On what date did the United States’ 250th anniversary, America250, take place?
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July 4, 2026
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 congressional body began official planning for America’s 250th anniversary in 2016?
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United States Semiquincentennial Commission
What 200th-anniversary event preceded America250 as the United States’ previous major national anniversary?
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United States Bicentennial
Who was the principal writer of the United States Declaration of Independence?
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Thomas Jefferson
Which Philadelphia building housed the Second Continental Congress when it approved the Declaration of Independence?
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Pennsylvania State House
What was the first bank chartered by the United States Congress under the Confederation?
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Bank of North America
What was the Liberty Bell originally called when it hung in Pennsylvania’s State House?
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State House Bell
Which hill was the actual site of the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill?
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Breed’s Hill
For America250, on what date did the Articles of Confederation take effect?
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March 1, 1781
For America250, on what date was the Treaty of Paris signed to end the American Revolutionary War?
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September 3, 1783
How many stars and stripes did the Flag Act of 1777 specify for the first official U.S. flag?
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13 stars and 13 stripes
For America250, whose army surrendered at Saratoga on October 17, 1777?
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John Burgoyne’s army
For America250, on what date did the United States Constitution receive its final signature?
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September 17, 1787
For America250, what was the date of the Boston Tea Party?
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December 16, 1773
Who painted the 1819 historical scene titled Declaration of Independence?
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John Trumbull
Which 1775 battles began the American Revolutionary War remembered during America's 250th anniversary?
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Lexington and Concord
In which building did the First Continental Congress meet in Philadelphia?
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Carpenters' Hall
What is the name of the building where the Declaration celebrated by America250 was adopted?
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Independence Hall
Where was America250’s planned Great American State Fair scheduled to take place?
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Iowa State Fairgrounds
What earlier national anniversary is the 2026 America250 observance following?
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United States Bicentennial
Which organization, also known as America250, was established by Congress to plan the United States’ 250th anniversary?
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United States Semiquincentennial Commission
What was the 1803 U.S. acquisition of French territory west of the Mississippi River called?
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Louisiana Purchase
Who printed the first Declaration of Independence broadside to list the signers’ names?
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Mary Katharine Goddard