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America Bowl Qualifying Quiz 3
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Fifty U.S.A. trivia questions to prepare for the annual WEGE America Bowl.
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1
Which state hosts a famous 500-mile automobile race every Memorial Day weekend?
Maryland
Indiana
Kentucky
New York
2
What did “suffragettes” fight for?
Slavery to end
Civil rights
Women’s right to vote
World peace
3
This state’s capital is Springfield and goes by the nickname “The Land of Lincoln”.
Illinois
Virginia
Wisconsin
Alabama
4
What infamous traitor surrendered West Point to the British during the American Revolution?
Benedict Arnold
John Brown
John Fries
Walter Allen
5
Name the capital of Oregon.
Salem
Washington
Providence
Charleston
6
With what animal pelts did the Plains Indians traditionally build their teepees?
Bison (Buffalo)
Elk
Beaver
Deer
7
What does the 1st Amendment to the Constitution guarantee?
Right to bear arms
Abolition of slavery
Freedom of speech
Freedom of religion
8
This state is home to The Gateway Arch, the USA’s tallest human-made monument. Name it.
Missouri
West Virginia
Mississippi
Florida
9
Which U.S. State’s capital is Santa Fe?
Utah
California
Texas
New Mexico
10
In which state did the Battle of the Alamo occur?
New Mexico
Texas
Arizona
California
11
On what day in 1776 was the Declaration of Independence formally adopted?
July 5
July 4
June 4
June 14
12
Of the 4 presidents listed, which one was born in Virginia?
John Adams
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
13
What were “forty-niners” looking for when they traveled to California during the mid 1880s?
Gold
Land
Northwest passage
Copper
14
The spacecraft Viking 1 landed on what planet in 1976?
Mercury
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
15
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Made making, selling and consuming alcohol illegal
Gave women the right to vote
Sent the first astronauts to the Moon
Freed all slaves in the Confederacy
16
Which event listed below occurred first?
Louisiana Purchase
Persian Gulf War
Ford introduces the Model T
Great Depression
17
Which of the following
is not
one of a series of factors that caused the Titanic to sink?
Hitting an iceberg
Captain paid too little attention to iceberg warnings
German submarine attack
Sailing too fast for the icy conditions
18
The image of Uncle Sam was first used during which war?
World War I
War of 1812
Korean War
Revolutionary War
19
The Civil War ended on April 9th of what year?
1996
1776
1963
1865
20
What river is the setting for the novel
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
?
Ohio River
Snake River
Mississippi River
Missouri River
21
What method of communicating messages over the telegraph was invented by Samuel Morse?
Morse code
Binary code
Grid Transposition Cipher
Braille system
22
True or False? Al Capone, the infamous gangster, was sent to jail for tax evasion.
True
False
23
What Virginia settlement was the first permanent English settlement in the New World?
Jamestown
Plymouth
New Smyrna
Roanoke
24
In 1752, what inventor and politician used a kite to prove that lightning was electrical?
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
Henry Ford
Benjamin Franklin
25
Which state’s capital is Phoenix and is known as “The Grand Canyon State”?
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
