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a quote by ben franklin
xa stitch in time saves nine
a famous battle cry
xremember the alamo
premier khrushchev said
xwe will bury you
from julius caesar
xbeware the ides of march
william shakespeare
xall's well that ends well
the first telegraph message
xwhat hath god wrought
patrick henry
xgive me liberty or give me death
an old saying
xcatch as catch can
another old saying
xmonkey see monkey do
wise advice
xbuckle up for safety
douglas macarthur
xi shall return
do you believe?
xcuriosity killed the cat
but they're expensive
xdiamonds are a girl's best friend
this is untrue!
xthe moon is made of green cheese
hint
bonus
phrase
quit
u.s. history
space facts
memorable dates
trivialities
instructions
start over
quit
novice
advanced
the first american in orbit was-


john glenn
soviet leader yuri v. andropov died
after a long illness. he was re-
placed as general secretary by -
konstantin chernenko
two mavericks named wozniak and jobs
founded a company called-

apple
what did atlanta pharmacist
john styth pemberton invent?

coca-cola
sierra leone is a country on the
continent of-

africa
name the state with the most
hazardous waste sites.

new jersey
the country afghanistan borders the
u.s.s.r. - pakistan and -

iran
in 1959 robert noyce and jack kilby
each patented the-

integrated circuit
in the early fifties the universal
automatic computer is born. more
commonly known as-
univac
february 2nd of every year is-


groundhog day
january 3rd 1959 what state was ad-
mitted to the union?

alaska
when secretary of state alexander
haig resigned who took his place?

george shultz
at over $28 million per year the
leading importer-exporter of arms
is-
united states
senator robert kennedy was killed by
jordanian-

sirhan sirhan
in 1777 the battle of saratoga was
the turning point of the war for the


americans
british
5000 surrendered
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the pilgrims landed at plymouth rock
where was the first permanent
english settlement in america?

jamestown
valley forge
virginia
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in 1867 alaska was sold to the u.s.
by russia. who was the american
negotiator of the deal?

edwin m. stanton
william h. seward
sec.of state
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264 soldiers of the u.s. 7th cavalry
led by gen. george custer were
killed at the battle of -

wounded knee- south dakota
the little big horn
custer's last stand
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on december 7 1941 japan attacked
pearl harbor- hawaii. america lost
2300 lives and 19 ships in this
sneak attack. when was war declared?
three days later
the following day
hint
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the uss pueblo and an 83 man crew
were seized january 1968 in the sea
of japan by -

north vietnamese
north koreans
released year later
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an unconditional pardon for all
crimes committed while in office was
issued to ex-president nixon by -

judge john sirica
president ford
executive pardon
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pres.hoover was blamed for not end-
ing the great depression. hoover was
against giving aid directly to the
poor because he-
saw it as a threat to peoples freedom
was an insensitive leader
urged private aid
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the goal of the eisenhower doctrine
was to make the free world stronger.
how did he set out to do this?

massive military buildup
stop the spread of soviet power
sorry
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in 1971 the 26th ammendment to the
constitution was passed. this
ammendenent -

lowered the voting age
ended the military draft
18 year olds happy
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the first woman in space was



sally ride
valentina tereshkova
not aboard columbia
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in 1960 the united states launched
the first of the tiros series of
weather satelites.in 1962 telstar 1
was launched. what is a telstar 1?
military satelite
communications satelite
linked the globe
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the first man in space was -



alan shepard
yuri gagarin
first orbital flight
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october 1957 the first man-made
satelite was put into orbit by a
major world power. it was named

explorer 1
sputnik
began space race
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the apollo 11 mission to the moon in
1969 fulfilled a committment made by
pres. john f. kennedy. name the
first man to set foot on the moon.
neil armstrong
edwin aldrin jr.
commander
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 40
project gemini flights were two man.
how many astronauts were aboard pro-
ject mercury flights?

