# 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:** 59
**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, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1161 "2008-02-05T19:36:30Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Hmm… Maybe it was a civilian version of the old PBY Catalina? [/QUOTE] Nope. Think earlier. ---
**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, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1162 "2008-02-05T19:40:55Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Nope. Think earlier. [/QUOTE] Unfortunately, while I know there were many earlier flying boats, I couldn’t name a single one (well, except for the Dornier SuperWal, which I’d not expect to be flying in the US, let alone this long after it was introduced.) without either checking Google, or Wikipedia. It was no more than a stab in the dark. ---
**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 5, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1163 "2008-02-05T19:45:44Z")
Let’s add a few more planey questions… 1. This little-known predecessor to the SR-71 Blackbird looked almost identical, but wasn’t, and even came in a combat version. 2. What was the Navy’s A-4D more commonly known as? 3. What was the name of the plane that first bore Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic? ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1164 "2008-02-05T19:52:57Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] 765. What was the name of the plane that first bore Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic? [/QUOTE] The Spirit of St. Louis. ---
**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, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1165 "2008-02-05T20:41:42Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Let’s add a few more planey questions… 1. This little-known predecessor to the SR-71 Blackbird looked almost identical, but wasn’t, and even came in a combat version. 2. What was the Navy’s A-4D more commonly known as? 3. What was the name of the plane that first bore Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic? [/QUOTE] 4. Warthog? 5. Bet this is a trick question…IIRC Lindbergh first flew across the Atlantic on a plane piloted by a couple of French aviators, a year or so before his solo in _The Spirit of St Louis_. Wish I could remember the name of that French plane… edited for spelling ---
**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 6, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1166 "2008-02-06T03:46:47Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] **Siam Sam** , you’re close on 759, but incorrect. [/QUOTE] Boxcar as one word? Boxcars? Dang, I was sure it was Box Car. I hope someone answers it correctly soon, because now I cannot look it up. ☹ ---
**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 6, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1167 "2008-02-06T04:44:05Z")
Rocks Songs & American History 1. The WeatherUnderground took its name from a line in this 1960’s song. 2. The killing of 4 Kent State students inspired this song. 3. To whom was Graham Nash referring to in the line “so your brother’s bound & gagged and they’ve chained him to a chair” 4. What was wrong with U2’s reference to Dr. Martin Luther King in _Pride in the Name of Love_? 5. These two Senators from opposite sides of the aisle did a duet of a popular 1960’s song. ---
**Author:** ![Petey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@Petey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petey)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1168 "2008-02-06T14:18:25Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] Rocks Songs & American History 767. The killing of 4 Kent State students inspired this song. 1. What was wrong with U2’s reference to Dr. Martin Luther King in _Pride in the Name of Love_? [/QUOTE] 1. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - _Ohio_ 2. I think the lyric is “Early morning - April 4. Shots ring out in the Memphis Sky.” But King was killed in the evening. ---
**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 6, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1169 "2008-02-06T14:30:12Z")
[QUOTE=Saratoga Sam] 764. Warthog? 1. Bet this is a trick question…IIRC Lindbergh first flew across the Atlantic on a plane piloted by a couple of French aviators, a year or so before his solo in _The Spirit of St Louis_. Wish I could remember the name of that French plane… edited for spelling [/QUOTE] 1. Incorrect. Warthog is the A-10 (which is an Air Force-only aircraft). 2. Are you sure that wasn’t the English Channel? I was under the impression that Lindbergh was the first to fly across the Atlantic - \*Spirit of St. Louis \* was the answer I was looking for. ---
**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 6, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1170 "2008-02-06T15:01:08Z")
[QUOTE=Petey] 767. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - _Ohio_ 1. I think the lyric is “Early morning - April 4. Shots ring out in the Memphis Sky.” But King was killed in the evening. [/QUOTE] correct ---
