What national flag originally had 15 stars and 15 stripes?
Answer
Star-Spangled Banner
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 state became the ninth to ratify the U.S. Constitution, making it effective?
Answer
New Hampshire
Which Revolutionary War campaign victory helped persuade France to become an official American ally?
Answer
Battles of Saratoga
What historical milestone is associated with the 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord?
Answer
Beginning of the American Revolutionary War
What was the name of the first governing charter of the United States, before the Constitution celebrated by America250?
Answer
Articles of Confederation
Which document served as the first written constitution of the United States before the Constitution of 1787?
Answer
Articles of Confederation
What term describes a 250th anniversary, including America’s 2026 milestone?
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Semiquincentennial
How many stars and stripes did the large flag flying over Fort McHenry have when Francis Scott Key saw it in 1814?
Answer
15 stars and 15 stripes
Which document became the United States Constitution's first ten amendments in 1791?
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The Bill of Rights
Which 1774 assembly of colonial delegates met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia?
Answer
First Continental Congress
On what date was the Northwest Ordinance enacted by the Confederation Congress?
Answer
July 13, 1787
Which Smithsonian museum opened its new building on July 1, 1976, for the U.S. Bicentennial?
Answer
National Air and Space Museum
What was the name of the train that carried a traveling museum across the United States for the 1976 Bicentennial?
Answer
American Freedom Train
What is the formal historical name of the 2026 America250 celebration?
Answer
United States Semiquincentennial
What was the 1926 Philadelphia exposition called that marked America’s 150th anniversary?
Answer
Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition
Which two signers of the Declaration of Independence died on July 4, 1826?
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Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
Which British general surrendered at Yorktown in 1781, a pivotal event highlighted by America250?
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Charles Cornwallis
What 1863 speech by Abraham Lincoln dedicated the Soldiers’ National Cemetery at Gettysburg?
Answer
Gettysburg Address
What 1773 Boston protest involved colonists throwing East India Company tea into the harbor?
Answer
Boston Tea Party