Which battles began the American Revolutionary War, a conflict central to the America250 story?
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Lexington and Concord
9179 America's 250th Anniversary (America250) Trivia Questions with Answers
9179 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Where was the United States Constitution signed, a landmark site associated with America250?
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Independence Hall
Who wrote the poem that became the lyrics of the United States national anthem?
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Francis Scott Key
Where did George Washington take the first U.S. presidential oath of office?
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New York City
Which body adopted the Declaration of Independence, central to America250, on July 4, 1776?
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Second Continental Congress
What term names the United States' 250th-anniversary observance, America250?
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Semiquincentennial
In the American Revolution commemorated by America250, which June 1775 battle was fought mainly on Breed’s Hill?
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Battle of Bunker Hill
Which 1781 naval battle gave France control of the sea near Yorktown during the American Revolution?
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Battle of the Chesapeake
Which delegate presided over the 1787 Constitutional Convention that produced the U.S. Constitution?
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George Washington
What pseudonym did the authors of the Federalist Papers use?
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Publius
What honorary military rank did Congress posthumously give George Washington during the 1976 Bicentennial?
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General of the Armies of the United States
Who presented Philadelphia with the Bicentennial Bell on behalf of Britain in 1976?
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Queen Elizabeth II
Which Washington, D.C., museum opened its National Mall building on July 1, 1976, during the U.S. Bicentennial?
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National Air and Space Museum
What was the name of the 1975–76 train that toured all 48 contiguous U.S. states for the Bicentennial?
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American Freedom Train
Which body, created by Congress in 2016, coordinates the official America250 celebration?
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United States Semiquincentennial Commission
Which amendment to the United States Constitution recognized women’s right to vote nationwide?
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Nineteenth Amendment
Which U.S. president issued the first presidential National Thanksgiving Proclamation in 1789?
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George Washington
What was the name of Abraham Lincoln’s January 1, 1863, order concerning enslaved people in the Confederacy?
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Emancipation Proclamation
At what Utah location was the first U.S. transcontinental railroad officially completed in 1869?
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Promontory Summit
On what date did the Wright Flyer make its first successful powered flight?
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December 17, 1903
On what date did Apollo 11 land humans on the Moon at the Sea of Tranquility?
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July 20, 1969
Who designed the Statue of Liberty, the French monument dedicated in New York Harbor in 1886?
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Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi