Presidents
In 1802, a Massachusetts town gave Thomas Jefferson a 1,235-pound gift of what food?
Early Virginia colonists were terrified of this native marsupial, describing it as a monster with the body of a rat, the tail of a snake, and a pouch for its young.
A Opposum
Statistically speaking, beachgoers in New York are significantly more likely to be bitten by one of these things than by an actual shark.
a New Yorker
What is one?
The 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry had a mascot named Old Abe, what animal was he?
a live bald eagle who would shriek loudly to rally the troops
John Quincy Adams allegedly kept one of these swampy apex predators in a White House bathroom, using it to terrify guests and reporters.
According to the popular tale, the Marquis de Lafayette gifted the alligator to the 6th president during his 1825 U.S. tour. Adams supposedly didn't know what to do with the creature, so he let it live in an unfinished bathtub in the East Room.
In 1634, a massive swarm of these noisy insects emerged in New England; colonists mistakenly called them "locusts" and feared they signaled the apocalypse.
periodic cicadas
Thanks to colonial charters that granted territory from "sea to sea," this New England state once owned a massive chunk of Ohio known as its "Western Reserve.
Connecticut
1895, the entire state of Ohio had two cars, what happened to them
They crashed into each other
During the 1862 Siege of Yorktown, Union General Fitz John Porter accidentally became a solo spy when the tether snapped on one of these objects, floating him directly over enemy lines.
a reconnaissance hot air balloon?
This early president left out his own wife of his autobiography
Who is Martin Van Buren?
Because gold and silver coins were incredibly scarce, the colony of Virginia legally designated this addictive cash crop as official paper money.
tobacco
What group did the Continental Congress hire to help them during the revolutionary war when they ran low on troops?
Pirates hiding from the British Empire
Robert Todd Lincoln stopped accepting party invites for what reason?
He was present for three different presidential assassinations, after McKinley he decided parties were bad luck
At the Battle of Antietam, a stray cannonball struck a row of these, unleashing these angry animals that broke a Union regiment's formation.
What are Beehives
This early president challenged a man to a dual of honor on the white house lawn, and won
Andrew Jackson
The oldest continuously occupied colony in the United States is this city
What is Saint Augustine, Florida?
Deborah Sampson did what?
She served in the Continental Army for a year, fighting in several battles and even tending to her own wounds including removing a bullet from her leg
For a time, which American beverage company had the 5th largest military in the world?
In 1989, PepsiCo briefly became the sixth-largest naval power in the world. To bypass the Soviet Union's currency issues during the Cold War, the soda company traded its cola syrup for 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer.
Arlington National Cemetery near Washington D.C. was originally owned by this general of the Confederate Army
Who is Robert E Lee?
This early president still has a grandson that is alive
Who is John Tyler?
This religious sect found refuge in New England as they were not tolerated in England for wanting to reform the Church of England
What are Puritans?
Paul Revere, the famous Patriot known for his famous ride in 1775, also dabbled in this side hustle
San Francisco once had a man who declared himself “Emperor of the United States,” known as Emperor this.
Joshua Abraham Norton (or quote "the protector of Mexico)
This state's town of Riverson became famous for the "Frozen Dead Man Days" festival, celebrating a Norwegian man perfectly preserved in an outhouse
Colorado