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 Philadelphia park is associated with America250’s 2026 time-capsule burial?
Answer
Independence National Historical Park
Which document’s 250th anniversary is America250 commemorating in 2026?
Answer
Declaration of Independence
Which 1976 Bicentennial coin denomination entered circulation first?
Answer
Half dollar
How many episodes did CBS’s Bicentennial Minutes broadcast in total?
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912 episodes
When did CBS’s Bicentennial Minutes first begin airing?
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July 4, 1974
What was the name of NASA's geodesic-dome science exhibit for the 1976 U.S. Bicentennial?
Answer
Third Century America
What posthumous military rank did George Washington receive effective July 4, 1976?
Answer
General of the Armies of the United States
From which Washington town did the Bicentennial Wagon Train Pilgrimage begin in 1975?
Answer
Blaine, Washington
What was the name of Disney's Bicentennial parade at Disneyland and Walt Disney World?
Answer
America on Parade
Which London foundry cast the Bicentennial Bell presented to the United States in 1976?
Answer
Whitechapel Bell Foundry
Which locomotive first pulled the 1975–1976 American Freedom Train?
Answer
Reading 2101
On what date was the United States Declaration of Independence largely signed?
Answer
August 2, 1776
Which building hosted the first U.S. Congress under the Constitution?
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Federal Hall
What motto appears on the scroll held by the eagle on the Great Seal of the United States?
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E pluribus unum
Which song became the official national anthem of the United States when Congress adopted it in 1931?
Answer
The Star-Spangled Banner
Who was unanimously elected president of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787?
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George Washington
On what date did Boston Tea Party protestors dump tea into Boston Harbor?
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December 16, 1773
Who administered the presidential oath to George Washington at his 1789 inauguration?
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Robert R. Livingston
Which document did the Second Continental Congress adopt on July 4, 1776, inspiring America's 250th anniversary?
Answer
Declaration of Independence
At which Philadelphia site is America250’s national time capsule being placed?
Answer
Independence National Historical Park
On what night did George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River begin during the American Revolution?
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December 25–26, 1776
What was the name of the previous nationwide U.S. anniversary celebration held in 1976, before America250?
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United States Bicentennial
In which harbor will the U.S. Navy’s planned semiquincentennial naval review take place?
Answer
New York Harbor
Which document is honored by one of the five 2026 America250 quarter designs?
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The Gettysburg Address