived in her attic for two weeks.Rock Hill
54%
In 2015, a woman from this major western city sleepwalked outdoors for nine miles, barefooot.Denver
46%
A man was caught at this airport in 2014 trying to smuggle snakes into the country in a bag stuffed up his trousers.Miami
38%
The hijacker known as D.B. Cooper took off from here in 1973, before extorting $200,000 from the authorities and parachuting out of the plane with it at night.Portland
38%
A man bet $50,000 that there would be a pitch invader at the 2021 Super Bowl here, ran on himself, then tried to claim the winnings.Tampa
15%

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