Presidents
After which president was a stuffed animal named?
Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt
What is the name of the famous ship that sailed to America in 1620?
The Mayflower
What is the state flower of Texas?
The bluebonnet!
What is the unofficial national drink of America?
HINT: 1773
Coffee! Americans drank coffee to protest Britain's unjust tax on tea (Boston Tea Party Dec 16th 1773), and Americans now consume approximately 400 million cups of coffee daily.
How many stripes are on the American flag and what do they represent?
13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies.
Which U.S. president was first a Hollywood actor?
Ronald Reagan
What famous deist, inspired by John Locke, wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What is the state bird of Texas?
Mockingbird
Who invented the first American automobile and reinvented manufacturing by introducing the assembly line?
Henry Ford, "The Model T Ford"
What is the #1 export of the State of Texas?
Cotton (yes, still).
Which U.S. President purchased the Louisiana Territory in 1803 from France?
Thomas Jefferson
Before the Battle of Lexington and Concord, who took a midnight run to warn the militia of the approaching British forces?
Hint: lamps & lighthouses
Paul Revere
What are the six flags over Texas?
Spain, France, Mexico, The Republic of Texas, Confederate States of America, & United States of America.
What copper monument was a gift from France to the United States?
Texas is the only state allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag on a flagpole. Why?
Texas is the only state in the union that was once its own country.
The Republic of Texas 1836-1845
Who was the only U.S. President to serve more than two terms?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay.
What Texas historical figure had a knife named after him, and WHY is he famous?
James "Jim" Bowie - famous for his heroic death at the Alamo - fought using a single long knife while already dying and bedridden with tuberculosis.
Which famous American author wrote "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"?
Hint: This person also despised Jane Austen
Mark Twain
Name the 4 U.S. Presidents who were assassinated while holding office.
Abraham Lincoln (1865), James Garfield (1881), William McKinley (1901), John F. Kennedy (1963).
Under which president was ice cream first served in the White House?
James Madison. His wife, Dolley Madison, served oyster ice cream.
What agreement was signed in 1620 by 41 men (aboard a ship carrying religious "dissenters" from England to America) before disembarking for the Plymouth Colony?
This document outlines religious liberty and an explicitly Christian approach to government.
The Mayflower Compact
When (year/month/day) did Texas declare independence?
From Mexico: March 2nd 1836
From the U.S.: Feb 1st 1861
(Either answer is correct)
What is the highest grossing film in American history?
Gone With the Wind
What two musical instruments were used by defenders of the Alamo?
Fiddle/violin & bagpipe
Played by Davy Crockett & John MacGregor