U.S. History trivia quiz

[Danimal]

Eponymous Acts of Congress, what are they about?

Glass-Stegal Act, kinda been in the news lately


Numbering that one 1042. Isn't that the banking act that prohibits interlocking directorates?

[Elendil's Heir]

Eponymous Acts of Congress, what are they about?

[1042.] Glass-Stegal Act, kinda been in the news lately

[1043.] Taft-Hartley

[1044.] Humphrey-Hawkins

[1045.] Sarbannes-Oxley

[1046.] Clayton Act

:smack: Daniel Sickles, Sykes was also a Corps commander- but didn't kill his wife's lover AFAIK

1043. Passed by Congress over Truman's veto, it guides labor-management relations, requires "cooling-off periods," etc.

1045. Sarbanes-Oxley requires more rigorous accounting standards by Big Business.

Yes, it was Sickles.

[5 time champ]

Sorry about the numbering, I usually compose the questions in TextEdit and then paster them in.

1042. Correct, the first major federal bank regulation, it also limited banks from getting into other business. The question was brought to mind earlier this week by a board member of the not-for-profit for which I work. We were talking about the BearStearns meltdown, and someone said, "They never should have repealed the Glass Stegel Act."

1043. Correct

1044. Correct, often discussed and Pitted here on the Dope

[Elendil's Heir]

...
1044. Correct, often discussed and Pitted here on the Dope

Just to be clear, I answered 1045, not 1044.

[Governor Quinn]

1044. It's a bill that set a bunch of requirements on the Federal Reserve and the federal government in terms of monetary policy and employment goals.

[Danimal]

1047. William Walker became one of America's most famous "filibusters" when he led a private army to invade what country?

1048. What was the English name of the Indian chief ("sachem") who led a major attack on the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the late 17th century, starting with a massacre of colonists at Deerfield?

1049. What former Communist denounced Alger Hiss as a Soviet spy?

1050. Who was the French admiral whose fleet blocked the Royal Navy from evacuating Cornwallis from Yorktown?

1051. In what town and colony did the bloodiest slave rebellion of the 18th century British-American colonies take place?

[Governor Quinn]

1047. It could be three: His failed attempt to take over Baja California, his briefly becoming President of Nicaragua, or the attempt to take over British Honduras (now Belize) that resulted in his execution.

1049. Whittaker Chambers.

[Danimal]

1047. It could be three: His failed attempt to take over Baja California, his briefly becoming President of Nicaragua, or the attempt to take over British Honduras (now Belize) that resulted in his execution.

1049. Whittaker Chambers.

1047. Not one of my best questions there. It was Nicaragua I was thinking of.

1049. Correct.

[5 time champ]

1048. What was the English name of the Indian chief ("sachem") who led a major attack on the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the late 17th century, starting with a massacre of colonists at Deerfield?
King Philip

1050. Who was the French admiral whose fleet blocked the Royal Navy from evacuating Cornwallis from Yorktown?
DeGrasse

All correct on the Acts, except the unanswered Clayton Act.

[Danimal]

1048. What was the English name of the Indian chief ("sachem") who led a major attack on the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the late 17th century, starting with a massacre of colonists at Deerfield?
King Philip

1050. Who was the French admiral whose fleet blocked the Royal Navy from evacuating Cornwallis from Yorktown?
DeGrasse


Very good.

[Elendil's Heir]

Harry Truman becomes President, April 1945.

1052. Who was hosting him when he got the call to go to the White House?
1053. What was he having to drink?
1054. Who told him FDR had died?
1055. Who (by name AND title) swore him in?
1056. Where was he sworn in?

[5 time champ]

Well, you stumped me on the Man from Independence, I don't have a clue on any of them.

[Governor Quinn]

The following is a list of political movements (largely, but not solely, parties) attached, either solely or predominantly, to one state. Name the state:

1057. The Non-Partisan League.

1058. The Progressive Party (1930s).

1059. The Union Labor Party.

1060. The Farmer-Labor Party.

1061. The Law & Order Party.

[5 time champ]

1058. The Progressive Party (1930s).
Wisconsin


1060. The Farmer-Labor Party.
The Democratic Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota

[Really Not All That Bright]

1059. The Union Labor Party.
Michigan?

[Really Not All That Bright]

All correct on the Acts, except the unanswered Clayton Act.
Is that the same as the Clayton Antitrust Act?

If so, then forbids businesses from participating in cartel/monopoly-like behavior in restraint of free trade.

[Governor Quinn]

5 time champ: Correct on both, but a bit confused on Farmer-Labor; they were an independent party from the late 1910s to the early 1940s.

Really Not All That Bright: Incorrect on 1059.

[5 time champ]

Malaprops and putdowns
1062. At the 1976 Democratic Convention Jimmy Carter mispronounced the name of this ethnic group.

1063. May have happened at the 1980 convention not sure, Carter rather hilariously mangled the name of the very famous Democrat.

1064. In the 1976 campaign Ronald Reagan mistakenly referred to President Gerald Ford as one of these.

1065. In turn, on Saturday Night Live, Chevy Chase referred to Ronald Reagan as this?

1066. This candidate was mocked at "looking like the little groom on a wedding cake."

[5 time champ]

RNATB correct on the Clayton Act

Guv Quinn The Democratic Party was officially known as the Democratic Farmer-Labor Party for a long time. So that was a bit of a guess.

[Elendil's Heir]

Malaprops and putdowns
...
1063. May have happened at the 1980 convention not sure, Carter rather hilariously mangled the name of the very famous Democrat.
...
1066. This candidate was mocked at "looking like the little groom on a wedding cake."

1063. Building to a crescendo in an introduction, Carter referred to "Hubert Horatio Hornblower... Humphrey!"

1066. Tom Dewey.

[Elendil's Heir]

The Vice Presidency.

1067. This former VP died in the middle of a speech to schoolchildren.
1068. This former VP's body was moved after his death in order to conceal the circumstances of his passing.
1069. How many stars, in total, appear on the current Vice Presidential flag?
1070. The national museum of the Vice Presidency is in what state?
1071. Ross Perot's campaign considered this man as a running mate in 1992 until it was pointed out that he was, in fact, dead.

[Governor Quinn]

1067. Do you mean Alben Barkley (Truman's VP, in case I've misspelt)? If so, he was addressing college students.

1068. Nelson Rockefeller?

[Elendil's Heir]

1067. Do you mean Alben Barkley (Truman's VP, in case I've misspelt)? If so, he was addressing college students.

1068. Nelson Rockefeller?

Both correct. I thought Barkley's audience was younger. As to Rockefeller, he was with a young mistress at the time of his death... died in the saddle, as it were.

[Elendil's Heir]

On Capitol Hill.

1072. This intentionally-unfinished statue of early female suffragists has been unflatteringly nicknamed "the ________."
1073. This Italian immigrant painted many of the Capitol's wall and ceiling murals.
1074. Each state is entitled to have this many statues of its honored citizens in Statuary Hall.
1075. Portraits of which two statesmen hang to either side of the Speaker's rostrum in the House of Representatives?
1076. Who dedicated the cornerstone of the Capitol, and what was unusual about his attire that day?

[Governor Quinn]

1072. This intentionally-unfinished statue of early female suffragists has been unflatteringly nicknamed "the ________."

1074. Each state is entitled to have this many statues of its honored citizens in Statuary Hall.


1072. "Three women in a bathtub"

1074. Two

[want2know]

1071. Ross Perot's campaign considered this man as a running mate in 1992 until it was pointed out that he was, in fact, dead.

Genaralissimo Francisco Franco. ;)

[Elendil's Heir]

1072. "Three women in a bathtub"

1074. Two

I just heard of it as "the bathtub," but yes. Both correct.

want2know, very funny, but no. A hint (as if you needed one): It was an American.

[Elendil's Heir]

I don’t think these remaining questions of mine have been correctly answered yet. Any more guesses? I’ll answer them all in a few days.

