# 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:** 73
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1441 "2008-03-12T11:21:54Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 955. Yes. Check out Robert Lawson’s _Captain Kidd’s Cat_ for a funny, interesting kid’s look at the badly misunderstood Kidd. [/QUOTE] Haven’t read that one. My feeling from Robert Ritchie’s _Captain Kidd and the War Against the Pirates_, as well as some other sources, is that Kidd was an instance of Sacco-Vanzetti syndrome: he was railroaded and treated monstrously unfairly by the system, but was nonetheless guilty as hell. Stage, radio, and the silver screen . . . 1. As a World War II correspondent, his signature opening line was, “This . . . is London.” 2. Henry Fonda played a rare villainous role in this Sergio Leone spaghetti western. 3. After playing the King of Siam over a thousand times on Broadway, who went on to play the same role opposite Deborah Kerr in Hollywood’s _The King and I_? 4. What major Broadway stage actor had a brother who murdered a President? 5. Allowed to see American movies again after the end of the Nazi occupation, what name did French critics give to the dark, violent, and morally ambiguous films that U.S. directors had started making in the 1940s? ---
**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 12, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1442 "2008-03-12T13:36:31Z")
[QUOTE=Danimal] 996. Allowed to see American movies again after the end of the Nazi occupation, what name did French critics give to the dark, violent, and morally ambiguous films that U.S. directors had started making in the 1940s? [/QUOTE] 1. _Film Noir_ ---
**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 12, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1443 "2008-03-12T14:24:39Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] 983. Marines [/QUOTE] Correct. 1. Picking judges. 2. Make a profit. 3. Edward R. Murrow (my wife once worked with his son). 4. Yul Brynner. 5. Edward Booth. **Danimal** , let’s try to steer clear of Broadway/Hollywood trivia, which could be (and has been) a thread all its own. Thanks! The Presidency. 1. He is the only former President to seriously consider later serving as someone else’s Vice President. 2. His poker games included White House staff, senators and his pal the Chief Justice. 3. He wore a ring containing some of Abraham Lincoln’s hair at his inauguration. 4. He approved the last military execution of a convicted serviceman in U.S. history. 5. He is buried in Hollywood Cemetery. Woo-hoo! We broke the thousand-question mark! ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1444 "2008-03-12T16:11:36Z")
1. Once Upon a Time in the West 2. Harding 3. Grant ---
**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, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1445 "2008-03-12T17:58:19Z")
1. [woo-hoo, indeed] FDR Followup questions 1002. Who was that last executed soldier? ---
**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, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1446 "2008-03-12T18:01:05Z")
All correct on the Show Me State. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1447 "2008-03-12T18:25:45Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 1000. [woo-hoo, indeed] FDR Followup questions 1002. Who was that last executed soldier? [/QUOTE] Eddie Slovik ---
**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 12, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1448 "2008-03-12T18:29:04Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] … 998. Harding 1. Grant [/QUOTE] Both incorrect. \*\* 5 time champ\*\*, FDR is incorrect. And Slovik was the last U.S. soldier executed for desertion, not the last U.S. soldier ever executed. ---
**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 12, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1449 "2008-03-12T22:13:55Z")
1. James Rhodes, who ultimately served 16 years as Governor. 2. If they claim it’s it turning a profit, they’d be wrong: the Chicago World’s Fair of 1933 also did so. 3. It’s _Edwin_, not Edward. ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1450 "2008-03-12T22:21:51Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 997. He is the only former President to seriously consider later serving as someone else’s Vice President. [/QUOTE] Gerald Ford ---
**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 13, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1451 "2008-03-13T00:19:52Z")
Re: profitable World’s Fair, that’s why I cited the MO Historical Society. I think Chicago claims that also, as **Gov Quinn** maintains. How did we go 1000 questions without poor Eddie Slovik, albeit mistakenly? ---
**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 13, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1452 "2008-03-13T03:44:30Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] 986. James Rhodes, who ultimately served 16 years as Governor [of Ohio]. 1. If they claim it’s it turning a profit, they’d be wrong: the Chicago World’s Fair of 1933 also did so. 2. It’s _Edwin_ [Booth], not Edward. [/QUOTE] 3. Correct. 4. To quote Johnny Carson, “I did not know that!” 5. Thanks. I wasn’t sure. **Julius Henry** is correct about Gerald Ford, who in 1980 discussed serving again as VP with GOP nominee Ronald Reagan, but with increased and specific responsibilities. The deal fell apart, though. ---
**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 14, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1453 "2008-03-14T18:08:10Z")
Who said it? Bonus points for context. 1. “The buck doesn’t even slow down here.” 2. "Sock it to _me?"_ 3. “How is the horse?” 4. “I had a better year than he did.” 5. “Thanks, King.” ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1454 "2008-03-14T18:18:22Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Who said it? Bonus points for context. 1007. “Thanks, King.” [/QUOTE] Jim Thorpe, after the King of Sweden proclaimed him the greatest athlete in the world when presenting him with his awards or medals at the Olympics. I’ve also heard, ‘You’re pretty swell yourself, King’ as well. > [@](#): > > 1. “I had a better year than he did.” Babe Ruth when someone brought it to his attention that he was now paid more than the President. ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1455 "2008-03-14T22:26:04Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 1004. "Sock it to _me?"_ [/QUOTE] Richard Nixon, then the Republican presidential nominee, appearing on Laugh-In in 1968. ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1456 "2008-03-15T16:43:11Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Correct. 992. Edward R. Murrow (my wife once worked with his son). 994. Yul Brynner. 995. Edward Booth. [/QUOTE] All correct (well, close enough on 995, which as **Governor Quinn** pointed out, was Edwin Booth). **want2know** is correct on _Once Upon A Time in the West_. **RNATB** is correct on film noir. ---
**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 15, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1457 "2008-03-15T18:37:20Z")
[QUOTE=kidchameleon] [1007.] Jim Thorpe, after the King of Sweden proclaimed him the greatest athlete in the world when presenting him with his awards or medals at the Olympics. I’ve also heard, ‘You’re pretty swell yourself, King’ as well. … [1006.] Babe Ruth when someone brought it to his attention that he was now paid more than the President. [/QUOTE] Both correct, as is **Julius Henry**. ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1458 "2008-03-15T20:25:42Z")
Four questions about Georgia… 1. Who received King George II’s charter to found the colony of Georgia? 2. What Georgian planter, who had grave misgivings about secession, nevertheless aceepted the office of Vice-President of the Confederacy? 3. Who urged the audience at the 1893 Atlanta Exposition to “cast down your anchor where you are” by hiring Southern blacks instead of immigrant labor? 4. In two controversial decisions, Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that this Georgia Indian tribe had no standing to sue in the Supreme Court, but by the same token, the state of Georgia had no right to enforce its laws on the tribe’s land. ---
**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 15, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1459 "2008-03-15T22:33:35Z")
1008 James Oglethorpe 1009 Alexander Stephens 1011 Creeks ---
**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 16, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1460 "2008-03-16T01:25:00Z")
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