one
two
apollo had 3
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the space probe voyager ii carried
instruments to gather data about the
outer planets and beyond. it also
carried -
a self destruct mechanism
a greeting from earth
a gold disc
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on valentine's day 1980 nasa launch-
ed the smm (solar maximum mission)
satelite. its main objective is to
measure solar flares- a.k.a. -
sunspots
fireballs
upsets radio waves
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upon reentry into the earth's atmo-
sphere a spacecraft may approach at
too shallow an angle and glance off
into space or too deep and -
be forced to abort
burn up from friction
no second chances
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the explorer i was the first amer-
ican satelite in orbit. what did it
discover?

the van allen belt
the presence of black holes
radiation
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on may 12th 1975



the mayaguez was seized by cambodia
viet draft evaders pardoned.
no hint
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october 12th 1492



ponce de leon explored florida
colombus discovers the new world
santa-maria
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march 28th 1979 was america's worst



nuclear accident
air crash
??
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the year 1861 began -



lincoln's presidency
the civil war
ft. sumter
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february 14th 1929 what happened?



stock market crash
st. valentine's day massacre
7 killed
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charles lindberg jr. son of the fam-
ous aviator was kidnapped march 1st
1932. on may 12th of the same year -

he was returned unhurt
he was found dead
$50000 paid
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on april 11th 1947 jackie robinson
broke the color barrier in major
league baseball. his team was -

brooklyn dodgers
new york yankees
los angeles
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in the 1980 winter olympics the
united states scored an upset vic-
tory over the ussr in what sport?

basketball
ice hockey
gold medal
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in utica- n.y. on feb. 22 1879 a
new style of store was born. it was
called a -

hardware store
five-and-ten
f.w. woolworth
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november 11th of every year it is-



veteran's day
columbus day
in memory of
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can you name the city with the high-
est average wind-speed?


chicago il
boston mass
beans
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the world's tallest building is
1454 feet tall. it is located in?


chicago
new york city
sear's tower
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mckinley is north america's highest
mountain at 20320 feet. what is the
highest in the world?

mt. everest
mt. kilimanjaro
29028 feet
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the world's busiest airport handled
over 740 thousand take-offs and
landings in 1984. name this airport.

atlanta international
chicago o'hare international
ord
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according to a recent census the se-
cond most populated city in america-


chicago
los angeles
formerly #3
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the longest river system in the
united states is the-


ohio/allegheny
mississippi/missouri
3710 miles
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the highest city in the united
states is over ten thousand feet a-
bove sea level. where is it?

denver- colorado
leadville- colorado
sorry
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the deepest point in the ocean is
located at 11 degrees 20 minutes
north by 142 degrees 12 minutes east.
it's called the-
java trench
mariana trench
35810 feet deep
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american patriot paul revere made
his famous midnight ride to alert
the patriots that the british were
on the way to concord to -
destroy military supplies
capture the town
british lost 273
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in 1942 the world's first nuclear
chain reaction was produced by
physicists enrico fermi and arthur
compton. where did this take place?
los alamos- new mexico
university of chicago
stagg field
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in scranton pennsylvania 1877. what
were the molly maguires?


an irish terrorist society
a feminist movement
11 leaders hanged
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november 22 1963 president kennedy
was shot and killed while riding in
a motorcade through downtown dallas
texas. name the assasin.
lee harvey oswald
jack ruby
ex-marine
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in 1961 the u.s. severed diplomatic
relations with cuba. one of the
disputes was the nationalization of
u.s. firms. another was -
u.s. military presence at guantanamo
the bay of pigs incident
no cia involvement
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california voters approved (by 65%
majority) a scheme to cut property
taxes by 57%. this became known as -

proposition 13
lend-lease act
june 1978
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in a 99-0 vote the senate confirmed
the appointment of the first woman
supreme court justice. she was -

anne m. gorsuch
sandra day o'connor
one was epa boss
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franklin delano roosevelt was a bold
leader who lead the country out of
depression. what office did he hold
before becoming president?
senator
governor
new york
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in june 1948 the soviet union set up
a blockade of west berlin to force
the withdrawl of the allies from the
city. the u.s. responded by -
sending troops
airlifting supplies
enormous effort
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incumbent president nixon won in
every state except massachusetts and
the district of columbia in the 1972
election. who did he run against?
gerald ford
george mc govern
landslide victory
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when an astronaut leaves an orbiting
spacecraft it's called a space walk.
who was the first to do it?

