The Big Quiz On US History - 2
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Interested in some trivia on US History? Let's get kicking!
- 1.All happened in 1973 but what happened first?
- A.
Agnew Resigns
- B.
Jim Croce Dies
- C.
Foreman KO's Fraiser
- D.
Willie Mays Final World Series
- 2.By 1972-73, which U.S. Supreme Court Justice had helped form a solid conservative majority?
- A.
Arthur Goldberg
- B.
Hugo Black
- C.
Byron White
- D.
Felix Frankfurter
- 3.What two 20th century Presidents both served as assistant secretary of the navy?
- A.
Wilson And G.W. Bush
- B.
Kennedy And G. Bush
- C.
T. Roosevelt And F. Roosevelt
- D.
Taft And Eisenhower
- 4.The first year for Project Head Start was when?
- A.
1994
- B.
1965
- C.
1986
- D.
1957
- 5.Who became the first chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission?
- A.
Senator Fred Glass
- B.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.
- C.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- D.
Julian Bond
- 6.Who was the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
- A.
Mary Mcleod Bethune
- B.
Susan B. Anthony
- C.
Eleanor Roosevelt
- D.
Jane Addams
- 7.Who was the first child born in the White House?
- A.
A Grandson Of George Washington
- B.
A Niece Of James Madison
- C.
The Child Of A Slave Owned By Thomas Jefferson
- D.
A Granddaughter Of John Adams
- 8.The autopsy and embalming of the body of assassinated President Lincoln took place in what Washington, DC building?
- A.
The War Department
- B.
Ford's Theatre
- C.
The Petersen House
- D.
The White House
- 9.Who alerted actor Edwin Booth, appearing as Hamlet in Cincinnati, that his brother was suspected of killing President Lincoln?
- A.
Rutherford B. Hayes
- B.
Thomas A. Edison
- C.
Mark Twain
- D.
William Howard Taft
- 10.Which U.S. President is not honored with a statue in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall?
- A.
George Washington
- B.
Andrew Jackson
- C.
Theodore Roosevelt
- D.
James A. Garfield
- 11.What President shares his name with a Kentucky Derby-winning horse?
- A.
Nixon
- B.
Buchanan
- C.
Arthur
- D.
Hayes
- 12.The Lincoln's official White House china had what color border?
- A.
Blue
- B.
Green
- C.
Purple
- D.
Red
- 13.Historical hypothesis suggests that what person started the Great Chicago Fire of 1871?
- A.
Tom Houlihan
- B.
Brigid McNamara
- C.
Peg-Leg Sullivan
- D.
Lieutenant Henry O'Bryan
- 14.How many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence also signed the U.S. Constitution?
- A.
Thirty-Two
- B.
Six
- C.
Two
- D.
Twelve
- 15.Which of the following women did not become a First Lady of the United States?
- A.
Claudia Alta Taylor
- B.
Thelma Catherine Patricia Ryan
- C.
Elizabeth Hanford
- D.
Anne Frances Robbins Davis
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