U.S. History trivia quiz

[Elendil's Heir]

The Rules:

Ask about any person, place, thing or event since 1492. You must completely rely on your own memory - you can't consult any book, teh internets, or ask someone else, either in formulating or answering a question. Number your question(s) (no more than five at a time, please), sequentially after those which came before. You can't post questions of your own until you've correctly answered at least one earlier question.

I'll start the ball rolling:

1. Abigail Adams described which Founding Father as "modest, wise and good"?
2. George Washington went out and commanded troops in the field, as President, during the Whiskey Rebellion. Who is the only other president to actually command troops in the field during a time of war?
3. Helen Keller was from which state?
4. This East Liverpool, Ohio-born composer wrote the hymn "Softly and Tenderly," so popular there are still dozens of versions available on iTunes (including by Elvis Presley, k.d. lang and Garrison Keillor)?
5. This general was named to command the non-existent army created to keep Hitler guessing about where the D-Day invasion would land.

[Odesio]

1. Abigail Adams described which Founding Father as "modest, wise and good"?


Thomas Jefferson


2. George Washington went out and commanded troops in the field, as President, during the Whiskey Rebellion. Who is the only other president to actually command troops in the field during a time of war?


I take it you mean a sitting president? If not, then I'd have to say Andrew Jackson.


3. Helen Keller was from which state?


Georgia.


5. This general was named to command the non-existent army created to keep Hitler guessing about where the D-Day invasion would land.

Patton. I saw the movie.

Marc

[Odesio]

Looks like I can't modify my answers.

#2. I revise my answer to James Madison during the War of 1812.


Marc

[Elendil's Heir]

1. No
2. Yes, Madison
3. No
4. (Unanswered)
5. Yes

You're in the game, MGibson! Ask some questions, if you like.

[JKellyMap]

1. John Adams

3. Indiana

4. Duke Ellington

Wild guesses all, but what the hey!

[Elendil's Heir]

All wrong, alas. Try again!

[Freddy the Pig]

Helen Keller was from Alabama, no?

[Elendil's Heir]

Correct! Ask some questions, if you like, Freddy!

[Giles]

(4) Will Lamartine Thompson.

[Elendil's Heir]

I didn't know Will Thompson's middle name, but correct. (How did you know that?)

[Giles]

I didn't know Will Thompson's middle name, but correct. (How did you know that?)
From the Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Lamartine_Thompson) (which is currently vandalised, so that the place of birth is obscured there).

[JKellyMap]

From the Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Lamartine_Thompson) (which is currently vandalised, so that the place of birth is obscured there).

Ahem....there's a flag on the play! (Perhaps "teh internets" was too obscure wording for some).

[Freddy the Pig]

Who is the only president buried in Washington, DC?

[JKellyMap]

Ahem....there's a flag on the play! (Perhaps "teh internets" was too obscure wording for some).

I withdraw my comment if Giles happened to have read that Wikipedia article before this game began.

[Giles]

Who is the only president buried in Washington, DC?
Woodrow Wilson.

For my question:

Which president was the first to have a presidential library in his honour?

[Giles]

Ahem....there's a flag on the play! (Perhaps "teh internets" was too obscure wording for some).
Sorry -- I didn't read that preamble. But I knew about Woodrow Wilson from visiting his tomb, in Washington National Cathedral, as well as his birthplace, in Staunton, Virginia.

[Elendil's Heir]

Who is the only president buried in Washington, DC?

Read the OP, please, folks. This would be question 6. Woodrow Wilson is correct.

[Elendil's Heir]

...Which president was the first to have a presidential library in his honour?

This would be question 7. I believe the answer is FDR.

8. What was John Marshall's job just before he became Chief Justice?
9. What was Sacagawea's son's name?
10. What state did Gettysburg hero Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain hail from?
11. What notorious sweatshop fire scandalized the nation?
12. Who was the only President to serve nonconsecutive terms? (an easy one)

Question 1 is still unanswered.

[smiling bandit]

Abraham Lincoln actually did direct troops during the Civil War while President, though only once, mostly to get a few twits moving in the absence of capable commanders, and he didn't do much with the actual battle-plans or get in the fight. He did, however, personally give orders to advance and take specific ground near Norfolk, VA while nearby, and stayed to make sure the troops were able to do so.

[Elendil's Heir]

Abraham Lincoln actually did direct troops during the Civil War while President, though only once, mostly to get a few twits moving in the absence of capable commanders, and he didn't do much with the actual battle-plans or get in the fight. He did, however, personally give orders to advance and take specific ground near Norfolk, VA while nearby, and stayed to make sure the troops were able to do so.

Good point. I read that story in Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals not long ago. Most historians only credit Washington and Madison with actual in-the-field presidential command of troops, however.

[BobLibDem]

For the Abigail Adams quote, was she talking about Washington?

[Elendil's Heir]

Correct! GW himself.

[Giles]

This would be question 7. I believe the answer is FDR.
Sorry, that's wrong (though I can understand why some might think that's right). Another president had a presidential library before Franklin Roosevelt, who came second in this context.

[Giles]

12. Who was the only President to serve nonconsecutive terms? (an easy one)
Grover Cleveland.

[Spoke]

10. What state did Gettysburg hero Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain hail from?
Maine

[Freddy the Pig]

8. Secretary of State--in which capacity he didn't get the commissions delivered!
9. Pompey

[Fir na tine]

10. What state did Gettysburg hero Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain hail from?

That would be the grand old State of Maine. Where he later became Governor.


11. What notorious sweatshop fire scandalized the nation?

That would be the Triangle fire in NYC where dozens of women died because they were essentially locked into their workplace.

[kelly5078]

8. Secretary of State
9. Hmm, need teh internets for this one.
10. Maine
11. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
12. Cleveland

[kelly5078]

Damn, late on all but the one I didn't know. Well, it was Jean Baptiste.

[Fir na tine]

13. An easy one, immortalized in song. What battle was fought on US soil after the war had ended?

14. Slightly harder - in what US state was oil first produced as a commercial product.

15. The toughy! Which US Vice President was once quoted as saying, "The Vice Presidency of the US is not worth a pitcher full of warm spit!"?

[kelly5078]

13. Battle of New Orleans
14. Pennsylvania

[Elendil's Heir]

All guesses since my last post are correct, I believe.

15. It was FDR's first VP, John Nance Garner (usually inaccurately quoted as "spit" and not "piss").

[kelly5078]

15. I'm gonna guess Teddy Roosevelt. Sounds like him. Now I'll look it up.

[Elendil's Heir]

... Now I'll look it up.

No, don't! You might see something you'll be tempted to use as a question!

[bordelond]

13. The War of 1812
14. Pennsylvania (Quaker State)

[kelly5078]

Oooooo. :smack:

[Elendil's Heir]

16. This first Treasury Secretary was nearly undone by a sex scandal.
17. This French ambassador annoyed President Washington by his indiscreet revolutionary diplomacy and schmoozing, and was eventually asked to leave.
18. This was the largest earthquake ever recorded in the American Midwest (and might be again, someday).
19. A young man, later to become much more famous, sang with a choir at the movie premiere of Gone with the Wind. Who was he?
20. What was the name of JFK's small warship in WW2?

[RandMcnally]

20. What was the name of JFK's small warship in WW2?


I know this one! It's PT-109.

[kelly5078]

18. New Madrid (accent on the 'a')
20. PT 109

Must dash, dammit. This is fun.

[Elendil's Heir]

Both correct (RandMcnally, too).

[Spoke]

16. This first Treasury Secretary was nearly undone by a sex scandal.
Alexander Hamilton

[Freddy the Pig]

21. When was the last time a President called a special session of Congress?

[smiling bandit]

Let's see.

22:
Which signer of the Declaration of Independance served as the U.S.'s first ambassador to England?

23:
Gen. Sherman himself, inspecting a Confederate position, ordered the bombardment which ended the life of whom?

[Elendil's Heir]

Yes, Alexander Hamilton.

21. Harry Truman in 1948 (the "Do-Nothing Congress").

[Elendil's Heir]

22. John Adams.
23. I want to say Gen. Leonidas K. Polk on Pine Mountain, 1864, but it wasn't Sherman who gave the order, was it?

On further review... smiling bandit, have you correctly answered someone else's question(s) yet? Can't ask questions of your own until you do; see the OP. If I've overlooked your having done so, forgive me.