716. John Glenn hailed from this Ohio town.

Who said it?
733. "The Federal Reserve's job is to take away the punch bowl just as the party's really getting started."
735. "The surest means of ensuring peace is to be prepared for war."
736. "A good lawyer knows the law. A great lawyer knows the judge."

These Presidency-defining catchphrases are associated with which men?
739. The New Foundation
742. The New Federalism

Identify these notable Americans by their nicknames.
751. Bunny (hint: it was a President)

Give the first name of the First Lady.
753. McKinley

Historic American aviation.
758. This type of antique aircraft was, until recently, long used for cargo and passenger flights to South Bass Island in Lake Erie.

Who said it? Bonus points for context.
771. "One war at a time."
772. "This generation has a rendezvous with destiny."
773. "The tree of Liberty is plant of rapid growth."
775. "Who is that awful man?"

Identify these famous U.S. Army units.
777. This Ohio infantry regiment is famous for its devastating flanking fire during Pickett's Charge.

Noteworthy flags of American history.
796. The Ohio state flag has how many stars on it, and why?
798. At Philadelphia's Independence Hall on his way to Washington, President-elect Abraham Lincoln ceremonially raised a new American flag with how many stars on it?
799. The earliest-known colonial battle flag of the American Revolution featured what body part?
800. King George III's Royal Standard featured what two animals?

Famous forts.
802. The first fort to surrender during the Civil War to a naval force unsupported by ground troops.
805. This was the closest major fort to Custer's 7th Cavalry during the Little Big Horn campaign.

Who said it? Extra credit for context.
806. "Give me a one-armed economist. All of my economists say, 'On the one hand... but then again, on the other....'"
807. "Most of the work of [the person's Cabinet post] could just as easily be performed by an animatronic robot."

Civil War slang.
834. A bungling, unlucky solder was called a ______.
836. A soldier might visit a brothel to "enjoy a little horizontal ______."

On Capitol Hill.
840. What was Sen. John Tower (R-Texas) once unflatteringly named by female Congressional staffers?
841. The Congressional newspaper (not the Record) is called this.
844. Name the massive painting which covers the interior of the Capitol dome, over the Rotunda.

852. Who painted the best-known version of "Washington Crossing the Delaware"?

Some questions about the Father of His Country.
859. In the earliest-known painting of Washington, what is he wearing?
860. He built Ft. Necessity near this present-day Pennsylvania town.
862. This was his first elective public office.

What [was his] middle name?
873. Warren Harding

When the U.S. and Great Britain nearly went to war, during our own Civil War....
882. This U.S. warship stopped the British ship [ Trent ] and removed [two Confederate] diplomats at gunpoint.

What President is associated with these places?
887. Spiegel Grove
889. Lawnfield

More Presidential places. Who's most commonly associated with these locales?
895. Palm Beach
897. Anderson Cottage

Who said it? As always, bonus points for context.
905. "Well, he wouldn't steal a hot stove."
908. "The impossible we do right away; the unconstitutional takes a little longer."

[More about the Presidency]
910. Name the Federal judge swore in LBJ on Nov. 22, 1963.
913. Harry Truman reacted badly to what Washington Post music critic, and why? [His or her name, please]
914. Who bought the first White House china to actually feature pictures of the house itself?

Who said it? Bonus points for context.
920. "A first-class temperament but a second-rate mind."
922. "Let us never forget that this a Constitution we are interpreting."
923. "I could carve a better judge out of a banana."

The U.S. Constitution.
926. American public officials of what level(s) of government must swear an oath to the Constitution?

Anchors aweigh! The U.S. Navy.
931. A young David Farragut served aboard this ship, captured by the British during the War of 1812.
933. He was the highest-ranking officer of the Continental Navy.

Where were they born?
936. George G. Meade, victor of Gettysburg
937. Phil Sheridan, Civil War cavalry genius
938. Clark Gable, movie star
939. George A. Custer, slain at Little Big Horn

Who most famously said it? Bonus points for context.
942. "I've never wished anyone dead, but I've read some obituaries with a great deal of satisfaction."
944. "This election is not about ideology, it's about competence."

