FOUNDING DADS
MILITARY RANKS
FIREWORK FACTS
BBQ & A
FEMALES OF FREEDOM
100

THIS FOUNDING AND FIRST FATHER HAD NO BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN, BUT DID HAVE TWO STEP CHILDREN.

WHO IS GEORGE WASHINGTON

100

THIS IS THE FIRST ENLISTED RANK IN MOST US MILITARY BRANCHES

WHAT IS PRIVATE?

100

THIS COUNTRY IS FAMOUSLY CREDITED FOR CREATING FIREWORKS

WHAT IS CHINA

100

ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE UNEARTHED A 29,000 BC ROASTING PIT WITH RIB BONES. RIB BONES FROM THIS FURRY FROZEN ANIMAL. AN ANIMAL THAT WAS ALSO THE FLINSTONE'S SHOWER, VACUUM, AND SOMETIME ADVENTURE SIDE KICK

WHAT IS A MAMMOTH

100

ALTHOUGH NO ONE IS SURE IF SHE ACTUALLY MADE THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG, SHE WAS A REAL PHILADELPHIA UPHOLSTERER WHO MADE FLAGS FOR THE UNITED STATES 

WHO IS BETSY ROSS

200

THIS FOUNDING FATHER HAD 2 DAUGHTERS, 5 SONS, AND 1 VERY POPULAR MUSICAL NAMED AFTER HIM

WHO IS ALEXANDER HAMILTON

200

THIS RANK IS COMMONLY CALLED "THE HIGHEST ENLISTED RANK" AND IS OFTEN A LEADER AND MENTOR TO OTHER SERVICE MEMBERS

WHAT IS SERGEANT MAJOR (OR MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER FOR YOU NAVY FOLKS!)

200

THESE HANDHELD FOURTH OF JULY FAVORITES CAN BURN AT TEMPERATURES EXCEEDING 1200F 

WHAT ARE SPARKLERS

200

THIS RESTAURANT FAMOUS FOR SERVING BILLIONS OF BURGERS STARTED AS A DRIVE IN BBQ JOINT IN MAY OF 1940

WHAT IS MCDONALDS

200

THIS FAMOUS FEMALE ESCAPED SLAVERY TO BECOME THE CONDUCTOR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD RISKING HER LIFE TO BRING MANY SLAVES TO FREEDOM

WHO IS HARRIET TUBMAN

300

THIS FOUNDING FATHER WHOSE FACE IS ON THE NICKEL HAD AT LEAST TEN CHILDREN!

WHO IS THOMAS JEFFERSON?

300

PEOPLE WITH THIS RANK ARE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS "L" "T"

WHAT IS LEIUTENANT

300

CHINESE WARRIORS WOULD ATTACH BAMBOO SPARKLERS TO THIS WEAPON TO SCARE OFF ENEMIES

WHAT ARE ARROWS

300

IN THE US, THIS DAY IS THE DAY MORE AMERICANS FIRE UP THEIR GRILLS THAN ANY OTHER DAY

WHAT IS THE FOURTH OF JULY

300

*DAILY DOUBLE (2X POINTS)*

OFTEN CALLED THE "FEMALE PAUL REVERE" THIS SIXTEEN YEAR OLD RODE 40 MILES THROUGH THE NIGHT IN APRIL 1777, TWICE THE DISTANCE OF REVERE, TO ALERT COLONIAL MILITIA FORCES OF IMMINENT BRITISH ATTACK

WHO IS SYBIL LUDINGTON

400

THIS FOUNDING FATHER AND SECOND EVER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAD FIVE CHILDREN

WHO IS JOHN ADAMS?

400

THIS RANK WEARS ONE SILVER EAGLE AS ITS INSIGNIA

WHAT IS COLONEL

400

CHINA MAY HAVE INVENTED THE FIREWORK BUT THIS COUNTRY SAW EVEN MORE PASTA-BILITIES AND GAVE US THE AERIAL FIREWORK

WHAT IS ITALY

400

THIS TYPE OF FUEL IS THE MOST POPULAR GRILL FUEL USED IN THE US

WHAT IS PROPANE

400

A PIONEER CRUSADER FOR WOMANS SUFFRAGE WHO WAS ARRESTED FOR VOTING ILLEGALLY IN 1872 AND WAS LATER IMMORTALIZED ON A ONE DOLLAR COIN

WHO IS SUSAN B ANTHONY

500

THIS FOUNDING FATHER WHO THE CAPITAL OF WISCONSIN IS NAMED AFTER, HAD NO KIDS. PROBABLY BECAUSE HE WAS BUSY BECOMING THE COUNTRY'S FOURTH PRESIDENT

WHO IS JAMES MADISON

500

THIS FOUR STAR RANK, NORMALLY HELD IN THE US ARMY, IS THE HIGHEST RANK DURING PEACETIME

WHAT IS GENERAL

500

*DAILY DOUBLE (2X THE POINTS)* 

THIS LITTLE RAVEN HAIRED FIRECRACKER IS ALSO LAKEHOUSE'S ACTIVITY COORDINATER

WHO IS BOBBIE

500

FOR CHARCOAL GRILLING, THIS METHOD IS THE SAFEST AND EASIEST WAY TO START YOUR FIRE. IT'S ALSO HOW SANTA PREFERS TO GET INTO YOUR HOUSE

WHAT IS THE CHIMNEY METHOD

500

THE FIRST EVER FIRST LADY DIDN'T JUST SIT HOME DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, SHE SPENT MUCH OF THE EIGHT AND A HALF YEAR CONFLICT ON THE FRONT LINES SIDE BY SIDE WITH HER HUSBAND

WHO IS MARTHA WASHINGTON

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