Music
This song, often called America’s unofficial national anthem, includes the line “and the home of the brave.”
What is “The Star-Spangled Banner”?
This baseball legend broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson
This document, adopted July 4, 1776, announced the 13 colonies’ break from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence
This inventor is credited with inventing the light bulb and held over 1,000 U.S. patents.
Who is Thomas Edison
This astronaut was the first person to walk on the moon in 1969.
Who is Neil Armstrong
This patriotic song written by Irving Berlin includes the line “land that I love.”
What is “God Bless America”?
In 1980, this U.S. Olympic hockey team upset the Soviet Union in a game known as the “Miracle on Ice.”
Who is US Men’s Olympic Ice Hockey Team
This Founding Father is known as the “Father of the Constitution” and became the 4th U.S. President.
Who is James Madison?
This automaker introduced the moving assembly line in 1913, revolutionizing manufacturing.
Who is Henry Ford (Ford Motor Company)?
This U.S. president was the first to be featured on television at an event, when he opened the 1939 World’s Fair.
Who is Franklin D Roosevelt
This soul singer performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Super Bowl XXV in 1991, a version still considered one of the greatest ever.
Who is Whitney Houston
This gymnast became the most decorated American gymnast in history, with 4 Olympic gold medals and 7 total Olympic medals across 2012 and 2016.
Who is Simone Biles
This amendment, ratified in 1920, gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment
This entrepreneur founded companies including PayPal, Tesla, and SpaceX, and became the wealthiest person in American history.
Who is Elon Musk
Highest grossing US movie of all time.
The highest-grossing movie of all time at the US domestic box office (unadjusted for inflation) is Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), which brought in a staggering $936,662,225.
This 1984 Bruce Springsteen anthem is often mistaken for a patriotic celebration song, though its lyrics are actually about a struggling Vietnam veteran.
What is Born in the USA
What is the oldest sport in the US?
This civil rights leader delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. AND what month and day is his birthday?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr. and January 15
Name of one five oldest Fortune 500 companies.
The oldest company on the Fortune 500 is the Bank of New York Mellon, tracing its history back to 1784 when it was founded by Alexander Hamilton. Several other 18th-century corporations also make the list, including the Molson Coors Beverage Company (founded in 1774), Cigna (1792), and JPMorgan Chase (1799).
First Indian to win the Pulitzer Prize?
In 1934, scientist Gobind Behari Lal became the first Indian person to win a Pulitzer Prize. He was awarded the prestigious prize in Journalism for Reporting alongside his colleagues, but he is also famously credited as being the very first person to use the appellation “science correspondent” while working for Hearst Newspapers in the 1930s. [1]
This composer wrote “1812 Overture,” a piece (not American in origin) that became a Fourth of July fireworks staple in the U.S. thanks to the Boston Pops.
Who is Tchaikovsky?
What US sports team has won the most championships?
New York Yankees
How many (unique) US Presidents have there been?
What is 45
What is 3 billion phones
This 1876 celebration in Philadelphia marked the nation’s 100th birthday and introduced Americans to inventions like the telephone.
What is the Centennial Exposition