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