Geography
What is the name of the largest country in the world?
Russia.
What is the capital of Mexico?
Mexico City.
Who was the first president to die in office?
William Henry Harrison.
What is the state bird of Florida?
The Northern mockingbird.
What tribe was Pocahontas from?
The Powhatan tribal nation.
What is the name of the longest river in Africa?
The Nile River
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa.
Who is the oldest living president?
Jim Carter.
Which state is known as the “Beehive State”?
Utah.
What ultimately ended the Salem Witch Trials?
The colony’s governor ordered an end to the trials after his own wife was accused of witchcraft.
Which country is also called The Netherlands?
Holland.
What is the capital of Senegal?
Dakar.
Which president survived an assassination attempt 69 days into his term?
Ronald Reagan.
What is the biggest state in terms of land area?
Alaska.
About how many slaves were freed at the conclusion of the Civil War?
3.9 million .
What is the name of the smallest country in the world?
The Vatican City.
What is the capital of the American State of California?
Sacramento.
Which president posed with a newspaper that declared his opponent the winner of their election?
Harry S. Truman.
What is the only state flag that is two-sided?
Oregon’s state flag.
Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt.
What is the name of the river that flows through the Brazil rainforest?
The Amazon.
What is the capital of Thailand?
Bangkok.
Which of the first 12 presidents was the first to not own slaves?
John Adams.
Which state is known as the “granite state”?
New Hampshire.
Who was the first woman to make a million dollars in the United States?
Madam C.J. Walker.