America OG
This year marks the signing of the Declaration of Independence
What is 1776
People once traveled mostly by this animal before cars existed
What is a horse
This flightless bird became extinct in the 1600s and symbolizes extinction
What is the Dodo
The U.S. celebrates its birthday on this holiday.
What is the Fourth of July
TRUE OR FALSE
George Washington had wooden teeth
FALSE
His teeth were made from several materials, ivory human teeth, and even metal
What are the Original Thirteen Colonies
Before cell phones, families often had just one of these attached to the wall.
What is a telephone
This North American bird once numbered in the billions before becoming extinct in 1914
What is the Passenger Pigeon
What is the Constitution
TRUE OR FALSE
The Liberty Bell Cracked on July 4th, 1776
FALSE
It likely cracked years later
This city hosted the signing of the Declaration of Independence
What is Philadelphia
This invention allowed people to watch moving pictures in their homes
What is television
This giant cat once roamed North America during the Ice Age
What is the Saber-Toothed Cat (Smilodon)
This President issues the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is Abraham Lincoln
TRUE OR FALSE
Betsy Ross definitely sewed the first American flag
FALSE
There is no documented evidence
He is often called the "Father of Our Country"
Who is George Washington
Today many people carry one of these ha combines a phone, camera, GPS, and computer.
What is a smartphone
These enormous mammals disappeared thousands of years ago after the Ice Age
What are the Wooly Mammoths
This event in 1969 fulfilled President Kennedy's goal of landing Humans on the Moon
What is Apollo 11
TRUE OR FALSE
Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be America's National Bird
FALSE
There is no historical evidence to proof this right or wrong
This famous midnight rider warned that the British were coming
BONUS: What did he say?
Who is Paul Revere
BONUS (Answer with any of this and get 250pts)
Myth: "The British are coming!" OR "The Red Coats are Coming!"
Since most people still considered themselves British, and Paul needed to be quiet, he never shouted this.
Fact: He did shout, The Regulars are coming!"
This network allows billions of people to instantly communicate around the world
BONUS
What was the Major Event of 1999?
What is the internet
BONUS (Answered any of these and get 250 pts)
Global Anxiety over the Y2K Bug in computer 2 digit software flaw
Woodstock 1999 in Rome New York
President Bill Clinton Impeachment Trial
NATO Bombing campaign in Yugoslavia
This bird nearly became extinct due to the pesticide DDT but has made an impressive comeback and became America's national bird in 2024
BONUS
Name the previous national bird
What is the Bald Eagle
BONUS
We didn't have one. Once it went into law, that the Bad Eagle was the National Bird, in 2024, it became the first of our nationally recognized birds.
These two brothers made the first successful powered airplane flight in 1903
BONUS
Who flew first?
Who are the Wright Brothers?
BONUS
Otto Lilienthal (1891) "Flying Man" thousands of successfully conducted flights in nonpowered gliders.
Sir George Cayley (1853) Essentially Founded Aeronautics
Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier and Francois Laurent d'Arlandes who are both known for flying an unpowered hot-air balloon made by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783 in Paris.
TRUE OR FALSE
The Declaration of Independence was signed by everyone on July 4th, 1776
BONUS
Who signed it
FALSE
July 4th was the adoption fate, most delegates signed the engrossed copy on August 2nd, 1776
BONUS
John Hancock is the first and largest of the famous signatures, he also was the only one that signed on July 4th.
Everyone else below signed on August 2nd: