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100

What President of the United States was born in Hardin County, Kentucky .

Who was Abraham Lincoln

100

Which state is the most thickly forested, with 89.8 percent of its land area classified as wooded by the U.S. Forest Service?

What is Maine

100

What was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims traveled to North America in 1620?

What is The Mayflower

100

Which state is Mount Rushmore located in?

What is South Dakota

100

Who did James Early Ray assassinate in Memphis in April 1968?

Whois Martin Luther King Jr.

200

Name the US president who became commander of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, known as the Rough Riders ?

Who is Theodore Roosevelt (1898)

200

Which state is America's flattest, with a difference of only 345 feet between its highest and lowest points?

What is Florida

200
What was the name of the world's first man-made satellite launched by the USSR in 1957?
What is Sputnik
200

Near which town were there reports of a space ship landing on the 4th of July in 1947?

What is Roswell, New Mexico

200

Which presidential couple were implicated in the Whitewater affair?

Who is The Clinton's

300

Which two signers of the Declaration of Independence went on to serve as president of the United States?

Who is John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

300

On which river is the USA's highest concrete dam?

What is Colorado River

300
What took place on Griffin's Wharf in America in 1773?
What is The Boston Tea Party
300

Which city is the headquarters of Chrysler and General Motors located in?

What is Detroit

300

Who's last words were,"Now it's on to Chicago, and let's win there"?

What is Bobby Kennedy

400

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What figure in American history, hero of the Mexican War, and losing candidate for president in 1852, is believed to have inspired the exclamation "Great Scott"?

What is Gen. Winfield Scott

400

In which natural valley is San Jose?

What is Santa Clara

400

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from which country?

What is France

400

Which city was the first nuclear reactor built, by Enrico Fermi?

What is Chicago

400

Who was the first African American to win the Nobel peace prize?

Who is Ralph Bunche.


American political scientist, academic, and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Israel.

500

Who in 1963 murdered Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin (according to official accounts) of US President John F Kennedy?

What is Jack Ruby

500

The Black Hills lie between which two rivers?

What is Belle Fourche an Cheyenne

500

Marjorie Robb, who died in Boston in 1992 (age 103), achieved notoriety for being among the last living survivors of what?

What is the sinking of the Titanic (1912)

500

Which city was the USA's first World Fair?

What is New York (1853)

500

According to the Census Bureau, what are the five most common surnames in the United States

What is Smith, Johnson, Williams, Jones and Brown