Famous ships of American history.
954. This merchant ship was the venue for the Boston Tea Party.
956. This Confederate commerce raider was burning Yankee whaling ships in the far north several months after Lee surrendered.

More on impeachment.
963. Those legislators who act as prosecutors are called ______.
965. How many Cabinet secretaries in U.S. history have been impeached, convicted and removed from office?

Vermont history.
970. The great Vermont flood of 1927 resulted in the accidental death of this state official.
971. This noted American author used the flood as the backdrop of one of his stories. Extra credit: what was the story?

Some more Ohio history.
982. He invented the traffic light and the gas mask.
984. ______ ______ was Ohio's first Civil War governor.
985. Draft resisters in what Ohio county briefly staged a near-comical rebellion in 1863?

The Presidency.
998. His poker games included White House staff, senators and his pal the Chief Justice.
999. He wore a ring containing some of Abraham Lincoln's hair at his inauguration.
1000. He approved the last military execution of a convicted serviceman in U.S. history. [A reminder: it was not FDR/Truman and the Eddie Slovik execution]
1001. He is buried in Hollywood Cemetery.

Who said it? Bonus points for context.
1003. "The buck doesn't even slow down here."
1005. "How is the horse?"

Which Presidents owned these dogs?
1014. King Timahoe
1015. Sweetlips

Famous American criminals, alleged or otherwise.
1038. When arrested, he was wearing a T-shirt with a picture of Lincoln, crosshairs over the President's forehead and the words, "Sic semper tyrannus."
1040. When John Dillinger was shot and killed by the FBI, what morbid souvenirs did passersby collect?

Harry Truman becomes President, April 1945.
1052. Who was hosting him when he got the call to go to the White House?
1053. What was he having to drink?
1054. Who told him FDR had died?
1055. Who (by name AND title) swore him in?
1056. Where was he sworn in?

The Vice Presidency.
1069. How many stars, in total, appear on the current Vice Presidential flag?
1070. The national museum of the Vice Presidency is in what state?
1071. Ross Perot's campaign considered this man as a running mate in 1992 until it was pointed out that he was, in fact, dead.

On Capitol Hill.
1073. This Italian immigrant painted many of the Capitol's wall and ceiling murals.
1075. Portraits of which two statesmen hang to either side of the Speaker's rostrum in the House of Representatives?
1076. Who dedicated the cornerstone of the Capitol, and what was unusual about his attire that day?

[OtakuLoki]

954. This merchant ship was the venue for the Boston Tea Party.

954. The Beaver. (The things one remembers from trying to find drafts of sailing vessels for the Keelhauling thread a while back.)

[Siam Sam]

These Presidency-defining catchphrases are associated with which men?
742. The New Federalism

Civil War slang.
834. A bungling, unlucky solder was called a ______.

Some questions about the Father of His Country.
859. In the earliest-known painting of Washington, what is he wearing?

What [was his] middle name?
873. Warren Harding

Which Presidents owned these dogs?
1014. King Timahoe

1040. When John Dillinger was shot and killed by the FBI, what morbid souvenirs did passersby collect?



Many of these seem so familiar. I'll take a crack at only these few, though:

742. Reagan?
834. Sad Sack?
859. A British military uniform?
873. Starts with a G, of course, and I seem to recall it was rather uncommon. Something like Gemuel, although that's not it.
1014. I'm pretty sure King Timahoe was owned by Ford.
1040. His blood. They dipped their handkerchiefs in it. Somehow I missed this one before, or I would have answered it. (And no, his penis is NOT in the Smithsonian. They've actually even looked for it just to make sure.)

[Elendil's Heir]

954. The Beaver. (The things one remembers from trying to find drafts of sailing vessels for the Keelhauling thread a while back.)

Correct. The Dorchester was the other.

