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Independence Day

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : July & August : Independence Day

Introduction:
"This quiz is about all things American, to celebrate American Independence Day on July 4. Can you find the surprise hidden in the quiz?"


1. What is the name of the frightened schoolteacher in the American classic tale "Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?
    Answer: (Two Words- first and last name)


2. What state is the topic of "Be Nice to _______ Week" (name of state), celebrated July 7-13?
    California
    Wyoming
    New York
    New Jersey


3. What spot is noted for being the lowest in the United States, geographically speaking?
    Grand Canyon
    Crater Lake
    Everglades
    Death Valley


4. What US President was the subject of this joke of the times: Q: "What does a(n) _______ doll do?" A: "Wind it up, and it sits around for four years"?
    Truman
    Nixon
    Kennedy
    Eisenhower


5. What American folk hero fed his horse, Widowmaker, barbed wire and nitroglycerin?
    Pecos Bill
    Paul Bunyan
    Johnny Appleseed
    Davy Crockett


6. On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln gave a short, four-minute speech that came to be known as the Gettysburg Address. But he was not scheduled to be the main speaker for the event - who was?
    William Jennings Bryan
    Ulysses Grant
    Edward Everett
    Stephen Douglas


7. What was both the title of a song written by Cole Porter and the title of a biographical movie about him?
    "Don't Fence Me In"
    "Anything Goes"
    "Night and Day"
    "Let's Do It"


8. What Walt Disney character made his/her debut in the 1934 film "The Wise Little Hen"?
    Minnie Mouse
    Snow White
    Goofy
    Donald Duck


9. What is the name of the heroine in the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
    Beth
    Charlotte
    Jane
    Eliza


10. Which is the most populous Native American group in North America?
    Cherokee
    Hopi
    Navajo
    Seneca


11. What was the term used to describe a Northerner sympathetic to the South during the US Civil War?
    Carpetbagger
    Scalawag
    Muckraker
    Copperhead


12. What poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow begins with the line "This is the forest primeval"?
    "Evangeline"
    "Paul Revere's Ride"
    "The Courtship of Miles Standish"
    "The Song of Hiawatha"


13. What popular comic strip was created by Chester Gould in 1931?
    Answer: (Two Words)


14. What dim-witted animal is known as the "Texas turkey"?
    Prairie dog
    Armadillo
    Roadrunner
    Jack rabbit


15. In what city did the decisive battle of the American Revolution occur, in October 1781?
    Yorktown
    Saratoga
    Richmond
    Gettysburg


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