General Knowledge
American History
American Culture
Things we learned this year
Aaron!
100

The name of the first man-made satellite put into space

What is Sputnik?

100

An American president from the 20th century

Who is: McKinley, T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, F. Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, or Clinton

100

The month in which we celebrate Thanksgiving

What is November?

100

Being a part of a fraternity or a sorority means that you're a part of this social "life" on a college campus

What is Greek Life?

100

The state that Aaron is from

What is New Jersey?
200

The only country whose flag is not rectangular

What is Nepal?

200

The FIRST capital of the United States

What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?

200

The name for the championship game at the end of the football season

What is the Super Bowl?

200

This author wrote Fahrenheit 451

Who is Ray Bradbury?

200

The subject that Aaron studied in college (that's NOT French)

What is English / Literature?

300

The type of poem that Shakespeare wrote 154 of

What is a sonnet?

300

The year that America declared independence from England

What is 1776?

300

The most popular foreign language to study in America

What is Spanish?

300

This singer performs the song "Feeling Good"

Who is Nina Simone?

300

An instrument that Aaron plays

What is saxophone OR guitar?

400

The number of timezones in the Continental United States

What is 4?

400

The year that Americans first landed on the moon

What is 1969?

400

The sport known as "America's National Passtime"

What is baseball?

400

This New York neighborhood was the center of a cultural renaissance that we studied

What is Harlem?

400

The sport that Aaron played in college

What is Ultimate Frisbee?

500

The original name for New York City

What is New Amsterdam?

500

The number of presidents that America has had

What is 45 or 47?

500

The American folk holiday celebrated on every year on February 2, when we find out if Winter continues or if we have an early Spring

What is Groundhog Day?

500

This is the book that Montag memorizes and preserves at the end of Fahrenheit 451

What is the Book of Ecclesiastes? 

500

The college that Aaron went to

What is Franklin & Marshall College?