[Elendil's Heir]

Many of these seem so familiar. I'll take a crack at only these few, though:

742. Reagan?
834. Sad Sack?
859. A British military uniform?
873. Starts with a G, of course, and I seem to recall it was rather uncommon. Something like Gemuel, although that's not it.
1014. I'm pretty sure King Timahoe was owned by Ford.
1040. His blood. They dipped their handkerchiefs in it. Somehow I missed this one before, or I would have answered it. (And no, his penis is NOT in the Smithsonian. They've actually even looked for it just to make sure.)

742. Yes
834. No
859. Close, but no cigar
873. Yes, it starts with "G" and is unusual
1014. Incorrect
1040. Yes - well done!

[Siam Sam]

873. Gethsemane?

1014. Did Nixon own King Timahoe as president? (Checkers I know, but that was when he was a Veep.) I seem to recall King Timahoe from sometime in the 1970s, and I'm pretty sure it was not Carter.

[Really Not All That Bright]

735. "The surest means of ensuring peace is to be prepared for war."
751. Bunny (hint: it was a President)
836. A soldier might visit a brothel to "enjoy a little horizontal ______."
963. Those legislators who act as prosecutors are called ______.
1075. Portraits of which two statesmen hang to either side of the Speaker's rostrum in the House of Representatives?
735. Teddy Roosevelt?
751. Jimmy Carter
752. Dancing?
963. The House Judiciary Comittee... I think the specific individuals are called case managers or something like that.
1075. George Washington and the Marquis Lafayette (no idea what his first name is)

[Elendil's Heir]

873. Gethsemane?

1014. Did Nixon own King Timahoe as president? (Checkers I know, but that was when he was a Veep.) I seem to recall King Timahoe from sometime in the 1970s, and I'm pretty sure it was not Carter.

No to 873, yes to 1014.

[Elendil's Heir]

735. Teddy Roosevelt?
751. Jimmy Carter
752. Dancing?
963. The House Judiciary Comittee... I think the specific individuals are called case managers or something like that.
1075. George Washington and the Marquis Lafayette (no idea what his first name is)

735. No
751. No
752. No
963. Yes, they're simply called "managers"
1075. Both correct - Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette

[Danimal]

772. "This generation has a rendezvous with destiny."

772. John F. Kennedy originally said it, I think. Although Reagan repeated it later.

800. King George III's Royal Standard featured what two animals?

800. A lion and a unicorn?
873. Warren Harding

873. Gamaliel

913. Harry Truman reacted badly to what Washington Post music critic, and why? [His or her name, please]

913. I don't know the name, but I remember the why. He gave a scathing review to Margaret Truman, Harry's daughter.

922. "Let us never forget that this a Constitution we are interpreting."

922. Sure sounds like Oliver Wendell Holmes.

931. A young David Farragut served aboard this ship, captured by the British during the War of 1812.

931. U.S.S. Chesapeake?

971. This noted American author used the flood as the backdrop of one of his stories. Extra credit: what was the story?

971. Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea?

[Elendil's Heir]

772. John F. Kennedy originally said it, I think. Although Reagan repeated it later.

800. A lion and a unicorn?

873. Gamaliel

913. I don't know the name, but I remember the why. He gave a scathing review to Margaret Truman, Harry's daughter.

922. Sure sounds like Oliver Wendell Holmes.

931. U.S.S. Chesapeake?

971. Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea?

772. No.
800. No.
873. Yes!
913. Already noted above; I'm looking for the name.
922. No.
931. No.
971. No.

[5 time champ]

While we're cleaning up:

Court Cases
934. This case was a warm-up for Miranda v Arizona on the subject of the rights of the accused.

935. Presault v Vermont was a landmark case in this area of the law.

Malaprops & putdowns
1064. In the 1976 campaign Ronald Reagan mistakenly referred to President Gerald Ford as one of these.

1065. In turn, on Saturday Night Live, Chevy Chase referred to Ronald Reagan as this?

[Really Not All That Bright]

934. This case was a warm-up for Miranda v Arizona on the subject of the rights of the accused.
Gideon v. Wainwright? Saw it mentioned in another thread and something clicked.

[5 time champ]

That is not the case I am thinking about. IIRC, Gideon mandated court-appointed attorneys for the accused.

