Which state is America's flattest, with a difference of only 345 feet between its highest and lowest points?
What is
Florida
100
What was the name of the world's first man-made satellite launched by the USSR in 1957?
What is Sputnik
100
Near which town were there reports of a space ship landing on the 4th of July in 1947?
What is
Roswell, New Mexico
100
Which presidential couple were implicated in the Whitewater affair?
What is
The Clintons
200
Who was the first President of the United States.
George Washington
200
Which state is the most thickly forested, with 89.8 percent of its land area classified as wooded by the U.S. Forest Service?
What is
Maine
200
What was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims traveled to North America in 1620?
What is
The Mayflower
200
Which state is Mount Rushmore located in?
What is
South Dakota
200
Who did James Early Ray assassinate in Memphis in April 1968?
What is
Martin Luther King Jr.
200
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"?
What is
Gen. Winfield Scott
200
In which natural valley is San Jose?
What is
Santa Clara
200
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from which country?
What is
France
200
Which city was the first nuclear reactor built, by Enrico Fermi?
What is
Chicago
200
Who was the first African American to win the Nobel peace prize?
What is
Ralph Bunche
300
Which two signers of the Declaration of Independence went on to serve as president of the United States?
What is
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
300
On which river is the USA's highest concrete dam?
What is
Colorado River
300
What took place on Griffin's Wharf in America in 1773?
What is
The Boston Tea Party
300
Which city is the headquarters of Chrysler and General Motors located in?
What is
Detroit
300
Who's last words were,"Now it's on to Chicago, and let's win there"?
What is
Bobby Kennedy
300
Who in 1963 murdered Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin (according to official accounts) of US President John F Kennedy?
What is
Jack Ruby
300
The Black Hills lie between which two rivers?
What is
Belle Fourche an Cheyenne
300
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?
What is
The sinking of the Titanic (1912)
300
Which city was the USA's first World Fair?
What is
Chicago (1893)
300
According to the Census Bureau, what are the five most common surnames in the United States