[Elendil's Heir]

By my tally, those who've answered previous questions correctly and may now ask questions of their own are:

MGibson
Freddy the Pig
Giles
BobLibDem
spoke-
Fir na tine
kelly5078
bordelond
RandMcnally

Let me know if I've missed anyone.

[Spoke]

24. A submarine was first sent to attack an enemy vessel during which US war?

25. Bonus: What was the name of the submarine?

[garygnu]

What questions haven't been answered? (No that's not a trivia question.)

[Giles]

I don't see a correct answer to my question 7 yet.

One more:
26. President Eisenhower is generally supposed to have seen two states join the union under his administration, i.e., Alaska and Hawaii. However, he completed the paperwork for the admission of another state. Which state was that?

[garygnu]

I don't see a correct answer to my question 7 yet.

One more:
26. President Eisenhower is generally supposed to have seen two states join the union under his administration, i.e., Alaska and Hawaii. However, he completed the paperwork for the admission of another state. Which state was that?
Don't know #7, but I believe #26 is New Mexico.

[An Gadaí]

24. A submarine was first sent to attack an enemy vessel during which US war?

25. Bonus: What was the name of the submarine?

24.The American Civil War?

EDIT - I reckon I'm wrong, just reread the question.

[Freddy the Pig]

21. Harry Truman in 1948 (the "Do-Nothing Congress").Correct, although I was actually thinking of Franklin Roosevelt in 1939. Technically, the 80th Congress was "in recess" when Truman made his Turnip Day speech in 1948, so he was calling it back into session, rather than calling a new session. Whereas Congress had adjourned sine die when World War II broke out, and Roosevelt had to call a new session to repeal the Neutrality Act. The 76th Congress (1939-41) is the last Congress to have three separate and distinct numbered sessions.

Either action, however, involves the President's invokation of the same constitutional power to convene Congress "on extraordinary occasions", so the distinction is very arbitrary.

#7--Herbert Hoover? I know he has one, but I don't know if it was built first.

[Giles]

Don't know #7, but I believe #26 is New Mexico.
Not New Mexico.


#7--Herbert Hoover? I know he has one, but I don't know if it was built first.
Not Hoover.

[RandMcnally]

24. A submarine was first sent to attack an enemy vessel during which US war?

25. Bonus: What was the name of the submarine?



The Revolutionary War/The Turtle.

[Frosted Glass]

24. A submarine was first sent to attack an enemy vessel during which US war?


Oh man, The Revolutionary War is my answer and I don't have a clue what it was called.

Blast! I should have previewed to see my late response. Oh well, more questions please :)

[Elendil's Heir]

7. Rutherford B. Hayes, in Fremont, Ohio. Right? I should have thought of this sooner. :smack:

Several questions are still unanswered, including 17. (the troublesome French ambassador, in post 37) and 26. (Ike and a third state's admission, in post 49). Several others are awaiting ayes or nays on guesses already made.

And some more:

27. In what American war was the first successful submarine attack against another vessel?
28. What was the name of the sub?
29. What was the name of its target?
30. How many vice presidents did FDR have?
31. On what date did the Kent State shootings take place?

[RandMcnally]

27. In what American war was the first successful submarine attack against another vessel?
28. What was the name of the sub?
29. What was the name of its target?


The Civil War

The C.S.S. Hunley

Damnit, I used to know this one. It started with an "L."

[kidchameleon]

Oh I'm so slow....

[Elendil's Heir]

[27.] The Civil War

[28.] The C.S.S. Hunley

[29]. Damnit, I used to know this one. It started with an "L."

27. Correct.
28. Yes, although it was never formally commissioned as a C.S. Navy ship, so it shouldn't have the C.S.S. prefix. The State of South Carolina was very adamant about that at the time the wreck was recovered, so that the state wouldn't immediately lose ownership to the Feds; they finally worked out a deal for possession and historical preservation.
29. No, it actually starts with a different letter. Come to think of it, the letter "L" doesn't even appear in the name.

[kidchameleon]

29. The Manassas?

[RandMcnally]

29. No, it actually starts with a different letter. Come to think of it, the letter "L" doesn't even appear in the name.


You're right, I'm a moron. I know exactly how I screwed that up too.

[Baffle]

17. Thomas Jefferson?

Someone beat me to the CSS Hunley, so I'm hoping I can still get in the game with this. Ask more questions!

[Hippy Hollow]

Is 29 The Monitor?

[RandMcnally]

30: What time and date did the Civil War start?
31: Who was the general who fired the first shot?
32: Who was the commander of the fort that was Fired on? What was the fort's name?
33: Tyranny, like what, is not easily conquered?

[Sampiro]

Apologies for arriving late- I might not be answering in order of first one's not

30: What time and date did the Civil War start?

April 13, 1861, at about 5 am.

31: Who was the general who fired the first shot?

Pierre Gustav Toutant Beauregard.

32: Who was the commander of the fort that was Fired on? What was the fort's name?

Major Robert Anderson (a slaveowner), Fort Sumter. Anderson was previously Beauregard's favorite professor at West Point. (I LOVE the Ft. Sumter tour, incidentally- I've been on it everytime I'm anywhere in the area.)

33: Tyranny, like what, is not easily conquered?

Crab lice?



Q34: Edward Bernays, an immigrant, is considered the father of Public Relations and one of the fathers of modern advertising and is still studied in classes on both subjects. Who was his incomparably more world famous non-American uncle?

Q35: John Adams was a descendent of which famous "speak for yourself" Pilgrim couple?

Q36: What semi-famous American was in the same city and neighborhood as the president at the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, and William McKinley and as a result stopped ever appearing anywhere near a president because he thought he was a jinx?

Q37: Adrienne de Noailles, the wife of the Marquis de Lafayette, was saved from the guillotine that killed her mother, sister, and grandmother by diplomacy and probably bribery from what super-rich one-legged womanizing Founding Father who was in Paris at the time?

[cmkeller]

Q37: Benjamin Franklin?

[Captain Carrot]

30. How many vice presidents did FDR have?
Three. The only one I can remember is Truman, though.

[smiling bandit]

22. John Adams.

Correct.

23. I want to say Gen. Leonidas K. Polk on Pine Mountain, 1864, but it wasn't Sherman who gave the order, was it?

Yes he did. He was present and personally gave the order for that specific battery to fire upon the Confederate officers he saw there. The artillery officer, of course, handled the actual bombardment.

On further review... smiling bandit, have you correctly answered someone else's question(s) yet? Can't ask questions of your own until you do; see the OP. If I've overlooked your having done so, forgive me.

See post #19. The answer you wanted for Question #2 was incomplete.

[Sampiro]

9. What was Sacagawea's son's name?

Jean Baptiste "Pomp" Charbonneau (which I can actually prove I knew without sources- I've written about him online)

10. What state did Gettysburg hero Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain hail from?

Maine

I know "Triangle Fire" but I can't remember if that's a sweatshop fire.

[Sampiro]

36. Who was the first African-American woman (probably the first woman of any color) to lead troops in battle in a military engagement?

37. What was the condition from which 36 suffered that caused her to occasionally lose concentration?

38. To what prison south of Miami were (the way less innocent than popularly portrayed) Dr. Samuel Mudd and other convicted Lincoln conspirators sent?

[Baffle]

I'm having trouble picturing anyone considered an 'African-American' being around earlier than Joan of Arc. Unless, of course, you are implying Joan of Arc is, in fact, a shade of grey.

PS: #36, Harriet Tubman

[Giles]

7. Rutherford B. Hayes, in Fremont, Ohio. Right? I should have thought of this sooner. :smack:
Correct!

[5 time champ]

31. On what date did the Kent State shootings take place?
May 4, 1970

Q35: John Adams was a descendent of which famous "speak for yourself" Pilgrim couple?
John & Priscilla Alden

[Sampiro]

I'm having trouble picturing anyone considered an 'African-American' being around earlier than Joan of Arc. Unless, of course, you are implying Joan of Arc is, in fact, a shade of grey.

PS: #36, Harriet Tubman


The limits on the game are American History and as such the question is limited to troops in American history. Sorry, should have specified (and Joan of Arc was thousands of years after any number of female war leaders).

[Hippy Hollow]

37. What was the condition from which 36 suffered that caused her to occasionally lose concentration?
I believe it was epilepsy brought about by a blow to the head she suffered escaping slavery...