[Really Not All That Bright]

That is not the case I am thinking about. IIRC, Gideon mandated court-appointed attorneys for the accused.
The only other case I could think of was Escobedo v. Somewhere Colder than Florida (Michigan? Ohio?), but that one centers on the right to counsel too, I think.

Been awhile since I took Con Law... and it might just be one I'd never heard of.

[5 time champ]

Escobedo v Illinois [Illinois isn't that cold] Hmm- I thought Miranda codified what Escobedo started. But the only Con Law I ever took was in high school, more than 35 years ago :eek:

[5 time champ]

Although Elendil's Heir stumped me on his earlier questions about Harry Truman, here's a few more about the Man from Independence

1077. This future mayor of St Louis often told the story of the time he shined a customer's shoes at St Louis Union Station. The shoe shiner was surprised to note it was Harry Truman whose shoes he was shining.

1078. Bess Truman was said not to have allowed this political ally of Truman into the Truman's private residence in Independence. Her prejudice seems very strange today.

1079. Truman was an early proponent of this, an issue we are still wresting with, more than 50 years later.

1080. This Kansas City political boss that got Truman started in politics.

1081. The boss was instrumental getting Truman elected to this position before he was elected to the US Senate.

[Elendil's Heir]

1078. Was it his Jewish haberdashery partner, Lou Jacobs, IIRC?
1079. Ensuring Israel's security; he was the first world leader to grant diplomatic recognition.
1080. Pendergast.
1081. County judge (the equivalent of county commissioner elsewhere).

[5 time champ]

1078. Eddie Jacobs, IIRC
1079. Correct, though I was thinking about his proposal for some kind of national health insurance program.
correct on the other two also.

Not sure that most St Louisans could come up with 1077.
--
I also note that a post in a GD thread says that Escobedo v Illinois guaranteed the accused legal counsel during police interrogation.

[Really Not All That Bright]

I also note that a post in a GD thread says that Escobedo v Illinois guaranteed the accused legal counsel during police interrogation.
Okay, I see what you're saying. Carry on.

[Elendil's Heir]

OK, here are the answers to the as-yet unanswered questions.



716. John Glenn hailed from this Ohio town.

Who said it?
733. "The Federal Reserve's job is to take away the punch bowl just as the party's really getting started."
735. "The surest means of ensuring peace is to be prepared for war."
736. "A good lawyer knows the law. A great lawyer knows the judge."

These Presidency-defining catchphrases are associated with which men?
739. The New Foundation

Identify these notable Americans by their nicknames.
751. Bunny (hint: it was a President)

Give the first name of the First Lady.
753. McKinley

Historic American aviation.
758. This type of antique aircraft was, until recently, long used for cargo and passenger flights to South Bass Island in Lake Erie.

Who said it? Bonus points for context.
771. "One war at a time."
772. "This generation has a rendezvous with destiny."
773. "The tree of Liberty is plant of rapid growth."
775. "Who is that awful man?"

Identify these famous U.S. Army units.
777. This Ohio infantry regiment is famous for its devastating flanking fire during Pickett's Charge.

Noteworthy flags of American history.
796. The Ohio state flag has how many stars on it, and why?
798. At Philadelphia's Independence Hall on his way to Washington, President-elect Abraham Lincoln ceremonially raised a new American flag with how many stars on it?
799. The earliest-known colonial battle flag of the American Revolution featured what body part?
800. King George III's Royal Standard featured what two animals?

Famous forts.
802. The first fort to surrender during the Civil War to a naval force unsupported by ground troops.
805. This was the closest major fort to Custer's 7th Cavalry during the Little Big Horn campaign.

Who said it? Extra credit for context.
806. "Give me a one-armed economist. All of my economists say, 'On the one hand... but then again, on the other....'"
807. "Most of the work of [the person's Cabinet post] could just as easily be performed by an animatronic robot."

Civil War slang.
834. A bungling, unlucky solder was called a ______.
836. A soldier might visit a brothel to "enjoy a little horizontal ______."

