Presidents
More Presidents have come from this state than any other.
What is Virginia?
Thomas Paine publishes this famous pamphlet, advocating for American independence.
What is "Common Sense"?
"These are the times that try men's souls"
Who is Thomas Paine?
More Vice Presidents came from this state than any other.
What is New York?
This woman is often credited for the creation of the first American flag
Who is Betsy Ross?
Before 2024, this president was the only one to serve non-consecutive terms.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
This Enlightenment-era Scottish philosopher, known for his system of empiricism, dies at the age of 65.
Who is David Hume?
“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?"
Who is Patrick Henry?
Still common today, 3 Vice Presidents have all had this surname.
What is Johnson?
This woman is best known for deceiving and capturing the six British soldiers that demanded quarter in her home.
Who is Nancy Hart?
This president was known as “the Human Iceberg” due to his cold and stoic personality.
Who is Benjamin Harrison?
This academic honor society, the first of its kind, is founded at the College of William & Mary.
What is Phi Betta Kappa?
“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
Who is Nathan Hale?
This 20th century liberal Vice President was known as "the Happy Warrior."
Who is Hubert Humphrey?
This woman was known as the "Conscience of the American Revolution."
Who is Mercy Otis Warren?
This man, who was president of Princeton University before he was President of the United States, is the only US president to have had a PHD.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
On May 1st, German philosopher Adam Weishaupt founded this "secret society."
What is the Illuminati?
“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”
This man is the only person to have been elected to two terms as Vice President AND two terms as President.
Who is Richard Nixon?
In 1780, Sarah Franklin Bache and Esther de Berdt Reed launched this organization, the largest domestic fundraiser for the war.
What is the Ladies Association of Philadelphia?
This man said on his deathbed that his biggest regreat was not having his vice president hanged.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This Serenade by Mozart is performed for the first time in Austria.
What is Serenade No. 7 or "the Haffner"?
"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy."
Who is John Adams?
This VP, nicknamed “Cactus Jack”, once infamously claimed that the Vice Presidency “wasn’t worth a bucket of warm spit”.
Who is John Gardner?
This woman is known as the "Mother of the Boston Tea Party"
Who is Sarah Bradlee Fulton?