Historical Figures
These aviation pioneers operated a bicycle repair shop in Dayton, Ohio
Orville and Wilber Wright
This Marvel creative lead was famous for his cameos in superhero blockbusters.
Stan Lee
Jazz music originated in this American city.
New Orleans
Speaker of the line: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Ronald Reagan
This is the largest lake in the United States.
Lake Superior
This Gilded-Age steel tycoon taught the "Gospel of Wealth" and was responsible for the construction of the Crescent Hill library, among many others.
Andrew Carnegie
This famous blonde was born Norma Jean Baker.
Marilyn Monroe
American Gothic features a man and a woman who are related to each other in this way.
Father and daughter.
This state has produced the most American presidents.
Virginia
The headwaters of the Mississippi River is in this state.
Minnesota
This 15th president never married and asked his niece to serve as First Lady.
This Dodgers player won the 1947 Rookie of the Year Award and integrated the Major Leagues.
Jackie Robinson
Hattie McDonald was the first Black American to receive an Oscar for her role in this film.
Gone with the Wind
This city was established as the first national capital after the ratification of the Constitution and witnessed the inauguration of George Washington.
New York City
At the Four Corners monument, these four states meet.
Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico
"This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn. To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony." This quote is from a speech by this fervent abolitionist on July 4th 1852.
Frederick Douglass.
This Southern Baptist minister was known as "America's pastor" during the Cold War.
Billy Graham
Creator of the Four Freedoms in 1943.
Norman Rockwell.
This President was the first to name a woman to his cabinet.
FDR
How many states were created from the land obtained by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. (entirely or partially)
15
Founding father of America and the American loaning library.
Benjamin Franklin
Emily West, who, according to legend, distracted Santa Ana and contributed to Mexican defeat in the Texas Revolution, is also known as this colorful moniker, famously featured in a song.
The Yellow Rose of Texas.
The Hollywood Sign originally spelled out this word.
Hollywoodland
This cartoonist gave the American people the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant.
Thomas Nast
This is America's oldest city. (Hint: not in the original 13 colonies)
St. Augustine, Florida (1565)