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Trivia Questions

In 1972 George McGovern called this president's administration the "most corrupt" in U.S. history

In 1664 the Duke of York granted land west of the Hudson River to his supporters; it was named this

First planted in Brazil around 1727, by the 19th century it was the country's top export

23 years after the United States did so, Brazil abolished this in 1888

This dance was popular for decades in Brazil before achieving popularity in the U.S. around 1930

South America's most populous city, it was founded by Jesuit priests in 1554

In March 1836 he was named commander of the Texas army; by October he was president of the republic

In May 1968 the Post Office celebrated the 50th anniversary of this kind of service

The Job Corps came out of Lyndon Johnson's "War on" this

The base camp Richard Byrd dubbed Little America in 1929 is on this continent