Which foundry cast the Bicentennial Bell presented to Philadelphia in 1976?
Answer
Whitechapel Bell Foundry
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 musical group performed during Super Bowl X’s Bicentennial-themed halftime show?
Answer
Up with People
Which U.S. currency denomination was reissued as a Federal Reserve Note in spring 1976?
Answer
Two-dollar bill
Which American leader was posthumously appointed General of the Armies effective July 4, 1976?
Answer
George Washington
Which Smithsonian museum opened its new Washington, D.C., home on July 1, 1976?
Answer
National Air and Space Museum
Which French general commanded the French army alongside Washington at the 1781 Siege of Yorktown?
Answer
Comte de Rochambeau
Which country gave the United States the Bicentennial Bell in Philadelphia in 1976?
Answer
United Kingdom
What two images appear together on the reverse of the United States Bicentennial dollar?
Answer
Liberty Bell and Moon
Who designed the colonial drummer on the United States Bicentennial quarter?
Answer
Jack L. Ahr
What train toured the United States during 1975–1976 to celebrate the nation's Bicentennial?
Answer
American Freedom Train
Which U.S. president rededicated the Statue of Liberty during its 1986 centennial?
Answer
Ronald Reagan
Which amendment, ratified in 1920, prohibited denying the vote in the United States based on sex?
Answer
Nineteenth Amendment
Who wrote the words to “The Star-Spangled Banner” after seeing the 1814 attack on Fort McHenry?
Answer
Francis Scott Key
Who did the Second Continental Congress elect as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army?
Answer
George Washington
Which treaty signed in 1783 recognized the United States as an independent nation?
Answer
Treaty of Paris
What building, now called Independence Hall, hosted the 1776 adoption commemorated by America250?
Answer
Pennsylvania State House
Which naval battle in 1781 helped prevent British relief of the American siege at Yorktown?
Answer
Battle of the Chesapeake
How many stars did the 1777 Flag Act require on the first official United States flag?
Answer
Thirteen stars
What term names the United States’ 250th anniversary, also branded as America250?
Answer
Semiquincentennial
Which British general’s forces surrendered at Yorktown in 1781, a decisive event before America250?
Answer
Charles Cornwallis