US History
BW/Ohio History
Historic Quotes
The BW History Department
History and Pop Culture
100
The first second lady of the United States
Who is...Abigail Adams
100
The BW building haunted by a cow
What is...Marting Hall
100
The president who famously said "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
Who is...Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
100
The name and title of the pictured illustrious figure
Who is...Kyriakos Nalmpantis, Chair of the History Department
100
The 2015 Broadway musical about "the $10 founding father"
What is...Hamilton
200
The number of territories the US has control over
What is...fourteen (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, US Virgin Islands, Baker Island, Howland Island, Wake Island, Kingman Reef, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, Midway Atoll, and Navassa Island)
200
The year Ohio was admitted to the Union
What is...1803
200
True or false? Neil Armstrong said the following when he landed on the Moon: "That's one small step for man...one giant leap for mankind"
What is...FALSE! He said "a man"
Bonus: It's false because the Moon landing was staged. WAKE UP, AMERICA!
200
The last time the BW History Department page on BW's website was updated
What is...a looooong time ago (when Dr. N became chair. Seriously. They're missing several people)
200
The rock group who made "We Didn't Start the Fire" from 1989-2023
300
List the 50 US states in alphabetical order
What is...
300
The two cities that were the capitals of Ohio before Columbus
What is...Chillicothe and Zanesville
300
The originator of the words, "The ends justify the means"
Who is...Ovid (NOT Machiavelli!)
300
Dr. Nalmpantis holds this title in the national Phi Alpha Theta
What is...Vice President
300
The first cartoon to be merchandised; one of the earliest animals of American animation
Who is...Felix the Cat (first appeared in "Feline Follies" in 1919: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5zXjQuUi_M)
400
A major labor uprising that culminated in the infamous Ludlow Massacre of striking mine workers and their families (hint: it's referred to as a war)
What is...the Colorado Coalfield War
400
The two statewide political offices Lee Fisher has held
What are...Attorney General and Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
400
The figure who said the following: "We are all worms, but I do believe that I am a glow-worm."
Who is...Winston Churchill
400
The professor who allegedly took historiography with Dr. Gesink
Who is...Dr. Nick
400
On this day in 2012, this show about the fictional first female vice president of the United States aired
What is...Veep
500
The only US president to be sworn in by a former US president
Who is...Calvin Coolidge (sworn in by Chief Justice and former president William Howard Taft)
500
The oldest fraternity on BW's campus
What is...Lambda Chi Alpha
500
The American general who famously replied to a German surrender ultimatum with "Nuts!"
Who is...General Anthony McAuliffe
500
This professor was a kickboxer in their youth
Who is...Dr. Gesink
500
This Rolling Stones song had to be rewritten in 1968 due to a historical event
What is..."Sympathy for the Devil" (Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated, and the line "I shouted out, 'Who killed John Kennedy'" had to be changed to "the Kennedys")