# U.S. History Trivia Quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 16, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684 "2009-05-16T22:35:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684/1 "2009-05-16T22:35:02Z")
A continuation of [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=441644&page=31) game. The Rules (stolen from **Elindil’s Heir** ): Ask about any person, place, thing or event since 1492. You must completely rely on your own memory - you can’t consult any book, teh internets, or ask someone else, either in formulating or answering a question. Number your question(s) (no more than five at a time, please), sequentially after those which came before. You can’t post questions of your own until you’ve correctly answered at least one earlier question. 1. This serial killer operated a hotel in 1890s Chicago. 2. This man went on the run with John Wilkes Booth after Lincoln’s assassination. 3. The Fox sisters claimed to communicate with a ghost whom they nicknamed \_\_\_ 4. Andrew Johnson’s dismissal of \_\_\_\_\_ was the final straw that caused him to be impeached. 5. This murdered architect was known for having a red velvet swing. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684/2 "2009-05-16T22:53:11Z")
[quote=“Omega\_Glory, post:1, topic:496684”] 1. Holmes? 2. Dr. Mudd? 3. Topper? 4. Edwin Stanton 5. Stanford White btw, there was all kinds of misinformation in that earlier thread. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684/3 "2009-05-16T22:54:15Z")
1. The bad guy from _Devil in the White City_, whose name escapes me 😉 2. Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War 3. Stanford White Glad to see this sort of thing started again! 1. What was George Washington’s most oddly-named dog? 2. How long did the U.S. flag have 49 stars? 3. Who commanded the Continental forces at the Battle of Oriskany? 4. A horrific fire at what nightclub led to an improvement in fire-safety laws? 5. In what two years were there three Presidents of the U.S.? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684/4 "2009-05-16T23:06:58Z")
1. Seven? 2. Never? 3. Gates? 4. Happy Lands? 5. 1841 and 1881. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684/5 "2009-05-16T23:11:45Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > 1. Seven? > 2. Never? > 3. Gates? > 4. Happy Lands? > 5. 1841 and 1881. 1. No 2. No 3. No 4. No 5. Yes! 6. Who were the three presidents in 1841? 7. Who were the three presidents in 1881? ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684/6 "2009-05-16T23:15:16Z")
[quote=“AppallingGael, post:2, topic:496684”] > [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > 1. Holmes? > 2. Dr. Mudd? > 3. Topper? > 4. Edwin Stanton > 5. Stanford White > > btw, there was all kinds of misinformation in that earlier thread. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 1. The bad guy from _Devil in the White City_, whose name escapes me 😉 > 2. Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War > 3. Stanford White > > Glad to see this sort of thing started again! The two of you got 1, 4 and 5 correct. 2 and 3 are still unanswered. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684/7 "2009-05-16T23:20:48Z")
1. Garfield, Hayes and Arthur? Yes, it looked like a lot of fun, **Elendil’s Heir** , so I figured it might be nice to start a new one. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684/8 "2009-05-16T23:26:51Z")
1. Van Buren, WH Harrison, Tyler. 2. Who was the (eventual, anyway) Major General in the Union army who murdered a fellow officer but for whom the exigencies of the war obviated a trial? 3. Name one of the three CSA generals who fought in the Spanish-American war (on the American side). 4. Who was coached by Knute Rockne and later coached Vince Lombardi (give his real name, not his “dramatic lore” name). 5. What book and movie detective was created by John Marquand? 6. What was Abe “Kid Twist” Reles’s posthumous avian nickname? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684/9 "2009-05-17T00:59:01Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > 1. Garfield, Hayes and Arthur? Yes, but in this order: Hayes, Garfield, Arthur. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684/10 "2009-05-17T01:00:14Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > 1. Van Buren, WH Harrison, Tyler. 1. Correct. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684/11 "2009-05-17T02:13:32Z")
1. One year only. (Between July 4 1959 and July 4 1960?) AFTER answering the question, I searched Google to see how the stars were arranged. It was a pretty lame arrangement and was reason enough to admit Hawaii into the Union. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684/12 "2009-05-17T03:40:07Z")
Correct. Ah, well - at least 7x7 stars has the virtue of regularity. 1. Harry Truman said, “I fired MacArthur because of the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_'s _ **-** _ man.” 2. The father of this later-famous man investigated the Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping. 3. What was the nickname of the man who held J.W. Booth’s horse for him in the alley behind Ford’s Theatre? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684/13 "2009-05-17T03:42:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 1. A horrific fire at what nightclub led to an improvement in fire-safety laws? The Cocoanut Grove. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684/14 "2009-05-17T04:14:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 1. Harry Truman said, “I fired MacArthur because of the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_'s _ **-** _ man.” > 2. The father of this later-famous man investigated the Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping. 1. Hmm. All I remember is it was NOT because he was a dumb son of a bitch. 2. Norman Schwarzkopf. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684/15 "2009-05-17T06:13:43Z")
1. David Harald 2. Peanuts Shall post questions when I wake up. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684/16 "2009-05-17T13:05:14Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > The Cocoanut Grove. Correct, right down to the odd spelling! **AppallingGael** is correct about 19. Norman Schwarzkopf. **handsomeharry** is correct about 20. Peanuts ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684/17 "2009-05-17T13:58:49Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > 1. David Harald Correct. 1. What are the three offices that have, at times, been second in line to the Presidency of the U.S. after the Vice President? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684/18 "2009-05-17T16:30:14Z")
Isn’t it “David Herold?” Just checked on Wiki: Yes, it is. 1. Speaker of the House, President pro tem of the Senate, Secretary of State. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684/19 "2009-05-17T17:26:21Z")
1. Who was Washington’s chief of artillery? 2. What was his trade before the Revolutionary War? 3. What Cabinet post did he later hold? 4. What famous government facility is named after him? ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684/20 "2009-05-18T02:37:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 1. Who was Washington’s chief of artillery? > 2. What was his trade before the Revolutionary War? > 3. What Cabinet post did he later hold? > 4. What famous government facility is named after him? 1. Henry Knox 2. ? 3. Secretary of War 4. Fort Knox 5. Who was the only sitting member of the House of Representatives to be elected President? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/496684.md?page=2)