AMERICAN HISTORY
This document begins with the words, “We the People.”
Answer: What is the U.S. Constitution?
In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy follows this road toward the Emerald City.
Answer: What is the Yellow Brick Road?
This river forms much of the border between Texas and Mexico.
Answer: What is the Rio Grande?
Elvis Presley sang about checking into this lonely place where brokenhearted lovers go.
Answer: What is Heartbreak Hotel?
Sheriff Andy Taylor kept the peace in this fictional North Carolina town.
Answer: What is Mayberry?
This purchase from France in 1803 nearly doubled the size of the United States.
Answer: What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Robert Redford and Paul Newman played Depression-era con men in this 1973 Best Picture winner.
Answer: What is The Sting?
Of the five Great Lakes, this is the only one located entirely within the United States.
Answer: What is Lake Michigan?
The Temptations sang, “I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day” in this hit.
Answer: What is My Girl?
On I Love Lucy, Ricky Ricardo was the bandleader at this nightclub.
Answer: What is the Tropicana?
Before becoming president, this man served as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II.
Answer: Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This actor uttered the famous line “You can’t handle the truth!” in A Few Good Men.
Answer: Who is Jack Nicholson?
Sacramento is the capital of this state.
Answer: What is California?
Dolly Parton’s plea to a beautiful redhead became this 1973 country classic.
Answer: What is Jolene?
This actor played Marshal Matt Dillon throughout the television run of Gunsmoke.
Answer: Who is James Arness?
This 1848 discovery at Sutter’s Mill caused thousands to head west.
Answer: What is gold?
In Jaws, Police Chief Martin Brody is protecting this fictional island community.
Answer: What is Amity Island?
This state is home to Mount Rushmore.
Answer: What is South Dakota?
The opening line “Hello darkness, my old friend” belongs to this Simon & Garfunkel song.
Answer: What is The Sound of Silence?
On The Golden Girls, this character was known for her long, outrageous stories about Sicily.
Answer: Who is Sophia Petrillo?
This president was in office when Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th states.
Answer: Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Sidney Poitier won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in this 1963 film.
Answer: What is Lilies of the Field?
Four states meet at the appropriately named Four Corners. Arizona, New Mexico and Utah are three; this is the fourth.
Answer: What is Colorado?
This singer recorded both “Mack the Knife” and “Beyond the Sea.”
Answer: Who is Bobby Darin?
Before The Carol Burnett Show, Carol Burnett became a Broadway star playing Princess Winnifred in this musical.
Answer: What is Once Upon a Mattress?