🏛️ Category 3: History (Think Carefully)
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CLASSIC AMERICA
EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE
100

Crossing the Delaware River on Christmas night helped this general surprise Hessian troops at Trenton.


Answer: Who is George Washington?

100

You'll usually find this gauge pointing somewhere between "E" and "F."


  • Answer: What is the fuel gauge?
100

Lady Liberty welcomes visitors arriving by sea to this city's harbor.

  • Answer: What is New York City?
100

This cracked symbol of American independence hangs in Philadelphia.

  • Answer: What is the Liberty Bell?
100

Without looking at a calendar, name the month that always has 28 days.

  • Answer: What is every month?
200

Rather than writing the Constitution, this document announced the thirteen colonies were no longer under British rule.

  • Answer: What is the Declaration of Independence?
200

When this warning light stays on after the engine starts, the charging system may not be working correctly.

  • Answer: What is the battery light?
200

This river, not the Amazon, is traditionally taught as the world's longest in many school textbooks.

  • Answer: What is the Nile River?
200

Every November, people traditionally gather around the table for this holiday.

Answer: What is Thanksgiving?

200

This simple machine is often called the "inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder."

  • Answer: What is a screw?
300

This conflict between the Union and Confederacy ended at Appomattox Court House in 1865.

  • Answer: What is the Civil War?
300

Rotated every few thousand miles, these four parts are the only ones that normally touch the road.

  • Answer: What are tires?
300

Mount Rushmore was carved into the Black Hills of this state.

  • Answer: What is South Dakota?
300

This president's face appears on both the penny and the five-dollar bill.

Answer: Who is Abraham Lincoln?

300

If you're facing north and make a quarter-turn to your right, you'll now be facing this direction.


  • Answer: What is east?
400

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued during the presidency of this Illinois lawyer.

  • Answer: Who is Abraham Lincoln?
400

If warm air suddenly replaces cold air on a hot day, this belt-driven engine component is often the first suspect.

  • Answer: What is the air-conditioning compressor?
400

Although it's not the capital, this Illinois city is famous for the Willis Tower and deep-dish pizza.


  • Answer: What is Chicago?
400

Before becoming the 50th state in 1959, this Pacific island chain had been a U.S. territory.

Answer: What is Hawaii?

400

The hand that completes one full trip around a clock every hour is this one.

  • Answer: What is the minute hand?
500

After purchasing a vast territory from France, this president sent Lewis and Clark west to explore it.

  • Answer: Who is Thomas Jefferson?
500

Found beneath the hood, this dipstick helps you check whether your engine has enough lubrication before serious damage occurs.

  • Answer: What is the engine oil dipstick?
500

Nicknamed the City of Brotherly Love, this city briefly served as the nation's capital.

  • Answer: What is Philadelphia?
500

The stars on the American flag represent these.

Answer: What are the states?

500

A standard deck contains four of these royal cards bearing female figures.

  • Answer: What are queens?