edward white
aleksei leonov
ship name movie 2010
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two robot space ships were sent on a
long distance journey to view the
outer planets of the solar system.
they were named -
viking i and viking ii
voyager i and voyager ii
reached uranus 1986
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while americans neil a. armstrong
and edwin e. aldrin jr. were making
history on the moon who piloted the
command module orbiting overhead?
michael collins
john w. young
30 moon orbits
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september 3rd 1976 the space probe
viking ii made a successful landing
on mars.  where??

sea of tranquility
utopia plains
hint
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joseph engle flew the air force
rocket plane x-15 to an altitude of
more than 50 miles. this qualified
him for -
an astronaut rating
an altitude record
1965
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the voyager spacecraft were designed
to operate at such great distances
that ground control is not practical.
they were equipped with -
high-speed radio receivers
on-board navigation computers
an apple ii?
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the united states plans to send an
unmanned probe to jupiter. it's pur-
pose will be to study the jovian at-
mosphere. it will be called-
galileo
jpr-1
postponed often
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in february of 1986 astronomer carl
sagan speculated of a soviet manned
mission by the late 1980's. to-

the moon
mars
hint
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the robot arm in the cargo bay of
the space shuttle columbia was built
by a high-tech company in -

canada
california
geographically high
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astronauts bruce mc candless and
robert stewart were the first humans
to -

stay in orbit over a month
make an untethered space walk
feb. 1984
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on december 8th 1980



john lennon was killed
president reagan was shot
the dakota
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it's december 17th 1903 you just
heard news of -


the battleship maine's destruction
the wright brother's flight
kitty hawk
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oct 26th 1984



baby fae receives heart of a baboon
bill schroeder gets artificial heart
lived 3 weeks
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september 1st 1983 the soviet union
shot down korean airlines passenger
flight # -

007
269
spy mission?
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in 1931 the world's tallest building
opened it's doors to the public. it
was called -

the empire state bldg.
rockefeller center
1250 feet tall
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in 1947 three engineers working for
bell labs invented a device that re-
volutionized the electronics indus-
try. it is known as the-
printed circuit
transistor
replaced tubes
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the st. lawrence seaway was opened
on april 25th 1959. this waterway
linked -

lake erie to lake ontario
the great lakes to the atlantic ocean
st. lawrence river
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may 20th 1927 capt. lindberg flew
non-stop from new york to paris
he landed at -

le bourget airfield
orly airport
spirit of st. louis
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december 16th 1773 was the date of
the -


boston tea party
boston massacre
east india co.
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if you were in alaska on the third
monday in october you would be cele-
brating what??

loyalty day
alaska day
hint
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the world's longest railway tunnel
is 33.5 miles long. it is operated
by the -

japanese national railway
swiss federal railway
built 1985
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the longest suspension bridge in am-
erica is 4260 feet long. is it the-


golden gate in san francisco
verrazano-narrows in new york city
built 1964
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death valley- calif. is 282 feet be-
low sea level. where is the lowest
point in the world?

dead sea- israel/jordan
caspian sea- ussr
1312' below sea lvl
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the largest nuclear power plant in
the united states is the sequoyah.
it is run by the -

commonwealth edison co.
tennessee valley authority
1220 megawatts
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name the southernmost city in the
united states.


key west- florida
hilo- hawaii
an island
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the strongest surface wind ever re-
corded was 231 m.p.h. where was this
reading taken?

mt. washington- new hampshire
mt. waialeale- hawaii
recorded 1934
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the deepest lake in the united
states is-


crater lake
lake superior
1932 feet deep
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the world's largest island is-



australia
greenland
oh come now
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