# 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:** 18
**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, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/341 "2007-10-31T16:40:18Z")
[QUOTE=Shecky] 170. How long did it take to construct the gigantic obelisk in Washington, DC? 171. What’s the last amendment to the US Constitution, as of Oct 31, 2007? [/QUOTE] 1. 40 years (from the time the cornerstone was laid, 7/4/1848, to the day it was opened to the public in 1888.) ---
**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, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/342 "2007-10-31T16:41:22Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] [165.] J. Pierpont Morgan. [/QUOTE] Correct. Not many people know that. ---
**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, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/343 "2007-10-31T16:43:15Z")
[QUOTE=Shecky] 171. What’s the last amendment to the US Constitution, as of Oct 31, 2007? [/QUOTE] At the moment there are 29 amendments to the US Constitution. ---
**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, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/344 "2007-10-31T16:44:46Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] …please abide by the thread rules, or stop posting. Thanks. [/QUOTE] I believe I’ll choose the latter if you insist on being unduly obsessive about it. The link was provided because a poster indicated they wanted to know more about Thomas. (This board is dedicated to fighting ignorance, you know.) ---
**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, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/345 "2007-10-31T17:10:01Z")
1. When was the last time there were no living ex-Presidents? 2. What is the oldest ship in the US Navy? 3. Who was the first President featured on a coin? 4. Who was the last Republican Speaker of the House before Newt Gingrich? 5. Who was the first general to become Secretary of State? ---
**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, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/346 "2007-10-31T17:23:26Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] I believe I’ll choose the latter if you insist on being unduly obsessive about it. The link was provided because a poster indicated they wanted to know more about Thomas. (This board is dedicated to fighting ignorance, you know.) [/QUOTE] I regret your decision, but understand. ---
**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, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/347 "2007-10-31T17:25:46Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 172. When was the last time there were no living ex-Presidents? 1. What is the oldest ship in the US Navy? 2. Who was the first President featured on a coin? 3. Who was the last Republican Speaker of the House before Newt Gingrich? 4. Who was the first general to become Secretary of State? [/QUOTE] 5. After LBJ’s and Truman’s deaths, just a few weeks apart, c. 1973. 6. USS _Constitution_, Old Ironsides, now moored in Boston harbor. 7. George Washington. 8. Charles Martin? 176 (you have two "175"s). George C. Marshall. ---
**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, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/348 "2007-10-31T17:28:18Z")
**want2know & OtakuLoki** are both right. Now, here’s some curveballs: 1. Why is Cawker City, Kansas famous? 2. What’s the name of the most famous animal in Margate, NJ? 3. What did the US buy from Santa Anna, and how much was the price? ---
**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, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/349 "2007-10-31T17:36:17Z")
175A is Joseph Martin, IIRC George Washington is not correct, the others are. ETA Geo Washington ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/350 "2007-10-31T17:37:40Z")
[QUOTE=Shecky] **want2know & OtakuLoki** are both right. Now, here’s some curveballs: 1. What’s the name of the most famous animal in Margate, NJ? [/QUOTE] Lucy ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/351 "2007-10-31T17:45:08Z")
1. What was the station name and location of the oldest educational television network in the country? 2. What was the name of the Civil War regiment immortalized in the movie _Glory_? Bonus: What was the name of its commanding officer? 3. Which teams played in the first intercollegiate football game? 4. What canals first connected the Atlantic Ocean with the Mississippi River? ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/352 "2007-10-31T18:44:00Z")
1. What canals first connected the Atlantic Ocean with the Mississippi River? Erie canal. Illinois and Michigan canal. ---
**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, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/353 "2007-10-31T20:07:34Z")
[QUOTE=Frosted Glass] … 181. What was the name of the Civil War regiment immortalized in the movie _Glory_? Bonus: What was the name of its commanding officer?.. [/QUOTE] Already asked and answered (question 152, post 303). ---
**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:** [November 1, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/354 "2007-11-01T00:26:43Z")
[QUOTE=Frosted Glass] … 182. Which teams played in the first intercollegiate football game? … [/QUOTE] 1. Yale and Princeton? Here are some more, all about political epithets: 1. Those who supported the Continental Congress in the mid-to-late 1770s were called patriots or \_\_\_\_\_? 2. Before the Civil War, Northern politicians who were pro-Southern in their views and/or policies were called \_\_\_\_\_? 3. In the same time period, the Southerners who were most ardently pro-slavery and pro-secession were called \_\_\_\_\_? 4. During the Civil War, Northern Democrats who opposed the Lincoln Administration’s policies were called \_\_\_\_\_? 5. In the 1870s, reform-minded Republicans fed up with the Grant Administration’s cronyism and corruption were called \_\_\_\_\_? ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/355 "2007-11-01T00:47:45Z")
1. During the Civil War, Northern Democrats who opposed the Lincoln Administration’s policies were called \_\_\_\_\_? Copperheads ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/356 "2007-11-01T01:37:26Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Already asked and answered (question 152, post 303). [/QUOTE] Sorry about that one. I guess my scanning skills are lacking. [QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] **Which teams played in the first intercollegiate football game?** 182. Yale and Princeton? [/QUOTE] Sorry, that is incorrect. [QUOTE=Random] 183. What canals first connected the Atlantic Ocean with the Mississippi River? Erie canal. Illinois and Michigan canal. [/QUOTE] Correct. You have done your location proud. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/357 "2007-11-01T03:02:38Z")
1. Which teams played in the first intercollegiate football game? **Harvard & Rutgers** 2. Before the Civil War, Northern politicians who were pro-Southern in their views and/or policies were called \_\_\_\_\_? **Democrats** 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/358 "2007-11-01T03:41:28Z")
1. Members of what quasi-religious institution had an approximately $11,000,000 jury rule against them today? ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/359 "2007-11-01T03:47:14Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] _182. Which teams played in the first intercollegiate football game?_ **Harvard & Rutgers** [/QUOTE] Sorry, that is incorrect. [QUOTE=Ignatz] 180. Members of what quasi-religious institution had an approximately $11,000,000 jury rule against them today? [/QUOTE] Actually that would be question 189. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2007, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/360 "2007-11-01T03:52:48Z")
[QUOTE=denquixote] [QUOTE=kidchameleon] Honolulu, including the entire island of Oahu (over 600 square miles). [/QUOTE] No, this is not right. The **county** of Honolulu is the entire island of Oahu. But the city of Honolulu is not that big. I lived in Honolulu for some years, and no one in their right mind would say Honolulu city is 600 square miles. (Actually, I saw a lot of crazies in the street downtown, and they never said it either). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=19)