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Quiz about US History And Commemorations

US History And Commemorations Trivia Quiz

Some things are so basic to a nation, that even a mere tourist would have heard of them. So anyone who hopes to qualify for a Green Card, might first test themselves on this ABC of U.S. history and days of Commemoration.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
54,908

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
5772

Last 3 plays: srandall (7/10), lethisen250582 (4/10), crossesq (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of these places is historically connected to Lord Cornwallis' Surrender on 19 October 1781? Hint

Alexandria

Saratoga

Lexington

Yorktown

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the first president of the Virginia Company's Jamestown Colony? Hint

Captain Edward Maria Wingfield

Chief Powhatan

John Rolfe

Robert Troop

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these was the architect in charge of the lay-out of the new capital, Washington? Hint

Benjamin Banneker

Andrew Ellicott

Pierre-Charles L'Enfant

James Hoban

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the first American President to actually live in the White House? Hint

James Madison

John Adams

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these was the first country the USA ever declared war on? Hint

Great Britain

Spain

Germany

Cuba

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these presidents was the only one to serve for longer than four years? Hint

Andrew Jackson

Martin Van Buren

James Buchanan

John Tyler

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these Presidents was the only one who did not serve for the full four years? Hint

W.H. Harrison

James K. Polk

John Quincy Adams

James Monroe

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these Washington memorials is the only one NOT *designed from the outset* to be or to comprise a statue? Hint

Iwo Jima Memorial

Vietnam Veteran Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

Jefferson Memorial

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these 'great names in American history' was never a member of the Supreme Court? Hint

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Daniel Webster

Thurgood Marshall

Earl Warren

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of these four days comes first in the course of the year? Hint

Memorial Day

Saint Patrick's Day

Abraham Lincoln's Birthday

Thomas Jefferson's Birthday

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these places is historically connected to Lord Cornwallis' Surrender on 19 October 1781?

Answer: Yorktown

This event was followed by the Treaty of Paris, 3 September 1783.

2. Who was the first president of the Virginia Company's Jamestown Colony?

Answer: Captain Edward Maria Wingfield

Well, as we all know, John Rolfe married Chief Powhatan's daughter 'Princess Pocahontas', but he was not involved in the founding of Jamestown.

3. Which of these was the architect in charge of the lay-out of the new capital, Washington?

Answer: Pierre-Charles L'Enfant

James Hoban was in charge of the building of the 'White House', although the name itself was given only later by Theodore Roosevelt.

4. Who was the first American President to actually live in the White House?

Answer: John Adams

Their terms of office: Washington: 1789-1797; Adams 1797-1801; Jefferson 1801-1809; Madison 1809-1817.

5. Which of these was the first country the USA ever declared war on?

Answer: Great Britain

The British-American War started in 1812 and ended with the Peace of Ghent 1814.

6. Which of these presidents was the only one to serve for longer than four years?

Answer: Andrew Jackson

Their terms of office: Jackson 1829-1837; van Buren 1837-1841; Tyler 1841-1845; Buchanan 1857-1861.

7. Which of these Presidents was the only one who did not serve for the full four years?

Answer: W.H. Harrison

Terms of office: Monroe 1817-1825; J.Q. Adams 1825-1829; Harrison 1841; James K. Polk 1845-1849.

8. Which of these Washington memorials is the only one NOT *designed from the outset* to be or to comprise a statue?

Answer: Vietnam Veteran Memorial

In 1984 a statue of a small group of soldiers was added to pacify the critics of the Memorial.

9. Which of these 'great names in American history' was never a member of the Supreme Court?

Answer: Daniel Webster

Webster was a Member of the House of Representatives from 1813 till 1817 and of the Senate from 1822 until 1841.- Holmes was Supreme Court Justice from 1902 until 1932. - Marshall from 1967 until 1991.-Earl Warren was on the Supreme Court from 1953 until 1969.

10. Which of these four days comes first in the course of the year?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln's Birthday

Lincoln = 12 February; Patrick = 17 March; Jefferson = 13 April and Memorial Day is on the last Monday of May.

Source: Author flem-ish

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