American Triva

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Geography

Question: Name the three states with shorline along Lake Superior.
Show Answer: Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin

Question: What is the capital of Kentucky?
Show Answer: Frankfort

Question: What eastern capital city is located on the James River?
Show Answer: Richmond

Question: Washington D.C. is located on the shores of what river?
Show Answer: Potomac River

Question: Cuyahoga Valley National Recreational Area is found in which state?
Show Answer: Ohio

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History

Question: What year was the Declaration of independence adopted?
Show Answer: 1776

Question: Which president was born in Tampico, Illinois?
Show Answer: Ronald Reagan

Question: In 1949, the United States joined NATO. What does NATO stand for?
Show Answer: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question: What became a Democratic rallying cry in the 1840s, during a border dispute in teh Pacific Northwest?
Show Answer: 54-40 or Fight

Question: What war ended the Battle of San Jacinto?
Show Answer: Texan War of Independence

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Arts

Question: Who won an Academy Award for Best Acress for her role in Annie Hall?
Show Answer: Diane Keaton

Question: Name Ozzie and Harriet's two sons.
Show Answer: David and Ricky

Question: Who is known as the "Hardest Working Man in Show Business"?
Show Answer: James Brown

Question: Who wrote the play, Long Day's Journey Into Night?
Show Answer: Eugene O'Neill

Question: What album earned the Bee Gees a Grammy Award in 1978?
Show Answer: Saturday Night Fever

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General

Question: Every February, the nation looks to a certain city and a certain animal. What is the city (and try to spell it)?
Show Answer: Punxsutawney

Question: What city is home to the Kentucky Derby?
Show Answer: Louisville

Question: Lake Placid, host of two Winter Olympics, is located in which state?
Show Answer: New York

Question: What company did 214-pound, Jean Nidetch, found in the early 1960s?
Show Answer: Weight Watchers

Question: What Washington Redskins quarterback broke his leg in 1985?
Show Answer: Joe Theismann

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