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100

What did American Patriots dump into the Boston Harbor in 1773 to protest British import taxes? 

Tea

100

What is the southernmost state in the United States? 

Hawaii 

100

What river is the setting for the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? 

Mississippi River 

100

What lunar sea did man first walk on? 

The Sea of Tranquility 

100

Who admitted: "I am not the Carter that who'll tell a lie"?

Billy Carter

200

What horse race was first held in 1875 at he Churchill downs racetrack? 

Kentucky Derby 

200

What city is nicknamed "Motor City"?

Detroit 

200

In the United States who lives longer: Men or Women? 

Women 

200

What country was the target of Operation Rolling Thunder? 

North Vietnam 

200

What language did Lee Harvey Oswald study in the Marine Corps? 

Russian 

300

The EPA was founded in 1970 in hopes to leave a decent environment to future generations. What does EPA stand for? 

Environmental Protection Agency 

300

Frankfort is the capital of which state? 

Kentucky 

300

If both the president and vice president were to pass away who would become President of the United States? 

Speaker of the House 

300

How many days after his assassination was John F. Kennedy buried? 

Four

300

What country were letters addressed to "Elvis, U.S. Army" delivered to? 

West Germany // Germany 

400

Why was the legendary gangster, Al Capone, sent to jail: Alcohol smuggling, drug smuggling, kidnapping or tax evasion? 

Tax Evasion 

400

In 1990, what is the second most populated urban area in America? 

Los Angeles 

400

What was John F. Kennedy's wife's maiden name? 

Bouvier 

400

What assassin was apprehended and found to be carrying a selective Selectivve Service card bearing the name A.J. Hidell? 

Lee Harvey Oswald 

400

How many children did John Lennon father? 

Two
500

What was the original cash crop for colonists in Virginia? 

Tobacco 

500

What two lakes meet at the Straits of Mackinac? 

Lake Michigan and Lake Huron 

500
What overtook ketchup as the nation's best-selling condiment in 1991?

Salsa

500

What private construction project, the largest in US history, started on March 9th, 1974?

The Alaska Pipeline 

500

What article of clothing could you buy on March 18, 1966, from Scott Paper for $1.00?

A Dress

600

Who was America's advisory at the Battle of Midway? 

Japan 

600

What is the largest of the islands off the southern coast of Cape Cod? 

Martha's Vinyard 

600

What is John James Audubon best known for painting? 

Birds

600

Who succeeded Dave Beck as president of the Teamsters in 1962?

Jimmy Hoffa 

600
hat was considered the first golden year of roc and roll? 

1956

700

What did the 13th Constitutional Amendment ban? 

Slavery 

700

What desert is located just north of the Sonoran Desert? 

Mojave Desert 

700

During what decade did the Charleston become the dance craze? 

1920's

700

What did senators Wayne Morse and Ernest Gruening declare a "predated declaration of war" and vote against? 

The Tonkin Resolution 

700

What actress did German tycoon Count Gunther Sachs von Opel elope to Las Vegas with on Bastille Day, 1966?

Brigitte Bardot 

800

In the 1830s this popular table condiment was sold as a medicine that could cure ailments like diarrhea, indigestion, and jaundice. The idea was initially proposed by Dr. John Cook Bennett, an American physician, in 1834.

tomato ketchup

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