What is the governmental department charged with the regulation and control of the affairs of a community, now chiefly the department established to maintain order, enforce the law, and prevent and detect crime?
The Police
100
What is Pennsylvania's nickname?
The Keystone State
100
What is a US holiday held on the fourth Thursday in November, commemorating a harvest festival celebrated by the Pilgrims in 1621?
Thanksgiving
100
What is a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union?
Battle of Gettysburg
100
What is the name of Pennsylvania's Current Governor?
Tom Corbett
200
What is a person whose occupation is teaching others, esp children?
Teacher
200
What is Pennsylvania's state animal?
White-Tailed Deer
200
What is a holiday in the United States, traditionally celebrated with fireworks: the day of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776?
4th of July or Independence Day
200
What was the cause setters from Connecticut and PA claiming the same land along the Susquehanna River?
The Pennamite- Yankee War
200
What is the name of the Attorney General? (Hint: Its a woman)
Linda L. Kelly
300
What is a person, especially a physician, dentist, or veterinarian, trained in the healing arts and licensed to practice?
Doctor
300
What is Pennsylvania's state beverage?
Milk
300
What is a day observed as a holiday in various states of the U.S. in honor of the discovery of the New World by Columbus and his landing in the West Indies on October 12, 1492?
Columbus Day
300
What was the site of the first and second Continental Congresses in 1774 and 1775, the latter of which produced the Declaration of Independence, sparking the American Revolution?
Philadelphia
300
What is the first state of the fifty United States to list their web site URL on a license plate?
Pennsylvania
400
What is a person educated and trained to care for the sick or disabled?
Nurse
400
What is Pennsylvania's state flower?
Mountain Laurel
400
What is a legal holiday, commonly the first Monday in September, in honor of labor?
Labor Day
400
What is the chime that changed the world on July 8, 1776, with it's ringing out from the tower of Independence Hall summoning the citizens of Philadelphia to hear the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence by Colonel John Nixon?
The Liberty Bell
400
What is the site of the first presidential mansion?
Philadelphia
500
What is the chief executive of a state in the United States?
Govenor
500
What is Pennsylvania's state motto?
Virtue, Liberty, and Independence
500
What is a day, the last Monday in May, on which those who died in active military service are remembered?
Memorial Day
500
What was a British assault on the eponymous French fort (later the site of Pittsburgh) that was repulsed with heavy losses on 14 September 1758, during the French and Indian War?
Battle of Fort Duquesne
500
What is the name of the bridge in Harrisburg that is the longest stone arch bridge in the world?