American History
Pres. Lincoln said "I never in my life felt more certain that I was doing right than I do in signing this paper."
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is Saffron?
Number of states that touch the Pacific Ocean
What is five (Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California)?
Oops! Looks like somebody has gone AWOL which is short for this
What is Absent Without Leave?
Nearby Carnegie-Mellon University is now a part owner of this Major League Baseball team
Who are the Pittsburgh Pirates?
Leaked to the press in 1971 the Pentagon Papers detailed America's involvement in this conflict
What is the Vietnam War?
The Italian beverage affogato is known for its two ingredients of Coffee and this
What is Ice Cream?
This peninsula is a mountainous region that's most associated with the countries of Spain and Portugal
What is the Iberian Peninsula?
European countries plagued by debt were given the acronym PIIGS: Portugal Ireland Italy & these other two countries
What are Greece and Spain?
While men use foils epees & sabres in this Olympic event women use only foils
What is Fencing?
The only Constitutional amendment to be repealed, the 18th Amendment, originally put this into effect
What is Prohibition?
This cocktail made with peach nectar & champagne was named for a Venetian painter
What is a Bellini?
The largest freshwater lake in the world
What is Lake Superior?
The American Television service HBO is an acronym for this
What is Home Box Office?
The tournament held here each summer is considered the unofficial world championship of tennis
Where is Wimbledon?
In 1964 the Warren Commission concluded that this man acted alone in killing President Kennedy
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald?
A mixed drink made with gin and dry vermouth, and often garnished with a pickled onion
What is a Gibson?
Auckland, the chief port city of this country, was once its capital
What is New Zealand?
If you belong to SAG you belong to this & may be ineligible to be a game show contestant
What is the Screen Actors Guild?
While in football the Jets represent New York, in hockey they represent this Canadian city
What is Winnipeg?
This Connecticut native was a general in both the American and the British armies during the American Revolutionary War
Who is Benedict Arnold?
Both Baking Soda and Baking Powder are known as this type of agent in baking
What is a leavening agent?
Sometimes referred to as the "Venice of the North" this Belgian city was once considered one of the world's chief commercial centers
What is Bruges?
The two A's in NASA stand for these
What are Aeronautics and Administration?
This boxer was a 42-to-1 underdog when he KO'd Mike Tyson?
Who is Buster Douglas?