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100

"Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others."

Booker T. Washington

100

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

The White House

100

How many senators are there for each state?

2

100

Who wrote the National Anthem?

Francis Scott Key

100

She founded the American Red Cross

Clara Burton

200

"He who would thrive must rise at five."

Benjamin Franklin

200

The Home of Thomas Jefferson

Monticello

200

Name of either of Florida's U.S. senators

Rick Scott or Marco Rubio
200

The National Anthem was written during what war?

The War of 1812.

200

What first happened in 1492?

Columbus discovered the Americas

300

He said, "Treat the Lord Jesus Christ as a personal friend.  His is not a creed, a mere doctrine, but it is He Himself that we have."

DL Moody

300

The home of George Washington which is on the Potomac River

Mount Vernon

300

How many justices are on the United States Supreme Court?

9

300
He invented the Cotton Gin

Eli Whitney

300

Which set of brothers were first in flight?

The Wright Brothers

400

He said, "that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth"

Abraham Lincoln

400

In which state do we find Mount Rushmore?

South Dakota

400

Who is the head of the Executive Branch?

The President

400

He is often mistakenly given credit for inventing peanut butter.

George Washington Carver

400
He said, "that the rights of the public to the natural resources outweigh private rights, and must be given FIRST consideration."

Teddy Roosevelt

500

He said, "I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting system, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in."

George Washington Carver

500

Who are the four presidents carved into Mount Rushmore?

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and T. Roosevelt

500

What are the three branches of the federal government?

executive, legislative and judicial

500
The number of words in the Gettysburg Address

272

500

The Panama Canal was first opened in this year

1914

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