# 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:** 17
**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 31, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/321 "2007-10-31T04:01:48Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] Controversial question, on the order of _Do Balrogs have wings?" in Tolkeindom_ I think there are at least three claims: Jacksonville, FL Oklahoma City, OK Honolulu, HA [/QUOTE] I suspect the claim of Honolulu is based on Honolulu County, which covers all of the island of Oahu. All other islands are their own county – Maui County, Kauai County, etc – but instead of Oahu County, it’s Honolulu County. But when I lived there, no one considered the city to be the entire island. I can’t believe the city proper is the largest areawise, and no one ever said such a thing while I was there. ---
**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 31, 2007, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/322 "2007-10-31T04:35:08Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] [152.] 54th **Massachusetts** … [/QUOTE] You got it. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/323 "2007-10-31T07:46:53Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] **Robert Penn Warren** Ha! Which _week_? Bill Monroe was a prickly fellow, who had a habit of burning through bandmates. But I assume you mean **Earl Scruggs**. [/QUOTE] 1. correct 2. poorly phrased by me but correct by you ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/324 "2007-10-31T07:48:28Z")
[QUOTE=Random] 158. In what city did the alleged Arbuckle rape take place? San Francisco 1. Who was Bill Monroe’s banjo player? Earl Scruggs [/QUOTE] 1. correct 2. correct, but you must type faster if you are going to answer my questions. spoke beat you by 2 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/325 "2007-10-31T08:04:58Z")
[QUOTE=kidchameleon] 146. What is the largest city in the US(areawise)? I looked this up on wikipedia, yes I know, sorry, but the original poster is pretty much correct and since I though he was wrong, I decided to check. How else will we ever find out? 1. city and borough of Sitka Alaska 2. Juneau Alaska (over 3200 square miles) 3. in the lower 48 - Jacksonville (over 800 square miles) also rans: Oklahoma City (over 600 square miles) Honolulu, including the entire island of Oahu (over 600 square miles) I promise not to ask any geography qestions. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/326 "2007-10-31T08:34:45Z")
[QUOTE=denquixote] [QUOTE=kidchameleon] 146. What is the largest city in the US(areawise)? I looked this up on wikipedia, yes I know, sorry, but the original poster is pretty much correct and since I though he was wrong, I decided to check. How else will we ever find out? 1. city and borough of Sitka Alaska 2. Juneau Alaska (over 3200 square miles) 3. in the lower 48 - Jacksonville (over 800 square miles) also rans: Oklahoma City (over 600 square miles) Honolulu, including the entire island of Oahu (over 600 square miles) I promise not to ask any geography qestions. [/QUOTE] The dispute seems to be over city and county combined areas are to be included as is done in Alaska and Montana and also whether the area includes water as it does in Alaska and Hawaii. The largest city by area if it is city only is Oklahoma City. If including city and county the rank is Sitka, Juneau, Anchorage, Jacksonville, Billings, Butte, Honolulu. Honolulu moves up to top 3 or four if including water. ---
**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 31, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/327 "2007-10-31T14:20:33Z")
No more research, please! This quiz is supposed to be about what you _know_, not what you can find out. 1. James Garfield was not only ambidextrous, but very well-educated. What two languages would he write _simultaneously_ as a parlor trick? 2. JFK inherited his first big foreign-policy disaster from Ike, who recommended that he approve the plan. What was it? 3. This American tycoon was the actual owner (several corporations removed) of the doomed liner RMS _Titanic_, and had planned to be on her 1912 maiden voyage. 4. George Washington inherited his Mount Vernon estate from whom? 5. This Civil War general, a Virginian who remained loyal to the Union, earned the nickname “The Rock of Chickamauga.” ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/328 "2007-10-31T14:26:05Z")
163 Latin and Greek? 164 Bay of Pigs? 166 Lighthouse Harry Lee? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/329 "2007-10-31T14:30:38Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 164. JFK inherited his first big foreign-policy disaster from Ike, who recommended that he approve the plan. What was it? 1. This Civil War general, a Virginian who remained loyal to the Union, earned the nickname “The Rock of Chickamauga.” [/QUOTE] 2. American troops to support South Vietnam. 3. George Thomas ---
