HERE’S THE TEA
In today’s dollars, the tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party was worth approximately…
A. $3,000
B. $540,000
C. $1.7 million
D. $2 billion
C. 1.7 Million
President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously said “The only thing we have to fear is…”
“Fear itself.”
This 2015 off-Broadway musical, featuring numbers such as “A Starr Is Born” and “Monica’s Song,” was named after which U.S. President?
Bill Clinton
(Clinton: The Musical)
Before it was moved to Washington D.C., the U.S. Capitol was based where?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Known as “silent Cal,” this president liked to pull pranks — such as buzzing for his bodyguards and then hiding under his desk when they showed up.
President Calvin Coolidge
The majority of soldiers in the Revolutionary War died due to…
A. Friendly Fire
B. Disease
C. Malnutrition
D. Enemy fire
B. Disease
Finish this famous President Richard Nixon quote:
“I am not a…”
Crook
This aptly named Sondheim musical features characters such as John Wilkes both, John Hinckley Jr., and Squeaky Fromme.
Assassins
What state was name after Queen Elizabeth 1st’s love life?
Virginia!
Already, President Bill Clinton ignited chaos in the White House when he lost track of…
A card containing the nuclear codes
“Lobsterback” was a rude revolutionary-era term used to describe who?
British soldiers
(Because of their red coats!)
Which president is known for saying , “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far”?
President Theodore Roosevelt
The Tony-award winning musical 1776 chronicles which major event in US history?
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
Alaska was the 49th state to join the Union. What year did this happen yeah?
A. 1945
B. 1932
C. 1959
D. 1971
C. 1959
Which of the following was NOT an actual President pet
A. A parrot
B. Opossums
C. An alligator
D. A ferret
D. A ferret
The first gunshot in the battles of Lexington and Concord has been famously described as…
“The Shot Heard ‘Round the World”
Fill in the blanks of this quote from Abraham Lincoln:
“Leave nothing for __which can be done __.”
Tomorrow, Today
Centered on events like The Battle of New Orleans and the formation of the Democratic Party, “Bloody Bloody __” is a rock musical about THIS president.
Andrew Jackson
(Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson)
Besides Texas, name 2 other states that were once formally recognized as independent countries.
Vermont, Florida (West Florida), California, Oregon, and Hawaii
Which of these is NOT a way that a U.S. president has died while in office?
A. Pneumonia
B. A botched appendix surgery
C. Sudden heart attack
D. Cherries
B. A birch appendix surgery