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100

This was the first President of the United States.

WHO IS GEORGE WASHINGTON?

100

This state is the most thickly forested, with 89.9 percent of its land area classified as “wooded” by the U.S. Forest Service.

WHAT IS MAINE?

100

This is the ship on which pilgrims traveled to North America in 1620.

WHAT IS THE MAYFLOWER?

100

Mount Rushmore is located in this state.

WHAT IS SOUTH DAKOTA?

100

James Earl Ray assassinated this man in Memphis in April of 1968.

WHO IS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.?

200

This was the President to succeed President Herbert Hoover.

WHO WAS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT?

200

This state is America’s flattest state, with a difference of only 354 feet between its highest and lowest points.

WHAT IS FLORIDA?

200

This was the world’s first man-made satellite launched by the USSR in 1957.

WHAT IS SPUTNIK?

200

Near this town, there were reports of a UFO landing on the 4th of July, 1947.

WHAT IS ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO?

200

This presidential couple were implicated in the Whitewater affair.

WHO ARE THE CLINTONS?

300

These two signers of the Declaration of Independence went on to become U.S. Presidents.

WHO WERE JOHN ADAMS AND THOMAS JEFFERSON?

300

This river is where America’s highest concrete dam is located.

WHAT IS THE COLORADO RIVER?

300

This event took place on Griffin’s Wharf in Boston in 1773.

WHAT IS THE BOSTON TEA PARTY?

300

The headquarters of Chrysler and General Motors is located in this city.

WHAT IS DETROIT?

300

This man’s last words were “Now it’s on to Chicago, let’s win there!”

WHO IS BOBBY KENNEDY?

400

This figure in American history, hero of the Mexican War, and losing candidate for President in 1852, is believed to have inspired the exclamation, “Great Scott!”

WHO IS GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT?

400

San Jose is located in this natural valley.

WHAT IS SANTA CLARA?

400

The statue of Liberty was a gift from this country.

WHAT IS FRANCE?

400

The first Nuclear Reactor was built by Enrico Fermi in this city.

WHAT IS CHICAGO?

400

This person was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

WHO IS RALPH BUNCHE?

500

This man killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated President JFK.

WHO IS JACK RUBY?

500

The Black Hills lie between these two rivers.

WHAT IS BELLE FOURCHE AND CHEYENNE?

500

Marjorie Robb, Barbara Dainton, Millvina Dean, and Lillian Asplund gained notoriety for being among the last living survivors of this hugely tragic event.

WHAT IS THE TITANIC SINKING?/ WHAT IS THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC?

500

The U.S.’s first World’s Fair was in this city.

WHAT IS CHICAGO?

500

According to the American Consensus Bureau, these five surnames are the most common in the United States.

WHAT IS SMITH, JOHNSON, WILLIAMS, JONES, AND BROWN?