PEOPLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY
MATH IN THE OLD DAYS
YOU GOT 2 As & 2 Ds
TAKING THE DRIVING TEST
WHERE IS THAT MOUNT?
100

In 1908 he rolled out the first car affordable for most Americans, the Model T

Henry Ford

100

The Mayans were using this by the 4th century; the concept of that number didn't make it to Europe until the 1200s or so

zero

100

A person seeking political office on the ballot

candidate

100

This state agency, the DMV for short, administers the test

Department of Motor Vehicles

100

Fuji

Japan

200

This future presidential assassin made his acting debut in an 1855 Baltimore staging of "Richard III"

John Wilkes Booth

200

An ancient Hindu text calculates the square root of this integer as 1.4142156, which is correct to 5 decimal places

2

200

The woman who owns the apartment you rent is your this

landlady

200

This alliterative method to get your car alongside the curb just might be on the test

parallel parking

200

Denali

United States

300

In 1927 he made aviation history aboard a plane called the Spirit of St. Louis

Charles Limbergh

300

Their numerals weren't handy for arithmetic, so ancient Romans did most of their calculating on this device

an abacus

300

In a children's song, it comes between "knick knack" & "give the dog a bone"

paddywhack

300

To take the test in most states, you'll need this proof of financial responsibility in case anything goes wrong

insurance

300

Parnassus & Helicon

Greece

400

FBI headquarters is housed in a building named for this man who was director from 1924 to 1972

J. Edgar Hoover

400

The Babylonians used base 60, which could be counted on 5 fingers of one hand & the 12 these on 4 fingers of the other

the knuckles

400

Morbid-sounding 2-word term for a race that ends in a tie

dead heat

400

Mirrors aren't enough--look over your shoulder to check these areas before changing lanes

blind spots

400

Zion & Sodom

Israel

500

After his first wife Miriam died in 1832, this religious leader wed as many as 56 more times

Brigham Young

500

Some think Ancient Egyptians represented fractions using symbols from the eye of this falcon god

Horus

500

You don't want to get kicked out of the army this alliterative way

dishonorable discharge

500

Failing to give this 3-word clearance to pedestrians can be an automatic failure

right of way

500

Phnom Aoral

Cambodia

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