# 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:** 72
**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:** [March 8, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1421 "2008-03-08T05:03:41Z")
Vermont history. 1. Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys captured what lightly-defended British fort during the Revolution? 2. Legend has it that Allen demanded the fort’s surrender in the name of two things (people, organizations or entities). What were they? 3. Vermont was what number state to join the Union? 4. The great Vermont flood of 1927 resulted in the accidental death of this state official. 5. This noted American author used the flood as the backdrop of one of his stories. Extra credit: what was the story? ---
**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:** [March 8, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1422 "2008-03-08T14:22:26Z")
1. Ft Ticonderoga 2. “Open in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress.” I think this question is a repeat. 3. 14th ---
**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:** [March 8, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1423 "2008-03-08T15:53:55Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 967. Ft Ticonderoga 1. “Open in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress.” I think this question is a repeat. 2. 14th [/QUOTE] All correct. Hadn’t realized 978 was a repeat… we’ve been at this for awhile now! 😃 ---
**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:** [March 9, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1424 "2008-03-09T01:25:05Z")
Numbering’s going a little askew. Those last two answered were 968 and 969. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1425 "2008-03-10T04:05:46Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] Numbering’s going a little askew. Those last two answered were 968 and 969. [/QUOTE] Right you are. With what presidential candidates were these political advisors most closely associated? 1. Thurlow Weed 2. Louis Howe 3. Leonard Garment 4. Lee Atwater 5. William McAdoo ---
**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:** [March 10, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1426 "2008-03-10T04:26:46Z")
Just where in the hell are you getting this material/knowledge from **Elendil’s Heir**?? 🙂 973. Louis Howe FDR 1. Leonard Garment Nixon 2. Lee Atwater Bush _peres_; came up with Willie Horton ad amongst others OK, those three are relatively famous/infamous, but who has heard of Thurlow Weed [I’ll make a guess: US Grant?] or William McAdoo? ---
**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:** [March 10, 2008, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1427 "2008-03-10T04:38:09Z")
1. This event is generally thought to have had the greatest one-day death toll in American History? [Hint, it is not 9/11/2001.] 2. This poet performed [not sure if that is the right word] at this President’s inauguration; the poet struggled with bright sun and wind at the ceremony ending up speaking from memory rather that the printed pages in front of him. 1927 Flood 979. These two Louisiana parishes were duped into being inundated by the massive Mississippi River flood by the good people of New Orleans. 1. RE: the aforementioned Lee Atwater; besides coming up the Willie Horton ad what other talent was Atwater know for? 2. What is 501c3? ---
**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:** [March 10, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1428 "2008-03-10T13:08:03Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 977. This event is generally thought to have had the greatest one-day death toll in American History? [Hint, it is not 9/11/2001.] 1. This poet performed [not sure if that is the right word] at this President’s inauguration; the poet struggled with bright sun and wind at the ceremony ending up speaking from memory rather that the printed pages in front of him. 1927 Flood 979. These two Louisiana parishes were duped into being inundated by the massive Mississippi River flood by the good people of New Orleans. 1. RE: the aforementioned Lee Atwater; besides coming up the Willie Horton ad what other talent was Atwater know for? 2. What is 501c3? [/QUOTE] 3. The D-Day landings? 4. The IRS designation for nonprofit organizations (denotes tax-exempt status). ---
**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:** [March 10, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1429 "2008-03-10T14:24:05Z")
1. Nope 2. yes ---
