US Presidents
The first president of the United states.
Who is George Washington.
Name of the 2 astronauts to walk on the moon in July of 1969.
Who are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin?
The year of the start of the American Revolution.
What is 1775?
This popular soda was formulated in the mountains of Southwest Virginia.
What is Mountain Dew?
The name of the first steamboat to travel the Mississippi River.
What is "The Clermont"?
The first U.S. President to live in the White House.
Who was John Adams?
At the time of his death, he was the fourth president to have been assassinated.
Who was John F. Kennedy?
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in this year.
What is 1863?
Virginia contains 544 miles of this popular hiking trail, more than any other state.
What is the Appalachian Trail?
It is believed that our earliest ancestors came here on foot by crossing a land bridge between these two places.
What is northeastern Siberia (Asia) and western Alaska (North America)?
This US President kept a live alligator as a White House pet.
Who was John Quincy Adams.
This person wrote the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner".
Who was Francis Scott Key?
The attack on Fort Sumter kicked off the start of the Civil War in this year.
What is 1861?
The location of the first successful English colony in the United States.
What is Jamestown, Virginia?
This major holiday was banned in Boston between 1659-1681.
What is Christmas?
These 2 presidents both passed away on July 4th, 1826, within hours of each other.
Who are Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
This Battle stands as the shortest major naval battle in American history, lasting just 38 minutes from start to finish.
What is the Battle of Santiago de Cuba in 1898
This treaty ended the American Revolutionary war.
What is the Treaty of Paris in 1783?
This is the world's largest office building, located in Arlington Virginia.
What is the Pentagon?
This branch of government contains the Supreme Court.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This US president was a model before becoming president. Appearing on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine in his Navy uniform.
Who was Gerald Ford?
This organization was founded by Clara Barton in 1881.
What is the Red Cross?
Hawaii was the 50th state to join the United States on this date in 1959.
What is August 21st?
The state we all call home, Virgina, received its name from this person in 1584.
Who was Queen Elizabeth The First?
This mountain in Hawaii is technically the tallest mountain in the world from base to peak, measuring about 33,500 feet from the sea floor
What is the Mauna Kea?