'US History: 10 challenging questions'
Question 1 of 10
Benjamin Franklin thought that the eagle was a "bird of bad moral character" who lived by "sharping and robbing," and preferred what "true original bird of America"?
Question 2 of 10
What did John Wilkes Booth do for a living before he took up shooting presidents?
Question 3 of 10
Elizabeth Griscom went into the upholstery business with her husband John Ross. And according to her grandson, William Canby, what did she do in Philadelphia?
Question 4 of 10
In 1829, more than 1,000 African-Americans were forced to leave Cincinnati because of what?
Question 5 of 10
What is the minimum age for a person to be elected U.S. President?
Question 6 of 10
Who was the only man elected president unanimously by the Electoral College?
Question 7 of 10
What Walt Whitman volume did Bill Clinton give to Hillary Rodham when they were dating, and to Monica Lewinsky when they were ... er ... dating?
Question 8 of 10
What U.S. governmental agency, founded in 1970, deals with pollution?
Question 9 of 10
Major Rudolph Anderson, Jr, an American U-2 recon pilot, ended up the only human casualty of what conflict, which could have been much, much, much worse?
Question 10 of 10
Which year was the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence celebrated?
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Who sang these songs from the 20s?
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