# 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:** 74
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1461 "2008-03-16T12:33:49Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 1008 James Oglethorpe 1009 Alexander Stephens 1011 Creeks [/QUOTE] 1. Yes! 2. Yes! 3. Sorry, no. And **Governor Quinn** is correct on 1010, Booker T. Washington. ---
**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 17, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1462 "2008-03-17T14:14:30Z")
1. Cherokee? Which Presidents owned these dogs? 1. Checkers 2. Liberty 3. King Timahoe 4. Sweetlips 5. Fala ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1463 "2008-03-17T15:20:14Z")
1. Nixon 2. FDR ---
**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 17, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1464 "2008-03-17T15:22:12Z")
1. Seminole (I posted that last night but it looks like it got eaten) ---
**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 17, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1465 "2008-03-17T15:24:09Z")
1. King Timahoe Ford? ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1466 "2008-03-17T22:37:48Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] 1011. Seminole (I posted that last night but it looks like it got eaten) [/QUOTE] No, sorry. (I didn’t think the question would be that hard). ---
**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 18, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1467 "2008-03-18T02:25:26Z")
1. Then let’s go for the obvious, Cherokee. ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1468 "2008-03-18T02:32:33Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 1011. Then let’s go for the obvious, Cherokee. [/QUOTE] That’s right! (I can’t be devious and underhanded _all_ of the time). ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1469 "2008-03-18T02:42:50Z")
1. What do the following years have in common in relation to American history: 1819, 1837, 1873, 1893, 1905, and 1929? 2. William Jennings Bryan said (approximately): “You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_ \_\_\_\_.” 3. What was Mary Elizabeth Lease’s famous (though apocryphal) advice to Kansas farmers? 4. What rival candidate dubbed Reagan’s supply-side theories “voodoo economics”? 5. What American Nobel laureate founded the school of economic theory known as monetarism? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1470 "2008-03-18T03:06:31Z")
[QUOTE=Danimal] 1017. What do the following years have in common in relation to American history: 1819, 1837, 1873, 1893, 1905, and 1929? 1. William Jennings Bryan said (approximately): “You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_ \_\_\_\_.” [/QUOTE] 2. They all were the start of major economic depressions for the US economy. 3. Cross of Gold. ---
**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 18, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1471 "2008-03-18T03:09:15Z")
[QUOTE=Danimal] 1021. What American Nobel laureate founded the school of economic theory known as monetarism? [/QUOTE] Milton Friedman ---
**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 18, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1472 "2008-03-18T03:36:44Z")
1. What rival candidate dubbed Reagan’s supply-side theories “voodoo economics”? George Bush _peres_ ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1473 "2008-03-18T12:36:39Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] 1017. They all were the start of major economic depressions for the US economy. 1. Cross of Gold. [/QUOTE] Both correct. **RNATB** is also right about Friedman, and **5 time champ** has got Bush. ---
**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 18, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1474 "2008-03-18T14:15:48Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] 1012. Nixon 1016. FDR [/QUOTE] Both correct. **5 time champ** is incorrect as to King Timahoe. **Danimal** , I already guessed Cherokee as to question 1011, back in post 1462. (Before **5 time champ** , dammit :mad: 😉 ). Here’s another guess: 1019. “Farmers should raise less corn and more hell!” More Federal alphabet soup - give the full names of these agencies: 1. RTC 2. ONI 3. BOP 4. OSHA 5. AID ---
**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 18, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1475 "2008-03-18T14:17:29Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 1022. RTC 1023. ONI 1024. BOP 1025. OSHA 1026. AID [/QUOTE] 1. Occupational Safety & Health Administration ---
**Author:** ![Petey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@Petey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petey)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1476 "2008-03-18T14:21:29Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Which Presidents owned these dogs? 1. Liberty [/QUOTE] Ford. (Proof that you can learn stuff from Chevy Chase on Saturday Night Live) ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1477 "2008-03-18T14:28:22Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 1023. ONI [/QUOTE] 1. Office of Naval Intelligence ---
**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 18, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1478 "2008-03-18T14:51:43Z")
1. RTC Resolution Trust Corporation, bailed out the S & L’s in the 1980s- will we be seeing a similar organization soon? 2. AID Agency for International Development, Kennedy era agency for foreign aid ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1479 "2008-03-18T17:57:08Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] **Danimal** , I already guessed Cherokee as to question 1011, back in post 1462. (Before **5 time champ** , dammit :mad: 😉 ). [/quote] Oops! You’re right. Sorry about that. > [@](#): > > 1. “Farmers should raise less corn and more hell!” Bingo! > [@](#): > > 1. BOP Bureau of Prisons? ---
**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 18, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/1480 "2008-03-18T20:28:12Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 1022. RTC Resolution Trust Corporation, bailed out the S & L’s in the 1980s- will we be seeing a similar organization soon? 1. AID Agency for International Development, Kennedy era agency for foreign aid [/QUOTE] Both correct (RTC is now defunct, I believe, but we might very well see something like it to tackle the home mortgage crisis; AID is still a component of the State Department). **Danimal** is right about the BOP, which is part of the Justice Department (or is it in Homeland Security now? Nah, I don’t think so). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=75)