History & Famous People

Question 1

What was the first university to be founded in the U.S.?

Answer 1

Harvard

Question 2

What amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to bear arms?

Answer 2

2nd

Question 3

What amendment of the U.S. Constitution gives women the right to vote?

Answer 3

19th

Question 4

What amendment of the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?

Answer 4

13th

Question 5

What did Samuel Morse invent?

Answer 5

Morse code & telegraph

Question 6

Who helped create the first library in the U.S.?

Answer 6

Benjamin Franklin

Question 7

What African American woman became famous for her refusal to give up her seat on a city bus?

Answer 7

Rosa Parks

Question 8

Who invented the telephone?

Answer 8

Alexander Graham Bell

Question 9

According to the Bible, who was the oldest man to live?

Answer 9

Methuselah

Question 10

How long did Methuselah live?

Answer 10

969 years

Question 11

Who is next in line for the presidency of the U.S. after the President and Vice President (the 3rd in line?)

Answer 11

Speaker of the House

Question 12

What are the three branches of the U.S. federal government

Answer 12

Executive
Judicial
Legislative

Question 13

Who was the women who was known for carrying water to American soldiers during the Revolutionary War?

Answer 13

Molly Pitcher

Question 14

When did Arkansas become a state?

Answer 14

June 15, 1836

Question 15

Who shot President Ronald Reagan?

Answer 15

John Hinkley Jr.

Question 16

The Battle at Fort McHenry in 1814 inspired what poem that later became a song?

Answer 16

The Star Spangled Banner

Question 17

Where and when was the speech, “I Have A Dream” given by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Answer 17

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.

August 28, 1963

Question 18

Who invented the steamboat?

Answer 18

Robert Fulton

Question 19

Who invented the mechanical reaper?

Answer 19

Cyrus McCormick