# U.S. History trivia quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 26, 2007, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091 "2007-10-26T12:09:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/181 "2007-10-28T15:50:48Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 91. The inn was located alongside what famous Southern frontier road? **National Road**? [/QUOTE] Nope ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/182 "2007-10-28T15:57:51Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] 85. How did Meriwether Lewis die? [/QUOTE] Didn’t he suicide? I believe with a pistol, but I won’t swear to that. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/183 "2007-10-28T15:58:19Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] … 93. Who was the first president to own a car? [/QUOTE] Theodore Roosevelt. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/184 "2007-10-28T16:00:17Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] Continuing the Lewis & Clark Expedition . . . 1. By what name did Lewis & Clark call their expedition? 2. What was the name of the dog that accompanied Lewis & Clark?.. [/QUOTE] 1. The Corps of Discovery. 2. Seaman. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/185 "2007-10-28T16:00:36Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Theodore Roosevelt. [/QUOTE] No. But very close. (And no, not McKinley.) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/186 "2007-10-28T16:09:55Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Didn’t he suicide? I believe with a pistol, but I won’t swear to that. [/QUOTE] 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.) ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/187 "2007-10-28T17:36:30Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] 24. A submarine was first sent to attack an enemy vessel during which US war? 1. Bonus: What was the name of the submarine? [/QUOTE] Civil _Hunley_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/188 "2007-10-28T17:54:34Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] …93. Who was the first president to own a car? [/QUOTE] I’ll try again: William Howard Taft. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/189 "2007-10-28T17:55:42Z")
[QUOTE=Ignatz] Civil _Hunley_ [/QUOTE] No; already answered. See post 99. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/190 "2007-10-28T17:56:46Z")
[QUOTE=applesandautumn] If you’re going for Ruth Cleveland, [you’re wrong](http://www.snopes.com/business/names/babyruth.asp) . [/QUOTE] 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: 1. Frank Lloyd Wright built what artists colony/retreat in Wisconsin, and then a western enclave of the same name in Arizona? 2. 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? 3. This surveyor’s misspelled last name became the name of what major American city? 4. 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? 5. The Industrial Workers of the World, a prominent labor union of the late 19th century, had what unflattering nickname? ---
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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 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: 1. Frank Lloyd Wright built what artists colony/retreat in Wisconsin, and then a western enclave of the same name in Arizona? … [/QUOTE] Taliesin (sp?) Excellent quiz, BTW. GT ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/192 "2007-10-28T19:00:56Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 94. The Corps of Discovery. 95. Seaman. [/QUOTE] 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** 1. The Industrial Workers of the World, a prominent labor union of the late 19th century, had what unflattering nickname? **Wobblies** ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/193 "2007-10-28T19:03:40Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 96. What was the name of the black member of #92? [/QUOTE] I believe you meant #94? The black member of the Lewis & Clark expedition was York. (Slaves, alas, usually having only a single name.) ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/194 "2007-10-28T19:07:43Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] James Buchanan was a bachelor all the way through. Grover Cleveland got married in the White House. [/QUOTE] Correct! > [@Siam Sam](#): > > 1. Martin Van Buren? You got it. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/195 "2007-10-28T19:13:39Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 101. The Industrial Workers of the World, a prominent labor union of the late 19th century, had what unflattering nickname? [/QUOTE] The Wobblies. 1. The following states were named in honor of which royal personages (be specific): 2. 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)? 3. What town was the site of the deadliest natural disaster in US history? 4. The Alamo is located in which US city? 5. What natural formation did Theodore Roosevelt establish as the first National Monument? ---
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[QUOTE=spoke-] 1. The following states were named in honor of which royal personages (be specific): [/QUOTE] 2. 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** 3. What town was the site of the deadliest natural disaster in US history? **Galveston, TX [hurricane]** 4. The Alamo is located in which US city? **San Antonio, TX** 5. What natural formation did Theodore Roosevelt establish as the first National Monument? **The Badlands??** ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/197 "2007-10-28T20:32:45Z")
1. Natchez Trace ---
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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] This question remains unanswered, I believe. [/QUOTE] 1. Jimmie Carter ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/199 "2007-10-28T21:03:26Z")
47 Donald Segretti coined “ratfu\*king” ---
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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 81. Ted Williams? [/QUOTE] No, sorry. This guy was never famous for his baseball playing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=11)