[panamajack]

Q36: What semi-famous American was in the same city and neighborhood as the president at the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, and William McKinley and as a result stopped ever appearing anywhere near a president because he thought he was a jinx?

Robert Todd Lincoln (Abe's son)

[Baffle]

The limits on the game are American History and as such the question is limited to troops in American history. Sorry, should have specified (and Joan of Arc was thousands of years after any number of female war leaders).
I was mostly being snarky, but thanks for the correction. Was my answer correct?

[DSYoungEsq]

13. An easy one, immortalized in song. What battle was fought on US soil after the war had ended?
A small nit to pick here:

The war had not ended when the Battle of New Orleans was fought. While the Treaty of Ghent had been signed, it was not ratified by the American Congress until mid-February. And, while the treaty specified that no further hostilities should occur, that was with the understanding that hostilities would be occuring until the signing of the Treaty and its terms could be communicated to the war theaters.

Indeed, the British were in the process of invading the Mobile/Biloxi area when the fact that hostilities were to cease was made known.

[Spoons]

38. To what prison south of Miami were (the way less innocent than popularly portrayed) Dr. Samuel Mudd and other convicted Lincoln conspirators sent?I can't remember the name of the prison itself, but it was on the Dry Tortugas islands. I believe Dr. Mudd ended up being the prison physician.

[Elendil's Heir]

17. Thomas Jefferson?....


No.

[Elendil's Heir]

Is 29 The Monitor?

Also no.

[Elendil's Heir]

....
36: What semi-famous American was in the same city and neighborhood as the president at the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, and William McKinley and as a result stopped ever appearing anywhere near a president because he thought he was a jinx?

37: Adrienne de Noailles, the wife of the Marquis de Lafayette, was saved from the guillotine that killed her mother, sister, and grandmother by diplomacy and probably bribery from what super-rich one-legged womanizing Founding Father who was in Paris at the time?

36. Robert Todd Lincoln, the 16th President's eldest son.
37. Gouverneur Morris (Franklin had both legs, despite his gout).

[Elendil's Heir]

...
38. To what prison south of Miami were (the way less innocent than popularly portrayed) Dr. Samuel Mudd and other convicted Lincoln conspirators sent?

Fort Jefferson, which was and is in the Dry Tortugas. And I agree with you about Dr. Mudd's level of culpability (I'll be taking a "Booth's escape route" tour next spring and expect to learn more). I believe he was the only Lincoln conspirator sent to Fort Jefferson, but I may be wrong.

Now don't anybody go looking it up until the game is over!

[Elendil's Heir]

...
19. A young man, later to become much more famous, sang with a choir at the movie premiere of Gone with the Wind. Who was he?....


This question remains unanswered, I believe.

[Elendil's Heir]

31. On what date did the Kent State shootings take place?
May 4, 1970....


Correctamundo!

[Freddy the Pig]

Was #19 Jimmy Carter, by any chance?

[kunilou]

Q34: Edward Bernays, an immigrant, is considered the father of Public Relations and one of the fathers of modern advertising and is still studied in classes on both subjects. Who was his incomparably more world famous non-American uncle?

Sigmund Freud.

[Elendil's Heir]

Was #19 Jimmy Carter, by any chance?

No. But you're kinda warm.

39. We've already mentioned John Nance Garner and Harry Truman; who was FDR's second VP?
40. Benjamin Franklin thought what bird should be the national symbol, rather than the bald eagle?
41. Who was Amelia Earhart's also-later-disappeared navigator?
42. What flag, first raised in Cambridge, Mass. in early 1776, is considered by many historians to be the country's first national flag?
43. What senator, later to gain greater notoriety/fame after Theodore Roosevelt's presidential term, was his best friend?

[Elendil's Heir]

...See post #19. The answer you wanted for Question #2 was incomplete.

Right you are. I'll give you that. Thanks.

[Frosted Glass]

40. Benjamin Franklin thought what bird should be the national symbol, rather than the bald eagle?


The noble Turkey. Gobble, gobble, gobble!

[Elendil's Heir]

...
33: Tyranny, like what, is not easily conquered?

Ignorance. I forget who said that, though.

Correct about the turkey, Frosted Glass.

[RandMcnally]

Ignorance. I forget who said that, though.

That is a negative.

[Petey]

39. We've already mentioned John Nance Garner and Harry Truman; who was FDR's second VP?


I know it's a Wallace.

Henry Wallace?

[Sternvogel]

19. A young man, later to become much more famous, sang with a choir at the movie premiere of Gone with the Wind. Who was he

The (then future Reverend) Martin Luther King Jr.

26. President Eisenhower is generally supposed to have seen two states join the union under his administration, i.e., Alaska and Hawaii. However, he completed the paperwork for the admission of another state. Which state was that?

Ohio -- the state was celebrating the 150th anniversary of its putative 1803 admission just as Ike's term was beginning, and the error was discovered.

39. We've already mentioned John Nance Garner and Harry Truman; who was FDR's second VP?
41. Who was Amelia Earhart's also-later-disappeared navigator?
42. What flag, first raised in Cambridge, Mass. in early 1776, is considered by many historians to be the country's first national flag?

39. Henry Agard Wallace
41. Fred Noonan
42. The "Don't Tread on Me" banner with the snake?

[Frostillicus]

4. This East Liverpool, Ohio-born composer wrote the hymn "Softly and Tenderly," so popular there are still dozens of versions available on iTunes (including by Elvis Presley, k.d. lang and Garrison Keillor)?



Not to nitpick, but how is this remotely a US history question?

[Frostillicus]

24. A submarine was first sent to attack an enemy vessel during which US war?

25. Bonus: What was the name of the submarine?

The Hunley was a Confederate submarine launched during the Civil War.

[Elendil's Heir]

I know it's a Wallace.

Henry Wallace?

Correct (also by Sternvogel, who also got 19, 39 and 41 correct, but not 42).

[Elendil's Heir]

Not to nitpick, but how is this remotely a US history question?

It's about an American composer, who in the past wrote a song still popular in the U.S.

[Elendil's Heir]

[As to questions 24 and 25] The Hunley was a Confederate submarine launched during the Civil War.

Incorrect. This was correctly answered above: it was the Turtle, sent to attack HMS Eagle during the American Revolution. The Hunley made the first successful attack; we're still waiting for the answer as to its target.

[Elendil's Heir]

Here are some more....

44. Robert E. Lee's citizenship was finally restored by an Act of Congress signed by which President?
45. Henry Clay received what remarkable recognition in his first term in Congress?
46. The British surrendered to the combined American and French armies at Yorktown in what year?
47. Donald Segretti of Watergate notoriety popularized what obscene term for political dirty tricks?
48. What was architect Frank Lloyd Wright's best-known house designed for a client outside of Illinois?

[OtakuLoki]

29. The target of the Hunley's successful attack was the USS Housatonic (Housatanic?). I believe it was a steam sloop.


ETA

44. US Grant?

46. 1781

[Elendil's Heir]

29. The target of the Hunley's successful attack was the USS Housatonic (Housatanic?). I believe it was a steam sloop.


ETA

44. US Grant?

46. 1781

29. Correct on both counts; the USS Housatonic was indeed a steam sloop. Well done!
44. Incorrect. Think much later.
46. Correct.

[kidchameleon]

45. Henry Clay received what remarkable recognition in his first term in Congress?


Elected Speaker of the House.

[denquixote]

Here are some more....

44. Robert E. Lee's citizenship was finally restored by an Act of Congress signed by which President?
45. Henry Clay received what remarkable recognition in his first term in Congress?
46. The British surrendered to the combined American and French armies at Yorktown in what year?
47. Donald Segretti of Watergate notoriety popularized what obscene term for political dirty tricks?
48. What was architect Frank Lloyd Wright's best-known house designed for a client outside of Illinois?


48. "Falling Water" for the Kauffman family outside of Pittsburgh.

[denquixote]

48. "Falling Water" for the Kauffman family outside of Pittsburgh.


49. What politician was said to be "pink right down to her underwear?"
50. Who said it?
51. What nickname did the accuser earn in response?

If falling water is wrong, please disregard my question.

[tarragon918]

Small nitpick wrt question #7 - Hoover is the first in the official Presidential Libraries, which are a part of the National Archives. With all due respect to Rutherford B. Hayes, of course. :)

Gawd, I can't answer any of these questions, you folks are good! Let me try to tackle one, though.

