Trivia Quiz on American History Part 3

1. In which American State was the first atomic bomb test carried out in July 1945

A) New mexico

B) Arizona

C) Texas

D) Nevada

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2. Other than pocahontas, which two women have been represented on u.s currency

A) Abigail Adams and Eleanor Roosevelt

B) Clara Barton and Rosa Parks

C) Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Betsy Ross

D) Susan b anthony and martha washington

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3. What year was the first oreo sold in

A) 1910

B) 1912

C) 1914

D) 1924

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4. Who won the Nobel peace prize in 1964

A) Doris Lessing

B) Martin luther king jr

C) Aung San Suu Kyi

D) Kofi Annan

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5. Why was convict 2599 unusual in Pen State prison 1924

A) Dog doing life for killing cat

B) He became the prison's unofficial barber and cut everyone's hair.

C) He won the prison's annual chess tournament against the guards.

D) He was allowed to work in the prison tailor shop sewing uniforms.

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6. The compound of this sect was under siege in Waco, Texas.

A) The Moonies

B) People's Temple

C) Rajneeshpuram

D) Branch Davidians

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7. Name the first US president to serve ice cream at a state dinner

A) Thomas Jefferson

B) George Washington

C) John Adams

D) James Madison

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8. Who were the famous feuding hillbilly families in Pike County, Kentucky

A) The Fraley and Hicks families

B) The Mullins and Tackett families

C) Hatfields & mccoys

D) The Combs and Chambers families

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9. What does susan b. anthony's middle initial stand for

A) Beatrice

B) Brownell

C) Berkeley

D) Benjamin

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10. Who first suggested the idea of Daylight Saving Time in an essay he wrote in 1784?

A) Benjamin Franklin

B) George Hudson

C) William Willett

D) Thomas Edison

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11. What u.s. vice-president said 'some newspapers dispose of their garbage by printing it'

A) Dick Cheney

B) Al Gore

C) Mike Pence

D) Spiro Agnew

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12. Who invented the ice cream soda

A) Henry W. Green

B) Augustus Jackson

C) Robert Green

D) John Pemberton

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13. Who was the 31st president of the U.S.

A) Calvin Coolidge

B) Herbert c hoover

C) Theodore Roosevelt

D) Grover Cleveland

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14. Who killed jesse james

A) Frank James

B) John Dillinger

C) Robert ford

D) Bob Ford

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15. In which state of the U.S.A. would you find Mount Rushmore

A) North Dakota

B) Wyoming

C) Colorado

D) South dakota

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16. Who was Abraham Lincoln's first choice to lead the Union Army

A) Winfield Scott

B) Robert e lee robert e. lee

C) George B. McClellan

D) Ulysses S. Grant

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17. Nathan Bedford Forest a confederate general was the first what

A) Grand Wizard KKK

B) Captain of the Confederate Navy

C) Imperial Wizard of the Klan

D) Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan

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18. A Gandy Dancer has what job

A) Railroad repair gang

B) Track maintenance worker

C) Locomotive engineer

D) Conductor

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19. What U.S. president wrote 37 books

A) George Washington

B) Thomas Jefferson

C) Barack Obama

D) Theodore Roosevelt

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20. What do the broken chains at the bottom of the statue of liberty symbolise

A) Freedom from oppression

B) Overthrow of tyranny

C) Independence from foreign rule

D) A reminder of the New Colossus

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21. What pets did lyndon johnson have

A) Dachshunds

B) German Shepherds

C) Cats

D) Beagles

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22. Samuel Morse the inventor was originally what till he was 46

A) Landscape painter

B) Art dealer

C) Silversmith

D) Portrait Painter

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23. How was USA president James Buchanan different from all rest

A) He served two full terms as president

B) He was born outside the United States

C) He was unmarried during his presidency

D) He was the first president to be photographed

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24. Enterprise Alabama they erected a monument to which insect

A) Boll weevil

B) Ladybug

C) Fire ant

D) Mosquito

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25. Which U.S. president gave the 'four freedoms of democracy' speech- ie freedom from want; freedom from fear; freedom of worship and freedom of speech

A) Harry S. Truman

B) Franklin d roosevelt

C) John F. Kennedy

D) Theodore Roosevelt

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26. What weapon is known as the gun that won the west

A) Colt revolver

B) Henry rifle

C) Spencer repeating rifle

D) Winchester rifle

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27. How many days were the american hostages held in iran

A) 365

B) 444

C) 430

D) 500

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28. Who was the only president born in Illinois, the land of lincoln

A) Abraham Lincoln

B) Barack Obama

C) Dwight D. Eisenhower

D) Ronald reagan

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29. What did Oliver Pollock invent in 1778

A) The telegraph

B) The dollar sign $

C) The concept of decimal currency

D) The first penny press printing press

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30. Who received the nobel peace prize in 1964 for civil rights leadership

A) Lyndon B. Johnson

B) Roy Wilkins

C) Martin luther king jr

D) Ralph Bunche

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31. What did pennsylvania legalise before any other colony

A) Legal sale of alcohol throughout the colony

B) Religious freedom for Quakers and other denominations

C) Witchcraft

D) Slavery abolition in its early form

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32. Phineas Barnum opened his circus in what year

A) 1871

B) 1872

C) 1869

D) 1861

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33. Who was, "first in war, first in peace & first in the hearts of his countrymen"

A) Thomas Jefferson

B) John Adams

C) Benjamin Franklin

D) George Washington

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34. What legendary us magazine publisher was born in tengchow, china

A) William Randolph Hearst

B) Conde Nast

C) Henry luce

D) Rupert Murdoch

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35. Who was marshall james butler "wild bill" hickock's sidekick

A) Calamity Jane

B) Jingles

C) Shorty Jackson

D) Buffalo Bill Cody

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36. Edwin Drake sank the first of them in 1859 - what were they

A) Oil derricks

B) Oil rigs

C) Gas wells

D) Oil Wells

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37. John Gutzon Borglum Born March 25 1871 Is Responsible For The Design & Creation Of What

A) Mount Rushmore

B) The Statue of Liberty

C) Gateway Arch

D) Crazy Horse Memorial

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38. The ______ tea party

A) Philadelphia

B) Boston

C) New York

D) Charleston

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39. Who became U.S. president following the assassination of William McKinley in 1901

A) Theodore roosevelt

B) William Howard Taft

C) Grover Cleveland

D) Benjamin Harrison

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40. In Which American City Was "Martin Luther King" Assasinated

A) Atlanta

B) Birmingham

C) Chicago

D) Memphis

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41. In 1776 the first union went on strike in the US what job

A) Blacksmiths

B) Carpenters

C) Journeyman Printers

D) Coopers

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42. Which U.S. President was awarded the 1919 Nobel Peace

A) Woodrow wilson

B) Theodore Roosevelt

C) Franklin D. Roosevelt

D) Dwight D. Eisenhower

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43. What colour did Ida McKinley ban from the White House

A) Blue

B) Yellow

C) Red

D) Green

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44. Who was president when charles lindbergh flew into history

A) Herbert Hoover

B) Franklin D. Roosevelt

C) Calvin Coolidge

D) Warren G. Harding

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45. Who was the victim of the first murder seen live on tv

A) Lee harvey oswald

B) John F. Kennedy

C) James Earl Ray

D) Jack Ruby

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46. The ice cream soda was invented in what year

A) 1869

B) 1874

C) 1883

D) 1899

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47. What was Butch Cassidy's original profession

A) Butcher

B) Blacksmith

C) Farmer

D) Carpenter

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48. What in history were the Beaver, Dartmouth and Eleanor

A) Ships Boston Tea Party

B) Navy warships from the War of 1812

C) Names of three tea merchants

D) Famous early American ships that sailed to Europe

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49. Who advocated planting peanuts and sweet potatoes to replace cotton and tobacco

A) Thomas Jefferson

B) Booker T. Washington

C) George washington carver

D) Norman Borlaug

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50. George Washington carried a portable what

A) Sundial

B) Pocket compass

C) Miniature telescope

D) Map case

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