U.S. History trivia quiz

Can’t remember her name, but Buchanan was a bachelor, so his sister served as “First Lady”. (That term is probably an anachronism, doubt it was used before the 20th Century)

Yes, it was. You got me curious, so I did look up the term “first lady” in Wikipedia (but not the answer to any questions), and I see that it was first used in 1849 by President Taylor in referring to Dolley Madison during “her state funeral while reciting a eulogy written by himself.”

Well, that’s sure a surprise… despite its early date of initial use, though, I wonder just how common the term was. IIRC, Buchanan’s sister (whose name I still can’t remember) was referred to as the “White House Hostess”.

You’re correct that he was a bachelor. I guess the answer I was looking for was “none.” The term “First Lady” was used in the 19th century, but not on a regular basis until… well, that’ll be another question later on, I guess. :wink:

  1. McKinley
    Lucretia?

  2. Hoover
    Lou

  3. Roosevelt (1901-1909)
    Edith was one of them??

  4. Hayes
    "Lemonade" Lucy

  1. Nope.
  2. Correct.
  3. Correct.
  4. Correct.

Historic American aviation.

  1. This type of antique aircraft was, until recently, long used for cargo and passenger flights to South Bass Island in Lake Erie.
  2. The Enola Gay was the B-29 which bombed Hiroshima in 1945. What was the name of the aircraft which bombed Nagasaki?
  3. This Marine aviator commanded the famous “Black Sheep Squadron” in the Pacific during WW2.
  4. This superfast spyplane, called the Blackbird, had what letter/number designation?
  5. When the Blackbird retired at the end of the Cold War, many aviation buffs surmised that it had been succeeded by what highly-classified but probably nonexistent aircraft?
  1. This Marine aviator commanded the famous “Black Sheep Squadron” in the Pacific during WW2.
    “Pappy” Boyington

  2. This superfast spyplane, called the Blackbird, had what letter/number designation?
    SR-71. And wasn’t there some controversy whether it was the SR-71 or RS-71?

  1. Mustang Sally.
  2. Pappy Boynington (sp?)
  3. Aurora
  1. The Aurora.

Rats, took too long to answer. (Waves fist at Really Not All That Bright)

  1. Box Car.

  2. U2?

Both correct. It’s always been the SR-71 that I’ve seen.

  1. Incorrect.
  2. Correct. Several manufacturers even came out with model kits of the plane. Looked 'way cool, but probably never actually existed. There were even rumors that the Aurora was reverse-engineered from alien technology. :rolleyes:

Siam Sam, you’re close on 759, but incorrect.

751: I believe it was Gerald Ford, AKA “Snow Bunny”, our only (as far as I know) skiing president.

Good guess, but no.

#24 - the War Between the States - the Huntley, IIRC

Damn - I didn’t realize that this thread was 24 frigging pages :frowning: I’m such a loser :frowning:

The Huntley? Misspelled, incorrect and a wee bit late. Welcome aboard! :wink: :smiley:

  1. It doesn’t really qualify as antique, but I’ll venture a Gooney Bird (C-47/DC-3) as a guess.

Another good guess, but no.

Hmm… Maybe it was a civilian version of the old PBY Catalina?