Presidents
This was the first President of the United States.
George Washington
This state is the most thickly forested, with 89.8 percent of its land area classified as wooded by the U.S. Forest Service
Maine
This was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims traveled to North America in 1620
The Mayflower
This state is home to Mount Rushmore
South Dakota
This prominent Civil Rights Leader was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis in April 1968
Martin Luther King Jr.
This person became US president after Herbert Hoover
Franklin D Roosevelt (1933)
This state is America's flattest, with a difference of only 345 feet between its highest and lowest points
Florida
This was the name of the world's first man-made satellite launched by the USSR in 1957
Sputnik
There were reports of a space ship landing on the 4th of July in 1947 near this town
Roswell, New Mexico
This presidential couple were implicated in the Whitewater affair
The Clintons
These two signers of the Declaration of Independence went on to serve as president of the United States
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
On this river is the USA's highest concrete dam
Colorado River
This event took place on Griffin's Wharf in America in 1773
The Boston Tea Party
This city is the headquarters of Chrysler and General Motors
Detroit
Their last words were "Now it's on to Chicago, and let's win there"
Bobby Kennedy
This 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"
Gen. Winfield Scott
In this natural valley is the location of San Jose
Santa Clara
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from this country
France
Built by Enrico Fermi, this city was the home to the first nuclear reactor
Chicago
This was the first African American to win the Nobel peace prize
Ralph Bunche
This person murdered Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963, the assassin (according to official accounts) of US President John F Kennedy
Jack Ruby
The Black Hills lie between these two rivers
Belle Fourche and Cheyenne
Marjorie Robb, who died in Boston in 1992 (age 103), Barbara Dainton, Millvina Dean, and Lillian Asplund, achieved notoriety for being among the last living survivors of this tragedy
The sinking of the Titanic (1912)
This city was home to the USA's first World Fair
Chicago (1893)
According to the Census Bureau, these are the five most common surnames in the United States
Smith, Johnson, Williams, Jones and Brown