Manifest this Destiny
Baseball Huh?
Great American Quotes
America's Twinsies
Great American Cuisine
100

(True or Falso) Manifest destiny is the belief that the US had the divine right to expand westword.

What is True?

100

This sport was invented in the 1950s when Californian surf boarders wanted to keep shredding when waves were flat.

What is skateboarding?

100
"Give me liberty, or ______"

-Patrick Henry

What is "give me death"?

100

This invention came way by Benjamin Franklin so that wearers could see both distant and up-close objects.

What are the bifocals?

100

In the post WW2 era, these type of meals were popularized following the freezing innovations of the day.

What are TV-Dinners?

200

It was this famous purchase that start the western expansion of the United States in 1803.

What is the Louisiana Purchase?

200

This sporting event has the record for the second most viewed moment in American TV history, overshadowed only by the moon landing.

What is the Super Bowl? 

(2026 Super Bowl viewing peaked at 138 million whereas the moon landing has the most with about 150 million IN 1969!)

200

"The _______ stops here"

-Harry Truman

What is "Buck"?

200

By the late 1770s, these inventions brought a boost to factory production where they replaced water wheels by utilizing fuel to boil water.

What are steam engines?

200

America is known for being a melting pot of the world. This cuisine is most well known in the Lone Star State as a mix of foods local and south of the border.

What is Tex-Mex?

300

It is in this city where the gateway to the west is located.

What is Saint Louis?

300

Some credit the Manhattan-based Knickerbocker Club in 1845 with formalizing the first set of rules that gave way to this national pastime.

What is Baseball?

300

"I say to you today, my friends, that even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, ________."

-MLK 

What is "I still have a dream"?

300

This Italian scientist developed the molecular theory that: equal volumes of all gases, at the same temperature and pressure, contain the exact same number of molecules.

Who is Amedeo Avogadro?

300

This condiment classic was created by a plumber of all people with the major ingredients of a creamy base and some seasoning.

What is ranch?

400

During World War 2, this western US state played a key role.

What is California? 

(Hawaii and Alaska weren't admitted as US states until 1959)

(California generated 17% of national wartime production)

400

This west coast powerhouse has the most multi sports college championships (139) with an impressive 50 year streak.

What is Stanford?

(UCLA 127 and USC 116)

400

"The time is always right to do _________________." – Martin Luther King

What is "What is right"?


400

The Montgolfier brothers in France successfully demonstrated the first un-tethered version of this type of travel.

What are air balloons?

400

An essential component of American breakfasts, this item originally came to America from Scotland as a grain primarily used to feed horses.

What is Oatmeal?

500

Give or take 5 years, it was this date when Lewis and Clark reached the Pacific Ocean.

What is 1805?

500

This state is credited with the creation of both Volleyball and Basketball with the primary function to keep kids active during the winter.

What is Massachusetts?

500

"Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not _________." 

-Abrahunk Lincoln

What is "perish from the earth"?
500

David Bushnell utilized this vehicle of war for the first time during the American Revolutionary War much earlier than its more popularized versions today.

What is the Submarine?

(It was a hand-cranked, egg-shaped vessel )

500
America has had its many iterations of pizza, but this style is known for preparing it in reverse by spreading the cheese and then sauce.

What is Detroit style?

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