Question 1

Who was the first black-American woman to head a federal agency?

Accepted Answer

Mary McLeod Bethune

Answer

Sojourner Truth

Answer

Rosa Parks

Answer

Harriet Tubman

Question 2

What were the 16 white battleships that President Roosevelt sent on a world tour called?

Accepted Answer

Great White Fleet

Answer

Oceanic White Squadron

Answer

Mighty White Armada

Answer

Royal Navy Ships

Question 3

What was the name of the famous mail train that traveled between New York and Chicago in 24 hours?

Accepted Answer

Fast Mail

Answer

Swift Mail

Answer

Speedy Mail

Answer

Express Mail

Question 4

What are the difficult years of 1929-1939 called?

Accepted Answer

The Great Depression

Answer

The Economic Downturn

Answer

The Financial Crisis

Answer

The Recession Era

Question 5

What are people called who affirm the truth of the Bible?

Accepted Answer

Fundamentalists

Answer

Skeptics

Answer

Agonistics

Answer

Atheists

Question 6

What do we call the statement of loyalty to America written by Francis Bacon?

Accepted Answer

Pledge of Allegiance

Answer

Declaration of Citizenship

Answer

National Loyalty Vow

Answer

Oath of Patriotism

Question 7

What toy was made in honor of Theodore Roosevelt?

Accepted Answer

Teddy Bear

Answer

Stuffed Bear

Answer

Roosevelt Doll

Answer

Plush Toy

Question 8

What were Germany’s underwater boats called?

Accepted Answer

U-boat

Answer

Submarine

Answer

Torpedo Vessel

Answer

Undersea Destroyer

Question 9

What holiday do we celebrate today on November 11th?

Accepted Answer

Veterans Day

Answer

Labor Day

Answer

Memorial Day

Answer

Independence Day

Question 10

The dates of WWI are?

Accepted Answer

1914-1918

Answer

1861-1865

Answer

2001-2009

Answer

1939-1945

Question 11

What incident served as an excuse for the beginning of WWI?

Accepted Answer

The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

Answer

The Great Depression

Answer

The sinking of the Lusitania

Answer

The Treaty of Versailles

Question 12

The countries that sided with Germany in WWI were?

Accepted Answer

Central Powers

Answer

Triple Entente

Answer

Axis Powers

Answer

Allied Powers

Question 13

The countries that sided against Germany in WWI were?

Accepted Answer

Allied Powers

Answer

Central Powers

Answer

Triple Entente

Answer

Axis Powers

Question 14

The president of the United States during WWI?

Accepted Answer

Woodrow Wilson

Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer

Harry S. Truman

Answer

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 15

The “unsinkable” ocean liner that sank off the coast of Newfoundland in 1912 was?

Accepted Answer

Titanic

Answer

Lusitania

Answer

Queen Mary

Answer

Olympic

Question 16

The action which proved that Germany was a threat to the United States as well as to Europe was?

Accepted Answer

Zimmermann Note

Answer

Treaty of Versailles

Answer

Trench Warfare

Answer

Lusitania Sinking

Question 17

The man who wrote several books refuting the theory of evolution was?

Accepted Answer

Dr. Harry Rimmer

Answer

Charles Darwin

Answer

Gregor Mendel

Answer

Alfred Russel Wallace

Question 18

The first successful expedition to the North Pole was led by who?

Accepted Answer

Robert Peary

Answer

Ernest Shackleton

Answer

Richard E. Byrd

Answer

Roald Amundsen

Question 19

The famous railroad engineer who died while trying to save his passengers was?

Accepted Answer

Casey Jones

Answer

Jesse James

Answer

John Henry

Answer

Buffalo Bill

Question 20

The British naturalist who developed the theory of evolution was?

Accepted Answer

Charles Darwin

Answer

Thomas Huxley

Answer

Alfred Russel Wallace

Answer

Gregor Mendel

Question 21

Standard time was instituted by what in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Railroads

Answer

Buses

Answer

Cars

Answer

Airplanes

Question 22

The life expectancy of men in the 1900s was what compared to today?

Accepted Answer

Shorter

Answer

Same

Answer

Longer

Answer

Varied

Question 23

What letter promised Mexico a part of the United States if it fought with Germany in WWI?

Accepted Answer

Zimmermann Note

Answer

Taft Document

Answer

Wilson Letter

Answer

Roosevelt Note

Question 24

Who invented the wireless telegraph?

Accepted Answer

Guglielmo Marconi

Answer

Alexander Graham Bell

Answer

Nikola Tesla

Answer

Thomas Edison

Question 25

Who said, 'The world must be made safe for democracy.'

Accepted Answer

Woodrow Wilson

Answer

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer

Calvin Coolidge

Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 26

WWI ended when?

Accepted Answer

November 11th, 1918

Answer

October 29th, 1929

Answer

June 6th, 1944

Answer

April 12th, 1861

Question 27

Who said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick'?

Accepted Answer

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Answer

George Washington

Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 28

Who created jobs during the Great Depression through government spending?

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer

Herbert Hoover

Answer

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer

John F. Kennedy

Question 29

Over 100 Americans died when this ship was sunk in 1915.

Accepted Answer

Lusitania

Answer

Bismarck

Answer

Andrea Doria

Answer

Titanic

Question 30

Who said, 'The strength of the nation depends upon the character of the people.'

Accepted Answer

Calvin Coolidge

Answer

George H.W. Bush

Answer

Jimmy Carter

Answer

Ronald Reagan

Question 31

Who was the lawyer who won the Scopes trial against evolution?

Accepted Answer

William Jennings Bryan

Answer

John Scopes

Answer

Clarence Darrow

Answer

George W. Rappleyea

Question 32

Who was the professor who gave radio talks about the truth of the Bible and the falseness of modernism?

Accepted Answer

Gresham Machen

Answer

Clarence Darrow

Answer

William Jennings Bryan

Answer

John Scopes

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