**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 6, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1171 "2008-02-06T17:36:57Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Unfortunately, while I know there were many earlier flying boats… [/QUOTE] Hmmm. Who said it was a flying boat? 😉 Here are my two guesses: 1. YF-21 2. Intruder Who said it? Bonus points for context. 1. “One war at a time.” 2. “This generation has a rendezvous with destiny.” 3. “The tree of Liberty is plant of rapid growth.” 4. “These are the times that try men’s souls.” 5. “Who is that _awful_ man?” ---
**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 6, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1172 "2008-02-06T17:40:58Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] [759.] Boxcar as one word? Boxcars? Dang, I was sure it was Box Car. I hope someone answers it correctly soon, because now I cannot look it up. ☹ [/QUOTE] I’ll give it to you. It was _Bock’s Car_. ---
**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 6, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1173 "2008-02-06T17:42:59Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] I’ll give it to you. It was _Bock’s Car_. [/QUOTE] Well, I’ll be. I’m sure I must have read that, but for years I’ve thought it was Box Car. Thanks. 🙂 ---
**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 6, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1174 "2008-02-06T17:44:38Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 774. “These are the times that try men’s souls.” [/QUOTE] 1. Thomas Paine? In _Common Sense_? ---
**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 6, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1175 "2008-02-06T18:17:01Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] 774. Thomas Paine? In _Common Sense_? [/QUOTE] Paine, yes, but in a later work. _The Winter Soldiers_, mebbe? As for _Bock’s Car_, you’re welcome. ---
**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 6, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1176 "2008-02-06T18:22:11Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Bonus points for context. 1. “One war at a time.” 2. “This generation has a rendezvous with destiny.” 3. “The tree of Liberty is plant of rapid growth.” 4. “These are the times that try men’s souls.” 5. “Who is that _awful_ man?” [/QUOTE] 6. FDR, during the Yalta talks with Churchill and Stalin (ie. no, we’re not opening a second front in Europe) 7. Walter Cronkite. 8. I know Jefferson liked the phrase “tree of liberty”, so let’s go with him. 9. Jackie Kennedy, referring to Kruschev. Yes, those are all WAGs. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1177 "2008-02-06T18:27:41Z")
1. Sen. Everett McKinley Dirksen (R-Ill) and Robert Francis Kennedy (D-NY) hilariously recorded _Wild Thing_, mocking their own rhetorical flourishes in the process. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1178 "2008-02-06T18:31:43Z")
The RS-71 bore designation while under development, until the President (Lyndon B. Johnson, IIRC) announced its adoption to the nation as the SR-71. Like Cunard when George V misunderstood what they proposed to call the new ocean liner (intended to be Victoria, they went with his misprision and named it the Queen Mary instead), the designers gulped and revised the designation to what the President had said. ---
**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 6, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1179 "2008-02-06T18:52:13Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] The RS-71 bore designation while under development, until the President (Lyndon B. Johnson, IIRC) announced its adoption to the nation as the SR-71. Like Cunard when George V misunderstood what they proposed to call the new ocean liner (intended to be Victoria, they went with his misprision and named it the Queen Mary instead), the designers gulped and revised the designation to what the President had said. [/QUOTE] Er… wasn’t the SR-71 _not_ announced to the public until awhile after it entered service? I thought it was kept secret (to keep it secret from the Soviets). ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1180 "2008-02-06T19:11:58Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] 765. Are you sure that wasn’t the English Channel? I was under the impression that Lindbergh was the first to fly across the Atlantic - \*Spirit of St. Louis \* was the answer I was looking for. [/QUOTE] Actually, it’s important to remember that Lindbergh was the first man to _solo_ across the Atlantic. There had been several prior air crossings - but all with multiple pilots and crew. > [@Elendil's Heir](#): > > Hmmm. Who said it was a flying boat? 😉 It may well not be a flying boat, but for a number of reasons, it seems logical to me to guess that it may have been. First off, flying boats have several advantages when dealing with small island destinations - there’s no need to clear land, improve it, and then build and maintain an airstrip. Secondly, for a number of reasons, there were a lot more flying boats than many people realize during the early era of flight, so by specifying it was an antique aircraft, I figure there’s at least some reason to seriously consider a flying boat just for that consideration. Of course, I may have been using logic to jump into a quagmire - I’ve done it before, after all. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=60)