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100

This man was the first President of the United States.

Who is George Washington?

100

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

What is Maine?

100

This is the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims traveled to North America in 1620.

What is the Mayflower?

100

Mount Rushmore is in this state. 

What is South Dakota?

100

James Early Ray assassinated this man in Memphis, Tennessee in April 1968?

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?

200

This person became US president after Herbert Hoover.

Who is Franklin D Roosevelt (1933)?

200

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

What is Florida?

200

This is the world's first man-made satellite launched by the USSR in 1957.

What is Sputnik?

200

There were reports of a space ship landing on the 4th of July in 1947 near this town. 

What is Roswell, New Mexico?

200

This presidential couple were implicated in the Whitewater affair. 

Who are the Clintons?

300

These two signers of the Declaration of Independence went on to serve as president of the United States.

Who are John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?

300

On this river is the USA's highest concrete dam. 

What is the Colorado River?

300

This famous event took place on Griffin's Wharf in America in 1773. 

What is The Boston Tea Party?

300

This city houses the headquarters of Chrysler and General Motors?

What is Detroit, Michigan?

300

This former attorney general's last words were,"Now it's on to Chicago, and let's win there."

Who is Bobby Kennedy?

400

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."

Who is General Winfield Scott?

400

San Jose lies in this natural valley.

What is Santa Clara?

400

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from this country.

What is France?

400

In this city was the first nuclear reactor built, by Enrico Fermi. 

What is Chicago?

400

This man was the first African American to win the Nobel peace prize.

Who is Ralph Bunche?

500

In 1963, this man murdered Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin (according to official accounts) of US President John F Kennedy. 

Who is Jack Ruby?

500

The Black Hills lie between these two rivers.

What is Belle Fourche an Cheyenne?

500

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 tragic event. 

What is the sinking of the Titanic (1912)?

500

This city hosted the USA's first World Fair.

What is Chicago (1893)?

500

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

What are Smith, Johnson, Williams, Jones and Brown?