# 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:** 61
**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 8, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1201 "2008-02-08T16:40:47Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 787. In what year did it next happen? 1. Who were the three men the second time? [/QUOTE] 2. 1. 3. Hayes, Garfield, Arthur. EDIT: Whoops! Looks like \*\*5 Time Champ \*\* beat me to the punch. ---
**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 8, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1202 "2008-02-08T16:58:45Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] 787. 1881. 1. Hayes, Garfield, Arthur. EDIT: Whoops! Looks like \*\*5 Time Champ \*\* beat me to the punch. [/QUOTE] You’re both right. **5 time champ** is also right about LBJ, but he was sworn in by a Federal judge aboard Air Force One while it still sat on the tarmac in Dallas. Woohoo! We’re on to our 25th page. ---
**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 9, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1203 "2008-02-09T03:27:34Z")
America’s National Park System 791 This connects Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks 792 This is currently the only National Park site open in the state of Illinois. 793 Bright Angel, Indian Gardens and Phantom Ranch are all features of this National Park 794 The Gateway Arch is this type of curve 795 The Three Corner Stone is a feature of this National Historic Park ---
**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 9, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1204 "2008-02-09T05:27:48Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] America’s National Park System … 792 This is currently the only National Park site open in the state of Illinois. … [/QUOTE] The Abraham Lincoln Home in Springfield. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1205 "2008-02-09T07:59:25Z")
793: Grand Canyon NP ---
**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 9, 2008, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1206 "2008-02-09T08:30:04Z")
correct on both ---
**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 9, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1207 "2008-02-09T16:07:49Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 791 This connects Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks 794 The Gateway Arch is this type of curve [/QUOTE] 1. The Colorado River 2. A parabola, but I don’t think that’s the answer you’re looking for… ---
**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 10, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1208 "2008-02-10T01:13:05Z")
Here’s the World History trivia thread, which **Really Not All That Bright** started. Check it out!: [World History trivia quiz - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=454806) Noteworthy flags of American history. 1. The Ohio state flag has how many stars on it, and why? 2. Christopher Columbus’s flag had what two letters on it? 3. At Philadelphia’s Independence Hall on his way to Washington, President-elect Abraham Lincoln ceremonially raised a new American flag with how many stars on it? 4. The earliest-known colonial battle flag of the American Revolution featured what body part? 5. King George III’s Royal Standard featured what two animals? ---
**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 10, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1209 "2008-02-10T02:47:31Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 800. King George III’s Royal Standard featured what two animals? [/QUOTE] Lion and griffon rampant, I think. ---
**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 10, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1210 "2008-02-10T02:52:39Z")
My as-yet unanswered questions, to which I’ll give the answer in an hour or so: 763. This little-known predecessor to the SR-71 Blackbird looked almost identical, but wasn’t, and even came in a combat version. 764. What was the Navy’s A-4D more commonly known as? 784. What was the first Greek-lettered college fraternity? ---
**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 10, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1211 "2008-02-10T05:09:54Z")
1. Nope 2. The Arch is not a parabola, it is similar to a parabola. But the Arch is an actual mathematical curve. 3. The Ohio state flag has how many stars on it, and why? 15, since Ohio was the 15th state. 4. Christopher Columbus’s flag had what two letters on it? F for Ferdinand, I for Isabella. 5. At Philadelphia’s Independence Hall on his way to Washington, President-elect Abraham Lincoln ceremonially raised a new American flag with how many stars on it? Hmm- new flag you say. I was thinking there were 33 states in the Union in 1861. But when did Kansas & Nebraska join the Union? OK, in March 1861 there 35 states counting KS & NE who had newly joined the Union [still counting those in secession] so the flag had 35 stars. 1. The earliest-known colonial battle flag of the American Revolution featured what body part? A middle finger, that Sam Adams was a real jokester. No, I think it was an eye? 2. What was the first Greek-lettered college fraternity? Hmm, I know Phi Beta Kappa is an honor society now, but IIRC it was originally a fraternity? ---
