Trivia Quiz on American History Part 4

1. Whose funeral train traveled from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Illinois

A) George Washington's

B) Abraham lincoln's

C) Thomas Jefferson's

D) John F. Kennedy's

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2. Who was banned from writing USA Constitution - secret Jokes

A) George Washington

B) Thomas Jefferson

C) James Madison

D) Benjamin Franklin

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3. What Organization Was Founded In 1865 By General Bedford Forest

A) Ku Klux Klan

B) Knights of the White Camellia

C) The Knights of the Golden Circle

D) The White League

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4. How many ponies did the pony express use weekly

A) None - They used only horses

B) Two ponies per rider were assigned weekly

C) Three ponies were rotated among riders each week

D) A single pony was assigned to each rider for the entire route

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5. Who drafted most of the american declaration of independence

A) George Washington

B) Benjamin Franklin

C) Thomas

D) John Adams

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6. Thomas Holden was the first to top what list

A) FBI ten most wanted

B) Interpol's Red Notice list

C) US Marshals' 15 Most Wanted

D) NYPD's Top 10 Fugitives

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7. What did Alfred Hormel invent

A) Salami

B) Bologna

C) Corned beef hash

D) Spam

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8. Name Any Year in The Life Of Davy Crocket King Of The Wild Frontier

A) 1786 – 1836 Lived Till He Was 50

B) 1789

C) 1813

D) 1830

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9. At which American University were four students shot dead in 1970 whilst protesting against the Vietnam War

A) Ohio State University

B) Kent state, ohio

C) University of California, Berkeley

D) Columbia University

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10. Who is on a U.S. $50 bill

A) Andrew Jackson

B) Alexander Hamilton

C) Ulysses s grant

D) Benjamin Franklin

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11. What or where was original deadline

A) Andersonville Prison

B) Fort Sumter

C) USA Civil war prison

D) Alcatraz

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12. America's country's first commercial oil well was located in what state

A) New York

B) Pennsylvania

C) Texas

D) Ohio

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13. Name the only Senator whose parents had also served in the Senate

A) Simpson

B) Russell

C) Crawford

D) Anderson

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14. Who coined the phrase 'good to the last drop'

A) Theodore Roosevelt

B) Thomas Edison

C) Benjamin Franklin

D) Henry Ford

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15. In what city was Americas first stock exchange built

A) New York

B) Boston

C) Philadelphia

D) Chicago

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16. Where was cornflakes invented

A) Battle creek sanitarium

B) Grand Rapids, Michigan

C) Chicago, Illinois

D) Minneapolis, Minnesota

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17. By US Congress law 1832 citizens should do what annually

A) Attend a yearly religious ceremony

B) Fasting and prayer

C) Participate in a national parade

D) Recite the Constitution aloud

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18. Frank and Jesse James father had what job

A) Farmer

B) Blacksmith

C) Teacher

D) Minister

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19. Who Was The President Of The USA Prior To Richard Nixon

A) Dwight D. Eisenhower

B) John F. Kennedy

C) Harry S. Truman

D) Lyndon Bains Johnson

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20. John Paul Getty, world's richest man had what in his house

A) A gold-plated toilet

B) A private cinema

C) A Payphone

D) A hidden panic room

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21. An illegal 1920s saloon

A) Speakeasy

B) Prohibition bar

C) Secret club

D) Hidden tavern

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22. Who invented 'bifocal' lenses for eyeglasses?

A) Thomas Jefferson

B) Leonardo da Vinci

C) Galileo Galilei

D) Benjamin Franklin

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23. Who was america's first public enemy no 1

A) John dillinger

B) Al Capone

C) Pretty Boy Floyd

D) Bonnie and Clyde

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24. Who said 'there, i guess king george can read that'

A) Thomas Jefferson

B) John Hancock

C) Samuel Adams

D) George Washington

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25. In which state are Gettysburg and the Liberty Bell?

A) New York

B) New Jersey

C) Delaware

D) Pennsylvania

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26. A distillery was originally on the site of America's first mint, the ____________ mint, which opened in 1792.

