U.S. History trivia quiz

The Game Room
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[QUOTE=Shecky]
This would be Michael Collins. Or Liam Neeson.
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Correct.

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But Ford in his prime could probubly have beat both Reagan and Hoover with one hand tied behind his back.

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[QUOTE=kidchameleon]
146. What is the largest city in the US(areawise)?
147. Who filled the role of President for a day?
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  1. Los Angeles.
  2. David Rice Atchison (debateable; I personally don’t think he did).

Here are some more:

  1. Robert E. Lee’s horse had the same name as a later game. What was it?
  2. Rutherford B. Hayes won the presidency by a margin of ____ vote(s) on the Electoral Commission of 1876.
  3. This small Ohio liberal-arts college is noteworthy for being the first in the U.S. to regularly admit women and blacks as students, for being an abolitionist stronghold before the Civil War, and for being mentioned in an H.P. Lovecraft story.
  4. This mayor of NYC seriously suggested in 1861 that his city secede from the U.S., too.
  5. Robert Gould Shaw led this black regiment during the Civil War (as shown in the movie Glory).
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[QUOTE=5 time champ]
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141. What is distinctive of all the President’s ELECTED on the Whig ticket? [If I am remembering correctly]
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They both died in office? (William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor, IIRC).

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]
146. Los Angeles.
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Incorrect.

Correct.

Miskatonic?

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[QUOTE=kidchameleon]
146. What is the largest city in the US(areawise)?
147. Who filled the role of President for a day?
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  1. Jacksonville, FL
  2. Al Haig?
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  1. Robert E. Lee’s horse had the same name as a later game. What was it?
    Traveller
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[QUOTE=kidchameleon]
146. What is the largest city in the US(areawise)?

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Controversial question, on the order of Do Balrogs have wings?" in Tolkeindom
I think there are at least three claims:
Jacksonville, FL
Oklahoma City, OK
Honolulu, HA

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]
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  1. Rutherford B. Hayes won the presidency by a margin of ____ vote(s) on the Electoral Commission of 1876.
    One

  2. This small Ohio liberal-arts college is noteworthy for being the first in the U.S. to regularly admit women and blacks as students, for being an abolitionist stronghold before the Civil War, and for being mentioned in an H.P. Lovecraft story.
    Oberlin

  3. Robert Gould Shaw led this black regiment during the Civil War (as shown in the movie Glory).
    54th Maine

You are correct on the Whig Presidents: WH Harrison & Taylor.

Care to make another answer on* Scott v Sanford?*

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[QUOTE=Random]
148. Robert E. Lee’s horse had the same name as a later game. What was it?

Traveller
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Correct.

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[QUOTE=5 time champ]
149. Rutherford B. Hayes won the presidency by a margin of ____ vote(s) on the Electoral Commission of 1876.
One

  1. This small Ohio liberal-arts college is noteworthy for being the first in the U.S. to regularly admit women and blacks as students, for being an abolitionist stronghold before the Civil War, and for being mentioned in an H.P. Lovecraft story.
    Oberlin

  2. Robert Gould Shaw led this black regiment during the Civil War (as shown in the movie Glory).
    54th Maine
    …*
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  3. Correct.

  4. Correct (my alma mater; the Lovecraft story is “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”).

  5. Incorrect (but close).

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55th

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54th Massachusetts

  1. What comedy star of silent film had his career undone by an alleged rape at a party and the subsequent death of the alleged victim?

  2. What American politician ran on the slogan “Every man a king”?

  3. Who is known as the father of bluegrass music?

  4. Who is known as the father of the blues?

  5. What onetime member of the Supreme Court is also a member of the College Football Hall of Fame?

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54th Massachusetts
:smack: Oh yeah, the other New England state beginning with M, where everybody talks funny :wink:

  1. What comedy star of silent film had his career undone by an alleged rape at a party and the subsequent death of the alleged victim?
    Fatty Arbuckle

  2. What American politician ran on the slogan “Every man a king”?
    Huey P Long

  3. Who is known as the father of bluegrass music?
    Bill Monroe

  4. Who is known as the father of the blues?
    WC Handy?

  5. What onetime member of the Supreme Court is also a member of the College Football Hall of Fame?
    Byron “Whizzer” White

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Oll Kerrect

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[QUOTE=BobLibDem]
Jimmy Carter
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Correct

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  1. In what city did the alleged Arbuckle rape take place?

  2. What Pulitzer Prize winning author wrote an award winning novel based on the career of Huey P. Long?

  3. Who was Bill Monroe’s banjo player?

  4. Who played W.C. Handy on the sreen?

  5. What professional football team did Byron White play for?

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[QUOTE=denquixote]
159. What Pulitzer Prize winning author wrote an award winning novel based on the career of Huey P. Long?
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Robert Penn Warren

Ha! Which week? Bill Monroe was a prickly fellow, who had a habit of burning through bandmates.

But I assume you mean Earl Scruggs.

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  1. In what city did the alleged Arbuckle rape take place?

San Francisco

  1. Who was Bill Monroe’s banjo player?

Earl Scruggs

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[QUOTE=5 time champ]
Controversial question, on the order of Do Balrogs have wings?" in Tolkeindom
I think there are at least three claims:
Jacksonville, FL
Oklahoma City, OK
Honolulu, HA
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Well curses, I was under the impression that Juneau was far and away the largest, bigger than Rhode Island.