War
Presidents
People
Misc.
West
100
What is the war with the highest number of American casualties?
Civil War
100
Who was the president that famously believed in 'trickle-down' economics?
Reagan
100
Who wrote 'The Great Gatsby'?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
100
What is Mr. Carlson's favorite president
TR
100
Name at least two inventors who 'tamed' the west
Joseph Glidden, Eli Whitney, or John Deere
200
What is the approximate number of deaths in the Civil War?
700,000+
200
When did Lincoln die?
1865
200
Who is the inventor of the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
200
How many buffalo were killed on the American Frontier?
~50 million
200
Who introduced 'manifest destiny' as a concept?
John L. O'Sullivan
300
What is the date of D-Day?
June 6th, 1944
300
What was the third president of the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
300
Name the author of 'The Sun Also Rises' and one similar author (similarities could include WWI era, fame, genre, also ex-pat)
Ernest Hemingway (Some Acceptable Answers: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Alfred Noyes, Gertrude Stein, F. Ford, Murakami, Carson McCullers, Tolstoy...)
300
What Wars were Mr. Carlson alive for
Korean, Vietnam, Cold, Iraq, Afghanistan
300
What year was the term coined?
1845
400
Where is the famous picture of the flag-raising soldiers from, and what was the date the picture was taken?
Iwo Jima; Feb. 19, 1945
400
What famous peanut farmer became a rather idle president?
Jimmy Carter
400
Who was the 18th president of the United States?
U.S. Grant
400
In what years did Gorbachev introduce policies of glasnost ("openness") and perestroika ("restructuring")?
1986 (late eighties is acceptable)
400
Who killed Billy the Kid?
pat garret
500
The most famous battle from the Spanish American War is
Battle of San Juan Hill
500
Who was the 40th President?
Reagan
500
acceptable answers: woodstock hippies counterculture music guitars lsd
What are the following people associated with the most? Michael Lang, John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, and Artie Kornfeld
500
what does "black saturday" refer to? hint: 1962
the worst day of the cuban missile crisis
500
What is billy the kid's REAL FULL NAME?
william h. bonney