Question for:
In 1820, horticulturalist Robert Gibbon Johnson put on a demonstration in Salem, New Jersey, by eating an entire basket of something in order to convince skeptical farmers (who, like many people at the time, thought the food poisonous) to plant the crop. What was in the basket?
Clues
Possible QScores
100
94.28
47.65
32.35
Answer Breakdown
| Clues Used | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
| Submissions | 122 | 24 | 145 | 41 | 332 |
| % of Total | 36.75% | 7.23% | 43.67% | 12.35% | |
| Clues Used | |||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
| Correct | 108 | 19 | 144 | 40 | 311 |
| % of Correct | 34.73% | 6.11% | 46.3% | 12.86% | |
| % of Answers | 32.53% | 5.72% | 43.37% | 12.05% | |
| Clues Used | |||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
| Incorrect | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| % of Incorrect | 66.67% | 23.81% | 4.76% | 4.76% | |
| % of Answers | 4.22% | 1.51% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |
93.67%
6.33%
63.25%
Most Common Incorrect Answer
| Answer | Count |
|---|---|
| “potatoes” | 4 |