American Revolution
Geography
Companies
Food & Drink
Musical Theatre
100

What famous phrase is widely associated with the British's heavy taxation of the Colonies?

Taxation without representation

100

What is the smallest state by land area?

Rhode Island

100

This company, which produces the famous F-16 fighter jets, is the largest arms manufacturer in the world

Lockheed Martin

100

This whiskey must legally be made in the U.S. from at least 51% corn to bear its name.

Bourbon

100

What Lin-Manuel Miranda musical celebrates the vibrant Dominican-American community in a northern Manhattan neighborhood?

In The Heights

200

Which country provided the most significant military and financial support to the American colonists during the Revolutionary War?

France

200

What is the longest river in U.S.?

Missouri River

200

This brand started as "Blue Ribbon Sports," selling Japanese running shoes out of the trunk of a car

Nike

200

This Southern breakfast dish is made from ground corn and often served with butter, cheese, or shrimp.

Grits

200

Inspired by Romeo and Juliet, this musical is set in the mid-1950s on the Upper West Side

West Side Story

300

Which river did George Washington and the Continental Army famously cross on the freezing night of December 25, 1776?

The Delaware River

300

Which of the five Great Lakes is the only one located entirely within the borders of the United States?

Lake Michigan

300

This company was started by a pharmacist who sold his product as medicine, marketed to cure headaches and fatigue.

Coca-Cola

300

This New York-born sandwich stacks corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and Russian dressing between rye bread.

Reuben

300

Which musical, set in the American frontier, opens with a cowboy singing "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'"?

Oklahoma!

400

Who was the king of Great Britain during the American Revolution?

King George III

400

This mountain range contains Denali, the highest peak in North America.

The Alaska Range

400

This company's name is a deliberate misspelling of the mathematical term for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros.

Google

400

This tiki-style rum cocktail, invented in California, is famous for its mysteriously guarded original recipe.

Mai Tai

400

Opening on Broadway in 1866, what production is widely considered to be the first true American musical?

The Black Crook

500

Which battle is considered the largest of the Revolutionary War, with 40,000 soldiers fighting?

The Battle of Long Island (also called the Battle of Brooklyn or the Battle of Brooklyn Heights)

500

This state is the only one in the country that borders exactly one other state.

Maine

500

This company is named after a literary character — the first mate on a doomed whaling ship in a 19th-century American novel.

Starbucks

500

This carbonated soft drink, invented in Waco, Texas in 1885, predates Coca-Cola.

Dr. Pepper

500

In which musical does the main character convince FDR to create the New Deal?

Annie