United States History

History Trivia

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Questions from Corey, Melinda and Ochoa, George. "American History, The New York Public Library Book of Answers", Simon & Schuster, New York. (c)1993.

1. When was the phrase "rub out" first used to mean "kill"?
2. What is the most common initial letter for U.S. states?
note: there are 2!
3. What is the root of the American word "buckaroo"?
4. In what colony did the "Peggy Stewart Tea Party" take place?
Hint: One of the 13 original colonies!
5. Where are the following forts located?
6. Who wrote "The American Crisis"?
7. Who wrote "The Present Crisis"?
8. Who wrote "Six Crises"?
9. What kind of rockets glared redly in "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
10. Did Abraham Lincoln write the Gettysburg Address on the back of an envelope?
11. Where can you find the original copy of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?
12. Whar is the meaning of the letters D or P on American coins?
13. When did the last version of the American Revolution die?
14. To what war did Decoration Day pay homage?
15. How highly ranked was World War II general Douglas Mac-Arthur in his graduating class at West Point?
16. How highly ranked was Civil War officer George Armstrong Custer?
17. What did the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 celebrate?
18. To what fair does the song "Meet Me in St. Louis" refer?
19. In what American cities were the following world's fairs held?
20. Did Sigmund freud ever visit the U.S.?
21. When did the Passanger Pigeon become extinct?
22. What was "The Negro Motorest Green Book"?
23. What is "sittin' in the catbird seat"?
24. What are the middle names of the following Presidents?
25. What was a U-2?
26. How much does a B-2 bomber cost?
27. When was the first Earth Day in the U.S.?
28. When did President Nixon introduce the term "Silent Majority"?
29. What Republican speechwriter described the press as "nattering nabobs of negativism"?
30. Who came up with "pusillanimous pussyfooters"?
31. Who coined the term "POSSLQ"
32. Who coined the term "conspicuous consumption"?
33. Who first used the word "yuppie" in print?
34. What state had produced the most Miss America winners?
(as of 1993)
35. What state has produced the fewest?
Note: there are many
refrase of question: How many, as of 1993, have not produced any winners?
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