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America Bowl Qualifying Quiz 4
America Bowl Qualifying Quiz 4
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U.S.A. Trivia questions for qualifying and practicing for the W.E.G.E America Bowl.
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1
What civil rights activist is famous for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in 1955?
Rosa Parks
Angela Davis
Lena Horne
Coretta Scott King
2
The IRS (Internal Revenue Service) is under which executive department?
Department of Defense
Department of Labor
Department of Justice
Department of the Treasury
3
Which of the following
is not
one of the “H’s” represented in 4-H Club?
Head
Hands
Herbs
Heart
4
The capital is Juneau. Name the state.
Montana
Texas
Hawaii
Alaska
5
What was completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah?
First transcontinental railway in America
Erie Canal
Erie Canal
Pony Express
6
Which shipping waterway forms part of the boundary between New York State and Canada?
Tulipa Seaway
Crown Seaway
St. Lawrence Seaway
Erie Canal
7
Which branch of the U.S. Military are known as “Leathernecks”?
Navy
Army
Air Force
Marines
8
What two explorers were the first to make an overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back?
Lewis and Clark
Marquette and Jolliet
Lois Lane and Clark Kent
Coronado and Cabot
9
What Native American squaw served as a guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Sacajawea
Pocahontas
Nampeyo
Tacumwah
10
What nationwide observance did President Woodrow Wilson declare for the second Sunday in May?
Mother’s Day
Memorial Day
Labor Day
Flag Day
11
How many U.S. States have names that are five letters long?
Three
Five
Ten
None
12
Name the capital of Virginia.
Alexandria
Williamsburg
Norfolk
Richmond
13
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
Leon Czolgosz
Lee Harvey Oswald
James Earl Ray
John Wilkes Booth
14
The Battle of Gettysburg occurred in which state?
Maryland
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
15
Which state is famous for horse breeding and hosts the country’s most famous horse race in May?
New York
Kentucky
Maryland
West Virginia
16
According to some historians, who sewed the first American flag?
Betsy Ross
Sandra Day O’Connor
Harriet Tubman
Amelia Earhart
17
Name the 600-foot tall tower built for the 1962 World’s Fair and now famous symbol of Seattle?
Statue of Liberty
Space Needle
Washington Monument
Gateway Arch
18
What do we call an era in which society changes from handmade to machine made products?
Industrial Revolution
Urbanization
Bureaucratization
Modernization
19
The Watergate scandal forced which president to resign in 1974?
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
George H.W. Bush
20
The Blue Ridge Mountain range is part of which extensive mountain system?
Rocky Mountains
Tetons
Sierra Nevada
Appalachian Mountains
21
Name the capital of Pennsylvania.
Augusta
Harrisburg
Hartford
Providence
22
What is the capital of Wyoming?
Boise
Cheyenne
Carson City
Sacramento
23
What were colonists who remained loyal to Britain called?
Minutemen
Redcoats
Patriots
Loyalists
24
The B&O Railroad was the first passenger railroad in America. What do the B and O represent?
Bakersfield and Oregon
Bethesda and Orleans
Baltimore and Ohio
Boston and Olympia
25
True or False? Most soldiers in the Continental Army were volunteers.
False
True
