WORLD HISTORY
U.S. STATES
PIRATES
ODDS & ENDS
Questions by
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100

In 1963 this former British P.M. became an honorary citizen of the U.S. by an act of Congress

Winston Churchill

100

The world's most powerful solar telescope is near Tucson in this state

Arizona

100

Although most of these featured a skull & crossbones, some had flaming swords or hourglasses

pirate flags (or the jolly roger)

100

Brevard, Broward & Okeechobee are counties in this state

Florida

100

My birthday was this day this week 

Monday the 30th 

200

He was the first president of Gran Colombia; after all , he helped liberate it

Simón Bolívar

200

An 1867 flood in this state allowed a steamboat to travel down Chattanooga's Main Street

Tennessee

200

Several pirates of the Indian Ocean, including William Kidd, used this large island off the African coast as a haven

Madagascar

200

The Hope Diamond is on display at the National Museum of Natural History, part of this institution

the Smithsonian

200

Can you make a U-turn in Pennsylvania 

No, its ilegal 

300

This French king was condemned in mid-January 1793 & was executed January 21

Louis XVI

300

In 1992 most of this state's permanent residents got $915.84 from its oil revenues

Alaska

300

One of the many weapons used by pirates was this short, slightly curved sword with a single cutting edge

the cutlass

300

It's the form of transportation on which Iowa legalized gambling in 1991

riverboats

300
How many days are there in April 

30

400

On June 16, 1963 she blasted into orbit, joining Valery Bykovsky who had been launched 2 days earlier

(Valentina) Tereshkova

400

This state has a Lake Sidney Lanier about 25 miles north of Stone Mountain

Georgia

400

It's the term pirates used for the land along the Caribbean coast of South America

the Spanish Main

400

Romany is the native tongue of this "wandering" people

the Gypsies

400

True or False: Sheila Hooks' birthday is tomorrow, the third 

true, wish her a happy birthday 

500

Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by Germany as a result of this 1870-71 war

the Franco-Prussian War

500

In 1777 New Connecticut changed its name to this, the name the state's still known by

Vermont

500

These Mediterranean pirates were based in Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli

the Barbary pirates

500

Giorgio Vasari designed what is now this famous Florentine museum around 1560

the Uffizi

500

What was used today to decorate the oyster shells at today's craft 

Napkins with nice patterns 

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