A) New York

B) Philadelphia

C) Boston

D) San Francisco

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27. In which state are Gettysburg and the Liberty Bell

A) New York

B) Pennsylvania

C) New Jersey

D) Delaware

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28. The Oregon Trail (1840_1860), the route used during the westward migrations of the United States, started in _____________ and ended in Oregon and was about 2,000 miles long.

A) Missouri

B) Illinois

C) Iowa

D) Nebraska

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29. What city was the setting for "Gone With the Wind"

A) Atlanta

B) Charleston

C) Savannah

D) Richmond

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30. In which state are gettysburg and the liberty bell

A) Pennsylvania

B) New York

C) New Jersey

D) Delaware

E) Massachusetts

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31. On what mountain are four presidents' faces carved

A) Mount Kilimanjaro

B) Rushmore

C) Mount McKinley

D) Stone Mountain

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32. In which southern US state is Dodge City?

A) Texas

B) Kansas

C) New Mexico

D) Oklahoma

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33. Cattle branding in the United States did not originate in the West. It began in __________ in the mid_19th century, when farmers were required by law to mark all their pigs.

A) Massachusetts

B) Connecticut

C) New York

D) Rhode Island

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34. Which Bird Is The Emblem Of The United States

A) Bald Eagle

B) American Robin

C) Blue Jay

D) Red-tailed Hawk

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35. Which great American inventor died in October 1931?

A) Thomas Edison

B) Nikola Tesla

C) Alexander Graham Bell

D) George Westinghouse

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36. On what date did America become an independant nation?

A) July 2nd, 1776

B) September 3rd, 1783

C) July 4th, 1775

D) July 4th, 1776

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37. Who was known as 'the peanut president'?

A) Dwight D. Eisenhower

B) Herbert Hoover

C) Jimmy Carter

D) Ronald Reagan

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38. Which U.S. President was the first to have a Christmas tree in the White House?

A) James K. Polk (1845-1849)

B) Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)

C) Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)

D) Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)

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39. Who was the first person to break the sound barrier?

A) Amelia Earhart

B) John Glenn

C) Chuck Yeager

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40. After who was America named?

A) Christopher Columbus

B) Leif Erikson

C) Amerigo Vespucci

D) James Cook

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41. What's the claim to fame of abraham zapruder

A) He was a Hollywood documentary filmmaker

B) He filmed john f. kennedy's assassination

C) He captured footage of the Moon landing

D) He later became a U.S. senator

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42. Which Apollo mission carried Neil Armstrong and his cohorts to the moon?

A) Apollo 8

B) Apollo 13

C) Apollo 11

D) Apollo 12

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43. What Opened In 1955 in Anaheim, near Los Angeles, California.

A) Knott's Berry Farm

B) Universal Studios Hollywood

C) Six Flags Magic Mountain

D) Disneyland

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44. Who shot President James Garfield?

A) Leon Czolgosz

B) John Wilkes Booth

C) Charles Guiteau

D) Lee Harvey Oswald

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45. Who was known as "the wizard of Menlo Park" ?

A) Nikola Tesla

B) George Westinghouse

C) Thomas Alva Edison

D) Alexander Graham Bell

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46. Who was, "First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen"?

A) George Washington

B) Thomas Jefferson

C) John Adams

D) Abraham Lincoln

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47. Who shot Abraham Lincoln?

A) John Wilkes Booth

B) Lee Harvey Oswald

C) Charles Guiteau

D) David Herold

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48. Who led 900 followers in a mass suicide in 1979?

A) Marshall Applewhite

B) Jim Jones

C) David Koresh

D) Charles Manson

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49. What Happened At Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm In New York State During 15-17th August 1969

A) Woodstock Festival

B) Altamont Free Concert

C) Monterey Pop Festival

D) Isle of Wight Festival

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50. What American feminist went bust as a silver dollar

A) Gloria Steinem

B) Anthony

C) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

D) Harriet Tubman

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