9179 America's 250th Anniversary (America250) Trivia Questions with Answers
9179 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
America250 commemorates the 250th anniversary of which founding document?
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Declaration of Independence
What is the former Pennsylvania State House, where the Declaration was adopted, now called?
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Independence Hall
Which 81-year-old Founding Father was the oldest signer of the United States Constitution?
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Benjamin Franklin
In what year was the Liberty Bell cast?
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1752
What term names the 2026 U.S. anniversary known as America250?
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Semiquincentennial
What America250 initiative asks students what America means to them?
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America's Field Trip
What congressional body coordinates the official national commemoration known as America250?
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United States Semiquincentennial Commission
Which document’s adoption does America250 commemorate as the foundation of the 1776 independence anniversary?
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Declaration of Independence
What was the 1803 acquisition of a vast French territory by the United States called?
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Louisiana Purchase
Which two 1775 battles are conventionally regarded as the opening clashes of the American Revolutionary War?
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
What was the name of the hall where the First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia?
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Carpenters’ Hall
How many stars and stripes appeared on the original United States flag under the 1795 Flag Act?
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15 stars and 15 stripes
Which treaty ended the American Revolutionary War, the conflict commemorated by America250?
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Treaty of Paris (1783)
At which Philadelphia landmark were the first commissioners sworn in for America250?
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Independence Hall