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Title: Welcome to the U.S.A.


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Welcome to the U.S.A. Trivia Quiz Game! To
select a question, click on the point value.
When you are ready for the answer (in the form of
a question), just click on the text. Click on
the text of the answer to return to the board.
The game board will keep track of the questions
you have previously selected.
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National Symbols
Historical Figures
Its Revolutionary
Presidents
States
Government
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This song, written by Francis Scott Key, pays
tribute to our flag and country and was adopted
as our national anthem on March 3, 1931.
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What is The Star Spangled Banner?
5
This phrase is our national motto appears on
American money.
6
What is In God We Trust?
7
This hair challenged bird has been our National
Bird since 1782.
8
What is the Bald Eagle?
9
The Great Seal of the U.S.A. features an eagle
with a bundle of thirteen arrows in one talon and
this in the other.
10
What is an olive branch?
11
This popular flower was declared as the National
Floral Symbol in a resolution signed into law by
President Ronald Reagan.
12
What is the rose?
13
This man once served as President of the Screen
Actors Guild and is the only California governor
to become President.
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Who is Ronald Reagan?
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At 64, he was our tallest president.
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Who is Abraham Lincoln?
17
This president was the first to appear on
television.
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Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
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These two men were the only Presidents who were
signers of the Declaration of Independence.
20
Who are Thomas Jefferson and John Adams?
21
John F. Kennedy was the youngest man elected as
President, but this man was our president.
22
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
23
This is the state the houses the Liberty Bell.
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What is Pennsylvania?
25
The Silver State.
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What is Nevada?
27
This state become home to many Native Americans
forced from their lands by the U.S. government.
It is also the title of a popular musical.
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What is Oklahoma?
29
This state is bordered by four of the Great Lakes.
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What is Michigan?
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This state borders eight other states.
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What is Tennessee?
33
The first shot of the American Revolutionary War
was fired in this city.
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What is Lexington, Massachusetts?
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American colonists shouted this phrase in anger
at the taxation policies of King George III.
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What is No taxation without representation?
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This man is famous for the following quote I
know not what course others may take, but as for
me, give me liberty or give me death.
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Who is Patrick Henry?
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This man was one of Washington's favorite combat
officers before coming to be known as the most
famous traitor in history.  He was credited with
victories in Quebec, Saratoga, and dozens of
other pivotal battles in the American Revolution.
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Who is Benedict Arnold?
41
This act, created by the British in 1765, caused
great discontent among American colonists and was
on of the first steps on the journey to the
Revolution.
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What is the Stamp Act?
43
These are the houses that make up the United
States Congress.
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What are the House of Representatives and the
Senate?
45
These are the three branches of the United States
government.
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What are Legislative, Executive and Judicial?
47
This is the number of people who serve in the
House of Representatives.
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What is 435?
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This is the number of people who serve in the
United States Senate.
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What is 100?
51
This is the number of justices on the United
States Supreme Court.
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What is 9?
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This man was the third President of the United
States of America and the author of the
Declaration of Independence.
54
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
55
This man was President of the Continental
Congress and the first person to sign The
Declaration of Independence.
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Who is John Hancock?
57
This Native American woman is famous for saving
the life of Captain John Smith.
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Who is Pocahontas?
59
This man was the first American in space.
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Who is Alan B. Shepard, Jr.?
61
This girl was the first European baby born in the
Americas.
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Who is Virginia Dare?
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