American Authors
Mark David Chapman was carrying this book with him when he killed John Lennon on 12/8/80.
What is "Catcher in the Rye?
The only man who served as both vice president and president without being elected to either office.
Who is Gerald Ford?
This state has the longest freshwater shoreline.
What is Michigan?
The title of the song, which enjoys 'official' status as the fanfare reserved exclusively for appearances of the President of the U.S.A
What is Hail to the Chief?
He invented the first Kodak camera.
Who is George Eastman?
This famous book begins with the line ‘No One would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own’.
What is "The War of the Worlds"?
This U.S. President was a law professor.
Who is Bill Clinton?
This state is the home of the longest coastline in the U.S., 6,640 miles, greater than that of all other states combined.
What is Alaska?
The music of the British National Anthem, "God Save the King," is also the tune to this popular American song.
What is America (My Country 'Tis of Thee?
He invented the first sewing machince.
Who is Issac Singer?
This children’s book series where there is ‘an old house in Paris that was covered in vines’ and where there ‘lived twelve little girls in two straight lines’ is famous for having the closing line ‘That’s all there is, there isn’t any more’.
What is "Madeline", by Ludwig Bemelmans?
He was the youngest U.S. President.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Pierre is the capital of this U.S. State.
What is South Dakota?
This battle of the war of 1812 inspired Francis Scott Key to write the words of a poem which later became known as "The Star Spangled Banner" and was adopted as the "American National Anthem:
A. The Battle of New Orleans
B. Battle of Chippewa
C. The Battle of Baltimore
What is The Battle of Baltimore?
This statesman, politican, scholar, inventor, and one of the earliest US presidents invented the swivel chair, the spherical sundial, the moldboard plow, and the cipher wheel.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This American novelist was challenged to a duel and beaten by a woman he later married. He was internationally famous for his books "Call of the Wild".
Who is Jack London?
This U.S. President was a licensed bartender.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
"The people rule" is the motto of this state.
What is Arkansas?
Originally composed in November 1906 as a Naval Academy football fight song, it was adopted by the U.S. Navy as their official song in 1907.
What is Anchors Aweigh?
Cochrane was a socialite. She and her husband William often entertained guests at their home. Accustomed to having servants do much of her housework for her, Cochrane set out to create this.
What is the dishwasher?
He was the first author to use a typewriter in writing a manuscript. He was also granted a patent for a best-selling book that contained no words.
Who is Mark Twain?
His typewritten manuscript was for "Life on the Mississippi".
The book with no words was a Self-Pasting Scrapbook containing blank pages coated with a gum veneer.
This man served 4 terms as President. He died in the first year of his fourth term.
Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
The only state with a different design of the front and back of its flag.
What is Oregon?
This song was written by Katherine Lee Bates, an English teacher at Wellesley College, following her trip to the top of the 14,110 foot Pikes Peak in the Rockies, Colorado.
What is America the Beautiful?
Benjamin Franklin, a prolific inventor of the lightning rod and the Franklin stove also invented this instrument:
A. Theremin
B. armonica
C. clarinet
D. pump organ
What is the armonica?