44. Robert E. Lee's citizenship was finally restored by an Act of Congress signed by which President?

Og help me, but I think that was Reagan. (Please let it not be Daddy Bush!)

[Giles]

Ohio -- the state was celebrating the 150th anniversary of its putative 1803 admission just as Ike's term was beginning, and the error was discovered.
That's correct.

[BobLibDem]

49. What politician was said to be "pink right down to her underwear?"

I don't know but please don't tell me it's Margaret Thatcher.

[Mr. Miskatonic]

49. What politician was said to be "pink right down to her underwear?"
50. Who said it?
51. What nickname did the accuser earn in response?

If falling water is wrong, please disregard my question.

I forget the name of #49, but Nixon said it about her, and got the nickname 'Tricky Dick' in return.

[Elendil's Heir]

48. "Falling Water" for the Kauffman family outside of Pittsburgh.

Correct, although usually spelled as one word, "Fallingwater." A beautiful house, by the way, and still open to the public. Visit it if you ever get the chance.

[Elendil's Heir]

[45. re: Henry Clay] Elected Speaker of the House.

Correct!

[Elendil's Heir]

49. What politician was said to be "pink right down to her underwear?"....

Helen Douglas. I agree with the Nixon/"Tricky Dick" answers given earlier.

[Elendil's Heir]

...
44. Robert E. Lee's citizenship was finally restored by an Act of Congress signed by which President?

Og help me, but I think that was Reagan. (Please let it not be Daddy Bush!)

Incorrect.

54. Where was George Washington first inaugurated as President?
55. Who swore him in?
56. What color was Washington's suit (discussed in another recent SDMB thread, believe it or not)?
57. Where was Theodore Roosevelt born on this day (Oct. 27) in 1858?
58. Where were the worst draft riots of the Civil War, in terms of lives lost and property damaged?

[Sampiro]

46. 1781 (October 19, to be precise- I always remember it because my aunts/babysitters were born 108 years to the day later, not that there's any connection).


52. Identify the Mormon farmboy who as a 14 year old science prodigy studying a plowed field first envisioned sending photographs via waves, and who many credit as the inventor of television.

53. Name the Russian Jewish immigrant and Marconi operator who founded RCA and would eventually become 52's archrival/nemesis in the creation of television.

[Sampiro]

54. Philadelphia?

56. Red and blue checked jacket over a violet hoopskirt, credited to the fact that his toothache medicine was making him loopy (because nobody sane would wear checks with violet).

56. Probably too obvious, but I'll go with the NYC riots of June 1863.

[OtakuLoki]

56. Where were the worst draft riots of the Civil War, in terms of lives lost and property damage?

56. NYC.

I'll have some questions later today - so far I can't think of any good ones.

ETA: Sampiro, I think it's only obvious because you've studied so much about the Civil War. Most Americans, I think, have no knowledge that there were ever draft riots prior to the Vietnam era.

[Elendil's Heir]

Both correct as to the very bad NYC draft riots (but in July and not June 1863, Sampiro). Some estimates say as many as 1,000 died.

[Sampiro]

Both correct as to the very bad NYC draft riots (but in July and not June 1863, Sampiro). Some estimates say as many as 1,000 died.

It was a major plot point in The Gangs of New York, but very unusual for a Hollywood movie- they didn't make it as bad as it really was (or as overtly racist- many if not most of the victims deliberately killed were black).

[tarragon918]

Drat! Now I know the answer to #46, but I looked it up, so can't post it. :smack:

But let me attempt another one ...

54. Where was George Washington first inaugurated as President?

Think that was NYC (again, I'm not 100% sure on this ... hey, it's been a real long time since I actually studied Revolutionary-era history. ;))

[Spoke]

52. Identify the Mormon farmboy who as a 14 year old science prodigy studying a plowed field first envisioned sending photographs via waves, and who many credit as the inventor of television.
Philo Farnsworth

59. Ronald Reagan kicked off his presidential campaign with a speech on states' rights in what small-but-symbolically-significant Southern town?

60. The pivotal Revolutionary War battle of Cowpens was fought in which US state?

61. The "Gadsden Flag" (the yellow "Don't Tread on Me" rattlesnake flag) is named for the leader of the Sons of Liberty of which colony?

62. What words did John Wilkes Booth utter (by most accounts) after assassinating President Lincoln?

63. Which US President had an adopted Native American son named Lincoya?

[Spoons]

62. What words did John Wilkes Booth utter (by most accounts) after assassinating President Lincoln?Sic semper tyrannis--"Thus always to tyrants," if memory serves.

[RandMcnally]

62. What words did John Wilkes Booth utter (by most accounts) after assassinating President Lincoln?


Sic Semper Tyrannus. Imagine my surprise when I found out that that's written on the Virginian flag.

[want2know]

53. Name the Russian Jewish immigrant and Marconi operator who founded RCA and would eventually become 52's archrival/nemesis in the creation of television.

David Sarnoff.

[Sampiro]

59. Ronald Reagan kicked off his presidential campaign with a speech on states' rights in what small-but-symbolically-significant Southern town?

I'm going to guess Pulaski, TN.

63. Which US President had an adopted Native American son named Lincoya?

This I know from 4th grade Alabama history class: Andrew Jackson. (He was a Creek Indian baby orphaned at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and no woman would take him because they were starving themselves, so Jackson took him home and raised him. He died young and Jackson is said to have been in tears at his funeral. It's one of those "doesn't quite fit" things that humanizes the bastard.)

[Sampiro]

64. What were John Wilkes Booth's last words? (Backstory: he was paralyzed from neck down by the bullet and had asked to see his hands, so two soldiers lifted his hands to in front of his eyes.)

65. Easy one: what were the last words of John Adams and why were they ironic and erroneous?

[Elendil's Heir]

...
54. Where was George Washington first inaugurated as President?

Think that was NYC....

Correct.

[Elendil's Heir]

...59. Ronald Reagan kicked off his presidential campaign with a speech on states' rights in what small-but-symbolically-significant Southern town?

60. The pivotal Revolutionary War battle of Cowpens was fought in which US state?....


59. Philadelphia, Miss. (near where the three civil rights workers were kidnapped and murdered in 1964, a la Mississippi Burning).

60. South Carolina, I think.

[Elendil's Heir]

64. What were John Wilkes Booth's last words? (Backstory: he was paralyzed from neck down by the bullet and had asked to see his hands, so two soldiers lifted his hands to in front of his eyes.)

65. Easy one: what were the last words of John Adams and why were they ironic and erroneous?

64. "Useless, useless!"

65. "Thomas Jefferson still lives!" - July 4, 1826, fifty years to the day after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson had actually died a few hours earlier.

[Elendil's Heir]

Drat! Now I know the answer to #46 [re: British surrender at Yorktown], but I looked it up, so can't post it. :smack:...


No sweat. Already correctly answered by OtakuLoki; see posts 101-102.

[Sampiro]

Fort Jefferson, which was and is in the Dry Tortugas. And I agree with you about Dr. Mudd's level of culpability (I'll be taking a "Booth's escape route" tour next spring and expect to learn more).

Be sure to have an egg roll (http://sampiro.myphotoalbum.com/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album02&id=Booth_s_House_of_Egg_Rolls) while you're in D.C.. (Such a travesty that nothing's been done about that house- for those who don't know what I'm talking about, that pic is one I took last year of Mary Surratt's boarding house, one of the most significant sites in U.S. history to host a 5.95 Chinese buffet.)
Have you read Sarah Vowel's ASSASSINATION VACATION (http://www.amazon.com/Assassination-Vacation-Sarah-Vowell/dp/0743260031/ref=sr_1_1/002-1616260-0997647?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193514655&sr=8-1)? It's on my list but I haven't read it, but I know that she (or the character, but Vowell made the trip) goes to Tortugas and follows the assassination trail.

[tarragon918]

I actually meant that I now know the answer to #44 (Which President pardoned Robert E. Lee?), sorry about getting my question numbers confused!

In other news, now I get to ask a question, since I did correctly guess New York City as the place Washington was first inaugurated (woo hoo, btw, my aging brain hasn't forgotten everything!):

#66. Who was the first African American to fight for the Colonies in the Revolutionary War?

[want2know]

I actually meant that I now know the answer to #44 (Which President pardoned Robert E. Lee?), sorry about getting my question numbers confused!