**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 31, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/330 "2007-10-31T14:31:39Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] 163 Latin and Greek? 164 Bay of Pigs? 166 Lighthouse Harry Lee? [/QUOTE] 1. Correct. Cool party trick! 2. Correct. 3. Incorrect (and that would be “Light-Horse,” BTW). ---
**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 31, 2007, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/331 "2007-10-31T14:33:16Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] 164. American troops to support South Vietnam. 167. George Thomas [/QUOTE] 1. Well, arguably, but the Bay of Pigs was earlier in his administration. 2. Correct (and a Civil War hero of mine). ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/332 "2007-10-31T14:47:11Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 164. Well, arguably, but the Bay of Pigs was earlier in his administration. 167. Correct (and a Civil War hero of mine). [/QUOTE] Well, I was thinking it had to be either Vietnam or Lebanon, actually. Until **BobLibDem** posted, The Bay of Pigs didn’t even come to mind. Oh, well. As for George Thomas I have to say I agree - he seems an admirable figure. I don’t know much about him, alas. (And much of what I think of when I think of his name is from Harry Turtledove’s fictional general George.) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/333 "2007-10-31T15:10:46Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] As for George Thomas I have to say I agree - he seems an admirable figure. I don’t know much about him, alas. [/QUOTE] [Smithsonian Magazine had a nice article on George Thomas a while back](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/slowtrot.html) (spoke- said, boldly transgressing the prohibition on links). ---
**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 31, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/334 "2007-10-31T15:29:17Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] [Smithsonian Magazine had a nice article on George Thomas a while back](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/slowtrot.html) (spoke- said, boldly transgressing the prohibition on links). [/QUOTE] Great article, but there goes two questions I was formulating. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/335 "2007-10-31T15:33:48Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] Great article, but there goes two questions I was formulating. [/QUOTE] You’re a smart poster; you’ll think of more. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/336 "2007-10-31T16:04:28Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 165. This American tycoon was the actual owner (several corporations removed) of the doomed liner RMS Titanic, and had planned to be on her 1912 maiden voyage. [/QUOTE] J. Pierpont Morgan. 1. Which Presidential candidate in the 1960’s was born outside the U.S. (albeit to American citizens)? 2. Michael Bloomberg recently left the GOP to become an independent. What other NYC mayor changed parties while in office? ---
**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 31, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/337 "2007-10-31T16:27:16Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] [/QUOTE] 1. Which Presidential candidate in the 1960’s was born outside the U.S. (albeit to American citizens)? **George Romney [already asked, see Q132]** 2. Michael Bloomberg recently left the GOP to become an independent. What other NYC mayor changed parties while in office? **John V. Lindsey, can’t remember which way he went though]** ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/338 "2007-10-31T16:34:35Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 168. Which Presidential candidate in the 1960’s was born outside the U.S. (albeit to American citizens)? **George Romney [already asked, see Q132]** 1. Michael Bloomberg recently left the GOP to become an independent. What other NYC mayor changed parties while in office? **John V. Lindsey, can’t remember which way he went though]** [/QUOTE] 2. Sorry, should have checked the whole thread. _Mea culpa_ . 169 is correct. Linds **a** y was elected as a Republican and switched to the Democrats. ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/339 "2007-10-31T16:35:58Z")
1. How long did it take to construct the gigantic obelisk in Washington, DC? 2. What’s the last amendment to the US Constitution, as of Oct 31, 2007? ---
**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 31, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/340 "2007-10-31T16:40:08Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] [Smithsonian Magazine had a nice article on George Thomas a while back](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/slowtrot.html) (spoke- said, boldly transgressing the prohibition on links). [/QUOTE] As OP, I’ve asked repeatedly that no additional links be provided, for the reason **5 time champ** mentioned. I’m glad you’re enjoying the thread, **spoke-** , and I’ve enjoyed your participation, but please abide by the thread rules, or stop posting. Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=18)