US History
What conflict was fought between the North and South?
Civil War
What sport uses a net and a shuttlecock?
Badminton
What country is famous for the Great Barrier Reef?
Australia
Who was the first U.S. Secretary of State?
Thomas Jefferson
What gas do plants absorb from the air?
Carbon Dioxide
What scandal forced Nixon to resign?
Watergate
How many holes in a standard round of golf?
18
Which U.S. state is called the Aloha State?
Who developed the polio vaccine?
Jonas Salk
What is the process of a liquid becoming a gas?
Evaporation
Who was known as “Old Hickory”?
Andrew Jackson
In baseball, how many outs per inning per team?
3
What is the highest mountain in North America?
Mount Denali / Mount McKinley
Who wrote “The Hobbit”?
J.R.R Tolkien
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Pacific Ocean
Who was the first secretary of the treasury in the US?
Alexander Hamilton
What sport has the Masters Tournament?
Golf
Which desert covers much of northern Africa?
Sahara Desert
Who composed “Für Elise”?
Beethoven
What is the process of water falling as rain or snow?
Precipitation
What year did women gain the right to vote in the U.S.? 1860, 1880, 1900, or 1920?
1920
What game uses knights and bishops?
Chess
Which country has the largest population in Africa?
Nigeria
Who was known as the “Father of the Constitution”?
James Madison
What instrument measures earthquakes?
Seismograph