Presidents
In which natural valley is San Jose?
Santa Clara
What was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims traveled to North America in 1620?
The Mayflower
Which state is Mount Rushmore located in?
South Dakota
Who did James Early Ray assassinate in Memphis in April 1968?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who became US president after Herbert Hoover?
Franklin D Roosevelt (1933)
Which state is the most thickly forested, with 90% of its land area classified as wooded by the U.S. Forest Service?
Maine
What was the name of the world's first man-made satellite launched by the USSR in 1957?
Sputnik
Near which town were there reports of a space ship landing on the 4th of July in 1947?
Roswell, New Mexico
Which presidential couple were implicated in the Whitewater affair?
The Clintons
Which two signers of the Declaration of Independence went on to serve as president of the United States?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
Which state is America's flattest, with a difference of only 345 feet between its highest and lowest points?
Florida
What took place on Griffin's Wharf in America in 1773?
The Boston Tea Party
Which city is the headquarters of Chrysler and General Motors located in?
Detroit
Who was the first person to break the color barrier in professional sports?
Jackie Robinson
What figure in American history, hero of the Mexican War, and losing candidate for president in 1852, is believed to have inspired the exclamation "Great Scott"?
Gen. Winfield Scott
What is the tallest point in North America?
Denali/Mount McKinley
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from which country?
France
What place in the US is known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes?
Minnesota
Who are the only Americans to have their birthday enshrined as a National Holiday?
George Washington and Martin Luther King
Who in 1963 murdered Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin (according to official accounts) of US President John F Kennedy?
Jack Ruby
On which river is the USA's highest concrete dam?
Colorado River
Marjorie Robb, who died in Boston in 1992 (age 103), Barbara Dainton, Millvina Dean, and Lillian Asplund, achieved notoriety for being among the last living survivors of what?
The sinking of the Titanic (1912)
Which city was the USA's first World Fair?
Chicago (1893)
According to the Census Bureau, what are the five most common surnames in the United States
Smith, Johnson, Williams, Jones and Brown