U.S. History trivia quiz

The Game Room
1281

  1. Washington crossing the Delaware?

  2. American Gothic?

  3. It was a British drinking song, the name of which escapes me.

1282
  1. Who wrote a famous poem about Lincoln’s assassination after hearing a first-hand account of it from his gay lover, who was in the audience in Ford’s Theatre that night?
1283

  1. I don’t believe the famous painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware was by Thomas Hart Benton, at least that was not the painting I was thinking of.

  2. No, the period would be earlier than American Gothic.

  3. Yes, it was a British drinking song.

1284
  1. Walt Whitman?
1285

Correct. And the poem was “O Captain! My Captain!” Many think Whitman himself was in the audience, but it actually was Peter Doyle, his “longtime friend.”

1286
  1. No.
  2. Yes.
  3. Yes.

Some answers of my own:

  1. “The Flatboatmen” or “Election Day, County Seat.”
  2. To Anacreon in Heaven.
  3. John Brown’s Body.
  4. Miss Laura Keene.

And another question, what the hell:

  1. Who painted the best-known version of “Washington Crossing the Delaware”?
1287

Obviously not Thomas Hart Benton.

1288
  1. Andy Warhol!

(d&r)

1289

Charles Wilson Peale

1290

All correct, although I think it is the “Jolly Boatmen”, because they were all drunk. But then so was everyone in “Election Day.”

1291

More American History in the Arts
853. What is the name of the haunting and sad “Theme Song” to Ken Burns Civil War . What is odd about Burn’s choice of this fiddle tune for the series?

  1. This artist is famous for his numerous portrayals of George Washington.

  2. This French sculptor did a marvelous bust of Benjamin Franklin.

  3. This actor is famous for portrayals of Mark Twain.

  4. He designed the Gateway Arch.

1292

  1. Gilbert Stuart

  2. Hal Holbrook

1293

Correct; would you like to take a crack at 853, Saratoga Sam?

1294

All incorrect as to 852.

  1. “Ashokan Farewell,” written long after the Civil War (in the 1970s, IIRC).

Some questions about the Father of His Country.

  1. George Washington was born either Feb. 11 or 22, 1732, according to the _____ or the later _____ calendars.
  2. In the earliest-known painting of Washington, what is he wearing?
  3. He built Ft. Necessity near this present-day Pennsylvania town.
  4. He was an aide-de-camp to this doomed British general during a failed expedition to capture Fort Duquesne.
  5. This was his first elective public office.
1295
  1. Julian, Gregorian.
  2. A British army officer’s uniform. (e.g. Redcoat)
1296

  1. Driving me crazy, I visited Ft Necessity a few years ago and I can’t remember.

  2. Gen. Braddock

  3. I don’t think Washington was ever a member of the House of Burgesses. So how about the US Presidency?

1297

You are right about Ashokan Farewell. The song was written for New England folk dance camps. The song is about meeting and then saying good bye to old friends. Ashoka is in upstate New York, which is why I asked Saratoga Sam.

1298

The Chicago Seven
863. The presiding judge and a defendant in this conspiracy case had the same last name. What were their names.

  1. This defendant was “bound and gagged, and they chained him to a chair.” [repeat question]

  2. This defendant later married a movie star.

  3. This radical lawyer was part of the Seven’s defense team.

  4. IIRC question, one wonders how there really could have been a conspiracy, since this defendant was “over thirty.”

1299

  1. Hoffman?

  2. Abbie Hoffman.

  3. Tom … Hayden? (Married Jane Fonda.)

1300
  1. Correct.
  2. Ooooh, that’s close, but no.

5 time champ is correct about 861, but wrong about 860 and 862.

  1. Abby Hoffman.
  2. William Kunstler.