# 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:** 58
**Author:** ![Saratoga\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Saratoga\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saratoga_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1141 "2008-02-03T18:40:46Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Give the first name of the First Lady. 754. Buchanan [/QUOTE] Can’t remember her name, but Buchanan was a bachelor, so his sister served as “First Lady”. (That term is probably an anachronism, doubt it was used before the 20th Century) ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1142 "2008-02-04T03:34:24Z")
[QUOTE=Saratoga Sam] (That term is probably an anachronism, doubt it was used before the 20th Century) [/QUOTE] Yes, it was. You got me curious, so I did look up the term “first lady” in Wikipedia (but not the answer to any questions), and I see that it was first used in 1849 by President Taylor in referring to Dolley Madison during “her state funeral while reciting a eulogy written by himself.” ---
**Author:** ![Saratoga\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Saratoga\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saratoga_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1143 "2008-02-04T11:53:29Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] Yes, it was. You got me curious, so I did look up the term “first lady” in Wikipedia (but not the answer to any questions), and I see that it was first used in 1849 by President Taylor in referring to Dolley Madison during “her state funeral while reciting a eulogy written by himself.” [/QUOTE] Well, that’s sure a surprise… despite its early date of initial use, though, I wonder just how common the term was. IIRC, Buchanan’s sister (whose name I still can’t remember) was referred to as the “White House Hostess”. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1144 "2008-02-04T14:44:04Z")
[QUOTE=Saratoga Sam] Can’t remember her name, but Buchanan was a bachelor, so his sister served as “First Lady”. (That term is probably an anachronism, doubt it was used before the 20th Century) [/QUOTE] You’re correct that he was a bachelor. I guess the answer I was looking for was “none.” The term “First Lady” _was_ used in the 19th century, but not on a regular basis until… well, that’ll be another question later on, I guess. 😉 ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1145 "2008-02-04T18:15:27Z")
1. McKinley **Lucretia**? 2. Hoover **Lou** 3. Roosevelt (1901-1909) **Edith** was one of them?? 4. Hayes **"Lemonade" Lucy** ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1146 "2008-02-04T19:56:30Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 753. McKinley **Lucretia**? 1. Hoover **Lou** 2. Roosevelt (1901-1909) **Edith** was one of them?? 3. Hayes **“Lemonade” Lucy** [/QUOTE] 4. Nope. 5. Correct. 6. Correct. 7. Correct. Historic American aviation. 1. This type of antique aircraft was, until recently, long used for cargo and passenger flights to South Bass Island in Lake Erie. 2. The _Enola Gay_ was the B-29 which bombed Hiroshima in 1945. What was the name of the aircraft which bombed Nagasaki? 3. This Marine aviator commanded the famous “Black Sheep Squadron” in the Pacific during WW2. 4. This superfast spyplane, called the Blackbird, had what letter/number designation? 5. When the Blackbird retired at the end of the Cold War, many aviation buffs surmised that it had been succeeded by what highly-classified but probably nonexistent aircraft? ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1147 "2008-02-04T20:10:21Z")
1. This Marine aviator commanded the famous “Black Sheep Squadron” in the Pacific during WW2. “Pappy” Boyington 2. This superfast spyplane, called the Blackbird, had what letter/number designation? SR-71. And wasn’t there some controversy whether it was the SR-71 or RS-71? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1148 "2008-02-04T20:27:42Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 758. This type of antique aircraft was, until recently, long used for cargo and passenger flights to South Bass Island in Lake Erie. 759. The _Enola Gay_ was the B-29 which bombed Hiroshima in 1945. What was the name of the aircraft which bombed Nagasaki? 760. This Marine aviator commanded the famous “Black Sheep Squadron” in the Pacific during WW2. 761. This superfast spyplane, called the Blackbird, had what letter/number designation? 762. When the Blackbird retired at the end of the Cold War, many aviation buffs surmised that it had been succeeded by what highly-classified but probably nonexistent aircraft? [/QUOTE] 1. Mustang Sally. 2. Pappy Boynington (sp?) 3. _Aurora_ ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1149 "2008-02-04T20:34:13Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 762. When the Blackbird retired at the end of the Cold War, many aviation buffs surmised that it had been succeeded by what highly-classified but probably nonexistent aircraft? [/QUOTE] 1. The Aurora. Rats, took too long to answer. (Waves fist at **Really Not All That Bright** ) ---
**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:** [February 5, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1150 "2008-02-05T04:11:49Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 1. The _Enola Gay_ was the B-29 which bombed Hiroshima in 1945. What was the name of the aircraft which bombed Nagasaki? 2. This superfast spyplane, called the Blackbird, had what letter/number designation? [/QUOTE] 3. Box Car. 4. U2? ---
**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:** [February 5, 2008, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1151 "2008-02-05T05:20:19Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 760. This Marine aviator commanded the famous “Black Sheep Squadron” in the Pacific during WW2. “Pappy” Boyington 1. This superfast spyplane, called the Blackbird, had what letter/number designation? SR-71. And wasn’t there some controversy whether it was the SR-71 or RS-71? [/QUOTE] Both correct. It’s always been the SR-71 that I’ve seen. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1152 "2008-02-05T05:23:36Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] 759. Mustang Sally. … 762. _Aurora_ [/QUOTE] 1. Incorrect. 2. Correct. Several manufacturers even came out with model kits of the plane. Looked 'way cool, but probably never actually existed. There were even rumors that the Aurora was reverse-engineered from alien technology. :rolleyes: **Siam Sam** , you’re close on 759, but incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1153 "2008-02-05T05:27:32Z")
751: I believe it was Gerald Ford, AKA “Snow Bunny”, our only (as far as I know) skiing president. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2008, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1154 "2008-02-05T05:36:22Z")
[QUOTE=movingfinger] 751: I believe it was Gerald Ford, AKA “Snow Bunny”, our only (as far as I know) skiing president. [/QUOTE] Good guess, but no. ---
**Author:** ![Olive\_The\_Other\_Reindeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Olive\_The\_Other\_Reindeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olive_The_Other_Reindeer)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1155 "2008-02-05T05:45:19Z")
#24 - the War Between the States - the Huntley, IIRC ---
**Author:** ![Olive\_The\_Other\_Reindeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Olive\_The\_Other\_Reindeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olive_The_Other_Reindeer)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1156 "2008-02-05T05:46:29Z")
Damn - I didn’t realize that this thread was 24 frigging pages ☹ I’m such a loser ☹ ---
**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:** [February 5, 2008, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1157 "2008-02-05T05:50:58Z")
[QUOTE=Olive, The Other Reindeer] Damn - I didn’t realize that this thread was 24 frigging pages ☹ I’m such a loser ☹ [/QUOTE] The _Huntley_? Misspelled, incorrect and a wee bit late. Welcome aboard! 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![Saratoga\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Saratoga\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saratoga_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1158 "2008-02-05T15:21:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Elendil’s Heir > 758. This type of antique aircraft was, until recently, long used for cargo and passenger flights to South Bass Island in Lake Erie. 1. It doesn’t really qualify as antique, but I’ll venture a Gooney Bird (C-47/DC-3) as a guess. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1159 "2008-02-05T15:51:28Z")
[QUOTE=Saratoga Sam] 758. It doesn’t really qualify as antique, but I’ll venture a Gooney Bird (C-47/DC-3) as a guess. [/QUOTE] Another good guess, but no. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1160 "2008-02-05T15:54:13Z")
Hmm… Maybe it was a civilian version of the old PBY Catalina? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=57) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=59)