In other news, now I get to ask a question, since I did correctly guess New York City as the place Washington was first inaugurated (woo hoo, btw, my aging brain hasn't forgotten everything!):

#66. Who was the first African American to fight for the Colonies in the Revolutionary War?
Crispus Attucks, I believe.

Since I answered #53, I guess I get to ask one:

67. Who was (ironically) present at two Presidential assassinations? Who were the Presidents?

[RandMcnally]

Crispus Attucks, I believe.


I don't think that's right. Crispus Attucks was the first one killed during the Boston Massacre.

[Governor Quinn]

67. Who was (ironically) present at two Presidential assassinations? Who were the Presidents?

Robert Lincoln (the only son of Abraham to reach adulthood) was present at the assassinations of Garfield and McKinley.

[denquixote]

I forget the name of #49, but Nixon said it about her, and got the nickname 'Tricky Dick' in return.

Correct

[denquixote]

Helen Douglas. I agree with the Nixon/"Tricky Dick" answers given earlier.
Correct

[tarragon918]

I'm in a bit of a dilemma here - question #66, Who was the first African American to fight for the Colonies during the American Revolution, meant for the answer to be Crispus Attuks, however he was killed in the Boston Massacre in 1770, well before the Rev. War! So a revised #66 here:

#66 Name an African American present at the Battle of Bunker Hill (should be fairly easy ...)?

[want2know]

Robert Lincoln (the only son of Abraham to reach adulthood) was present at the assassinations of Garfield and McKinley.
Correct.

[VarlosZ]

Sic Semper Tyrannus. Imagine my surprise when I found out that that's written on the Virginian flag.
It should be pointed out the use of Sic Semper Tyrannus as the state's motto preceded the Civil War, lest someone get the impression it's there to needle the Yankees.

[Governor Quinn]

The question I answered being already answered, here's another couple of answers:


43. What senator, later to gain greater notoriety/fame after Theodore Roosevelt's presidential term, was his best friend?

Henry Cabot Lodge.

The answer to #44: Gerald Ford, I believe.

[postcards]

Incorrect.
57. Where was Theodore Roosevelt born on this day (Oct. 27) in 1858?

Since no one's touched this...


New York City

[Spoke]

59. Philadelphia, Miss. (near where the three civil rights workers were kidnapped and murdered in 1964, a la Mississippi Burning).
Correct

60. South Carolina, I think.
Correct

[RandMcnally]

It should be pointed out the use of Sic Semper Tyrannus as the state's motto preceded the Civil War, lest someone get the impression it's there to needle the Yankees.


I knew that. The reason I was surprised was because you could see the lightbulb go off over my head,


"So that's why he said it."

[OtakuLoki]

Okay, some easy fun ones:

68) What year did man first land on the moon?

69) What was the name of the first US Aircraft carrier?

70) Why is that name so ironic?

[Sampiro]

Okay, some easy fun ones:

68) What year did man first land on the moon?

1969. (I either remember this one or one of the subsequent ones, not sure which, but I loved the toys and remember them well.)

Speaking of Teddy Roosevelt,

71. Teddy's mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, is believed by many literary experts to have been one of the inspirations for what iconic fictional character?

72. Who is the Baby Ruth candy bar named for (and hint: it wasn't a baseball player)?

[OtakuLoki]

1969. (I either remember this one or one of the subsequent ones, not sure which, but I loved the toys and remember them well.)

Yup. I remember a Splashdown! bath/soap set toy I had that was great fun, myself. :D

[An Gadaí]

Crap! That's one I coulda answered! :(

[Sampiro]

Yup. I remember a Splashdown! bath/soap set toy I had that was great fun, myself. :D

Yeah! I totally had that one.

[Siam Sam]

72. Who is the Baby Ruth candy bar named for (and hint: it wasn't a baseball player)?
I believe that was named after Grover Cleveland's new baby?

Three of my own:

73. Who was the only president to have been a POW? (Technically, at least.)

74. Who was the first presdent born west of the Mississippi River?

75. Who was the first president to ride in a motorized vehicle. (Hint: He did not know it.)

[5 time champ]

74. Who was the first presdent born west of the Mississippi River?
Herbert Hoover

[Siam Sam]

74. Who was the first presdent born west of the Mississippi River?
Herbert Hoover
Correct, in Iowa.

[Elendil's Heir]

[43.] Henry Cabot Lodge.

The answer to #44: Gerald Ford, I believe.

Both correct.

[Elendil's Heir]

[57. re: TR's birthplace] Since no one's touched this...

New York City

Correctamundo.

[Elendil's Heir]

...
73. Who was the only president to have been a POW? (Technically, at least.)


While a teenage combatant, Andrew Jackson was briefly a prisoner of the Brits during the American Revolution.

[Elendil's Heir]

...
69) What was the name of the first US Aircraft carrier?

70) Why is that name so ironic?

69. USS Langley
70. Samuel Langley was the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and an early aviation pioneer (and, as such, a fierce rival of the Wright Brothers). He was also the first American aviator to fly off a makeshift platform on a U.S. warship, the USS Pennsylvania, but crashed on one of his early flights, IIRC.

[Elendil's Heir]

Some more Theodore Roosevelt questions, in honor of his 149th birthday:

76. Who served first as one of Lincoln's aides, and later as TR's Secretary of State?
77. What was the highest non-Federal law-enforcement job TR ever held?
78. From what position did he resign to fight in the Spanish-American War?
79. The British ambassador once said humorously of TR, "You must always remember that the President is __________ ___."
80. TR attended the funeral of which British king?

[Siam Sam]

77. What was the highest non-Federal law-enforcement job TR ever held?
78. From what position did he resign to fight in the Spanish-American War?

80. TR attended the funeral of which British king?
77. Police Commissioner of New York City?
78. Secretary of the Navy? Or assistant secretary?
79. King Edward VII.

[Siam Sam]

While a teenage combatant, Andrew Jackson was briefly a prisoner of the Brits during the American Revolution.
Correct. But the way I've read it, he was about 10 years old and had been scouting for the Revolutionaries when the Brits nabbed him. They held him for a few days, then sent him home.

[5 time champ]

77. What was the highest non-Federal law-enforcement job TR ever held?
Sheriff of Eire, Co NY?

80. TR attended the funeral of which British king?
Edward VII

[Elendil's Heir]

77. Police Commissioner of New York City?
78. Secretary of the Navy? Or assistant secretary?
79. King Edward VII.

Correct as to all three (he was assistant SECNAV).

[OtakuLoki]

69. USS Langley
70. Samuel Langley was the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and an early aviation pioneer (and, as such, a fierce rival of the Wright Brothers). He was also the first American aviator to fly off a makeshift platform on a U.S. warship, the USS Pennsylvania, but crashed on one of his early flights, IIRC.


Correct on both counts. (Though I can't recall whether it was Pennsylvania or not, now.) The other thing I was thinking for 70, was that Langley's sponsors had been claiming, for years, that he was the person who'd had the first manned powered flight. And as such they'd been denying the Wright brothers' claim to having had the first powered flight. It wasn't until the WWI time-frame that Langley's heavily modified (by Curtiss, I think) aircraft actually made a modest powered flight.

At the time that the USS Langley was launched, the Smithsonian in particular, and the US gov't as a whole, I believe, were still claiming that Langley had the credit for the first powered flight. Which, at the most generous, is some pretty impressive stubbornes.

But the aircraft flying off the USS Langley owed far more to the Wright Flyer than to Langley's Aerodrome. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that they were Wright products, actually.

[denquixote]

72. Who is the Baby Ruth candy bar named for (and hint: it wasn't a baseball player)?


Actually there is considerable dispute about this and the evidence points to the fact that it was named after Babe Ruth but the company simply did not want to pay the royalties involved with using his name. Supposedly the bar was named after the child was long dead but just as Ruth was coming into his own as a home run hitter. If it was named after a deceased child of a former President I am guessing that it was the first and last time in history this happened.

[denquixote]

If you accept my answer I have a question.

76. What major league baseball player was taken on an All-Star team (which included Babe Ruth) tour of Japan prior to WWII because he was conversant in Japanese and was assigned to take pictures of various Japanese sites in Tokyo which were later used in bombing raids?

[denquixote]

If you accept my answer I have a question.

76. What major league baseball player was taken on an All-Star team (which included Babe Ruth) tour of Japan prior to WWII because he was conversant in Japanese and was assigned to take pictures of various Japanese sites in Tokyo which were later used in bombing raids?

