Facts and Numbers
Can you remember this:
How tall is the Statue or Liberty (including pedestal)?
301 or 305 feet tall (according to 2 different sources).
Just the statue without the pedestal is about half of that.
What famous architect helped to build the Statue of Liberty?
Alexander Eiffel
How many stars and stripes are in American flag?
What do they represent?
50 stars - for each state
13 stripes - 13 original colonies
American national anthem was written by Francis Scot Key. In the words of the anthem 2 times of the day are mentioned (and 2 sun / light conditions). What are they?
Dawn and Twilight
By the dawn's early light..
.. at the twilight's last gleaming
What part was of the statue was built first?
225 tons
The hand with the torch (right hand)
What are the first 5 words of the American National Anthem (also known as Star-Spangled Banner)?
O say can you see..
When did they begin to build the Statue of Liberty?
When did they finish building it?
1876
1886
This is random vocabulary question again:
SEPARATE could be 2 different parts of speech.
Which ones? Can you give example of 2 sentences with different part of speech? What happens to stress in this word?
SE-pa-rate - ADJ (not joined, not connected)
Se-pa-RATE - VERB (to stop from being connected)
We have separate bank accounts. (Adj)
We need to separate the facts from opinions. (Verb)
What is the opposite of "INALIENABLE"?
What part of speech is it?
Example of opposites: long - short, easy - difficult.
Bonus question: What document mentions "inalienable rights"?
separate
They are both adjectives
Declaration of Independence
There were 5 people who served on the Committee that wrote the Declaration of Independence. 3 of them were later U.S. Presidents.
Can you name 3+ members of the committee?
Bonus question: What year was the Declaration written?
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Roger Sherman
Robert Livingston