US PRESIDENTS
NATURAL WONDERS
Historical Figures
THE LAST FRONTIER
TRUE OR FALSE
100

What pet did Theodore Roosevelt’s daughter Alice carry around as if it were a bracelet?

A Snake

100

In what country did the rose originate

China

100

What was the name of the African-American woman who broke the law by not wanting to sit at the back of a bus?

Rosa Parks

100

Which type of bread did Native Americans teach settlers how to make?

Cornbread

100

The Amazon is the longest river in the world.

Answer: False – the Nile River in Africa is generally recognized as the longest river in the world.

200

What did Thomas Jefferson invent to make work more comfortable?

the swivel chair

200

What country is the bonsai tree from

Japan

200

What was the name of the pilot who disappeared mysteriously over the Pacific Ocean?

Amelia Earhart

200

This act allowed settlers to buy 160 acres for a small fee if they occupied and improved it for 5 years.

Homestead Act of 1862

200

Cows have best friends

Answer: True – Studies have shown that cows become stressed when they’re separated from their preferred companions, suggesting that these animals can have “best friends” within their groups

300

What animal, meant for dinner, did Calvin Coolidge pardon and keep as a pet?

raccoon

300

How many different types of carnivorous plants are known to exist

630

300

Which leader of the African-American civil rights movement delivered the "I Have a Dream'' speech?

Martin Luther King

300

Thousands of Americans had already settled on the West Coast, where they had gone in search of__________ and good farmland in California.

Gold

300

Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.

Answer: False – there are other animals that can’t jump, like sloths

400

What sport did Abraham Lincoln excel at as a young man?

Wrestling

400

What is the only mammal capable of flight

Bat

400

Who was the British Prime Minister often pictured with a cigar?

Winston Churchill

400

“_____________” referred to the practice of plainsmen listening to the ground to hear hoofbeats. It became the westerner’s warning to stay alert.

"Keep your ear to the ground"

400

Flamingos are born pink.

Answer: False – they are born with grey feathers, which turn pink due to their diet of shrimp and algae

500

How many presidents were born before the United States of America was a country?

8

500

What sea creature can change its gender

Oyster

500

In the 1960s and 1970, which British band was famous for their songs ''Hey Jude," "Let It Be," and "Eleanor Rigby''?

The Beatles

500

The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from this country for $15 million in 1803

France

500

Turtles can come out of their shells

Answer: False – a turtle’s shell is a part of its skeleton and they cannot leave it