I guess that should be question 81. sorry.

[Elendil's Heir]

...
[81.] What major league baseball player was taken on an All-Star team (which included Babe Ruth) tour of Japan prior to WWII because he was conversant in Japanese and was assigned to take pictures of various Japanese sites in Tokyo which were later used in bombing raids?

81. Ted Williams?

[kidchameleon]

53. Name the Russian Jewish immigrant and Marconi operator who founded RCA and would eventually become 52's archrival/nemesis in the creation of television.

Tesla?

82. Who was the first President born in the United States?

83. Name both bachelor presidents and which one got married while in office.

[Spoke]

83. Name both bachelor presidents and which one got married while in office.

James Buchanan was a bachelor all the way through. Grover Cleveland got married in the White House.

[Spoke]

84. What is the more common name of Gitchee Gumee?

85. How did Meriwether Lewis die?

86. Who replaced MacArthur in Korea after Truman relieved him of his command?

87. What current US state didn't exist as a state when Stonewall Jackson was born there?

88. What infamous pirate and smuggler was a friend to Andrew Jackson, and assisted the US in the defense of New Orleans during the War of 1812?

89. In what present-day state was the golden stake driven, symbolically completing construction of the transcontinental railroad?

[Siam Sam]

82. Who was the first President born in the United States?

82. Martin Van Buren?

[whitetho]

53. Name the Russian Jewish immigrant and Marconi operator who founded RCA and would eventually become 52's archrival/nemesis in the creation of television.I would like to point out that David Sarnoff did not found RCA -- he was a middle manager at the time the corporation was set up as a General Electric subsidiary by G.E. vp Owen Young in 1919. Sarnoff worked his way up through the ranks, and became RCA's third president, succeeding James Harbord in 1930.

[Siam Sam]

85. How did Meriwether Lewis die?

87. What current US state didn't exist as a state when Stonewall Jackson was born there?

85. Mysteriously while on his way to Wshington to tstify before Congress.

87. West Virginia?

No one has attempted to answer my #75 yet, about the first president to have ridden in a motor vehicle. I gave the hint that he did not know it; a further hint is that he was unconscious.

[5 time champ]

84. What is the more common name of Gitchee Gumee?
Lake Superior
85. How did Meriwether Lewis die?

86. Who replaced MacArthur in Korea after Truman relieved him of his command?
Matthew Ridgeway

87. What current US state didn't exist as a state when Stonewall Jackson was born there?
West Virginia

88. What infamous pirate and smuggler was a friend to Andrew Jackson, and assisted the US in the defense of New Orleans during the War of 1812?
Jean Lafite

89. In what present-day state was the golden stake driven, symbolically completing construction of the transcontinental railroad?
Promontory Summit, Utah

[Spoke]

All correct, 5 time champ. Your questions?

85. How did Meriwether Lewis die?
85. Mysteriously while on his way to Washington to testify before Congress.

"Mysteriously" is not a cause of death. (Conspiracy theorist!) :p But you're right about him being on his way to Washington.

90. Meriwether Lewis died at an inn in what state?

91. The inn was located alongside what famous Southern frontier road?

92. William McKinley was shot at the Pan American Exposition in which US city?

[5 time champ]

No one has attempted to answer my #75 yet, about the first president to have ridden in a motor vehicle. I gave the hint that he did not know it; a further hint is that he was unconscious.
Hmm- never heard of this before--but I will guess that it was William McKinley being taken for treatment before he died, after being shot.

[Siam Sam]

Correct. McKinley was transported to the hospital in a motorized ambulance, the first time a president had ever ridden in such a thing.

Now, 93: Who was the first president to own a car?

[Siam Sam]

All correct, 5 time champ"Mysteriously" is not a cause of death. (Conspiracy theorist!) :p But you're right about him being on his way to Washington.
92. William McKinley was shot at the Pan American Exposition in which US city?
He was found knifed or axed, I believe.

92. Buffalo, New York.

[Spoke]

[Meriwether Lewis] was found knifed or axed, I believe.
Nope.

[applesandautumn]

72. Who is the Baby Ruth candy bar named for (and hint: it wasn't a baseball player)?

If you're going for Ruth Cleveland, you're wrong (http://www.snopes.com/business/names/babyruth.asp) .

[5 time champ]

Continuing the Lewis & Clark Expedition . . .

94. By what name did Lewis & Clark call their expedition?

95. What was the name of the dog that accompanied Lewis & Clark?

96. What was the name of the black member of #92?

[5 time champ]

91. The inn was located alongside what famous Southern frontier road?
National Road?

[Spoke]

91. The inn was located alongside what famous Southern frontier road?
National Road?

Nope

[OtakuLoki]

85. How did Meriwether Lewis die?

Didn't he suicide? I believe with a pistol, but I won't swear to that.

[Elendil's Heir]

...
93. Who was the first president to own a car?

Theodore Roosevelt.

[Elendil's Heir]

Continuing the Lewis & Clark Expedition . . .

94. By what name did Lewis & Clark call their expedition?

95. What was the name of the dog that accompanied Lewis & Clark?....


94. The Corps of Discovery.
95. Seaman.

[Siam Sam]

Theodore Roosevelt.
No. But very close. (And no, not McKinley.)

[Spoke]

Didn't he suicide? I believe with a pistol, but I won't swear to that.

Yes. Though his death is fodder for revisionist theorists, the most obvious explanation is also the most likely: he shot himself. He was distraught, apparently, that he was being called to task in Washington. (And he had been subject to deep depressions all his life.)

[Ignatz]

24. A submarine was first sent to attack an enemy vessel during which US war?

25. Bonus: What was the name of the submarine?


Civil


Hunley

[Elendil's Heir]

...93. Who was the first president to own a car?

I'll try again: William Howard Taft.

[Elendil's Heir]

Civil


Hunley

No; already answered. See post 99.

[Elendil's Heir]

If you're going for Ruth Cleveland, you're wrong (http://www.snopes.com/business/names/babyruth.asp) .

A reminder: you may not check any other source, including any online source, in formulating or answering questions for this quiz. See the OP. Thanks.

Some more questions:

97. Frank Lloyd Wright built what artists colony/retreat in Wisconsin, and then a western enclave of the same name in Arizona?
98. The Ft. Sumter flag, flown over the fort at both the beginning and the end of the Civil War, had how many stars in a distinctive diamond pattern?
99. This surveyor's misspelled last name became the name of what major American city?
100. What D.C. detective was away from his post at Ford's Theater the night of Lincoln's assassination, but was apparently unpunished and suffered no career setback?
101. The Industrial Workers of the World, a prominent labor union of the late 19th century, had what unflattering nickname?

[gardentraveler]

A reminder: you may not check any other source, including any online source, in formulating or answering questions for this quiz. See the OP. Thanks.

Some more questions:

97. Frank Lloyd Wright built what artists colony/retreat in Wisconsin, and then a western enclave of the same name in Arizona?
....Taliesin (sp?)

Excellent quiz, BTW.

GT

[5 time champ]

94. The Corps of Discovery.
95. Seaman.
Correct


100. What D.C. detective was away from his post at Ford's Theater the night of Lincoln's assassination, but was apparently unpunished and suffered no career setback?
Allen Pinkerton

101. The Industrial Workers of the World, a prominent labor union of the late 19th century, had what unflattering nickname?
Wobblies

[Freddy the Pig]

96. What was the name of the black member of #92?I believe you meant #94? The black member of the Lewis & Clark expedition was York. (Slaves, alas, usually having only a single name.)

[kidchameleon]

James Buchanan was a bachelor all the way through. Grover Cleveland got married in the White House.

Correct!

82. Martin Van Buren?

You got it.

[Spoke]

101. The Industrial Workers of the World, a prominent labor union of the late 19th century, had what unflattering nickname?
The Wobblies.

102. The following states were named in honor of which royal personages (be specific):

a) Maryland
b) Virginia
c) North and South Carolina
d) Georgia

103. In what state do you find the legendary Dodge City (the setting for TV's Gunsmoke, and onetime home of lawmen Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp)?