**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:** [March 10, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1430 "2008-03-10T14:45:18Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] Just where in the hell are you getting this material/knowledge from **Elendil’s Heir**?? 🙂 [/QUOTE] Far too much clutter in my mental attic. It’s both a blessing and a curse. 😉 [QUOTE=5 time champ] 1. Louis Howe FDR 2. Leonard Garment Nixon 3. Lee Atwater Bush _peres_; came up with Willie Horton ad amongst others OK, those three are relatively famous/infamous, but who has heard of Thurlow Weed [I’ll make a guess: US Grant?] or William McAdoo? [/QUOTE] Right on FDR, Nixon and Bush the Elder. Wrong on Grant. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1431 "2008-03-10T14:48:22Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 977. This event is generally thought to have had the greatest one-day death toll in American History? [Hint, it is not 9/11/2001.] 1. This poet performed [not sure if that is the right word] at this President’s inauguration; the poet struggled with bright sun and wind at the ceremony ending up speaking from memory rather that the printed pages in front of him. … 2. RE: the aforementioned Lee Atwater; besides coming up the Willie Horton ad what other talent was Atwater know for? … [/QUOTE] 3. The massive explosion in a Texas seaport (Galveston?) of a cargo ship loaded with fertilizer just after WW2, and the fire which swept the city afterwards. 4. Robert Frost at JFK’s Inauguration, Jan. 20, 1961. 5. Amateur guitar player. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1432 "2008-03-10T15:37:50Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 977. This event is generally thought to have had the greatest one-day death toll in American History? [Hint, it is not 9/11/2001.] [/QUOTE] 1. The Battle of Antietem, Sept 17, 1862. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1433 "2008-03-10T15:52:28Z")
1. Right city, but I thought it was the hurricane that killed approx 9000 residents around the turn of the last century. I think the one day death toll at Antietem is around 6,000, but the Galveston hurricane is thought to be around 9,000. This topic has been discussed on the Board many times. 2. correct 3. Blues guitarist specific, I seem to recall a clip of Atwater jamming away with BB King. It was rather incongruous, this Prince of Darkness white guy matching BB King [or some other great bluesman] almost lick for lick. ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1434 "2008-03-11T00:05:43Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 1. Capt. Kidd’s most notable command during his allegedly piratical last voyage. 2. This Confederate commerce raider was burning Yankee whaling ships in the far north several months after Lee surrendered. [/QUOTE] 3. The _Adventure Galley_. Which later grew leaky, so he burned it and switched to the captured _Adventure Prize_, ex-_Quedah Merchant_. But he didn’t do any pirating in the _Adventure Prize_, so the _Adventure Galley_ should be the answer. 4. C.S.S. _Alabama_? > [@](#): > > 1. William McAdoo 1. Woodrow Wilson’s Treasury Secretary? ---
**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:** [March 11, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1435 "2008-03-11T02:13:50Z")
1. William Seward. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1436 "2008-03-11T15:20:12Z")
[QUOTE=Danimal] 955. The _Adventure Galley_. Which later grew leaky, so he burned it and switched to the captured _Adventure Prize_, ex-_Quedah Merchant_. But he didn’t do any pirating in the _Adventure Prize_, so the _Adventure Galley_ should be the answer. 1. C.S.S. _Alabama_? 2. Woodrow Wilson’s Treasury Secretary? [/QUOTE] 3. Yes. Check out Robert Lawson’s _Captain Kidd’s Cat_ for a funny, interesting kid’s look at the badly misunderstood Kidd. 4. Nope. 5. Wilson, yes, but I didn’t know McAdoo had served as SecTreas. **Governor Quinn** is correct about Seward’s close pal and political advisor, Thurlow Weed. Some more Ohio history. 1. He invented the traffic light and the gas mask. 2. John Glenn was a Korean War combat aviator in this armed service. 3. \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_ was Ohio’s first Civil War governor. 4. Draft resisters in what Ohio county briefly staged a near-comical rebellion in 1863? 5. This governor’s Senate hopes crumbled after the Kent State shootings. ---
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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 983. John Glenn was a Korean War combat aviator in this armed service. [/QUOTE] 1. Marines ---
**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:** [March 12, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1438 "2008-03-12T02:23:39Z")
1. The Missouri Plan was a model reformation of this government process. 2. This former Missouri Congressman was a consultant for and also appeared in Ken Burns’ _The Civil War_ 3. The only Civil War Battlefield in Missouri that is National Battlefield. 4. Where was the first Capitol of Missouri located? 5. According to the Missouri Historical Society, the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis is the only World’s Fair to accomplish this. ---
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[QUOTE=5 time champ] 1. The only Civil War Battlefield in Missouri that is National Battlefield. [/QUOTE] Wilson’s Creek ---
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[QUOTE=5 time champ] 988. This former Missouri Congressman was a consultant for and also appeared in Ken Burns’ _The Civil War_ [/quote] James Symington [QUOTE=5 time champ] 990. Where was the first Capitol of Missouri located? [/QUOTE] St. Charles [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=71) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=73)