# 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:** 69
**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 26, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1361 "2008-02-26T17:34:03Z")
Upon further research… Google turns up 197 sites saying Pa Coolidge was a notary public, and 93 saying he was a justice of the peace, and I noticed some websites saying he was _both_. It is a puzzlement. ---
**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 26, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1362 "2008-02-26T18:05:38Z")
From the Vermont Archives, which I presume are overseen by the state: > [@](#): > > Col. John C. Coolidge, father of President Calvin Coolidge, was for many years a Vermont Notary Public, as well as a storekeeper, selectman, deputy sheriff, state representative, state senator and a member of the military staff of the Governor of Vermont. No mention of his having been a JP… but according to some other sites, Vermont JPs are automaticall _ex officio_ notaries… ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1363 "2008-02-27T00:16:54Z")
1. Incorrect. **OtakuLoki** is closer than **Elendil’s Heir** , though, by way of hint. 2. **OtakuLoki** and **5 time champ** are both correct. 3. Incorrect. **5 time champ** alludes to the right answer in discussing 917, though. Hint on 915: The importance to history of the Halibut Treaty is not necessarily to **U.S.** history, though the U.S. was one of the two state parties to the treaty. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1364 "2008-02-27T00:23:53Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] 916. Incorrect. **OtakuLoki** is closer than **Elendil’s Heir** , though, by way of hint. [/QUOTE] 1. Okay - Nancy Reagan. One of the many ways she stomped on protocol and pissed off the professionals around her. ---
**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 27, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1365 "2008-02-27T00:36:23Z")
1. Wilson defeated both a sitting President and a former President at once in 1912. > [@](#): > > **by OtakuLoki** > 918. Well, if I’m right for 917, that’s the only time I can think of where a former president ran for office under the auspices of a party other than the one he’d been a member of while he served as president. Millard Fillmore ran as a Know Nothing in, I think, 1856. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1366 "2008-02-27T03:35:39Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] 916. Okay - Nancy Reagan. One of the many ways she stomped on protocol and pissed off the professionals around her. [/QUOTE] Nope. > [@5 time champ](#): > > 1. Wilson defeated both a sitting President and a former President at once in 1912. Right, pretty much. Only election in which there were three major candidates running against each other, all of whom served as President at one time. (As of Election Day 1912, there was one past, Roosevelt, one current, Taft, and one future, Wilson who was elected.) ---
**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 27, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1367 "2008-02-27T04:12:58Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Who said it? Bonus points for context. 1. “I choose not to run.” [/quote] 1. Old Silent Cal, saying he wouldn’t run for a second term in 1928. Hopefully we’re now done with him and his father for a little while. ---
**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 27, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1368 "2008-02-27T14:39:31Z")
[QUOTE=Saratoga Sam] 921. Old Silent Cal, saying he wouldn’t run for a second term in 1928. Hopefully we’re now done with him and his father for a little while. [/QUOTE] You got it. Whatsamatta, don’t you like Coolidge? 😉 The U.S. Constitution. 1. In times of war, Congress may authorize privateers by granting letters of \_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_\_. 2. What is the only crime specifically defined in the Constitution? 3. American public officials of what level(s) of government must swear an oath to the Constitution? 4. What legal significance or weight of authority does the preamble have? 5. What amendment protects citizens against self-incrimination? ---
**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 27, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1369 "2008-02-27T14:59:27Z")
1. The Halibut Treaty was the first treaty negotiated by Canada that did not require Royal Assent? [QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 924. In times of war, Congress may authorize privateers by granting letters of \_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_\_. 925. What is the only crime specifically defined in the Constitution? 926. American public officials of what level(s) of government must swear an oath to the Constitution? 927. What legal significance or weight of authority does the preamble have? 928. What amendment protects citizens against self-incrimination? [/QUOTE] 1. Marque and \_\_\_\_\_ 2. Treason 3. Federal only 4. I’m guessing a bit here, but I’ve never heard it referred to in an opinion by anyone other than the original-intent folks, so I’ll say none 5. Fifth ---
