US States - 1
Vocab -1
Presidents - 1
US States - 2
Presidents - 2
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What is the name of the U.S. Capital?

Washington D.C.

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Karaoke

A form of entertainment in which people sing songs that they choose

100

What large bird is pictured on many White House carpets?

The Bald Eagle

100

This state has more tornadoes per square mile than any other state.

Oklahoma 

100

Did Mary Todd marry Lincoln because she thought he'd be president or because he was handsome?

Because she thought he would be president. (she later confided to friends.)

200
What state did Dorothy and Toto get swept up by a tornado in the movie Wizard of Oz?

Kansas

200
Minuscule 

Very small

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What do we call the room where the President does most of his daily work?

The oval office 

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Oldest continuously held horse race in the country is run at Churchill Downs in this state.

Kentucky

200

When the President arrives does the band play "Hail to the Chief" or "Hail Hail the gangs all here"

Hail to the Chief

300

In what state was Elvis Presley born?

Mississippi

300

Regenerate

To grow agin after being lost or damaged.

300

Who lived at Mount Vernon before and after he was President?

George Washington

300

What U.S. state is only about 55 miles from the Russian border?

Alaska 
300

Which future President wrote the Declaration of Independence? 

Thomas Jefferson (as a member of the continental congress in 1776)

400

The only state that has a town that gets its mail by mule train?

Arizona, town is located at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. 

400
Dilute
To lessen the strength of something by mixing it with something else.
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In the 1800's what did "abolitionist" candidates what to abolish?

Slavery
400

Only state that produces nearly a million gallons of maple syrup a year.

Vermont

400

Which did America have first: Post office or President?

Post Office, Benjamin Franklin became the first postmaster general on July 26, 1775.

500

In what state does a golf ball flies on average 10% farther in this state than any other because of this states altitude. 

Colorado

500

Mausoleum 

A large tomb

500

Ulysses S. Grant established the National Weather Service or the National Park Service. 

National Weather Service in 1870

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A famous car race takes place on Memorial Day weekend every year in this state?

Indiana

500

Was President Zachary Taylor killed by hot desert or frozen dessert?

Frozen dessert.  (Taylor ate a spoiled dessert on July 4, 1850 and dies 5 days later of cholera.)

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