Creating the American Song
What famous patriotic song was written on the back of an envelope during the bombing of a fort?
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
Stone Mountain
CNN Studios
The World of Coca-Cola
Atlanta, GA
What mammal can swim for days at a time?
A polar bear
Americans collectively eat 3 billion ____ a year.
Pizzas!
What is the only state that borders only one state?
(Alaska and Hawaii do not boarder any states)
What Patriotic song did teacher Katherine Lee Bates pen in 1893 after viewing Pikes Peak
America the Beautiful
The Jefferson Memorial
The Smithsonian Institute
Ford's Theater
Washington, D.C
What animal can see prey two miles away?
A Bald Eagle
The US has ___ National Parks
63
Venice, FL has the worlds only training school for what type of comical entertainers?
Clowns
Samuel Francis Smith wrote what great patriotic song (which is almost a second national anthem)?
"My Country 'Tis of Thee" written in 1831. Smith did not realize the tune he selected was the tune used for the British National Anthem, "God Save the King"
Cathedral of St. John the Devine
Bloomingdales's
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY
This animal lets us know that spring is coming or to expect more winter weather?
Punxsutawney Phil- the groundhog
The Superbowl, the championship game of American Football was first played in what year?
1967
What is the only state that formed as a result of popular vote to separate from another state?
West Virginia, made up of the 26 Virginia counties that voted to leave Virginia when Virginia joined the Confederacy
What 1893 song, one of the most sung songs in American, was originally titled "Good Morning to You"?
"Happy Birthday to You"
Sea World
Universal Studios
Disney World
Orlando, FL
The largest land animal in North American, this animal can reach a sprint of 35mph and have thick dense coats for harsh winter protection.
American Bison
What road was established in 1926 and a symbol of American Road Travel?
RT 66
John Witherspoon was the only clergyman to sign which noted American document?
The Declaration of Independence
What two state songs are sung in the same tune as "O Christmas Tree"
Maryland- "Maryland, My Maryland"
Alaska- "Alaska, My Alaska"
The Space Needle
Elliott Bay
The Kingdome
Seattle, WA
Turkey
What is the National Tree of the USA, as designated in 2004?
Where would you find the Nation's only monument to an insect?
Enterprise, AL Which has a very dignified Greek-style monument to the boll weevil, a cotton-crop destroying bug from Mexico