U.S. Patents
This person held the patent for the telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
This is the official state flower of Indiana.
What is the peony?
This is the most popular food on the 4th of July.
What is potato salad?
This is the year that America declared independence from England.
What is 1776?
The first White House 4th of July celebration was held in this year.
When is 1801?
This actress invented the technology that eventually led to Wi-Fi.
Who is Hetty Lamar? In 1941, the star of films from the 1940s and '50s co-invented a method for rapidly modulating radio frequencies to create a secret code. The patented method was used to guide torpedoes to their targets without the radio signal being intercepted, according to CBS News. Many years later, a similar system was adapted for use in encrypting cell phone and Wi-Fi signals.
This is the official state tree of Indiana.
What is the tulip tree?
This is the most popular food to grill on the 4th of July.
What are burgers?
Name one of the two men who were the only ones to actually sign the Declaration of Independence on July 4th.
Who are John Hancock and Charles Thomson?
This country holds the largest 4th of July celebration outside of the U.S.
Where is Denmark?
He was the only President to hold a patent. It was for a device to buoy vessels over shoals.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This is the official state mammal of Kansas.
What is the American Bison?
This state consumes the most pork hotdogs and sausages on the 4th of July.
What is Iowa?
It took Thomas Jefferson this many days to write the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.
What is 17 days?
This singer wrote "This Land Is Your Land".
Who is Woodie Guthrie?
This is the official way toilet paper should hang on the roll (over vs. under).
What is over?
This the official state gemstone of NC.
What is the emerald?
The Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest started in this year.
What is 1972?
The Liberty Bell was hidden here during the Revolutionary War.
Where is Allentown, PA?
This founding father wanted the turkey as the national bird.
Who is Ben Franklin?
This person was the first woman to hold a patent in the U.S. Her patent was for weaving straw with silk or thread to create hats.
Who is Mary Kies?
This is the official state fish of SC.
What is the striped bass?
This fruit is a popular 4th of July desert.
What is watermelon?
This is when most delegates signed the Declaration of Independence.
When is August 2, 1776?
Americans purchase this many pounds of fireworks annually for the 4th of July.
What is 200 million pounds.