AMERICA AT 250
When is 1776?
Established in 1872 in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, it is recognized as the world’s first national Park.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
People dialed on this before push‑button phones became common.
What is a rotary phone?
This state was the last of the original 13 states to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
What is Rhode Island?
This city is the capital of the United States.
What is Washington, D.C.?
This is the number of stripes the American flag has.
What is 13 (7 red, 6 white)?
This US National Park features the lowest point of all the parks, at 282 feet below sea level.
What is Death Valley National Park?
Families used to gather around this device before televisions became common.
What is the radio?
This state became the 50th state in 1959.
What is Hawaii?
What is 50?
Name the original 13 colonies.
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
This US National Park is the most regularly visited of all the parks.
What is Great Smokey Mountains National Park?
Movie fans could watch movies outdoors at this nostalgic date spot.
What is a drive-in movie theatre?
This state has produced 8 US Presidents, the most of any state, earning it the nickname "Mother of Presidents"
What is Viriginia?
The United States borders these three oceans.
What are Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Oceans?
This is the official name for the 250th anniversary of the United States, which the nation is celebrating in 2026.
What is the Semiquincentennial?
The River of Grass is a common nickname for this Florida national park?
This person used to leave glass bottles on family doorsteps each morning.
This state features the longest known cave system in the world.
What is Kentucky? (Over 400 mapped miles)
You can stand in four states at once, where these four meet.
What are Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado.
Name the two people who were not US Presidents and are on US currency.
Alexander Hamilton ($10)
Benjamin Franklin ($100)
Located in Alaska, this massive park is the largest in the National Park System, making it larger than Switzerland.
What is Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve?
Before digital watches, you used to have to do this daily.
This state features the geographic-center of the United States of America.
What is South Dakota (Belle Fourche)?
This US state is geographically closest to the continent of Africa.
What is Maine?