# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/221 "2007-10-29T04:30:08Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] 115. Which president ran for office on the campaign slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler too”? 1. Which presidential candidate was taunted by opposing crowds with the cry “Ma! Ma! Where’s my Pa?” [/QUOTE] 2. William Henry Harrison. 3. 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.) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/222 "2007-10-29T04:30:53Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] Also still unanswered: 90. Meriwether Lewis died at an inn in what state? [/QUOTE] Kentucky ---
**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 29, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/223 "2007-10-29T04:31:45Z")
1. New York? (Triangle Shirt Factory?) 2. Geronimo? 3. William Henry Harrison. 4. Grover cleveland? ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/224 "2007-10-29T04:43:34Z")
> [@spoke-](#): > > 1. Which president ran for office on the campaign slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler too”? [QUOTE=OtakuLoki] 115. William Henry Harrison. [/quote] Correct. Harrison had defeated Tecumseh’s supporters at the battle of Tippecanoe, thus earning the nickname. > [@](#): > > 1. Which presidential candidate was taunted by opposing crowds with the cry “Ma! Ma! Where’s my Pa?” > [@OtakuLoki](#): > > 1. 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!” > [@](#): > > 1. In which state did the deadliest fire in US history occur? > [@OtakuLoki](#): > > I’ll also take a stab at 111. Wasn’t that Illinois? (I’m thinking it was The Great Chicago Fire.) Nope. > [@Siam Sam](#): > > 1. New York? (Triangle Shirt Factory?) Nope > [@](#): > > 1. Which Indian leader is famous for the quote, “I will fight no more, forever.” > [@Siam Sam](#): > > 1. Geronimo? Nope > [@](#): > > 1. Meriwether Lewis died at an inn in what state? > [@An Gadaí](#): > > Kentucky Nope, but close. ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/225 "2007-10-29T04:51:57Z")
1. Back to Lewis and Clark: In what present-day state would you find the location of Fort Mandan, where Lewis and Clark wintered? Idaho? 1. In which state did the deadliest fire in US history occur? Wisconsin 1. Which Indian leader is famous for the quote, “I will fight no more, forever.” Chief Joseph 1. What US military leader was known as “Old Fuss and Feathers”? Winfield Scott 1. Which president ran for office on the campaign slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler too”? W.H. Harrison ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/226 "2007-10-29T05:00:00Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] ETA: I’ll also take a stab at 111. Wasn’t that Illinois? (I’m thinking it was The Great Chicago Fire.) [/QUOTE] 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.) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/227 "2007-10-29T05:17:41Z")
[QUOTE=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? [/quote] Nope. > [@](#): > > 1. 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. > [@](#): > > 1. 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. > [@](#): > > 1. 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. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/228 "2007-10-29T05:57:13Z")
110: North Dakota? ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/229 "2007-10-29T07:56:24Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] 81. Moe Berg? [/QUOTE] yes! very good. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/230 "2007-10-29T12:43:01Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Back to Lewis and Clark: In what present-day state would you find the location of Fort Mandan, where Lewis and Clark wintered? [QUOTE=cmkeller] 110: North Dakota? [/QUOTE] That’s the place. A few miles north of Bismarck. They have a very nice museum and a reconstruction of the fort. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/231 "2007-10-29T14:32:33Z")
1. 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. ---
**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 29, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/232 "2007-10-29T15:17:14Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] … And 55 is Chief Justice John Jay? 100 is (James?) Pinkerton… 1. Which president was a pretty good tailor and routinely made clothes for his Cabinet members? [/QUOTE] 2. No. 3. Somebody else already guessed that, and it’s still wrong. 4. Andrew Johnson. I know he was a tailor, but I never heard that he made clothes for his Cabinet. ---
**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 29, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/233 "2007-10-29T15:18:35Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] And hey, here are some more: 109… 116. [/QUOTE] I appreciate your enthusiasm, but please post no more than five questions at a time. See the OP. Here are some more: 1. What contemporary statesman did Lincoln quote and respond to in his famous 1860 Cooper Union speech? 2. At its opening, the lights of the Empire State Building were ceremonially turned on remotely by what individual? 3. What did Thomas Edison call his mobile film studio? 4. This Nebraska author and poet wrote about the difficulties of life on the frontier. 5. This general pursued Pancho Villa before leading U.S. troops during WWI. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/234 "2007-10-29T15:22:33Z")
There was an OP? That was _five pages_ ago. 😉 ---
**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 29, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/235 "2007-10-29T15:23:27Z")
[QUOTE=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. [/QUOTE] Correct as to the name. I’d never heard of any connection to Mary Todd Lincoln, though. ---
**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 29, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/236 "2007-10-29T15:24:32Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] There was an OP? That was _five pages_ ago. 😉 [/QUOTE] You posted on the first page, buddy, so you’ve got no excuses! :dubious: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/237 "2007-10-29T15:25:05Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 118. At its opening, the lights of the Empire State Building were ceremonially turned on remotely by what individual? 1. This general pursued Pancho Villa before leading U.S. troops during WWI. [/QUOTE] 2. I’m going to guess Thomas Edison. But it’s a pure guess. 3. Pershing, I think. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/238 "2007-10-29T15:34:29Z")
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? 1. Which of the Great Lakes has the shortest period between between replacing the volume of water in it? 2. Whitehall, NY has a contested claim to somewhat obscure fame. Name what it is. 3. Why is Rochester, NY known as The Flower City? 4. Why was Fall River, MA once home of “The Trial of the Century”? ---
**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 29, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/239 "2007-10-29T16:05:56Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] 118. I’m going to guess Thomas Edison. But it’s a pure guess. 1. Pershing, I think. [/QUOTE] 2. Nope. 3. Yup. ---
**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 29, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/240 "2007-10-29T16:07:20Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] … 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”? [/QUOTE] 1. U-505, a German submarine, during WW2. It’s now on display in a museum in Chicago, IIRC. 2. The murder trial of Lizzie Borden; she was acquitted. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=13)