104. What town was the site of the deadliest natural disaster in US history?

105. The Alamo is located in which US city?

106. What natural formation did Theodore Roosevelt establish as the first National Monument?

[5 time champ]

102. The following states were named in honor of which royal personages (be specific):

a) Maryland
Queen Henrietta Maria wife of King James I
b) Virginia
The Virgin Queen Elizabeth I
c) North and South Carolina
King Charles II
d) Georgia
King George I

103. In what state do you find the legendary Dodge City (the setting for TV's Gunsmoke, and onetime home of lawmen Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp)?
Kansas

104. What town was the site of the deadliest natural disaster in US history?
Galveston, TX [hurricane]

105. The Alamo is located in which US city?
San Antonio, TX

106. What natural formation did Theodore Roosevelt establish as the first National Monument?
The Badlands??

[Ignatz]

91. Natchez Trace

[Ignatz]

This question remains unanswered, I believe.

19. Jimmie Carter

[Ignatz]

47 Donald Segretti coined "ratfu*king"

[denquixote]

81. Ted Williams?

No, sorry. This guy was never famous for his baseball playing.

[Ignatz]

81. Lou Gehrig?

[denquixote]

81. Lou Gehrig?

Nope. I think this is one that you will not guess. You have to know it.

[Spoke]

91. Natchez Trace

Correct.

102. a) Maryland
Queen Henrietta Maria wife of King James I
b) Virginia
The Virgin Queen Elizabeth I
c) North and South Carolina
King Charles II
d) Georgia
King George I

a) Right (But she was not the wife of James I. She was the wife of Charles I.)

b) Right

c) Wrong

d) Wrong

103. In what state do you find the legendary Dodge City (the setting for TV's Gunsmoke, and onetime home of lawmen Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp)?
Kansas
Right

104. What town was the site of the deadliest natural disaster in US history?
Galveston, TX [hurricane]
Right

105. The Alamo is located in which US city?
San Antonio, TX
Right

106. What natural formation did Theodore Roosevelt establish as the first National Monument?
The Badlands??
Wrong.

[Ignatz]

107. What U.S. governor became Vice President and signed the Declaration of Independence (and as a clue, has a map figure and my K-5 elementary school named after him)?

108. What colonel, later general, and his fishermen-soldiers rowed George Washington across the Delaware on Christmas night to rout successfully the Hessians and who earlier evacuated Washington's army from Long Island, NY, saving them from certain defeat?

109. What was the name of the first ship in the American navy (owned by same colonel)?

110. In what town were that vice president and that colonel/general born and where was that ship built and where hangs the original painting by Archibald M. Willard, The Spirit of '76?


[Cal Meacham need not respond]

[Random]

110. In what town were that vice president and that colonel/general born and where was that ship built and where hangs the original painting by Archibald M. Willard, The Spirit of '76?




Marblehead, MA

[Spoke]

107. What U.S. governor became Vice President and signed the Declaration of Independence (and as a clue, has a map figure and my K-5 elementary school named after him)?

Well, I have no idea about your elementary school, or the map figure, but I believe Thomas Jefferson fits all of your other criteria. (Though I don't think that's who you have in mind.)

[RandMcnally]

33: Tyranny, like what, is not easily conquered?


No one has gotten this one yet. C'mon, it's not that hard. You can't give up just yet. Just keep in mind that the summer doper and sunshine poster will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his message board, but he that responds NOW deserves all the thanks of man and woman.

[cmkeller]

81. Moe Berg?

[Ignatz]

Marblehead, MA

Correct

[Elendil's Heir]

[97. FLW's artists colony] Taliesin (sp?)

Excellent quiz, BTW.

GT

Correct. And thanks!

[Ignatz]

Well, I have no idea about your elementary school, or the map figure, but I believe Thomas Jefferson fits all of your other criteria. (Though I don't think that's who you have in mind.)


Sorry, not President Thomas Jefferson - not from Mass.

I'm going to bed after I finish reading today's paper. Been on here all day. Will be back to check answers Monday evening.

[Elendil's Heir]

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100. What D.C. detective was away from his post at Ford's Theater the night of Lincoln's assassination, but was apparently unpunished and suffered no career setback?
Allen Pinkerton

101. The Industrial Workers of the World, a prominent labor union of the late 19th century, had what unflattering nickname?
Wobblies

100. Incorrect.
101. Correct (and spoke- got it, too).

[Elendil's Heir]

[Who sang at the premiere of "Gone With The Wind"?] 19. Jimmie Carter

No. Already correctly answered earlier: Martin Luther King Jr. (he was a young member of the choir of his father's gospel church at the time).

[Elendil's Heir]

47 Donald Segretti coined "ratfu*king"

I don't know if he coined it, but he certainly popularized it. Correct.

[Elendil's Heir]

These questions are, I believe, still unanswered. (And if I've overlooked any, please let me know).

17. This French ambassador annoyed President Washington by his indiscreet revolutionary diplomacy and schmoozing, and was eventually asked to leave.

42. What flag, first raised in Cambridge, Mass. in early 1776, is considered by many historians to be the country's first national flag?

55. Who swore [George Washington] in [as President for his first term]?

56. What color was Washington's suit (discussed in another recent SDMB thread, believe it or not)?

71. Teddy's mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, is believed by many literary experts to have been one of the inspirations for what iconic fictional character?

76. Who served first as one of Lincoln's aides, and later as TR's Secretary of State?

79. The British ambassador once said humorously of TR, "You must always remember that the President is __________ ___."

98. The Ft. Sumter flag, flown over the fort at both the beginning and the end of the Civil War, had how many stars in a distinctive diamond pattern?

99. This surveyor's misspelled last name became the name of what major American city?

100. What D.C. detective was away from his post at Ford's Theater the night of Lincoln's assassination, but was apparently unpunished and suffered no career setback?

102. The following states were named in honor of which royal personages (be specific):
...
c) North and South Carolina
d) Georgia

106. What natural formation did Theodore Roosevelt establish as the first National Monument?

[Siam Sam]

I'll try again: William Howard Taft.
Correct!

And 55 is Chief Justice John Jay? 100 is (James?) Pinkerton. 106 is, I believe, Yellowstone National Park.

I hope these have not been asked before. I'm losing track:

107. Who was the youngest president? (NOTE: I am NOT asking who was the youngest president elected.)

108. Which president was a pretty good tailor and routinely made clothes for his Cabinet members?

[OtakuLoki]

107. Who was the youngest president? (NOTE: I am NOT asking who was the youngest president elected.)


Teddy Roosevelt

[Siam Sam]

Teddy Roosevelt
Correct! When he became president upon the death of McKinley, he was younger than Kennedy was when he was elected. Then when Teddy WAS elected, he was older than Kennedy was.

[Spoke]

Also still unanswered:

61. The "Gadsden Flag" (the yellow "Don't Tread on Me" rattlesnake flag) is named for the leader of the Sons of Liberty of which colony?

90. Meriwether Lewis died at an inn in what state?

[Spoke]

And hey, here are some more:

109. The first Mardis Gras festival in what is now the US was celebrated not in New Orleans, but in what other coastal Southern town?

110. Back to Lewis and Clark: In what present-day state would you find the location of Fort Mandan, where Lewis and Clark wintered?

111. In which state did the deadliest fire in US history occur?

112. Which Indian leader is famous for the quote, "I will fight no more, forever."

113. Speaking of Indian leaders, the riverside trading post of Cherokee leader John Ross became the site of what US city?

114. What US military leader was known as "Old Fuss and Feathers"?

115. Which president ran for office on the campaign slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler too"?

116. Which presidential candidate was taunted by opposing crowds with the cry "Ma! Ma! Where's my Pa?"

[OtakuLoki]

115. Which president ran for office on the campaign slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler too"?

116. Which presidential candidate was taunted by opposing crowds with the cry "Ma! Ma! Where's my Pa?"

115. William Henry Harrison.

116. Grover Cleveland, wasn't it? Accused of being the father of one of his female acquaintance's out-of-wedlock child. (And ISTR he'd supplied funds for the child's upkeep and education.)

ETA: I'll also take a stab at 111. Wasn't that Illinois? (I'm thinking it was The Great Chicago Fire.)

[An Gadaí]

Also still unanswered:
90. Meriwether Lewis died at an inn in what state?

Kentucky

[Siam Sam]

111. New York? (Triangle Shirt Factory?)

112. Geronimo?

115. William Henry Harrison.

116. Grover cleveland?

[Spoke]

115. Which president ran for office on the campaign slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler too"?
115. William Henry Harrison.
Correct. Harrison had defeated Tecumseh's supporters at the battle of Tippecanoe, thus earning the nickname.

