# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/101 "2007-10-27T03:42:21Z")
1. The target of the _Hunley_’s successful attack was the USS _Housatonic_ (Housatanic?). I believe it was a steam sloop. ETA 2. US Grant? 3. 1781 ---
**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 27, 2007, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/102 "2007-10-27T04:36:01Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] 29. The target of the _Hunley_’s successful attack was the USS _Housatonic_ (Housatanic?). I believe it was a steam sloop. ETA 1. US Grant? 2. 1781 [/QUOTE] 3. Correct on both counts; the USS _Housatonic_ was indeed a steam sloop. Well done! 4. Incorrect. Think _much_ later. 5. Correct. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/103 "2007-10-27T05:22:26Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 1. Henry Clay received what remarkable recognition in his first term in Congress? [/QUOTE] Elected Speaker of the House. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/104 "2007-10-27T05:56:51Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Here are some more… 1. Robert E. Lee’s citizenship was finally restored by an Act of Congress signed by which President? 2. Henry Clay received what remarkable recognition in his first term in Congress? 3. The British surrendered to the combined American and French armies at Yorktown in what year? 4. Donald Segretti of Watergate notoriety popularized what obscene term for political dirty tricks? 5. What was architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s best-known house designed for a client outside of Illinois? [/QUOTE] 6. “Falling Water” for the Kauffman family outside of Pittsburgh. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/105 "2007-10-27T06:04:32Z")
[QUOTE=denquixote] 48. “Falling Water” for the Kauffman family outside of Pittsburgh. [/QUOTE] 1. What politician was said to be “pink right down to her underwear?” 2. Who said it? 3. What nickname did the accuser earn in response? If falling water is wrong, please disregard my question. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/106 "2007-10-27T06:05:15Z")
Small nitpick wrt question #7 - Hoover is the first in the official Presidential Libraries, which are a part of the National Archives. With all due respect to Rutherford B. Hayes, of course. 🙂 Gawd, I can’t answer any of these questions, you folks are good! Let me try to tackle one, though. 1. Robert E. Lee’s citizenship was finally restored by an Act of Congress signed by which President? Og help me, but I think that was Reagan. (Please let it not be Daddy Bush!) ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/107 "2007-10-27T10:56:32Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Ohio – the state was celebrating the 150th anniversary of its putative 1803 admission just as Ike’s term was beginning, and the error was discovered. [/QUOTE] That’s correct. ---
**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 27, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/108 "2007-10-27T12:53:15Z")
[QUOTE=denquixote] 49. What politician was said to be “pink right down to her underwear?” [/QUOTE] I don’t know but _please_ don’t tell me it’s Margaret Thatcher. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/109 "2007-10-27T12:59:17Z")
[QUOTE=denquixote] 49. What politician was said to be “pink right down to her underwear?” 50. Who said it? 51. What nickname did the accuser earn in response? If falling water is wrong, please disregard my question. [/QUOTE] I forget the name of #49, but Nixon said it about her, and got the nickname ‘Tricky Dick’ in return. ---
**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 27, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/110 "2007-10-27T14:45:24Z")
[QUOTE=denquixote] 48. “Falling Water” for the Kauffman family outside of Pittsburgh. [/QUOTE] Correct, although usually spelled as one word, “Fallingwater.” A beautiful house, by the way, and still open to the public. Visit it if you ever get the chance. ---
**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 27, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/111 "2007-10-27T14:46:42Z")
[QUOTE=kidchameleon] [45. re: Henry Clay] Elected Speaker of the House. [/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:** [October 27, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/112 "2007-10-27T14:47:59Z")
[QUOTE=denquixote] 49. What politician was said to be “pink right down to her underwear?”… [/QUOTE] Helen Douglas. I agree with the Nixon/“Tricky Dick” answers given earlier. ---
**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 27, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/113 "2007-10-27T14:52:00Z")
[QUOTE=tarragon918] … 44. Robert E. Lee’s citizenship was finally restored by an Act of Congress signed by which President? Og help me, but I think that was Reagan. (Please let it not be Daddy Bush!) [/QUOTE] Incorrect. 1. Where was George Washington first inaugurated as President? 2. Who swore him in? 3. What color was Washington’s suit (discussed in another recent SDMB thread, believe it or not)? 4. Where was Theodore Roosevelt born on this day (Oct. 27) in 1858? 5. Where were the worst draft riots of the Civil War, in terms of lives lost and property damaged? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/114 "2007-10-27T14:52:47Z")
1. 1781 (October 19, to be precise- I always remember it because my aunts/babysitters were born 108 years to the day later, not that there’s any connection). 2. Identify the Mormon farmboy who as a 14 year old science prodigy studying a plowed field first envisioned sending photographs via waves, and who many credit as the inventor of television. 3. Name the Russian Jewish immigrant and Marconi operator who founded RCA and would eventually become 52’s archrival/nemesis in the creation of television. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/115 "2007-10-27T14:54:02Z")
1. Philadelphia? 2. Red and blue checked jacket over a violet hoopskirt, credited to the fact that his toothache medicine was making him loopy (because _nobody_ sane would wear checks with violet). 3. Probably too obvious, but I’ll go with the NYC riots of June 1863. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/116 "2007-10-27T14:54:12Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 56. Where were the worst draft riots of the Civil War, in terms of lives lost and property damage? [/QUOTE] 1. NYC. I’ll have some questions later today - so far I can’t think of any good ones. ETA: **Sampiro** , I think it’s only obvious because you’ve studied so much about the Civil War. Most Americans, I think, have no knowledge that there were ever draft riots prior to the Vietnam era. ---
**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 27, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/117 "2007-10-27T14:55:13Z")
Both correct as to the very bad NYC draft riots (but in July and not June 1863, **Sampiro** ). Some estimates say as many as 1,000 died. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/118 "2007-10-27T15:17:52Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Both correct as to the very bad NYC draft riots (but in July and not June 1863, **Sampiro** ). Some estimates say as many as 1,000 died. [/QUOTE] It was a major plot point in _The Gangs of New York_, but very unusual for a Hollywood movie- they didn’t make it as bad as it really was (or as overtly racist- many if not most of the victims deliberately killed were black). ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/119 "2007-10-27T15:48:20Z")
Drat! Now I know the answer to #46, but I looked it up, so can’t post it. :smack: But let me attempt another one … 1. Where was George Washington first inaugurated as President? Think that was NYC (again, I’m not 100% sure on this … hey, it’s been a real long time since I actually studied Revolutionary-era history. ;)) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/120 "2007-10-27T17:38:53Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > 1. Identify the Mormon farmboy who as a 14 year old science prodigy studying a plowed field first envisioned sending photographs via waves, and who many credit as the inventor of television. Philo Farnsworth 1. Ronald Reagan kicked off his presidential campaign with a speech on states’ rights in what small-but-symbolically-significant Southern town? 2. The pivotal Revolutionary War battle of Cowpens was fought in which US state? 3. The “Gadsden Flag” (the yellow “Don’t Tread on Me” rattlesnake flag) is named for the leader of the Sons of Liberty of which colony? 4. What words did John Wilkes Booth utter (by _most_ accounts) after assassinating President Lincoln? 5. Which US President had an adopted Native American son named Lincoya? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=7)