9179 America's 250th Anniversary (America250) Trivia Questions with Answers
9179 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which federal organization was created in 2016 to plan the United States’ America250 celebration?
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United States Semiquincentennial Commission
What was the largest land acquisition in United States history when completed in 1803?
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Louisiana Purchase
Who was the first president of the United States, whose leadership preceded America250?
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George Washington
Where did the First United States Congress hold its first sessions in 1789?
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New York City
Which 1777 battle led to British General John Burgoyne's surrender to the Continental Army?
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Battle of Saratoga
What was the first governing document of the United States under the Continental Congress?
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Articles of Confederation
What army did George Washington command during the American Revolutionary War?
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Continental Army
Which 1781 battle ended with Lord Cornwallis surrendering to George Washington?
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Battle of Yorktown
What was Independence Hall called when the Second Continental Congress met there in 1776?
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Pennsylvania State House
Which French admiral commanded the fleet that blocked British relief during the Yorktown campaign in the America250 story?
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François Joseph Paul de Grasse
What term describes the 250th anniversary that America250 commemorates in 2026?
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Semiquincentennial
Which founding document does the United States’ 2026 America250 celebration commemorate?
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Declaration of Independence
Who printed the first broadside of the United States Declaration of Independence to list its signers?
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Mary Katharine Goddard
Who took the first oath of office as U.S. president, a founding figure highlighted by America250?
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George Washington
Where did the U.S. Navy hold its America250 international naval review on July 4, 2026?
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New York Harbor
What earlier national anniversary celebration is the 2026 United States Semiquincentennial, or America250, modeled after?
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United States Bicentennial
Who created the 1754 political cartoon titled Join, or Die?
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Benjamin Franklin
In the Revolutionary War story highlighted by America250, which 1775 battle is commonly called the war’s opening clash?
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
In the history commemorated by America250, which document formally announced the American colonies’ independence?
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Declaration of Independence
Which 1781 battle led to the largest British surrender of the American Revolutionary War?
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Battle of Yorktown
Which locomotive was renumbered No. 250 for the planned 2026 Freedom Train?
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Reading 2100
What was the name of America250’s nationwide student contest about what America means to them?
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America’s Field Trip