116. Which presidential candidate was taunted by opposing crowds with the cry "Ma! Ma! Where's my Pa?"116. Grover Cleveland, wasn't it? Accused of being the father of one of his female acquaintance's out-of-wedlock child. (And ISTR he'd supplied funds for the child's upkeep and education.)
Correct. His supporters responded to the chant of "Ma! Ma! Where's my Pa?" with "Gone to the White House! Ha! Ha! Ha!"

111. In which state did the deadliest fire in US history occur?I'll also take a stab at 111. Wasn't that Illinois? (I'm thinking it was The Great Chicago Fire.)
Nope.
111. New York? (Triangle Shirt Factory?)
Nope

112. Which Indian leader is famous for the quote, "I will fight no more, forever."112. Geronimo?
Nope

90. Meriwether Lewis died at an inn in what state?
Kentucky
Nope, but close.

[Random]

110. Back to Lewis and Clark: In what present-day state would you find the location of Fort Mandan, where Lewis and Clark wintered?

Idaho?

111. In which state did the deadliest fire in US history occur?

Wisconsin

112. Which Indian leader is famous for the quote, "I will fight no more, forever."

Chief Joseph



114. What US military leader was known as "Old Fuss and Feathers"?

Winfield Scott

115. Which president ran for office on the campaign slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler too"?

W.H. Harrison

[Random]

ETA: I'll also take a stab at 111. Wasn't that Illinois? (I'm thinking it was The Great Chicago Fire.)

I'm not sure if my answer is correct, but in terms of loss of life, the Great Chicago Fire wasn't even the worst fire that day in the U.S.


(There is also at least another fire later in Chicago history that was deadlier.)

[Spoke]

110. Back to Lewis and Clark: In what present-day state would you find the location of Fort Mandan, where Lewis and Clark wintered?

Idaho?

Nope.

111. In which state did the deadliest fire in US history occur?

Wisconsin
Correct. The Great Peshtigo Fire, a forest fire which, on the same night as the Chicago fire, swept through the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, taking probably between 1000 and 2000 lives.

112. Which Indian leader is famous for the quote, "I will fight no more, forever."

Chief Joseph
Correct. Uttered as Chief Joseph and his Nez Perce supporters surrendered, having been cornered by US forces before they could escape into Canada.


114. What US military leader was known as "Old Fuss and Feathers"?

Winfield Scott
Correct. So known for his gaudy uniforms and his elaborately feathered hats.

[cmkeller]

110: North Dakota?

[denquixote]

81. Moe Berg?

yes! very good.

[Spoke]

110. Back to Lewis and Clark: In what present-day state would you find the location of Fort Mandan, where Lewis and Clark wintered?110: North Dakota?

That's the place. A few miles north of Bismarck. They have a very nice museum and a reconstruction of the fort.

[Don't Call Me Shirley]

100. A man named Parker. I believe there is speculation that he may have been related to Mary Todd somehow, which explains why he escaped punishment. In fact, he had a horrible employment record before the assassination, so his possible family relationship may explain why he was assigned that post in the first place.

[Elendil's Heir]

...

And 55 is Chief Justice John Jay? 100 is (James?) Pinkerton....

108. Which president was a pretty good tailor and routinely made clothes for his Cabinet members?

55. No.
100. Somebody else already guessed that, and it's still wrong.
108. Andrew Johnson. I know he was a tailor, but I never heard that he made clothes for his Cabinet.

[Elendil's Heir]

And hey, here are some more:

109....
116.

I appreciate your enthusiasm, but please post no more than five questions at a time. See the OP.

Here are some more:

117. What contemporary statesman did Lincoln quote and respond to in his famous 1860 Cooper Union speech?
118. At its opening, the lights of the Empire State Building were ceremonially turned on remotely by what individual?
119. What did Thomas Edison call his mobile film studio?
120. This Nebraska author and poet wrote about the difficulties of life on the frontier.
121. This general pursued Pancho Villa before leading U.S. troops during WWI.

[Spoke]

There was an OP? That was five pages ago. ;)

[Elendil's Heir]

100. A man named Parker. I believe there is speculation that he may have been related to Mary Todd somehow, which explains why he escaped punishment. In fact, he had a horrible employment record before the assassination, so his possible family relationship may explain why he was assigned that post in the first place.

Correct as to the name. I'd never heard of any connection to Mary Todd Lincoln, though.

[Elendil's Heir]

There was an OP? That was five pages ago. ;)

You posted on the first page, buddy, so you've got no excuses! :dubious: :D

[OtakuLoki]

118. At its opening, the lights of the Empire State Building were ceremonially turned on remotely by what individual?

121. This general pursued Pancho Villa before leading U.S. troops during WWI.

118. I'm going to guess Thomas Edison. But it's a pure guess.

121. Pershing, I think.

[OtakuLoki]

Let's see, a few more:


122. What was the only warship to have been captured by the US Navy, on the high seas, in the past 100 years?

123. Which of the Great Lakes has the shortest period between between replacing the volume of water in it?

124. Whitehall, NY has a contested claim to somewhat obscure fame. Name what it is.

125. Why is Rochester, NY known as The Flower City?

126. Why was Fall River, MA once home of "The Trial of the Century"?

[Elendil's Heir]

118. I'm going to guess Thomas Edison. But it's a pure guess.

121. Pershing, I think.

118. Nope.
121. Yup.

[Elendil's Heir]

...
122. What was the only warship to have been captured by the US Navy, on the high seas, in the past 100 years?
126. Why was Fall River, MA once home of "The Trial of the Century"?

122. U-505, a German submarine, during WW2. It's now on display in a museum in Chicago, IIRC.
126. The murder trial of Lizzie Borden; she was acquitted.

[Siam Sam]

108. Andrew Johnson. I know he was a tailor, but I never heard that he made clothes for his Cabinet.
Correct. Yes, apparently it was a little fringe benefit.

[Siam Sam]

126. Why was Fall River, MA once home of "The Trial of the Century"?
That was the Lizzie Borden case.

[OtakuLoki]

122. U-505, a German submarine, during WW2. It's now on display in a museum in Chicago, IIRC.
126. The murder trial of Lizzie Borden; she was acquitted.


Yup!

[Spoke]

120. This Nebraska author and poet wrote about the difficulties of life on the frontier.
Willa Cather.

127. What American author wrote stories about a character named Nick Adams, set mostly in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan?

128. Which president ran as "the log cabin and hard cider" candidate?

129. What military man, prominent in American history, commanded troops that, with fixed bayonetes, routed the so-called "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans that descended on Washington DC in 1932 seeking financial help?

130. Labor organizer Eugene V. Debs ran for president on what party's ticket?

131. What Shreveport-based radio show (later a television show) had both Hank Williams and Elvis Presley under performance contract at various times (giving each performer an early career boost)?

[JKellyMap]

109. Mobile, Alabama?

[denquixote]

Willa Cather.

127. What American author wrote stories about a character named Nick Adams, set mostly in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan?

128. Which president ran as "the log cabin and hard cider" candidate?

129. What military man, prominent in American history, commanded troops that, with fixed bayonetes, routed the so-called "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans that descended on Washington DC in 1932 seeking financial help?

130. Labor organizer Eugene V. Debs ran for president on what party's ticket?

131. What Shreveport-based radio show (later a television show) had both Hank Williams and Elvis Presley under performance contract at various times (giving each performer an early career boost)?

127. hemingway

130. Socialist

131. Louisiana hayride.

[BMalion]

121. Douglas MacAurthur.

[denquixote]

132. What major party presidential candidates in the 60's were not born in the U.S.? Why were they Constituionally qualified to be president?

[denquixote]

133. What son of a slave became an All-American football player and member of Phi Beta Kappa before becoming a lawyer, movie star, concert singer, civil rights worker and admirer of the Communist Party?

[Spoke]

109. The first Mardis Gras festival in what is now the US was celebrated not in New Orleans, but in what other coastal Southern town?
109. Mobile, Alabama?
Correct! (And they still have a fine Mardis Gras bash there today.)

127. What American author wrote stories about a character named Nick Adams, set mostly in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan?

130. Labor organizer Eugene V. Debs ran for president on what party's ticket?

131. What Shreveport-based radio show (later a television show) had both Hank Williams and Elvis Presley under performance contract at various times (giving each performer an early career boost)?
127. hemingway

130. Socialist

131. Louisiana hayride.
Oll Kerrect