U.S. History trivia quiz

The Game Room
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Correct. Yes, apparently it was a little fringe benefit.

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That was the Lizzie Borden case.

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Yup!

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Willa Cather.

  1. What American author wrote stories about a character named Nick Adams, set mostly in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan?

  2. Which president ran as “the log cabin and hard cider” candidate?

  3. What military man, prominent in American history, commanded troops that, with fixed bayonetes, routed the so-called “Bonus Army” of World War I veterans that descended on Washington DC in 1932 seeking financial help?

  4. Labor organizer Eugene V. Debs ran for president on what party’s ticket?

  5. What Shreveport-based radio show (later a television show) had both Hank Williams and Elvis Presley under performance contract at various times (giving each performer an early career boost)?

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  1. Mobile, Alabama?
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  1. hemingway

  2. Socialist

  3. Louisiana hayride.

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  1. Douglas MacAurthur.
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  1. What major party presidential candidates in the 60’s were not born in the U.S.? Why were they Constituionally qualified to be president?
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  1. What son of a slave became an All-American football player and member of Phi Beta Kappa before becoming a lawyer, movie star, concert singer, civil rights worker and admirer of the Communist Party?
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Correct! (And they still have a fine Mardis Gras bash there today.)

Oll Kerrect

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Correct.

  1. William Henry Harrison ran as the “log cabin and hard cider” candidate against the (supposedly) effete, champagne-swilling Martin Van Buren.

  2. Barry Goldwater was born in the Arizona Territory which, although not a state at the time, was still U.S. territory, so he was eligible to serve as President.

  3. Paul Robeson.

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  1. correct
  2. half credit
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Correct.

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  1. What Polish immigrant served in the U.S. Army, was wounded on D-Day, helped with the sculpting of Mt. Rushmore and spent over 40 years building a monument to the American Indian that remains a work in progress?
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The first-posted questions numbered 107-109 in post #206 have not been answered but Siam Sam re-used the question numbers in post #216.

Hints for my 107 and 108: Starts with G. 109 starts with H.

  1. What U.S. governor became Vice President and signed the Declaration of Independence (and as a clue, has a map figure and my K-5 elementary school named after him)?

  2. What colonel, later general, and his fishermen-soldiers rowed George Washington across the Delaware on Christmas night to rout successfully the Hessians and who earlier evacuated Washington’s army from Long Island, NY, saving them from certain defeat?

  3. What was the name of the first ship in the American navy (owned by same colonel)?

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  1. I thought someone guessed Thomas jefferson, was that wrong?
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  1. What military man, prominent in American history, commanded troops that, with fixed bayonetes, routed the so-called “Bonus Army” of World War I veterans that descended on Washington DC in 1932 seeking financial help?

Macarthur, Patton and Eisenhower were all involved.

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Yes, because of the Massachesetts connection. (See previous Marblehead answer)

I know the answer, but I had to google it to confirm, ans so am not posting it.

(The “map figure” element is a bit confusing. It might be easier to answer if you think of it as a “mapping practice”.)

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Correct. But MacArthur was in command.

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The other half of this is Mitt Romney’s father (firstname George, I think), who was a serious candidate in the 1968 election. IIRC, he was born in Mexico, or perhaps South America, to American parents, thus qualifying as a natural-born citizen. There was a Mormon connection that I cannnot completely recall which explains their absence from the US.