# 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:** 52
**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:** [January 14, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1021 "2008-01-14T14:44:33Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] Yeah, post 1002 is a stumper. I’ll make a guess on 642: tea service?.. [/QUOTE] Incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1022 "2008-01-14T15:00:13Z")
[QUOTE=movingfinger] 654: The only one I can think of was the _Brooklyn_, I believe, which at the time of its demise was the Argentine Navy’s _Belgrano_ [/QUOTE] I believe that the _Belgrano_ was the former USS _Phoenix_, actually. And now I’m hitting myself for not thinking of this sooner. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1023 "2008-01-14T15:46:49Z")
Chamber pots? ---
**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:** [January 14, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1024 "2008-01-14T15:52:50Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] Chamber pots? [/QUOTE] Presuming this is another guess as to question 642, no. “Utensils”? :dubious: ---
**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:** [January 14, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1025 "2008-01-14T15:53:47Z")
1. DeSoto. **yep** 2. Ens. George Gay, sole survivor of the doomed torpedo squadron **yep** 3. Seems too easy, but… the Liberty? **No, the WWII Liberty ships were not a class, as I understand it. They were more a style, not sure how you Navy guys would classify them.** > [@](#): > > And I think the captain of the Pueblo was LCDR Bucher, possibly Lloyd Bucher. Correct, welcome aboard and fire away **movingfinger** ---
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[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] I believe that the _Belgrano_ was the former USS _Phoenix_, actually. And now I’m hitting myself for not thinking of this sooner. [/QUOTE] That’s correct. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1027 "2008-01-15T02:20:17Z")
And 668 was the Seven Cities of Cibola, was it not? ---
**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:** [January 15, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1028 "2008-01-15T03:03:49Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] And 668 was the Seven Cities of Cibola, was it not? [/QUOTE] :smack: Yes, I thought I confirmed that. Maybe I should not post from work. 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 15, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1029 "2008-01-15T14:58:01Z")
Some political lore. 1. Lee Fisher, now lieutenant governor of Ohio, won his only election as Ohio attorney general by this easy-to-remember majority. 2. A McGovern campaign staffer wrote this popular folk song in 1972. 3. “Hail to the Chief” is the customary march of the President. What’s the Vice President’s? 4. What common first name did Abraham Lincoln’s top two aides share? 5. Other than Ah-nuld, what foreign-born state governor could run for President if the Constitution were amended? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1030 "2008-01-15T15:00:44Z")
What is the name of Captain Crunch’s ship? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1031 "2008-01-15T19:21:47Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Some political lore. 676. Other than Ah-nuld, what foreign-born state governor could run for President if the Constitution were amended? [/QUOTE] Jennifer Granholm, the Canadian-born Governor of Michigan ---
**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:** [January 15, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1032 "2008-01-15T22:17:29Z")
1. “Hail to the Chief” is the customary march of the President. What’s the Vice President’s? _Imperial March_ from Star Wars? ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1033 "2008-01-15T23:18:00Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 675. What common first name did Abraham Lincoln’s top two aides share? [/QUOTE] John — Hay and Nicolay, to be precise. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2008, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1034 "2008-01-16T06:04:15Z")
[QUOTE=BMalion] What is the name of Captain Crunch’s ship? 😛 [/QUOTE] Quiet, you! 😃 **Julius Henry** and **Governor Quinn** , both correct. **5 time champ** , very funny. 😉 ---
**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:** [January 16, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1035 "2008-01-16T14:18:10Z")
Great Debates 677. Who participated in the “Kitchen Debate”? 1. The Freeport Doctrine came from these debates. 2. Besides being the first Presidential Debates since 1960, the debate between Gerald Ford & Jimmy Carter was notable for this? 3. “I knew Jack kennedy, I worked with Jack Kennedy, Jack Kennedy was my friend. You’re no Jack Kennedy” Who said it about whom? 4. Two small islands were a big topic of the Nixon-Kennedy Debates. Bonus question: Within 50, how many Presidential Debates will there be in the 08 Presidential Race? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1036 "2008-01-16T14:20:01Z")
Who said it, and why? 1. “Now look - that damned cowboy is President!” 2. “I have grown gray in the service of our country, and now it seems that I have grown blind.” 3. “Strike the tent.” 4. “If you can’t drink their booze, eat their food, screw their women and then vote against them, you shouldn’t even be here.” 5. “He serves his party best who serves his country best.” ---
**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:** [January 16, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1037 "2008-01-16T14:23:19Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] Great Debates 677. Who participated in the “Kitchen Debate”? 1. The Freeport Doctrine came from these debates. 2. Besides being the first Presidential Debates since 1960, the debate between Gerald Ford & Jimmy Carter was notable for this? 3. “I knew Jack kennedy, I worked with Jack Kennedy, Jack Kennedy was my friend. You’re no Jack Kennedy” Who said it about whom? 4. Two small islands were a big topic of the Nixon-Kennedy Debates. [682.] Bonus question: Within 50, how many Presidential Debates will there be in the 08 Presidential Race? [/QUOTE] 1. Richard Nixon, then VP, and Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev, during a trade show in Moscow. … 2. A prolonged failure of the audio feed, and Ford’s gaffe that Poland was not under Soviet domination. 3. Lloyd Bentsen to Dan Quayle, 1988 VP debate. 4. Quemoy and Matsu, off the coast of China. 5. Don’t know, but I’ve numbered it for later reference. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1038 "2008-01-16T14:57:21Z")
1. “Strike the tent.” **U.S Grant** 2. “If you can’t drink their booze, eat their food, screw their women and then vote against them, you shouldn’t even be here.” **LBJ** ---
**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:** [January 16, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1039 "2008-01-16T16:21:54Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 685. “Strike the tent.” **U.S Grant** 686. “If you can’t drink their booze, eat their food, screw their women and then vote against them, you shouldn’t even be here.” **LBJ** [/QUOTE] Sorry. Both incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1040 "2008-01-17T11:19:20Z")
Answers to more expired questions: 1. Author’s Row, in Concord, MA, refers to what? Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Louisa May Alcott are all buried in close proximity to each other within Concord’s cemetery. I can’t recall if they’re all in a row, as the name implies, but they’re all very close to each other. 1. What was recently (5 year window, here) recovered off the wreck of a ship similar to that referenced in 651? A 48 star flag was recovered from one of the gunships sunk off the Korean coast. 1. A sister ship of the vessel in 663 was refitted in the post WWI years to become the USS _Langley_. What was her pre-refit name? USS _Jupiter_. 1. What USN WWII vessel had a couple of nicknames that were forbidden, on pain of being kicked off the crew, by that vessel’s captain? USS _Sailfish_ 1. Why did the captain in 665. care so much about these nicknames? Well, he was serving on the only USN sub to continue service after failing to make it’s surface to dive ratio equal one. The USS _Sailfish_ was what the USS _Squalus_ was renamed after she sank and killed half her crew. The two nicknames I’m aware of that her captain objected to were “_Squalus_,” and “_Squailfish_.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=53)