Which U.S. state was once part of Mexico?
Correct answer(s):
- Texas
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History
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Which American novelist’s pseudonym is Mark Twain?
Correct answer(s):
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Which famous sculptor created the Statue of Liberty?
Correct answer(s):
- Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi
When did Maurice and Richard McDonald open the first McDonald’s restaurant?
Correct answer(s):
- 1948
In what year did the Liberty Bell ring for the last time?
Correct answer(s):
- 1846
Which of these is known as the “Gateway to the West”?
Correct answer(s):
- Gateway Arch
Through which national park does the Continental Divide not pass?
Correct answer(s):
- Yosemite
What is the capital of Illinois?
Correct answer(s):
- Springfield
Which war interrupted construction of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.?
Correct answer(s):
- American Civil War
In which American organization did female pilots serve during World War II?
Correct answer(s):
- WASP
In the U.S. presidential election 1968, which Democratic candidate did Richard Nixon defeat?
Correct answer(s):
- Hubert Humphrey
Who was the first African American actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?
Correct answer(s):
- Sidney Poitier
Which American historian has two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, and two Francis Parkman Prizes?
Correct answer(s):
- David McCullough
Liberia’s capital city was named after which U.S. President?
Correct answer(s):
- James Monroe
Which Founding Father invented bifocal glasses?
Correct answer(s):
- Benjamin Franklin
What is a nickname for people from Maine?
Correct answer(s):
- Down-Easters
Which major retailer was founded by Sam Walton in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962?
Correct answer(s):
- Walmart
Which Teton Dakota Indian chief participated in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show?
Correct answer(s):
- Sitting Bull
Which U.S. president was the first to appear on television?
Correct answer(s):
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
In what year was the Social Security Act enacted in the United States?
Correct answer(s):
- 1935