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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Metallica's The Black Album 35th Anniversary

What motto appears on the Gadsden flag that inspired Metallica's album song “Don't Tread on Me”?

Answer

Don't Tread on Me

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• Metallica's The Black Album 35th Anniversary

Which producer's son is heard speaking as a child on Metallica's “Enter Sandman”?

Answer

Bob Rock's son

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• J.K. Rowling

Who is the main detective in J.K. Rowling’s Cormoran Strike novel series?

Answer

Cormoran Strike

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• J.K. Rowling

What was J.K. Rowling’s birth surname before she became known by her married name?

Answer

Rowling

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• J.K. Rowling

What honor was J.K. Rowling awarded in the United Kingdom in 2001?

Answer

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

What was the name of the 1778 agreement that created a formal alliance between the United States and France?

Answer

Treaty of Alliance

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

In what year did Britain pass the Stamp Act, taxing printed materials in its American colonies?

Answer

1765

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

Who became the first president of the United States in 1789, a key figure of America’s founding era?

Answer

George Washington

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

Which U.S. state became the 49th state of the United States in 1959?

Answer

Alaska

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

On what date did Tennessee provide the final ratification needed for the Nineteenth Amendment?

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August 18, 1920

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

For America's 250th anniversary, what was the name of the 1876 Philadelphia fair celebrating 100 years since the Declaration of Independence?

Answer

Centennial Exposition

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

For America's 250th anniversary, on what date was the Treaty of Paris signed to end the American Revolutionary War?

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September 3, 1783

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