On Capitol Hill.
840. What was Sen. John Tower (R-Texas) once unflatteringly named by female Congressional staffers?
841. The Congressional newspaper (not the Record) is called this.
844. Name the massive painting which covers the interior of the Capitol dome, over the Rotunda.

852. Who painted the best-known version of "Washington Crossing the Delaware"?

Some questions about the Father of His Country.
859. In the earliest-known painting of Washington, what is he wearing?
860. He built Ft. Necessity near this present-day Pennsylvania town.
862. This was his first elective public office.

When the U.S. and Great Britain nearly went to war, during our own Civil War....
882. This U.S. warship stopped the British ship [ Trent ] and removed [two Confederate] diplomats at gunpoint.

What President is associated with these places?
887. Spiegel Grove
889. Lawnfield

More Presidential places. Who's most commonly associated with these locales?
895. Palm Beach
897. Anderson Cottage

Who said it? As always, bonus points for context.
905. "Well, he wouldn't steal a hot stove."
908. "The impossible we do right away; the unconstitutional takes a little longer."

[More about the Presidency]
910. Name the Federal judge swore in LBJ on Nov. 22, 1963.
913. Harry Truman reacted badly to what Washington Post music critic, and why? [His or her name, please]
914. Who bought the first White House china to actually feature pictures of the house itself?

Who said it? Bonus points for context.
920. "A first-class temperament but a second-rate mind."
922. "Let us never forget that this a Constitution we are interpreting."
923. "I could carve a better judge out of a banana."

The U.S. Constitution.
926. American public officials of what level(s) of government must swear an oath to the Constitution?

Anchors aweigh! The U.S. Navy.
931. A young David Farragut served aboard this ship, captured by the British during the War of 1812.
933. He was the highest-ranking officer of the Continental Navy.

Where were they born?
936. George G. Meade, victor of Gettysburg
937. Phil Sheridan, Civil War cavalry genius
938. Clark Gable, movie star
939. George A. Custer, slain at Little Big Horn

Who most famously said it? Bonus points for context.
942. "I've never wished anyone dead, but I've read some obituaries with a great deal of satisfaction."
944. "This election is not about ideology, it's about competence."

Famous ships of American history.
956. This Confederate commerce raider was burning Yankee whaling ships in the far north several months after Lee surrendered.

More on impeachment.
965. How many Cabinet secretaries in U.S. history have been impeached, convicted and removed from office?

Vermont history.
970. The great Vermont flood of 1927 resulted in the accidental death of this state official.
971. This noted American author used the flood as the backdrop of one of his stories. Extra credit: what was the story?

Some more Ohio history.
982. He invented the traffic light and the gas mask.
984. ______ ______ was Ohio's first Civil War governor.
985. Draft resisters in what Ohio county briefly staged a near-comical rebellion in 1863?

The Presidency.
998. His poker games included White House staff, senators and his pal the Chief Justice.
999. He wore a ring containing some of Abraham Lincoln's hair at his inauguration.
1000. He approved the last military execution of a convicted serviceman in U.S. history. [A reminder: it was not FDR/Truman and the Eddie Slovik execution]
1001. He is buried in Hollywood Cemetery.

Who said it? Bonus points for context.
1003. "The buck doesn't even slow down here."
1005. "How is the horse?"

Which Presidents owned these dogs?
1015. Sweetlips

Famous American criminals, alleged or otherwise.
1038. When arrested, he was wearing a T-shirt with a picture of Lincoln, crosshairs over the President's forehead and the words, "Sic semper tyrannus."

Harry Truman becomes President, April 1945.
1052. Who was hosting him when he got the call to go to the White House?
1053. What was he having to drink?
1054. Who told him FDR had died?
1055. Who (by name AND title) swore him in?
1056. Where was he sworn in?

The Vice Presidency.
1069. How many stars, in total, appear on the current Vice Presidential flag?
1070. The national museum of the Vice Presidency is in what state?
1071. Ross Perot's campaign considered this man as a running mate in 1992 until it was pointed out that he was, in fact, dead.

On Capitol Hill.
1073. This Italian immigrant painted many of the Capitol's wall and ceiling murals.
1076. Who dedicated the cornerstone of the Capitol, and what was unusual about his attire that day?

716. New Concord, Ohio
733. Arthur Burns, Fed Chair in the LBJ-Nixon years
735. George Washington
736. Roy Cohn
739. Jimmy Carter
751. "Bunny" was Jackie Kennedy's pet name for JFK
753. Ida
758. Ford Trimotor aircraft
771. Abraham Lincoln, when war with Britain seemed to be looming during the Trent Incident
772. FDR, accepting the Democratic nomination in 1932
773. George Washington, just after the Revolution
775. FDR's mom Sara Roosevelt, asked in a loud stage whisper while Huey Long was visiting Hyde Park.
777. The 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, largely composed of Irish dockworkers from Cleveland
796. 17 stars, as Ohio was the 17th state
798. 34 stars - Kansas had just joined the Union
799. An armored arm and gauntlet

800. The lions of England and Scotland, and the white horse of Hanover
802. Ft. Henry
805. Ft. Abraham Lincoln
806. Truman, in frustration at the mixed economic advice he got
807. Robert Reich, Clinton's Secretary of Labor, in his memoir Locked in the Cabinet
834. Jonah
836. "refreshment"
840. "Senator with whom we'd least like to be stuck alone on an elevator"
841. Roll Call (which did the poll referred to in the preceding question)
844. The Apotheosis of George Washington
852. Emmanuel Leutze
859. Virginia militia uniform (blue with red facings)
860. Uniontown, Pa.
862. Virginia House of Burgesses
882. USS San Jacinto
887. Hayes
889. Garfield
895. JFK, who often stayed at his dad's house there
897. Lincoln, who spent many summer days on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home; Anderson Cottage was recently restored and reopened

905. Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, said skeptically of Secretary of War nominee and fellow Pennsylvanian Simon Cameron, when asked just how crooked he was
908. Henry Kissinger, spoofing the Seebees' motto, "The difficult we do right away; the impossible takes a little longer."
910. Sara T. Hughes
913. Paul Hume
914. The Clintons, in time for the White House bicentennial in 2000
920. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., describing FDR
922. Chief Justice John Marshall
923. Theodore Roosevelt, describing O.W. Holmes
926. Public officials at all levels of American government, local, state and Federal, swear an oath to the U.S. Constitution, as required therein
931. USS Essex
933. Commodore Esek Hopkins
936. Cadiz, Spain
937. Accounts differ: either in Ireland, during the Atlantic crossing with his parents, or in New York City. No one knows for sure.
938. Cadiz, Ohio
939. New Rumley, Ohio
942. Clarence Darrow
944. Mike Dukakis
956. CSS Shenandoah
965. None. Grant's SecWar Belknap came closest, but he resigned before being removed by an impeachment verdict
970. The lieutenant governor of Vermont, whose car was caught in floodwaters and he drowned (some accounts suggest he may have been drunk)
971. H.P. Lovecraft, "The Whisperer in Darkness"
982. Garrett Morgan, a noted black inventor
984. William Dennison
985. "Ft. Fizzle" in Harrison County
998. Truman
999. Theodore Roosevelt; the ring was lent to him by a political ally

1000. JFK
1001. John Tyler is buried in Hollywood Cemetery, where the Southern elite have long been interred, in Richmond, Va.
1003. According to the Washington Post, this sign was seen in the hearing room during the Iran-Contra hearings
1005. TR to Taft, after Taft had telegrammed, "Just had a long morning ride and I feel wonderful!"
1015. George Washington
1038. Timothy McVeigh, immediately after the Oklahoma City bombing
1052. Speaker Sam Rayburn and his Congressional pals, dubbed "the Board of Education"
1053. Bourbon and branch water
1054. Eleanor Roosevelt
1055. Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone
1056. The Cabinet Room
1069. 17 stars - one in each corner, and 13 over the eagle's head
1070. Indiana
1071. William French Smith
1073. Constantino Brumidi, an Italian immigrant
1075. George Washington, in full Masonic garb including a ceremonial apron