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American Trivia and Americana
John Brender, Ph.D.
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Who has the most famous
signature in U.S. history?
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Trivia: The Hot Dog
Frankfurters > Dachsund
Sausages > Hot Dogs (1906)
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Who invented the blue jeans?
Who first wore blue jeans?
What year?
Were the first blue jeans blue?
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Levi Strauss
Miners.
1850.
No—they were “colorless”
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Automobiles
• Who invented the auto assembly line?
• What was the name of the first Ford car?
• In 1908, Ford’s car cost $850 and took 14
hours to build. After the assembly line, how
much did Ford’s car cost and how long did
it take to build?
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• Henry Ford.
• The Model T
• $265; 2 hours
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• Name the “Big Three” American
automakers.
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Aviation
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• What two people are credited with
inventing the airplane?
• Where and when did the first flight take
place?
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• Wilbur and Orville Wright are credited with
the first flight in Kitty Hawk, North
Carolina in 1901.
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Photography
Who made photography available to common
people?
When and where did this happen?
What was the name of the company this
person founded?
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Photography
• George Eastman invented the box camera in
1888 in Rochester New York. The box
camera allowed people to take their own
pictures and have their film developed by
others. Eastman founded the Kodak
company.
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Baseball
When was the National League
formed?
When was the American League
formed?
When was the first World Series?
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Baseball
• The National League formed in 1876
• The American League formed in 1901
• The first World Series was played in 1903
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Baseball: Name the cities that
have baseball teams.
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• Who is credited for inventing the game of
basketball? Where and when did this take
place?
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• Dr. James Naismith is credited with
inventing the game of basketball in
Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891.
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NBA Cities
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The 49ers
• Who were the 49ers? What did they do?
Which state did they flock to?
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Which animal is the symbol of
the United States?
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The White House
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• What is the address of the White House?
• What was the original color of the White
House?
• Who was the first president to live in the
White House?
• When and why was the White House
painted white?
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• 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
• The original color was gray.
• John Adams was the first president to live in the
White House in 1800.
• The White House was burned by the British in
1814 and was repainted white to cover the burns.
Formerly known as the Presidential Palace, it
became known as the White House.
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Who invented the telephone?
In what year?
What were the first words spoken
on the telephone?
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Alexander Graham Bell invented
the telephone in 1876.
The first words spoken were,
“Mr. Watson, come here. I want
you.”
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Where is the statue of Liberty?
Which country presented the
Statue of Liberty to the United
States?
In what year?
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The Statue of Liberty is in New
York Harbor. It was given to the
U.S. by France in 1886.
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Hollywood
• Why was Hollywood an attractive place for
movie studios?
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• Hollywood was an attractive place because
of its warm and sunny weather. It was ideal
for filming outdoors from its beginning in
1917.
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Uncle Sam
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Was Uncle Sam a real person?
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Yes. He was a meat packer for
the U.S. government named
Samuel Wilson. He stamped
boxes of meat with “U.S.” for
“United States” but many joked
that “U.S.” stood for “Uncle
Sam.”
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Thanksgiving
• What is Thanksgiving?
• When is it celebrated?
• What is commonly eaten on Thanksgiving?
• When did Thanksgiving become a national
holiday?
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Thanksgiving answers
• Thanksgiving is a day for giving thanks.
• It is celebrated the fourth Thursday of
November.
• Turkey is commonly eaten on
Thanksgiving?
• Thanksgiving became a national holiday in
1863.
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Hamburgers
• When were hamburgers were first served on
a bun?
• When and where did the first McDonald’s
restaurant open?
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Hamburgers
• Hamburgers were first served on a bun at
the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904.
• McDonald’s first opened in California in
1949.
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Mount Rushmore
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Where is Mt. Rushmore?
Who are the four presidents
whose faces appear on Mt.
Rushmore?
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Mt. Rushmore is in South
Dakota.
The faces of the four American
presidents are George
Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore
Roosevelt.
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Coca Cola
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What was the original purpose of
Coca Cola?
In what American city did Coca
Cola originate?
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Coca Cola was introduced in
Atlanta, Georgia, in 1886 as a
medicine to cure many problems.
It soon became a fountain drink.
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What was the significance of the
book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”?
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It was a novel published by
Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852
which showed the cruelty of
slavery.
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What famous institution did
former nurse, Clara Barton,
found in 1881?
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The American Red Cross
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Rock & Roll
• What was the first rock & roll hit in the
U.S.? What year did this occur?
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Rock & Roll
• “Rock around the Clock” Bill Haley and the
Comets, 1955.
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Rock & Roll
• Who is considered the “King of Rock &
Roll?
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Rock & Roll
• Elvis Presley
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• Where was Elvis born?
• Where is Elvis buried?
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• Elvis was born in Tupelo, Mississippi.
• He is buried at his Graceland Mansion in
Memphis, Tennessee.
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Country Music
• What is the capitol of Country Music in the
U.S.?
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Country Music
• Nashville, Tennessee.
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States and capitols Quiz
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Superman Trivia
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Name the first five amendments
to the U.S. Constitution.
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Name the three branches of the
U.S. Government.
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Name the two houses of
Congress. Why are there two
houses?
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Explain how American education
is different from Chinese
education?
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