Quiz Bowl: American History vol. 2

Question 1

Which Revolutionary War spy from Connecticut got caught after only a few days on the job?

Accepted Answer

Nathan Hale

Question 2

Who was the only president to appoint his own brother to a senior Cabinet post?

Accepted Answer

John F. Kennedy

Question 3

Who is the only person to become President and Vice-President without being elected to either position?

Accepted Answer

Gerald Ford

Question 4

What was the name given to the hanging bits of paper that confused vote counters in 2000?

Accepted Answer

chads

Question 5

What is the best known invention of Peace Prize founder Alfred Nobel?

Accepted Answer

dynamite

Question 6

What is the F.B.I.'s motto?

Accepted Answer

Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity

Question 7

What day in 1929 saw the shooting of 7 members of Bugs Moran's gang in Chicago?

Accepted Answer

Valentine's Day

Question 8

Which president came after William McKinley's assassination?

Accepted Answer

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 9

What popular soft drink had its birthplace in Waco, Texas?

Accepted Answer

Dr. Pepper

Question 10

Which American won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize?

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Question 11

What sports first was played in Holyoke, MA, in 1895?

Accepted Answer

volleyball game

Question 12

What incapacitated Woodrow Wilson during his second term?

Accepted Answer

a stroke

Question 13

Which state saw the start of the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Massachusetts

Question 14

Which country did the first European settlers of New York come from?

Accepted Answer

The Netherlands

Question 15

What was banned in Mississippi in 1907 and wasn't legal again until 1966?

Accepted Answer

alcohol

Question 16

What river near Sutter's Mill did prospectors find gold in?

Accepted Answer

The American River

Question 17

Which veteran astronaut made a return trip to space at the age of 77?

Accepted Answer

John Glenn

Question 18

What did gangster Al Capone largely base his criminal empire on?

Accepted Answer

illegal alcohol

Question 19

Which state opened America's first free public schools?

Accepted Answer

Massachusetts

Question 20

Which Florida governor was in office at the same time his big brother was President of the United States?

Accepted Answer

Jeb Bush

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