Presidential Trivia
This president currently holds the record for the longest inaugural speech. He died a month later due to pneumonia developed during the speech due to cold weather.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
This is the Capitol of the United States.
What is Washington D.C. / The District of Columbia?
This holiday, named after a famous civil rights leader, honors the life and legacy of civil rights struggles in the US.
What is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day?
This man created the first telephone in the world, sending the first call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here."
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
The Manhattan Project was the American project that developed this during World War 2.
What is a nuclear bomb?
Every president in history only ran for 2 terms as President except for this man who served for 3 terms and died 24 days into his 4th term.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
This state has the longest coastline of any US state.
What is Alaska?
This holiday recognizes the birth of the United States. Just like the war that followed this date, this holiday is explosive!
What is Independence Day / 4th of July?
On May 10, 1869, the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads joined at Promontory, Utah, to form the first this.
What is transcontinental railroad?
Although sometimes synonymous with peace, the Nobel Prize was created by Alfred Nobel who also invented this destructive weapon.
What is dynamite?
Prior to this President's assassination, the Secret Service was largely only responsible for investigating counterfeit currency, not protecting the President.
Who is William McKinley?
This state was the first state to ratify the US Constitution and is thus deemed the first state to join the Union.
What is Delaware?
The early Puritans that settled the United States actually banned this holiday due to its "pagan" traditions of gift giving and decorating trees.
What is Christmas?
This African American is generally regarded as the first death of the American Revolution when he died in the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
This woman was the first person to be awarded two Nobel prizes in her life for her work in radioactivity.
Who is Marie Curie?
This President was obsessed with pre-historic Mastodons and believed they still existed in the United States, fueling the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The geographic center of the United States (including Hawaii and Alaska) is located in this US state.
What is South Dakota?
There are a total of this many federally recognized holidays.
What is 10?
This University was the first university to be founded in the United States.
What is Harvard?
This man, also known as the "Peanut Man", was an agricultural scientist and was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century.
Who is George Washington Carver?
Cincinnati, Ohio is a reference to which legendary President?
Who is George Washington?
This is the correct order of all 50 US states in alphabetical order.
What is: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Eugene Debs and the AFL-CIO would like to have a word with you for not recognizing this national holiday... unless you're one strike!
What is Labor Day?
This state, while low in population, was the first state in the United States to grant women the right to vote.
What is Wyoming?
Jerry Lawson, an African American man, played a pivotal role in creating the video game industry when he designed this groundbreaking technology in 1976.
What is removable / swappable game cartridges?