Presidents
Barack Obama was considered which numerical president?
44th president of the United States.
On July 8th, 1947 an alien space craft was originally reported as crashing here.
Roswell New Mexico
This amendment protects the freedom of the press
1st amendment
This American was considered the common man's founder during the American Revolutionary era.
Thomas Paine
Name the three oceans bordering the United States
Atlantic, Pacific, & Arctic
This former American president is pictured on the 50¢ coin.
Former president JFK
Not including NYC, name two NY cities with a population greater than 100,000 people.
Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, Syracuse, & Albany
The first 10 amendments are considered the....
Bill of Rights
This American wrote the book How to Hide an Empire
Daniel Immerwahr
Besides the Appalachian mountain range, name TWO other mountain ranges or mountains in the US.
Rocky, Bear mountain, Alaskan, Sierra Nevada, Adirondacks, Ozarks, Brooks range, Cascade range, Olympic, Blue Ridge, Great Smoky range.
This president was elected to office FOUR times
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
State 3 out of the top 10 highest-certified album selling music artists in the United States history.
Full albums not individual streams.
1) The Beatles, 2) Garth Brooks 3) Elvis Presley 4) Eagles 5) Led Zeppelin 6) Michael Jackson 7) Billy Joel 8) Elton John 9) AC/DC 10) Pink Floyd
This amendment granted women the right to vote
19th amendment
Name all three people:
(1) This American hit the home run record in 1927
(2) This American hit the home run record in 1961
(3) This American hit the home run record in 2022
Babe Ruth, Roger Maris, & Aaron Judge
Name two territories of the U.S.
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in the North Pacific Ocean, and American Samoa in the South Pacific Ocean
This former president had a boxing ring installed in the White House
Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt
This state, also considered the densest populated state, has the densest population of bears per square mile.
New Jersey
These three amendments are considered the Civil War amendments.
13 (Ends slavery / frees slaves)
14 (Guarantees citizenship)
15 (Right to vote for all male citizens)
Name two Americans who have been on the moon.
Name three rivers within the United States.
Hudson, Niagra, Delaware, Mississippi, Missouri, Colorado, Yukon, Rio Grande, Arkansas, Ohio, Snake, Red River, Columbia,
The "East River" is not a river. It connects salt water to salt water (Atlantic Ocean)
Name three presidents who served during World War II.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W.
This city is considered to have the highest cost of living in the United States.
San Francisco California
The Constitution has this number of amendments.
27
On January 23rd, 1923 scientists Banting, Best, and Collip received the patent for this medication and then famously declared that its knowledge, "belongs to the world" and release the patent back to the public.
Insulin -> diabetes medication
This place is considered the hottest place in the United States and consistently the world.
Death Valley California