American History
A Broadway play, Tony award winner for best musical in 2016, is based on this founding father. Can you spare a ten dollar bill?
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
Written by Margaret Wise Brown, this 1947 "lunar" nighttime story has sold an estimated 48 million copies.
What is Goodnight Moon?
Of 123, 282, and 354, Death Valley in the Mojave Desert is this many feet below sea level.
What is 282?
Many public schools now offer this holy day -- the beginning of the Jewish near year -- as a school free holiday.
What is Rosh Hashanah?
The southernmost city in the continental United States is the last stop on this island chain.
What are the Keys?
Considered by some to be America's finest Commander in Chief, he oversaw the executive branch during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Who is Alice?
Permits are required well in advance if you plan to hike to the top of its 14,495 feet summit, tallest in the continental United States.
What is Mt. Whitney?
The third Monday of February was once celebrated as George Washington's birthday but is now known by this more generic (and democratic) name.
What is President's Day?
Lake Okechobee is the largest this kind of lake in Florida. Hold the salt, please.
What is a freshwater lake?
In 1620 these people came to the United States from England and later celebrated the first Thanksgiving.
Who are the pilgrims?
Theodore Geisel wrote under this pseudonym. No, it's not "Sam I Am."
What is Dr. Seuss?
The General Sherman is the largest of this type of tree, found naturally only on the western slope of the Sierra Nevadas.
What is a sequoia?
This last Monday of May is reserved to honor the men and women who died serving the US armed forces.
What is Memorial Day?
The success of this film about an umbrella flying nanny helped to finance a major theme park in Orlando.
What is Mary Poppins?
Of Japan, Brazil, France, and Italy, only these two countries were American enemies during World War II?
Who are Japan and Italy?
What is Indian in the Cupboard?
This fourth largest city by population in the state rose from the ashes of a devastating 1906 earthquake to host a world's fair just nine years later.
What is San Francisco?
Five US states no longer recognize this national holiday and instead celebrate National Indigenous People's Day.
This first European permanent settlement was founded by Spain in 1565.
What is St. Augustine?
When Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Purchase, he sent these two men on an expedition to explore the new territory.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
What is the "Great Glass Elevator"?
This largest aquatic lagoon in the country is Mission Bay in this southern California city.
What is San Diego?
The United States is not the only country to celebrate this holiday in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees.
What is Arbor Day?
At 828 feet, the Panorama Tower is both the state's and this city's tallest building.
What is Miami?