National Parks
The first battles of the American Revolution are honored at Minute Man National Historical Park. What famous battles took place here?
What is Battles of Lexington and Concord
What 1781 battle is known for being the final battle of the American Revolution? Hint: the best song in the musical Hamilton is about this event
What is: Yorktown
The 28th U.S. president is also the only president buried in Washington, D.C.
Who is Woodrow Wilson
Brought over to the United States by English settlers, the original pound cake recipe originally contained a pound of what ingredient?
What is butter?
What sport is America's pastime?
What was the first national park established in the United States?
What is: Yellowstone National Park
Often recognized as the first American diplomat, this founding father forged an alliance with France.
Who is: Benjamin Franklin
This American president, known for giving the longest inaugural address at 8,445 words, is also known for having the shortest presidential term at 1 month
Who is William H. Harrison?
Over Super Bowl weekend, Americans eat approximately this number of buffalo wings
What is 1 billion wings?
Rugby was brought to the United States from Canadian players. Concerns about safety and injuries led to the development of these two factors that contributed to the creation of the sport of football that we know today?
What is the use of helmets and the introduction of the forward pass?
In 2019, this national park was visited 12.5 million times – the most of any national park that year
What is: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The phrase “the shot heard round the world”, coined by American author Ralph Waldo Emerson, is about what battle?
What is: the Battle of Concord
Who is the only president to serve more than 2 terms, a limit that is now enforced by the 22nd Amendment?
Who is: Franklin Roosevelt
Created for a group of hungry American military wives in the 1940s, nachos were named after what?
Who is Chef Ignacio Anaya, whose nickname was Nacho
Which female basketball player broke Pete Maravich's record to become the all-time highest-scoring Division One NCAA player?
Who is Caitlin Clark?
This Alaskan National Park houses the highest elevation of all American national parks.
What is Denali?
Which founding father was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence?
Who is: John Hancock
Who is the only American to serve as president and vice president without being elected to either office? Hint: he was the last president elected that was not affiliated with either the Republicans or the Democrats
Who is: Millard Fillmore
This food, invented by American physician Dr. Salisbury and popularized in the 1970s, was invented as a health food to improve digestion
What is salisbury steak?
What is the only team in the NFL to neither host nor play in the Super Bowl?
What is the Cleveland Browns?
America’s newest national park, established in 2020 in the state of West Virginia, is the 63rd national park created.
What is: New River Gorge National Park
On September 3rd,1783, the United States and Great Britain signed this document, officially ending the Revolutionary War
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This American president, assassinated in 1865, is the only U.S. president to hold a patent, this for a device to prevent riverboats from being stranded in shallow waters
Who is Abraham Lincoln
Hot dogs became commonplace in the 1860s New York due to German immigrants selling these sausages in buns at baseball games and street corners. What was their original name?
What is dachshund sausages?
A sporting event is held every year on Memorial Day. What event is it?
What is the Indianapolis 500?