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Thursday, November 17, 2005

history quiz

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Blogger Tigre said...

1. How much of the US oil supply is produced from within the US?
a. 12%
b. 40%
c. 22%
d. 20%

2. How much of the US oil supply is supplied from Canada?
a. 17%
b. 5%
c. 9%
d. 12%

3. How much oil is supplied to the US from North America?
a. 30%
b. 40%
c. 60%
d. 70%

4. How much oil is imported to the US from North and South America?
a. 25%
b. 55%
c. 84%
d. 47%

5. What was the city of Atlanta originally called?
a. Savannah
b. Georgeton
c. Terminus
d. Atlantis

6. Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner?
a. Amy Whitehall
b. Francis Scott Key
c. James Winthrop
d. Betty Johanson

7. What was a "mechanic" in 18th- and early 19th century America?
a. someone specialized in designing new cars.
b. someone who fixes horse buggys.
c. a craftsman.
d. there were no mechanics at this time.

8. When was the hot dog introduced to the U.S.?
a. 1850s
b. 1880s
c. 1920s
d. 1950s

9. When was the telephone first shown to the public?
a. about 1875
b. about 1900
c. about 1925
d. about 1950

10. Who filed suit against the Wright brothers over the design of their airplanes?
a. Glen Curtis
b. the president
c. Richard J. Gatling
d. Samuel Colt

11. Which took longer to build, the Erie Canal or the Panama Canal?
a. Panama Canal
b. Erie Canal
c. Same Length of time
d. There is no Erie Canal

12. What beautiful things are named in the first lines of each stanza of "America the Beautiful"?
a. Spacious skies, Pilgrim feet, Heroes Proved, Patriot Dream
b. Spacious skies, amber waves of grain, purple mountain, shining sea
c. Patriot Dream, liberties, fruited plains, shining sea
d. wonderful places, great parks, nice mountains, flat plains

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