Geography
What is the lowest point in the United States?
Death Valley N.P., Badwater Basin (-282 ft)
What is the largest (by area) state in the United States?
Alaska (663,000 sq. mi., or about 8x Idaho!)
How long did George Washington serve as President of the United States?
8 years (1789-1797)
How many US colonies declared their independence from Great Britain?
13
How many branches of the military are operated by the US government?
6 (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, Space Force)
What is the highest mountain in the United States?
Denali (Mt. McKinley), Alaska (20,310 ft)
What is the most populous state in the USA?
California (39 million)
Who was the first president to have a female vice president
Joe Biden
Which war ran from 1861 to 1865 over growing disagreements between the North and the South?
The Civil War
How many countries have a larger population than the United States?
2 (India, China, each 1.4 billion to the US's 340 million)
What is the largest lake in the United States?
Lake Superior
What is the least populous state in the USA?
Wyoming (a measly half million)
Name a person who appears on regular US paper money who was never president.
Alexander Hamilton ($10), Benjamin Franklin ($100)
In 1830, what new form of transportation began operating in the United States?
The railroad
What is the largest employer in the United States?
Walmart (1.6 million US employees)
Which state is the geographic center of entire United States?
South Dakota
What US state in the lower 48 has the most coastline?
Florida
Who was president for the United States' largest geographic expansion?
Thomas Jefferson (the Louisiana Purchase)
What was the name of Abraham Lincoln's speech that both dedicated a cemetery and inspired the US to be a single union?
The Gettysburg Address
How many national parks are in the United States? (Within 10)
63
Which state contains the population distribution center of the United States?
Missouri
Which US state has the highest average altitude?
Colorado (~6,800 feet)
Which President was first to establish a National Park?
Ulysses Grant (Yellowstone, 1872)
In what year was the 50th state added to the United States?
1959 (Hawaii)
How many days did it take record holder Cristoph Strasser to ride a bicycle from coast to coast (~3,000 miles) across the United States?
7 days (15 hours, 56 mins)