US History - Presidents
Politics
War and Conquest
Mr. Evans
Pearl River High School
100

The first president of the United States of America!

Who is George Washington?

100

Before he was elected president of the United States, Barack Obama served as a U.S. senator of which Midwestern state?

Illinois

100

The name of the project that built the first nuclear weapon. 

The Manhattan Project.

100

This is Mr. Evans home town. It is home to the Ravens, Orioles, Crab Cakes, high crime rate, and Edgar Allen Poe.

Where is Baltimore, Maryland?

100

Pearl River High School was founded in ____, 1968

1. August

2. May

3. June

4. October

August

200

The third President of the United States of America. 

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

200

48 U.S. states are divided into counties. Alaska is instead divided into boroughs. What other state has unique intra-state division by using a system of 64 parishes?

What is Louisiana?

200

During World War I, German Pilot Mannfred Van Richtophen was an ace with 80 confirmed kills. What was his Nickname? 

The Red Baron

200

Mr. Evans favorite food is ______ wings. These were invented in upstate New York and are typically served with Blue Cheese dressing and spicy red sauce.

What are Buffalo Wings?

200

Coach Collins is Pearl River's _____ Coach

Football

300
The 16th President of the United States

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

300

Since 1993, _____ has technically been a democracy, but before that government was put in place the country was known by another name, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

What is Russia?

300

The rallying cry "Remember the Maine" was used to stir up support for the Spanish-American War across the U.S.A. What exactly was the Maine referring to?

A U.S. battleship that blew up in the harbor of Havana, Cuba.

300

Mr. Evans coaches this sport at PRHS.

What is wrestling?

300

Mr. Standridge, Mr. Guido and Mr. Evans all teach _______ History.

U.S. History

400

This President dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. He was also the 33rd President of the United States, and the last president to not have a college degree.

Who is Harry Truman?

400

The ____________, which granted women the right to vote in the U.S., was passed more than 40 shameful years after the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled explicitly against early women suffragettes.

Nineteenth Amendment!

400

Military deaths in World War II: What country suffered the most military deaths in the war?

Who was Russia?
400

Mr. Evans' favorite president is....

Harry Truman

400

Mrs. Larsen is the ______ of Pearl River High School

Principal

500
Our three oldest presidents, in any order. (double the points for descending order.)

Who are Joe Biden, Ronald Reagan, and Donald Trump?

500

According to the US Constitution, what is the minimum age requirement to be president of the United States?

35

500

On August 2nd, 1990, Iraq invaded what country during the first gulf war?

What is Kuwait?

500
Mr. Evans has a ________ named Danielle, who is in the Army.

Girlfriend

500

Shorts may be worn as long as they meet the length requirement: While standing erect with arms extended down, the length of shorts must come to the tip of fingers or below or not more than 5” above the _____.

What is the knee?