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 will America’s Time Capsule be buried for the America250 celebration?
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Independence National Historical Park
What is passed between hands on the reverse of the 2026 semiquincentennial half dollar?
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Liberty's torch
Which Founding Father appears on the obverse of the 2026 Constitution quarter?
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James Madison
Who is shown on the obverse of the 2026 Declaration of Independence quarter?
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Thomas Jefferson
Who appears on the obverse of the 2026 American Revolutionary War quarter?
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George Washington
Which congressional organization, established in 2016, coordinates America250?
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United States Semiquincentennial Commission
Which speech is honored by one of the five 2026 semiquincentennial quarters?
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Gettysburg Address
What anniversary will follow the United States Semiquincentennial in 2076?
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Tricentennial
Which Apollo 11 astronaut became the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969?
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Neil Armstrong
At the June 17, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill, which hill saw most of the fighting?
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Breed's Hill
Which 1789 U.S. law established the federal court system, including district and circuit courts?
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Judiciary Act of 1789
Which U.S. constitutional amendment lowered the voting age to 18 in 1971?
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Twenty-sixth Amendment
Which U.S. constitutional amendment, ratified in 1920, prohibited denying citizens the vote based on sex?
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Nineteenth Amendment
What expedition sent by Thomas Jefferson explored the Louisiana Purchase from 1804 to 1806?
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
Which 1903 event at Kill Devil Hills is widely credited as the first controlled, sustained powered airplane flight?
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Wright brothers' first flight
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery in 1865?
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Thirteenth Amendment
Which French gift was dedicated in New York Harbor on October 28, 1886?
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Statue of Liberty
At which Utah site did the first U.S. transcontinental railroad officially meet in 1869?
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Promontory Summit
What $15 million purchase in 1803 nearly doubled the size of the United States?
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Louisiana Purchase
What 1787 U.S. law created a process for governing territories north of the Ohio River?
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Northwest Ordinance
Where was George Washington's first presidential inauguration held in 1789?
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Federal Hall
Which document adopted on July 4, 1776, is America250 commemorating?
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Declaration of Independence
What 1787 Philadelphia meeting drafted the U.S. Constitution, a foundational document highlighted by America250?
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Constitutional Convention
Who became commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution in 1775?
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George Washington
What was the first U.S. national capital under the Constitution?
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New York City