U.S. History

Question 1

1797 scandal under John Adams
Three French agents demanded a “loan” (bribe) from U.S. diplomats Pinckney, Gerry, & Marshall to meet Talleyrand
“Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute”

Answer 1

X.Y.Z. AFFAIR

Question 2

1944 New Hampshire summit
Attended by J. M. Keynes
Created World Bank & IMF

Answer 2

BRETTON WOODS CONFERENCE

Question 3

Starting in 1961, they rode buses to challenge enforcement of new anti-segregation laws
Supported by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

Answer 3

FREEDOM RIDERS

Question 4

1584-1656
English military leader
Mayflower passenger to Plymouth, Mass.
Subject of a Longfellow poem

Answer 4

MYLES STANDISH

Question 5

2009, NYC
Pilot who landed the emergency “Miracle on the Hudson” with no deaths after Canada geese struck an Airbus, US Airways Flight 1549 from LaGuardia
Portrayed by Tom Hanks in 2016 film

Answer 5

CHESLEY “SULLY” SULLENBERGER
(Film: SULLY)

Question 6

1892, Fall River, Massachusetts
Tried and acquitted of ax murder of her father & stepmother
Subject of Agnes de Mille’s ballet “Fall River Legend”

Answer 6

LIZZIE BORDEN

Question 7

____ took an axe
and gave her mother forty whacks.
When she saw what she had done,
she gave her father forty-one.

-Old rhyme

Answer 7

LIZZIE BORDEN

Question 8

1982
Convicted of attempted murder of wife Sunny
Acquitted
Subject of “Reversal of Fortune”, a 1985 book by Alan Dershowitz & a 1990 film with Jeremy Irons & Glenn Close

Answer 8

CLAUS VON BULOW

Question 9

Remained in a coma from 1980 to her death in 2008
In 1982 her husband was convicted & acquitted of her murder
Portrayed by Glenn Close in 1990 film “Reversal of Fortune”

Answer 9

SUNNY VON BULOW

Question 10

Esek Hopkins led the Continental Navy’s 1st victory in these islands

Answer 10

BAHAMAS

Question 11

American commodore
Burned the captured USS Philadelphia in the Barbary Pirates War
“Our country […] successful, right or wrong,”

Answer 11

STEPHEN DECATUR

Question 12

“Father of the American Navy”
Commanded the “Bonhomme Richard” against the British “Serapis”
“I have not yet begun to fight.”
Also commanded the “Ranger”
Later an admiral for Russia
Buried at USNA

Answer 12

JOHN PAUL JONES

Question 13

Vermont “patriot”
Represents Vermont in Statuary Hall
Led the Green Mountain Boys
Namesake Amtrak rail runs NYC to Rutland, VT
Namesake of a furniture company
Brother of Ira

Answer 13

ETHAN ALLEN

Question 14

Vermont militia, later absorbed into Continental Army
Members Seth Werner, and brothers Ethan & Ira Allen
Captured Fort Ticonderoga in 1775
Took part in Battle of Bennington, 1777

Answer 14

GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS

Question 15

South Carolina’s “Swamp Fox” of the Revolutionary War

Answer 15

FRANCIS MARION

Question 16

Wife of James
First lady 1881 until his assassination

Answer 16

LUCRETIA “CRETE” GARFIELD

Question 17

Maryland-born former slave & abolitionist
“Moses”
John Brown called her “General”
Union scout & spy
Played by Cynthia Erivo in 2019 film

Answer 17

HARRIET TUBMAN

Question 18

Wealthy Chicago family
U. of Chicago school of medicine named for them
Founders of a 1979 architecture prize

Answer 18

PRITZKER

Question 19

Alaskan sled dog
Part of heroic 1925 diphtheria serum run to Nome
Subject of a Central Park statue
Voiced by Kevin Bacon in 1995

Answer 19

BALTO

Question 20

Founded in 1624 by the Dutch
Capital of New Netherland
Eventually became New York

Answer 20

NEW AMSTERDAM

Question 21

Name for the process of drawing districts to benefit your reelection
Comes from a political cartoon of Massachusetts governor Elbridge’s “draconic” district with an odd shape

Answer 21

GERRYMANDERING
(Gerry + salamander)

Question 22

Railroad named for a city & river
Opened 1830 in Maryland
Invest in & directed by Johns Hopkins
One of 4 railroads in Monopoly

Answer 22

B&O
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD

Question 23

Investor & director in B&O Railroad
Upon 1873 death, donated money to found namesake university in Baltimore (~$7 million)

Answer 23

JOHNS HOPKINS

Question 24

Cleopatra the horse was the favourite of this president

Answer 24

JOHN ADAMS

Question 25

A gunfight between the Earps & the Clantons on 26 Oct. 1881 that lasted for about 30 seconds is named for this Tombstone, AZ establishment

Answer 25

THE O.K. CORRAL

Question 26

Lawman of Deadwood, SD, Dodge City, KS, & Tombstone, AZ Partook in the OK Corral Gunfight with brothers Virgil & Morgan Died age 80 in LA

Answer 26

WYATT EARP

Question 27

Brothers of Wyatt Respectively, a city marshal & a special policeman of Tombstone, AZ

Answer 27

VIRGIL EARP & MORGAN EARP

Question 28

Gambler & dentist who lived in Tombstone, AZ Died of TB in 1887

Answer 28

JOHN HENRY "DOC" HOLLIDAY

Question 29

NAACP field secretary for Mississippi Killed outside his home in 1963 by Byron de la Beckwith Namesake of Jackson International Airport WWII vet buried at Arlington

Answer 29

MEDGAR EVERS

Question 30

First woman chairperson of NAACP in 1995 Widow of Medgar

Answer 30

MYRLIE EVERS-WILLIAMS

Question 31

Gunfighter & sheriff of Dodge City, Kansas Killed Jack Warner in 1878 to avenge his brother Ed Friend of Wyatt Earp

Answer 31

BARTHOLOMEW "BAT" MASTERSON

Question 32

Pre-colombian native Americans Term comes from their constructed hills

Answer 32

MOUND BUILDERS

Question 33

Explorer Led 1806 expedition up Mississippi River Found a peak in Colorado now named for him Died in War of 1812

Answer 33

ZEBULON PIKE

Question 34

American journalist Left U.S. to cover Russian Revolution in 1917 "10 Days That Shook the World" Died in Moscow in 1920 Played by Warren Beatty in 1980 biopic "Reds"

Answer 34

JOHN REED

Question 35

Group on trial for "intent to riot" at the 1968 Democratic National Convention as anti-Vietnam protestors Included yippies Jerry Rubin & Abbie Hoffman

Answer 35

CHICAGO 7 (CHICAGO 8)

Question 36

What "YIP" stood for in "yippies" like Abbie Hoffman & Jerry Rubin

Answer 36

YOUTH INTERNATIONAL PARTY

Question 37

c. 1758 - 1819 "Great" king who conquered and united Hawai'i "Napoleon of the Pacific" State holiday on June 11 honours him Represents Hawai'i in National Statuary Hall

Answer 37

KAMEHAMEHA I "THE GREAT"

Question 38

Type of musical message first delivered by Western Union in 1933

Answer 38

SINGING TELEGRAM

Question 39

Rail magnate & one of America's richest men "The Commodore" From Staten Island (where he is buried) Owned Staten Island Ferry Built Grand Central Depot/Terminal Estates of his family include The Breakers (Rhode Island) & Biltmore (North Carolina) In 1873 left $1 million to fund namesake university in Tennessee

Answer 39

CORNELIUS VANDERBILT

Question 40

American heiress & celebrity (1924-2019) "Poor little rich girl" Subject of a much publicized custody battle Mother of Anderson Cooper

Answer 40

GLORIA VANDERBILT

Question 41

French-born Member of America's Corps of Engineers during the Revolution Designed Washington D.C. in 1791 Buried at Arlington

Answer 41

PIERRE L'ENFANT

Question 42

Island in Dare County, North Carolina's Outer Banks Site of a founded by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1580s Visited by Francis Drake Home of Virginia Dare, 1st European child born in America Became a "Lost Colony" in 1590 following disappearance of 100 colonists Word "CROATOAN" was carved in the palisade Basis of American Horror Story's 6th season

Answer 42

ROANOAKE

Question 43

Path established by Black Beaver & eponymous Jesse (1867-71) Led cattle from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas Subject of cowboy song "The Old ____" - "Oh come along boys, and listen to my tale, I'll tell you all my troubles on the old..."

Answer 43

CHISHOLM TRAIL

Question 44

"Teflon Don" Gambino boss since 1986 Acquitted 3 times before final 1992 conviction for murder of Paul Castellano Prosecuted by Mary Jo White Testimony by Sammy "The Bull" Gravano Received a life sentence Died in 2002

Answer 44

JOHN GOTTI

Question 45

Also called "National Road" Begun in 1811 From same-named city in Maryland to Vidalia, Illinois 1st federal highway Now part of Rte. 40

Answer 45

CUMBERLAND ROAD

Question 46

Steamship with metal armor Used in Civil War "Metallic" name

Answer 46

IRONCLAD

Question 47

Couple from Texas Committed 12-13 murders Died in Louisiana, May of 1934 in a police shootout with their V8 Ford Portrayed in a 1967 film by Dunaway & Beatty

Answer 47

BONNIE PARKER CLYDE BARROW