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?
Who is
Martin Luther King Jr.?
200
What US presidents' faces are on Mount Rushmore?
Who is Jefferson, Lincoln, Washington, and T. Roosevelt
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 Clintons?
300
Which two signers of the Declaration of Independence went on to serve as President of the United States?
What 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 of these states WASN'T one of the original 13 colonies?
A. Connecticut B. Vermont C. South Carolina
D. New Jersey E. New York F. Pennsylvania
What is
Vermont?
300
On July 20, 1969, this astronaut was the first to step foot on the moon.
Who is
Neil Armstrong?
400
Which president starred in over 50 movies before becoming president?
Who is Ronald Reagan?
400
What is the longest river in the U.S?
What is
Missouri River?
(the Mississippi River is 2320 miles and the Missouri River is 2341 miles
400
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from which country?
What is
France
400
What was the last state to join the U.S.?
What is Hawaii?
August 21st, 1959
400
Who worked on the Underground Railroad helping over 300 slaves to freedom?
Who is
Harriet Tubman?
500
Who assassinated President John F Kennedy in Dallas, Texas in 1963 ?
Who is
Lee Harvey Oswald?
500
There is a spot in the U.S. that lies 282 ft below sea level, the lowest point in all the states. Where is this
spot?
a. Death Valley, California
b. Atlanta, Georgia
c. New Orleans, Louisiana
What is
Death Valley, California
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 what?
What is
The sinking of the Titanic (1912)
500
What is the oldest settlement west of the Mississippi River?
(hint: it's in Louisiana)
What is Natchitoches? (1714)
500
According to the Census Bureau, what are the five most common surnames in the United States