What is the latitude of the DMZ separating the North from the South in Korea?
38th Parallel
100
How many names does a successful assassin have
3
200
What was the type of music instigated in the Harlem Renaissance
Jazz
200
What is the name for the girls who were the “rebels” in the 1920s?
Flappers
200
What did John Wilkes Booth shout as he shot Lincoln?
“Sic Semper Tyrannis” (death to tyrants also acceptable)
200
The fall of what city lead to the Vietnam War?
Dien Bien Phu
200
Communism is represented by Mr. Carlson’s least favorite color, which is?
Red
300
What type of dance became more popular in the 1920s
Swing
300
What was the name of the drought during the Great Depression?
The Dust Bowl
300
Who said “Give me liberty or give me death.”?
Patrick Henry
300
What were the two most significant police action conflicts the Americans were involved in in the Korean War?
Inchon landing and Pusan perimeter.
300
What country was the guy with a name from who changed the end result of the 1972 Olympics mens basketball game to save himself from exile?
The Soviet Union
400
What artist got out of military service due to perforated eardrum?
Frank Sinatra
400
Name the last person in the U.S. election for President that won more popular votes but still lost the election
Al Gore
400
Before being hanged by British in 1776, Nathan Hale said; “I only regret that I have but ___ ____ to _____ for my _______.” (fill in the blanks)
one, life, lose, country.
400
New in 1945, The Korean War was the first Police Action voted to be taken by what group?
The UN
400
Who was the Frenchman who came over to help the Americans during the Revolutionary war?
Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette (Lafayette acceptable answer too, if you get the whole answer, you get 20 extra points for awesomeness)
500
What country band was shunned for being anti Vietnam War?
The Dixie Chicks
500
What did the 23rd Amendment do?
Gave the District of Columbia 3 votes in the electoral college.
500
Before he was assassinated in 1935, he said “I'm for the poor man — all poor men, black and white, they all gotta have a chance. They gotta have a home, a job, and a decent education for their children. 'Every man a king' — that's my slogan."?
Huey Long
500
In what years were the Americans involved in the Vietnam war?