American Literature
In the Great Gatsby, what is the narrator's relationship to Daisy?
A. He is her chauffeur
B.They are Cousins
C. They are Former Lover
D. They are Siblings
B. They are Cousins
What two states experience the least number or earthquakes?
A. Delaware and Massachusetts
B. Florida and North Dakota
C. Georgia and Louisiana
D. Michigan and North Carolina
B. Florida and North Dakota
Florida and North Dakota are the states with the fewest earthquakes. Antarctica has the least earthquakes of any continent but small earthquakes can occur anywhere in the World
Who has been the only president whose name appears twice on the roll call of presidents?
A. John Adams
B. Grover Cleveland
C. Andrew Jackson
D. Theodore Roosevelt
B. Grover Cleveland
Our 22nd and 24th president (His two terms were not consecutive.)
More than 100 people were tried in Salem, Massachusetts in the late 1600s for being what?
Witches
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearing and prosecutions of people accused of witchcrafts in colonail Massachusetts between February 1692 and 1693. More than two hundred people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging.
On what date do Americans officially celebrated the flag?
A. May 31
B. Last monday in May
C. June 14
D. July 4
C. June 14
Flag Day commemorates the date in 1777 when the United States approved the design for its first national flag
Alice Walker's The Color Purple is controversial partly because protagonist Celie defies sexual conventions how?
A. She becomes the dominant party in a BDSM- style relationship
B. She falls in love with another woman
C. She presents herself as a man
D. She stands up for the rights of prostitutes
B. She falls in love with woman
What state has a highway literally paved with gold?
A. Alaska
B. California
C. Colorado
D. New York
C. Colorado
Us Highway 550 in Colorado became known as Million Dollar Highway because legend has it that its roadbed was paved with a million dollars' worth of gold
Abraham Lincoln was born in a humble log cabin. Who was the first president born in a Hospital?
A. Jimmy Carter
B. Bill Clinton
C. Franklin D. Roosevelt
D. John Tyler
Jimmy Carter
His mother was a nurse there
The first aerial photograph ever taken was taken from a hot air balloon in the in what country?
A. England
B. France
C. Germany
D. United States
D. United States
the oldest aerial photograph known to be still in existence is James Wallace Black's image of Boston From a hot-air balloon taken in 1860.
What is the appropriate protocol for flying the flag on Memorial Day?
A. Fly the flag at full-mast all day
B. Fly the flag at half-mast all day
C. Fly the flag at half-mast until noon
D. There is no standard protocol
C. Fly the flag at half-staff until noon
According to the United States Flag Code: "on Memorial Day the flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon only, then raised to the top of the staff.
In to Kill a Mockingbird, Scout's friendship with Dill is based on Harper Lee's childhood friendship with what other famous American author?
A. Dalton Trumbo
B. Ernest Hemmingway
C. Truman Capote
D. William Faulkner
C. Truman Capote
The state of Alaska is 429 times larger than what other state, which has a significantly larger population
A. Connecticut
B. Hawaii
C. Massachusetts
D. Rhode Island
D. Rhode Island
Alaska contains 586,000 square miles of land. Its is one-fifth the size of the lower 48 states, 488 times larger than Rhode Island, two and a half times larger than Texas, and larger than the next three largest states in the U.S. combined
What U.S. president liked to skinnt-dip in the Potomac River early in the morning?
A. John Quincy Adams
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. George Washington
A. John Quincy Adams
Teddy Roosevelt was also known for enjoying a swim in the buff in the Potomac
Benjamin Franklin designed what denomination of paper currency for the American colonies?
A. $1
B. $2
C. $8
D. All of the above
D. All of the Above
Franklin designed numerous denominations of paper currency, all of which contained political themes promoting independence and encouraging the colonists in their revolution for independence from British rule.
The American flag has always had 13 stripes, no more, or less
TRUE or FALSE
False
After going through a few minor variations in the early years, two stripes and two stars were added with the admission of Kentucky and Vermont in 1791, and that was flag that was immortalized as the "star-bangled banner" by Francis Scott Key during the bombardment of Fort McHenry during the War 1812.
What 1954 dystopian novel bt Nobel Prize-winner William Golding allegorizes the story of schoolboys marooned on an island to investigate mankind's inherent savagery?
A. The Catcher in the Rye
B. Separate Peace
C. Animal Farm
D. Lord of the Flies
D. Lord of the Flies
This states was admitted as the 17th state in the union as of February 19,1803 but the actual date of admission was changed by an act of Congress in 1953.
A. Florida
B. New Mexico
C. Ohio
D. Wyoming
C. Ohio
On February 19,1803, Congress passed an act stating that the citizens of Ohio had adopted a constitution in accordance the 1802 enabling act it was officially admitted into the Union.
Which U.S. president banned broccoli from his dinner plate?
A. George H. W. Bush
B. George W Bush
C. Ronald Reagan
D. Harry Truman
B. George W. Bush
He said "i haven't liked it since I was a kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States I'm not going to eat any broccoli
When John Wilkes Booth leaped on to the stage after shooting Abraham Lincoln, he trip on something. What was it?
A Flag
Five flags decorated the presidential box of Ford's Theatre when John Wilkes Booth's snuck up behind U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865 and shot him in the head as Lincoln and his wife.
What was the first flag of the United States called?
A. Grand Union Flag
B. Old Glory
C. Stars and Stripes
D. Star Spangled Banner
Old Glory
The original "Old Glory" was owned by Capt. William Driver (1803- 1886), who flew the flag during his career at sea and later it home to Nashville, TN.
Ambitions and friendship are known as "transgressions of preference" in what dystopian Ayn Rand novella?
A. Atlas Shrugged
B. The Fountainhead
C. Anthem
D. Catch 22
C. Anthem
According to Ripley's Believe It or Not, the most crooked street in the world can be found in what American city?
A. Anchorage, AK
B. Burlington, IA
C. Mililani Town, HI
D. San Francisco, CA
B. Burlington, Iowa
Snake Alley consists of five half-curves and two quarter-curves over a distance of 275 feet (83.8 m), rising 58.3 ft (17.8 m), a 21% grade
A practical joker, what president liked to ring the White House doorbell and then hide?
A. Calvin Coolidge
B. John Kennedy
C. Teddy Roosevelt
D. Harry Truman
A. Calvin Coolidge
Where was the Liberty Bell made?
A. London
B. New York
C. Paris
D. Philadelphia
A. London
Interestingly and ironically, the Liberty Bell was actually made in the same place as Big Ben in London. The Whitechapel Bell Foundry is one of the oldest, privately owned bell makers in the world.
What was one unique innovation on the first American flag that no country's flag before had depicted?
A. arranging stars in a circular pattern
B. five-pointed stars
C. horizontal stripes
D. red, white and blue color scheme
B. 5-pointed stars
While there is a wonderful story about Betsy Ross Favoring a five pointed star because of its ease in construction, the fact is that the designers of our early coins followed the English, and the designer of our flag the European custom.