Gup Facts
This cadet at the table writes their own songs.
Who is CPL Nam?
This 1820 agreement admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state while establishing a geographic line for slavery in much of the Louisiana Territory.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Before the Academy was formally established in 1802, this 1794 institution at West Point was created to train soldiers in artillery and engineering.
What is the School for Artillerists and Engineers?
This 1775 battle saw American forces fortify Breed's Hill before ultimately withdrawing after running low on ammunition.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
This is the only mammal capable of true sustained flight.
What is a bat?
This cadet at the table is known for having the best cat impression.
Who is SGT Lilly?
Ratified in 1868, this Reconstruction amendment established birthright citizenship and prohibited states from denying any person due process or equal protection of the laws.
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
This Polish military engineer was personally selected by George Washington in 1778 to design the fortifications at West Point.
Who is Tadeusz Kościuszko?
This 1862 battle in Maryland produced the bloodiest single day in American military history.
What is Antietam?
This 1453 event is traditionally considered the end of the Byzantine Empire and is often used to mark the end of the Middle Ages.
What is the Fall of Constantinople?
This cadet at the table has been running a Dungeons & Dragons campaign for six years.
Who is CPL Salisbury?
This Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review after William Marbury was denied his commission.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This was the first graduate of the United States Military Academy and later served as West Point's third Superintendent.
Who is Joseph Gardner Swift?
This 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily helped lead to the fall of Benito Mussolini's government.
What is Operation Husky?
This common metal is the primary element in Earth's core and is also responsible for much of the red color in Martian soil.
What is iron?
This cadet swam 400 meters to see the sacrificed skeletons of Mayans.
Who is CPL Nielsen?
This 1846–1848 conflict resulted in the United States acquiring California, New Mexico, and other territory after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
What is the Mexican-American War?
This West Point graduate, class of 1846, became one of the most famous Union cavalry commanders of the Civil War despite initially ranking below many of his contemporaries.
Who is George B. McClellan?
At this 1805 battle, Napoleon's forces defeated the combined Austrian and Russian armies in a victory often called his greatest tactical masterpiece.
What is the Battle of Austerlitz?
This is the only letter that does not appear in the name of any U.S. state.
What is Q?
This Firstie (Not at this table) broke their arm after falling off a bench.
Who is LT Green?
This 1798 law, passed during the Quasi-War with France, became infamous for restricting criticism of the federal government.
What is the Sedition Act?
This West Point graduate from the Class of 1829 finished first in his class, while another member of that same class, Robert E. Lee, finished second.
Who is Charles Mason?
In this 1754 engagement, a young George Washington's defeat of a French force helped ignite the larger conflict known as the French and Indian War.
What is the Battle of Jumonville Glen?
Despite being the world's 13th largest country by area, this country has no permanent rivers.
What is Saudi Arabia?