**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 27, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1370 "2008-02-27T16:09:55Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] … 924. Marque and \_\_\_\_\_ 925. Treason 926. Federal only 927. I’m guessing a bit here, but I’ve never heard it referred to in an opinion by anyone other than the original-intent folks, so I’ll say none 928. Fifth [/QUOTE] 1. Half credit. 2. Correct. 3. Incorrect. 4. Correct. 5. Correct! ---
**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 27, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1371 "2008-02-27T16:34:07Z")
1. Reprisal ---
**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 27, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1372 "2008-02-27T20:55:00Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 924. Reprisal [/QUOTE] Letters of marque and reprisal, correct. ---
**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 27, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1373 "2008-02-27T23:18:44Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] The U.S. Constitution. 1. American public officials of what level(s) of government must swear an oath to the Constitution? [/QUOTE] Could we have a clarification on this…do you mean as prescribed within the Constitution itself, or as required by other statutes? If the latter, there could be all sorts of state and local laws requiring such an oath. ---
**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 27, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1374 "2008-02-27T23:54:25Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 1. “[A particular President] has all the backbone of a chocolate eclair.” [/QUOTE] 1. Theodore Roosevelt, commenting on William McKinley’s tendency to avoid substantive comments on issues. ---
**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 28, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1375 "2008-02-28T14:15:30Z")
[QUOTE=Saratoga Sam] Could we have a clarification on this…do you mean as prescribed within the Constitution itself, or as required by other statutes? If the latter, there could be all sorts of state and local laws requiring such an oath. [/QUOTE] Within the Constitution itself. That was the category of the questions, after all. **Governor Quinn** is correct about TR’s criticism of McKinley. Anchors aweigh! The U.S. Navy. 1. The top Navy officer for the Atlantic Ocean had this unfortunate acronym/title at the beginning of WW2. 2. This ironclad made a famous nighttime run past Island No. 10, and is thought to have fought in more battles than any other ship of the Civil War. 3. A young David Farragut served aboard this ship, captured by the British during the War of 1812. 4. The Great White Fleet began and ended its around-the-world cruise in this port. 5. He was the highest-ranking officer of the Continental Navy. ---
**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 28, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1376 "2008-02-28T15:07:22Z")
1. The top Navy officer for the Atlantic Ocean had this unfortunate acronym/title at the beginning of WW2. CinC-US “sink us”, it was something like Commander in Chief United States Navy 2. This ironclad made a famous nighttime run past Island No. 10, and is thought to have fought in more battles than any other ship of the Civil War. Carondelet ? 3. The Great White Fleet began and ended its around-the-world cruise in this port. San Francisco ? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1377 "2008-02-28T15:20:00Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 930. This ironclad made a famous nighttime run past Island No. 10, and is thought to have fought in more battles than any other ship of the Civil War. [/QUOTE] 1. I think that this was _New Ironsides_. ---
**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 28, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1378 "2008-02-28T16:39:52Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] The U.S. Constitution. 926. American public officials of what level(s) of government must swear an oath to the Constitution? [/QUOTE] 1. I believe those required to swear that they will uphold the Constitution probably include just the President, and possibly the Vice 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 28, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1379 "2008-02-28T18:12:29Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 929. The top Navy officer for the Atlantic Ocean had this unfortunate acronym/title at the beginning of WW2. CinC-US “sink us”, it was something like Commander in Chief United States Navy 1. This ironclad made a famous nighttime run past Island No. 10, and is thought to have fought in more battles than any other ship of the Civil War. Carondelet ? 2. The Great White Fleet began and ended its around-the-world cruise in this port. San Francisco ? [/QUOTE] 3. Correct, CINCUS. Soon changed once the shooting started. 4. Correct! Damn, you’re good. One of my favorite ironclads, named after the Missouri river town in which she was built. She survived the war and became a wharfboat along the Ohio River before sinking due to neglect. 5. Incorrect. A hint: It’s on the East Coast. **Saratoga Sam** and **OtakuLoki** are both incorrect. ---
**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 28, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1380 "2008-02-28T18:57:27Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 932. Incorrect. A hint: It’s on the East Coast. [/QUOTE] 1. Norfolk, VA ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=70)