A Life, Lived: 4th of July Quiz

July 03, 2009

4th of July Quiz

So you got to play around a bit with a Canada Day quiz . . . I wonder how you'd do with a 4th of July quiz?

I'm posting this today (yes, I know it is July 3rd) because tomorrow is photo hunt. Blogging is busy business!

Lots of challenging questions here good luck!

1. What is the one spot in the U.S. where you could stand in 4 States at one time?
2. Which of these cities--New York, Chicago, Phoenix, Miami--has the highest average temperature in July?

3. Which is farther west--Pensacola, Fla., or Washington Island, Wis.?
4. Which is farther west--Los Angeles, Calif., or Reno, Nev.?
5. Which 3 of these States were named after real persons--California, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Delaware, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma?
6. The 1st coeducational college in the U.S. was founded in Ohio. Can you name this school?
7. What city in Michigan is impossible to leave on the ground without going through another city?
8. Name the 2 States that are touched by 8 other States.
9. In the State of Washington may be found the single largest concrete structure ever made by man. It was built in 1942 at a cost of $200 million. It weighs 3 times as much as the pyramid of Cheops in Egypt. The concrete that went into it could build a highway encircling the whole U.S.A., and the population of the entire county would fit inside it. What is it?
10. Part or all of what 2 States can be reached by land only if you leave the U.S.?
11. Can you name the State which has the largest man-made harbor in the country, and 2 cities named Ono and Igo?
12. What American river did Charles Dickens describe as "a slimy monster hideous to behold"?
13. Of what State is it said--it would be the biggest State in the union if it were ironed out flat?
14. Can you give the number of States in the U.S. that are named after Presidents?
15. How many State capitals are named after Presidents?
16. What year was Alaska admitted to the Union?
17. Have diamonds ever been mined in any State of the U.S.?
18. In what State did Adolf Hitler once own 8,960 acres of land?
19. Of the 5 Great Lakes, only one is located entirely inside the U.S. Can you name the one?
20. What State is populated with the most people per square mile?
21. To what State do Basques come from northern Spain to work as sheepherders?
22. What State was an independent republic for 14 years before it joined the Union?
23. What percentage of Utah's population is Mormon?
24. If the U.S. Federal Government took over welfare payments, what 3 States would get 51% of all the money?
25. In recent years there have been proposals to create a new State to be called Columbia or Lincoln out of parts of 2 existing neighboring States. Can you name the 2 States?