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Who was Christopher Columbus?
What did Columbus do?
Important people involved with Columbus
History of Columbus Day
Fun facts
100
What was his fathers occupation?
What is a weaver
100
How many times did Columbus sail to America?
What is four
100
Who saw the island before Columbus, who took credit for it?
Who is Rodrigo
100
What year did t become a holiday?
What is 1937
100
Which states do not celebrate the holiday?
What is South Dakota, Alaska, Hawaii, and Oregon
200
How old was he when he first sailed?
What is sixteen years old
200
What countries sponsored his expeditions?
What are England And Spain
200
Why do the Native Americans protest the holiday?
What is because 4 million of there people were killed
200
What did New York celebrate in 1792?
What is the 300th landing of Columbus' ships
200
What is Columbus' nickname?
What is the Father of the Americas
300
Out of five kids, what was his position age wise?
What is he was the oldest
300
What was the only part of the new world he stepped foot in?
What are the Bahamas
300
What year did President Roosevelt make Columbus Day a federal holiday?
What is 1937
300
What state observed the first Columbus Day in 1905?
What is Colorado
300
Who's colony did he establish?
What is Spain's
400
Where was Columbus born?
What is Genoa, Italy
400
Which four countries rejected his request to sail?
What are Venice, Portugal, Genoa, and Spain
400
Which president changed the date of Columbus Day to the second Monday in October?
Who is Richard Nixon
400
What does Columbus Day honor?
What is his achievements and Italian-American history
400
What is another name for Genoa, Italy, the city Columbus was born in?
What is the City of Ports
500
What were his main incentives to find in the new world?
What are gold, slaves, land, and spices
500
What was his his reasoning for his first expedition?
What is to find a shorter route to Asia
500
Why did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella initially sponsor his voyage?
What is they were promised good and land
500
Some states who opposed the holiday celebrate something else. What is it called?
What is Ingioneous Day
500
What drug was Columbus addicted to?
What is opium