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Quiz about Trifling Tidbits of American History

Trifling Tidbits of American History Quiz

Some historical minutia for you to ponder. Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by sportcon. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
sportcon

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
22,120

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
6194

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: rbutcher42 (7/10), Guest 74 (5/10), Guest 172 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. From which U.S. President's daughter's name is it widely believed that the candy bar "Baby Ruth" got its name? Hint

Theodore Roosevelt

John Tyler

Grover Cleveland

Rutherford B. Hayes

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Question 2 of 10

2. What President broke 'Tecumseh's Curse'? Hint

James Garfield

Abraham Lincoln

John F. Kennedy

Ronald Reagan

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Question 3 of 10

3. Karl Marx once was a correspondent for this U.S. newspaper: Hint

New York Tribune

New York Times

Chicago Tribune

Washington Star

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who is generally considered the first political cartoonist, responsible for the Republican elephant and the Democratic donkey? Hint

Bernhard Gillam

Paul Conrad

Thomas Nast

Herbert Block

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Question 5 of 10

5. The 'Trail of Tears' refers to the forced exile of which Native American tribe? Hint

Dakota Sioux

Cherokee

Cheyenne

Apache

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which U.S. President was the first to have a female cabinet member? Hint

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Harry S. Truman

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Herbert Hoover

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who is known as 'The Father of American Public Education'? Hint

Edward L. Thorndike

Henry Barnard

Horace Mann

Alexander Bain

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which U.S. President, while Governor of Massachusetts, quelled a strike by Boston police officers by calling out the state militia? Hint

William Howard Taft

Warren Harding

Calvin Coolidge

William McKinley

9. What American legend was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his participation in various campaigns against the Indians, only to have it revoked in 1917, because he had not been in the military? Hint

Wyatt Earp

Wild Bill Hickock

Buffalo Bill Cody

Kit Carson

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the only U.S. Supreme Court Justice to have been impeached? Hint

Samuel Chase

Roger Taney

Abe Fortas

Louis Brandeis

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. From which U.S. President's daughter's name is it widely believed that the candy bar "Baby Ruth" got its name?

Answer: Grover Cleveland

Cleveland's daughter's name was Ruth.

2. What President broke 'Tecumseh's Curse'?

Answer: Ronald Reagan

Tecumseh allegedly pronounced a curse that every U.S. president elected in a year ending with a '0' (from 1840) would die in office. The curse was in retaliation for William Henry Harrison's slaughter of the Shawnee at Tippecanoe.

3. Karl Marx once was a correspondent for this U.S. newspaper:

Answer: New York Tribune

Marx was a correspondent for the Tribune from 1852 to 1862.

4. Who is generally considered the first political cartoonist, responsible for the Republican elephant and the Democratic donkey?

Answer: Thomas Nast

Nast worked for Harper's Weekly from 1861 to 1866. He also popularized the characterization of Santa Claus and Uncle Sam.

5. The 'Trail of Tears' refers to the forced exile of which Native American tribe?

Answer: Cherokee

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced 17,000 Cherokee Indians from Georgia to reservations in Oklahoma. 4,000 died along the way.

6. Which U.S. President was the first to have a female cabinet member?

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Francis Perkins was Secretary of Labor in FDR's administration from 1933 to 1945.

7. Who is known as 'The Father of American Public Education'?

Answer: Horace Mann

Mann established the public school system in Massachusetts that became a model for the nation.

8. Which U.S. President, while Governor of Massachusetts, quelled a strike by Boston police officers by calling out the state militia?

Answer: Calvin Coolidge

Answer: Buffalo Bill Cody

William Frederick Cody got his name for reportedly killing between 4,000 and 5,000 buffalo in an 8 month period in 1867-1868 to feed construction crews working on the Union Pacific Railroad.

10. Who was the only U.S. Supreme Court Justice to have been impeached?

Answer: Samuel Chase

Chase was impeached - and acquitted - by the Senate in 1805.

Source: Author sportcon

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