U.S. History trivia quiz

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  1. Incorrect.
  2. Nope.
  3. Yup!
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801: Fort Clatsop at the mouth of the Columbia river.

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Correct!

Who said it? Extra credit for context.

  1. “Give me a one-armed economist. All of my economists say, ‘On the one hand… but then again, on the other…’”
  2. “Most of the work of [the person’s Cabinet post] could just as easily be performed by an animatronic robot.”
  3. “A rising tide lifts all boats.”
  4. “Don’t give up the ship!”
  5. “You may fire when ready, Gridley.”
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  1. “A rising tide lifts all boats.”
    JFK, about tax cuts during his Presidency?

  2. “Don’t give up the ship!”
    John Paul Jones, during the American Revolutionary War sea battle with the Serapis

  3. “You may fire when ready, Gridley.”
    Commodore Dewey in the Battle of Manila Bay [Spanish American War]

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I have to disagree with you, 5 time champ.

  1. Lawrence, on the deck of the US warship he commanded (I can’t recall for certain which it was, maybe Chesapeake?) when he tried to fight through the HMS Shannon. Mortally wounded, his ship a shambles, he told the men taking him to relative safety, “Don’t give up the ship!” even as others were striking the colors. I believe they were his last words.

Here’s a couple of my own:

810: What famous quote did John Paul Jones utter during the battle with HMS Serapis?

811: What happened to Jones’ ship in that battle?

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  1. “I have not yet begun to fight!”

  2. The *Bonhomme Richard * sank, but Jones and his men had already taken over the Serapis.

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Yes, to both, Saratoga Sam.

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Yeah, you are probably right. I was conflating “Don’t give up the ship” with “I have not yet begun to fight”

What was Lawrence’s first name?

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  1. Correct.
  2. Incorrect; OtakuLoki has it. Lawrence’s first name was James, IIRC.
  3. Correct. Gridley was his gunnery officer, IIRC.
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A couple odd questions

  1. Where was the famous “Dewey defeats Truman” photo taken?

  2. Who was the first recipient of the so-called artificial heart?

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  1. On the rear platform of the Ferdinand Magellan presidential train car (which was the subject of an earlier question, as it happens).

Alphabet soup! Name these now-defunct Federal agencies.

  1. WPA
  2. CCC
  3. CAB
  4. AEC
  5. OTA
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WAGs…

  1. Witness Protection Agency (now subsumed to the Marshals, that is if it ever existed)
  2. Office of Territorial Acquisitions (responsible for the Xs and Os of the Louisiana/Alaska purchases)…

:smiley:

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Clever but incorrect. :smiley:

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  1. WPA
    Works Progress Administration; New Deal Era

  2. CCC
    Civilian Conservation Corps; New Deal Era

  3. CAB
    Civil Aeronautics Board; predecessor of the FAA

  4. AEC
    Atomic Energy Commission; regulated civilian nuclear energy

On 811. I meant at what railroad station was the Ferdinand Magellan parked when the famous photo was taken?

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All correct. As for 811, I don’t know… somewhere in or near Chicago?

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  1. OTA
    Office of Technology Assessment ??

  2. No, the photo was not taken in Chicago. I think the story goes that edition never hit the newsstands. It was actually almost stolen from the press run.

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  1. Correct! An office of Congress, shut down by Newt & His Merry Republicans when they took over in 1995.

  2. Then… I don’t know.

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More alphabet soup! Name these contemporary Federal entities.

  1. OSD
  2. NRO
  3. ICE
  4. NRC
  5. NPS
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  1. Office of the Secretary of Defense (seems a bit redundant - the Department of Defense IS his office, no?)
  2. National Reconnaissance Office
  3. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (subsumed by Homeland Security?)
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  1. National Reconnaissance Office - evaluates and analyzes the take from all overhead obseravations - U2, satellite, and other sources.

  2. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - successor to the AEC, I believe.

More alphabet soup:

  1. OSS