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 congress adopted the United States Declaration of Independence, the document commemorated by America250?
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Second Continental Congress
Who became the first president of the United States after the 1788–1789 election?
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George Washington
What private nonprofit partner was founded by the United States Semiquincentennial Commission and its trust in 2019?
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America250 Foundation
Who painted the 1819 historical work commonly known as Declaration of Independence?
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John Trumbull
What name for the new nation first appeared in the United States Declaration of Independence?
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United States of America
Who designed the official red, white, and blue logo of the 1976 United States bicentennial?
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Bruce Blackburn
What congressional commission began official planning for the United States’ America250 celebrations in 2016?
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United States Semiquincentennial Commission
What treaty officially ended the American Revolutionary War, a peace milestone highlighted in America250 history?
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Treaty of Paris (1783)
On which dates did George Washington’s 1776 crossing of the Delaware River take place?
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December 25–26, 1776
What Greek-derived term names the 250th anniversary celebrated by the United States Semiquincentennial?
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Semiquincentennial
What was the name of the previous nationwide U.S. anniversary celebrated in 1976, before America250?
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United States Bicentennial
Which founding document's 1776 anniversary is celebrated by America250?
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Declaration of Independence
Which U.S. national park was established by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872?
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Yellowstone National Park
Who became the first African American president of the United States in 2009?
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Barack Obama
At what Utah location did the first U.S. transcontinental railroad connection open in 1869?
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Promontory Summit
On what date was the Nineteenth Amendment certified as part of the U.S. Constitution?
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August 26, 1920
Where did NASA’s Apollo 11 astronauts make the first crewed Moon landing?
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Sea of Tranquility
What was the first U.S. national monument, established in 1906?
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Devils Tower National Monument
What was the 1867 U.S. purchase of Alaska from Russia called?
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Alaska Purchase
What treaty formally ended the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom?
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Treaty of Ghent
What was the name of the 1804–1806 expedition that explored the Louisiana Purchase and the Pacific Northwest?
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
Which city served as the national capital of the United States from 1785 to 1790?
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New York City
How many people did the 1790 United States census record?
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3,929,214
On what date did George Washington take office as America’s first president?
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April 30, 1789
What was the name of the 1776 assembly that adopted the Declaration of Independence?
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Second Continental Congress
Which document did the United States Constitution replace as the nation's governing framework?
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Articles of Confederation
Who was the first immigrant processed at New York's Ellis Island station?
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Annie Moore
Which group organized the national America250 commemoration after Congress created it in 2016?
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United States Semiquincentennial Commission