America at War
Presidential Before and After
Also an American River
State Flag Bits
American Runners Up
America in Film
America in Song
100
The state in which the first atom bomb was developed and tested.
What is New Mexico?
100
The $20 centerpiece & one of America's first "boy bands(?)"
What is Andrew Jackson Five?
100
This item is in the mouth of an eagle on the Mexican flag.
What is Snake?
100
This is the only U.S. state to have hosted both the summer (1984) and winter (1960) Olympics.
What is California?
100
Second only to New York in population, this sprawling metropolis features in many Hollywood pictures.
What is Los Angeles?
100
This animated film from Don Bluth Entertainment follows an immigrant family from the Soviet Union.
What is "An American Tail?"
100
Don McLean wrote this song to commemorate "The day the music died."
What is "American Pie?"
200
This U.S. military decoration, instituted by George Washington, is often awarded to those wounded or killed in action.
What is the purple heart?
200
The president born in Hodgenville KY & the toy that reminds us of this same president's childhood lodging.
What is Abraham Lincoln Logs?
200
The last name of celebrities Jennifer, Kate, and Rock.
What is Hudson?
200
This state was the first to grant women the right to vote (1869), and the first to have a female governor (1925).
What is Wyoming?
200
By some measurements, America's two longest rivers only differ in length by 1 mile, but consensus is that this is the shorter river of the two.
What is the Mississippi River?
200
This film with the tagline "Where were you in '62?" features an early performance from Harrison Ford.
What is "American Graffiti?"
200
This Bruce Springsteen song describes a Vietnam veteran who struggles to adapt to life after combat.
What is "Born in the USA?"
300
The first battle of the American Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
300
The first vice president to inherit the presidency following the death of the elected president & the creator of the outspoken, gun-toting grandmother Madea.
What is John Tyler Perry?
300
This NASA vehicle operated from 1981 to 2003 and was named after the first U.S. Navy ship to circumnavigate the globe.
What is Columbia?
300
Seven U.S. Presidents were born in this state.
What is Ohio?
300
This state capital is the 2nd highest in elevation, second only to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
What is Cheyenne, Wyoming?
300
In an iconic scene from this horror movie, the character Patrick Bateman dances with an axe to the song "Hip to be Square."
What is "American Psycho?"
300
Miley Cyrus shows up to LAX with just a "dream and a cardigan" in this hit.
What is "Party in the U.S.A.?"
400
This British general surrendered to Washington at Yorktown, ending the Revolutionary war.
Who is General Cornwallis?
400
The president who was one vote away from being removed from office through impeachment & the healthcare giant that has produced over 100 billion bandaids to date.
What is Andrew Johnson & Johnson?
400
This 1950 American romantic Western directed by John Ford featured the first of many collaborations between John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara.
What is Rio Grande?
400
This state updated its flag in 2024 (a few months after Utah updated its flag) and is the birthplace of many famous singers including Bob Dylan, Judy Garland, and Prince.
What is Minnesota?
400
This Colorado mountain is the 2nd tallest in the lower 48, but is the 14th tallest in the US.
What is Mount Elbert?
400
In this film a struggling novelist adapts the persona of a former convict to boost the sale of his new book "F**k."
What is "American Fiction?"
400
This Childish Gambino song hit number one in 2018, aided by a controversial and violent music video. It later won "Song of the Year" at the Grammys.
What is "This is America?"
500
Known for dystopian fiction, this British writer was the person who coined the term "Cold War" to describe the tension between the United States and the USSR.
Who is George Orwell?
500
The last Whig president in U.S. history & the city (with state) that served as the capital of its territory from 1851 to 1855, after which the capital was moved to its current lake-side location.
What is Millard Fillmore Utah?
500
Miriam-Webster describes this word as a feeling of "disquietude or distress caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure."
What is chagrin?
500
You can find the "golf capital of the world" in this U.S. state.
What is South Carolina?
500
Mammoth Cave in Kentucky is the longest cave system in the United States, but this state hosts Jewel Cave, the second longest.
What is South Dakota?
500
This film ends with a seventeen minute, dialogue-free dance sequence.
What is "An American in Paris?"
500
This Green Day album includes hits such as "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and later inspired the name of a Broadway musical.
What is "American Idiot?"