US History
New Jersey
Elvis
Science Terms
TV Jingles
100
President Thomas Jefferson purchased this from France in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Territory?
100
This former president was the first to be from New Jersey.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
100
A former carnival barker, he was Elvis’ controversial manager.
Who was Colonel Tom Parker?
100
The action of dividing or splitting something into two or more parts; it is the driving force behind the original nuclear bombs.
What is fission?
100
"Five... five dollar... five dollar foot looooong!"
What is Subway?
200
The year the US Constitution was written.
What is 1787?
200
Inventor Thomas Edison’s early light bulbs, phonographs, and laboratory equipment are on display at this museum, in the town where Edison worked.
What is the Menlo Park Museum?
200
In 1958, assigned to the Second Armored Division, he attended basic training here.
Where is Fort Hood, Texas?
200
In the field of psychology, this is the perception of contradictory information, and the mental toll of it. (ex: Many people smoke even though they know it is harmful to their health)
What is cognitive dissonance?
200
"Give me a break, give me a break, break me off a piece of that...."
What is Kit Kat bar?
300
The location where Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War
What is Appomattox?
300
The state bird
What is the eastern goldfinch?
300
In 2006, he became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Graceland, when he traveled there with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, a die-hard Elvis fan.
Who is George W. Bush?
300
The difference in the elapsed time as measured by two clocks. It is either due to a relative velocity between them or to a difference in gravitational potential between their locations.
What is time dilation?
300
"They're magically delicious!"
What are Lucky Charms?
400
The first Treasurer of the United States, who was killed in a duel by the Vice President of the United States, Aaron Burr.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
400
The state flower
What is the violet?
400
Before graduating from this high school in 1953, Elvis failed a music class and was considered a quiet outsider by his teachers and classmates.
What is Humes High School?
400
A chemical substance produced and released into the environment by an animal, especially a mammal or an insect, affecting the behavior or physiology of others of its species.
What is a pheromone?
400
"Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is!"
What is Alka Seltzer?
500
Although a very weak document that limited the power of the Congress by giving states the final authority over all decisions, this was the first US Constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
500
Around 1524, this Italian explorer became the first European to arrive in the region.
Who is Giovanni da Verrazzano?
500
The name of Elvis' twin, who was unfortunately stillborn 35 minutes after Elvis.
What is Jesse?
500
An interval of time approximately 538.8 million years ago when practically all major animal phyla started appearing in the fossil record.
What is the Cambrian Explosion?
500
"Eight Hundred Five Eight Eight Two Three Hundred...."
What is Empire?