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 French military officer commanded the French forces allied with Washington at Yorktown?
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Comte de Rochambeau
Which battle on April 19, 1775, opened the American Revolutionary War?
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
What 1787 law created a process for territories north of the Ohio River to become U.S. states?
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Northwest Ordinance
Which Philadelphia building hosted the 1787 convention that drafted the U.S. Constitution?
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Independence Hall
Which explorer did Thomas Jefferson appoint to lead the Corps of Discovery expedition?
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Meriwether Lewis
Which French sculptor designed the Statue of Liberty?
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Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
What term does America250 use for the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence?
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Semiquincentennial
What was the name of the 200th-anniversary milestone that preceded America250?
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Bicentennial
Which national holiday is the central date of the America250 celebration?
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Independence Day
Which congressional organization was established in 2016 to plan America250?
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United States Semiquincentennial Commission
Which London foundry cast the bell now known as the Liberty Bell?
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Whitechapel Bell Foundry
What was the first site designated a national monument under U.S. federal law?
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Devils Tower
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibited denying voting rights on the basis of sex?
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Nineteenth Amendment
Where was the Declaration of Independence primarily signed in 1776?
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Pennsylvania State House
What was the 200th-anniversary celebration in 1976 called, preceding America250?
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United States Bicentennial
In 2026, what anniversary does America's 250th anniversary, America250, commemorate?
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250th anniversary
What 1991 event was the last Washington, D.C., military parade before the U.S. Army’s 2025 250th-anniversary parade?
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National Victory Celebration
What was the 1776 name of the Philadelphia building now called Independence Hall?
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Pennsylvania State House
What earlier national anniversary did the United States Bicentennial culminate on July 4, 1976?
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The 200th anniversary of the Declaration's adoption
Which organization, commonly called America250, was established by Congress in 2016?
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United States Semiquincentennial Commission