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1. Jamestown, founded in 1607, was the first permanent English colony in America. How many years later was England's second permanent colony founded?
2. In 1868 Andrew Johnson, Lincoln's successor to the presidency, was impeached by the House of Representatives by a vote of 126 to 47. At the time there were 27 states in the Union. Nine senators were from the Democratic Party, all of whom voted for acquittal. Since a two-thirds vote of the Senate was required for removal, and since Johnson was acquitted, what was the minimum number of Republican senators who voted for that acquittal?
3. As a result of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, Maine was added to the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state, giving the nation 12 of each. The admission of Utah in 1896 was the last state to be added in the 19th century, leaving only Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona to complete the contiguous U.S. in the 20th Century. So in the last 80 years before the turn of the century in 1901, how many states were added after Missouri?
4. Abraham Lincoln was the tallest of America's first 45 presidents, even taller than six who were 6'2", including Washington, FDR, Clinton, and Trump. The shortest of the first 45 was James Madison, who was even shorter than Martin Van Buren and Benjamin Harrison, both listed at 5'6". So how many inches was Lincoln taller than Madison?
5. Franklin Delano Roosevelt won four presidential elections. He was inaugurated on 4 March, 1933, and died in April of 1945. Which of the following number of days comes closest to the number he served as president?
6. In terms of U.S. combat forces involved, which of the following pairs of wars were fought closest together, that is, with the fewest years passing between them?
7. "A Thousand Days" is Arthur M. Schlesinger's account of the presidency of John F. Kennedy, America's first Roman Catholic president. If you know the date of his assassination and that he was inaugurated on 20 January, 1961, then you should be able to guess how many days he actually spent as president. Which of the following is it?
8. Delaware was the first state to be admitted to the Union. The date was 7th December 1787. Rhode Island completed the original thirteen states when it was admitted on 29th May 1790. Approximately how many months did it take to complete the admission of the first 13 states?
9. People enjoy seeing the similarities between Abraham Lincoln's 1865 assassination and John Kennedy's, nearly 100 years later, such as the fact that both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson. But about how many days passed between the two events?
10. On a personal note, I was born the same year that Harry Truman surprised the nation by winning the Election of 1948. So about how old was I when Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon?
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