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STARS & STRIPES REMEMBERED
1. What do the alternating red and white
stripes of the American flag represent?
A. Signers of Declaration of
Independence
B. Number of delegates to
Congress
C. The original 13 colonies
2. Which of the original 13 colonies was
the first state in the U.S.?
A. Massachusetts
B. Maine
C. Delaware
3. What year did Hawaii officially become a state?
A. 1958
B. 1959
C. 1960
4. The melody of My Country ‘Tis of
6. The Statue of Liberty has been standing
over New York Harbor since the 19th century.
What year was it dedicated?
A. 1787
B. 1876
C. 1886
7. During what war did the Army first occupy
West Point, New York with its grand view of
the Hudson River?
A. Revolutionary War
B. Spanish American War
C. War of 1812
8. What famous monument was dedicated in
1954 near Washington, D.C.?
A. Jefferson Memorial
B. Iwo Jima Memorial
C. Theodore Roosevelt Memorial
Thee is the same as what song?
A. God Save The Queen
B. Columbia The Gem of the Ocean
C. Lift Every Voice and Sing
9. What was the 48th state in the union?
5. Who was the lawyer and poet who
10. What is the smallest of the fifty states?
wrote the poem that became the Star
Spangled Banner?
A. Walt Whitman
B. Francis Scott Key
C. Bret Harte
A. Arizona
B. New Mexico
C. Oklahoma
A. Connecticut
B. Rhode Island
C. Delaware
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AMERICA’S SONGBOOK
11. What famous World War I song was
written by George M. Cohan?
A. I’ll Be Home For Christmas
B. How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em
Down On The Farm
C. Over There
12.
Approximately how many songs
did Irving Berlin write?
A. 900
B. 600
C. 400
13. Who wrote the song Blowin’ In the
Wind?
A. Joan Baez
B. Arlo Guthrie
C. Bob Dylan
14. Name the 1973 movie that inspired
a resurgence of Scott Joplin and ragtime
music?
A. The Entertainer
B. The Sting
C. Ragtime Retrospective
15. What was the song that audiences
most requested Perry Como to sing?
A. Catch A Falling Star
B. Dream Along with Me
C. Ave Maria
16. What single was the first Number One
hit for Elvis Presley in 1956?
A. Blue Suede Shoes
B. Heartbreak Hotel
C. Don’t Be Cruel
17. Who wrote the song, This Land is
Your Land?
A. Yip Harburg
B. Woody Guthrie
C. Pete Seegar
18. Which Stephen Foster song is sung at
the start of a famous horse race each year?
A. Camptown Races
B. Beautiful Dreamer
C. My Old Kentucky Home
19. Michael Jackson’s Thriller became
the first best-selling album in the U.S. and
later in the world. How many copies were
sold?
A. 25 million
B. 50 million
C. 65 million
20. What instrument did Louis Armstrong
play?
A. Clarinet
B. Trombone
C. Trumpet
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BASEBALL & APPLE PIE
21. What was wrong with John Adams
forecast of future Independence Day
celebrations?
A. He had the wrong date
B. Bells were rare
C. Fireworks were illegal
26. Under the old-time baseball rules,
22. What state marked the westernmost
27. What year did the Army-Navy foot-
point of the travels of Johnny Appleseed?
A. Indiana
B. Ohio
C. Illinois
23. What brand of automobile put baseball, hot dogs and apple pie in a famous
commercial?
A. Chevrolet
B. Ford
C. Dodge
24. What was the name of the St. Louis
baseball team that sold hot dogs in the
1890s?
A. St. Louis Cardinals
B. St. Louis Browns
C. St. Louis Braves
25. In what year was Take Me Out To
The Ballgame written?
A. 1902
B. 1908
C. 1925
what phrase signaled an inning was over?
A. Three hands down
B. Strikers out
C. Next batter up
ball game begin?
A. 1888
B. 1890
C. 1901
28. Norman Rockwell’s work was most
frequently featured on the cover of what
magazine?
A. Saturday Evening Post
B. Look
C. Life
29. Name the popular American magazine
founded in 1922 known for its short stories?
A. Look
B. Saturday Evening Post
C. Reader’s Digest
30. Who “flipped the switch” to begin
night baseball for the major leagues at a
game in Cincinnati in 1935?
A. Happy Chandler
B. Senator Robert Taft
C. President Franklin Roosevelt
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WESTWARD HO!
31. What two rivers were connected
by construction of the National Road?
A. Shenandoah and Ohio
B. New and Monongahela
C. Potomac and Ohio
32. The original Erie Canal started at
Albany on the Hudson and provided
a waterway to Lake Erie. What New
York city was at its western end?
A. Buffalo
B. Syracuse
C. Rochester
33. Who is credited with establish-
ing commercial steamboat travel in the
United States?
A. Robert Fulton
B. Thomas Davenport
C. James Watt
36. The first transcontinental railroad
was completed in 1869. What was the
one-word telegraph message that signaled the project was finished?
A. Done
B. Complete
C. Connected
37. What invention is credited to John
Deere?
A. Tractor
B. Steel plow
C. Thrasher
38. One of the forerunners of the Model
34. Where did the long journey of the
T Ford was also a lightweight and fairly
inexpensive vehicle. Name this car built
before the turn of the 20th Century?
A. Stanley Steamer
B. Curved Dash Oldsmobile
C. Dodge Dart
35. What modern innovation of the
el T Ford?
A. 1903
B. 1905
C. 1908
New Orleans begin?
A. Louisville, Kentucky
B. Cincinnati, Ohio
C. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
day spelled doom for the Pony Express?
A. Railroads
B. Telegraph
C. Stage Coach
39. What was the first year of the Mod-
40. The Lincoln Highway was built as
a national highway with the coming of
the automobile. Between what cities did
it run?
A. Chicago and Los Angeles
B. Baltimore and Sacramento
C. New York and San Francisco
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PRESIDENTS & PATRIOTS
41.
Alan Shepard, the first American
to fly in space, earned a second distinction as an astronaut. What was it?
A. Only Mercury astronaut to reach
space station
B. First astronaut to hit golf balls on
moon
C. Aboard first flight to last more
than a day
42. Which two presidents, both considered founding fathers, died on the
Fourth of July?
A. George Washington and James
Madison
B. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
C. James Monroe and John Quincy
Adams
43. Teddy Roosevelt became a hero
after his rough riders took San Juan
Hill. What country were they fighting?
A. Spain
B. France
C. Germany
44. Which U.S. president is not
carved in stone on Mt. Rushmore?
A. Theodore Roosevelt
B. Franklin Roosevelt
C. Abraham Lincoln
45. What was the name of the book
and the movie that told the story of
Jimmy Doolittle’s Raiders?
A. Proudly We Hail
B. The House Before The Dawn
C. 30 Seconds Over Tokyo
46. Who was Vice President under
President George H.W. Bush?
A. Dick Cheney
B. Dan Quayle
C. Al Gore
47. What was Woodrow Wilson’s last
job before being elected President in
1912?
A. President of Harvard
B. U.S. Senator
C. Governor of New Jersey
48. What was the boyhood home of
President Dwight Eisenhower?
A. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
B. Dixon, Illinois
C. Abilene, Kansas
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PRESIDENTS & PATRIOTS
49. Despite blatant prejudice when
the Tuskegee airmen were formed,
some of the airmen went on to become
generals. How many?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
50. Camp David, the secluded presi-
dential retreat, is named for the grandson of a U.S. president. Who is it
named for?
A. David Roosevelt
B. David Eisenhower
C. David Coolidge