**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 10, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1212 "2008-02-10T05:59:54Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Lion and griffon rampant, I think. [/QUOTE] Lion, yes - two kinds, actually, for England and Scotland. But griffon (or gryphon, or griffin), no. Remember that this question is about George III’s Royal Standard, not his coat of arms. Also, I’d earlier guessed: 1. YF-21 2. Intruder ---
**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 10, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1213 "2008-02-10T06:06:12Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] … 796. The Ohio state flag has how many stars on it, and why? 15, since Ohio was the 15th state. 1. Christopher Columbus’s flag had what two letters on it? F for Ferdinand, I for Isabella. 2. At Philadelphia’s Independence Hall on his way to Washington, President-elect Abraham Lincoln ceremonially raised a new American flag with how many stars on it? Hmm- new flag you say. I was thinking there were 33 states in the Union in 1861. But when did Kansas & Nebraska join the Union? OK, in March 1861 there 35 states counting KS & NE who had newly joined the Union [still counting those in secession] so the flag had 35 stars. 1. The earliest-known colonial battle flag of the American Revolution featured what body part? A middle finger, that Sam Adams was a real jokester. No, I think it was an eye? … [/QUOTE] All wrong, alas, except for the letter “F” in question 797. ---
**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 10, 2008, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1214 "2008-02-10T06:39:21Z")
1. Er- Y for Ysabella ? 2. Well, I see at least one problem. West Virginia was not a state in 1861 :smack: I counted all the states east of the Mississippi being in the Union. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1215 "2008-02-10T06:49:10Z")
764: Wasn’t the A4D the Skyhawk? ---
**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 10, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1216 "2008-02-10T15:49:12Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 784. What was the first Greek-lettered college fraternity? Hmm, I know Phi Beta Kappa is an honor society now, but IIRC it was originally a fraternity? [/QUOTE] That’s the one. [QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 763. YF-21 764. Intruder [/QUOTE] Sorry, I missed those, but no sir. To my knowledge, there has never been a prototype or operational US airframe designated (Y)F-21. The Intruder is the A-6. [QUOTE=movingfinger] 764: Wasn’t the A4D the Skyhawk? [/QUOTE] Yes. The correct answer to 763 is the A-12 Oxcart (and Air Force YF-12A interceptor). ---
**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 10, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1217 "2008-02-10T18:54:14Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 797. Er- Y for Ysabella ? 1. Well, I see at least one problem. West Virginia was not a state in 1861 :smack: I counted all the states east of the Mississippi being in the Union. [/QUOTE] 2. That’s it! 3. Getting warmer… **Really Not** , I can’t believe I wrote YF-21 when it should’ve been YF-12! D’oh! :smack: Famous forts. 1. Lewis & Clark’s westernmost fortification, in which they spent a miserably cold and wet winter. 2. The first fort to surrender during the Civil War to a naval force unsupported by ground troops. 3. Grant demanded the “unconditional surrender” of this fort, and gained a nickname along with his victory. 4. The 54th Massachusetts regiment’s attack upon this fort was memorably depicted in the movie _Glory_. 5. This was the closest major fort to Custer’s 7th Cavalry during the Little Big Horn campaign. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1218 "2008-02-10T23:24:45Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 1. Grant demanded the “unconditional surrender” of this fort, and gained a nickname along with his victory. 2. The 54th Massachusetts regiment’s attack upon this fort was memorably depicted in the movie _Glory_. [/QUOTE] 1. Ft. Henry 2. Ft. Wagner. ---
**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 10, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1219 "2008-02-10T23:57:01Z")
1. Lewis & Clark’s westernmost fortification, in which they spent a miserably cold and wet winter. Ft Mandan ? 2. The first fort to surrender during the Civil War to a naval force unsupported by ground troops. Ft. Jefferson? - south of New Orleans, captured by Adm Porter by running past the fort’s gun, and then cutting the fort off? 1. Grant demanded the “unconditional surrender” of this fort, and gained a nickname along with his victory. Ft. Donelson ---
**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 11, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1220 "2008-02-11T01:02:13Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] 803. Ft. Henry 1. Ft. Wagner. [/QUOTE] 2. Incorrect. 3. Yes; sometimes called “Battery Wagner.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=62)