Memorial Day
Memorial Day 2
1700s and 1800s
1900s
2000s
100

What day is Memorial Day typically observed on?

What is Monday? (Also it's the last one of the month.)

100

Name one food someone might have at a Memorial day Cookout.

Hot dogs, Hamburgers, Watermelon, Beans, Etc.

100

What is the name of the purchase Jefferson made in 1803 that doubled the size of the U.S.?

What is the Louisiana Purchase?

100

What is the event that caused the U.S.A. to join WWII?

What is the Attack on Pearl Harbor?

100
He was elected as the US's first black President

Who is Barack Obama?

200

What flower is typically placed on graves, and is a symbol of Memorial Day.

What is a poppy?

200

What positions are flags typically lowered to on Memorial day?

What is Half-Staff/Half-Mass?

200

What popular Revolutionary war song includes the line "stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni"

What is Yankee Doodle?

200

What American singer is called the "King of Rock and Roll", and creted songs like "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock"

Who is Elvis Presley?

200

This social media platform started out as a dating website.

What is YouTube?

300

This famous cemetery is located in Virginia and is the burial place of JFK?

What is Arlington Cemetery?

300

Why is Memorial Day different then Veterans Day?

Memorial Day is for soldiers who died in battle, Veterans Day is for everybody in the military.

300

What are the first names of Lewis and Clark?

Who is Meriwether (Lewis) and William (Clark)?

300

Known as the GOAT of Boxing, born as Cassius Clay.

Who Is Muhammad Ali?

300

This city was attacked on 9/11

What is  D.C. or New York City?

400

Which war did Memorial Day start after?

What is the Civil War?

400

This President OFFICIALLY recognized Memorial Day as a Federal Holiday. Hint: it was 1966.

Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?

400

What is the Proclamation Abraham Lincoln wrote to declare all slaves in Confederate held territory to be free.

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

400

Name one ally to the U.S. in World War 2.

What is The U.K., The Soviet Union, China, and France?

400

This 2009 film is the highest grossing film until overtaken by "Avengers: Endgame".

What is "Avatar"?

500

What time are Americans encouraged to take a moment of silence?

What is 3:00 Pm?

500

This was the original name of Memorial Day.

What is Decoration Day?

500

What is the name of the treaty that ended the Revolutionary war?

What is the Treaty of Paris?

500

Name all three people on the Apollo 11 mission. (Was the mission that first landed a person on the moon)

Who is Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins?

500

How many U.S. Presidents have served for at least one year in the 2000s?

What is 5?

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