US History Knowledge Quiz

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Question 1: In 1986 July 4th was the celebration of how many years of Independence?
Answer a: 10
Answer b: 210
Answer c: 2100
Answer d: 21

Question 2: What is the name of Hormel's tinned processed pork product, which made its debut in 1936?
Answer a: Spam
Answer b: Bologna
Answer c: Deviled Ham
Answer d: Sizzlean

Question 3: Which of these is a buzzword of Barack Obama's 2008 campaign?
Answer a: Change
Answer b: Stagnation
Answer c: Conservatism
Answer d: Stasis

Question 4: Who was President Gerald Ford's second Secretary of Defense?
Answer a: David H. Rumsfeld
Answer b: Duncan H. Rumsfeld
Answer c: Daniel H. Rumsfeld
Answer d: Donald H. Rumsfeld

Question 5: Ralph Nadar's 1965 report, "Unsafe At Any Speed", was highly critical of the safety of what?
Answer a: Airplanes
Answer b: Eating Candy
Answer c: Children
Answer d: Automobiles

Question 6: Major Rudolph Anderson, Jr, an American U-2 recon pilot, ended up the only human casualty of what conflict, which could have been much, much, much worse?
Answer a: Suez Gulf Crisis
Answer b: Cuban Missile Crisis
Answer c: Taiwanese Crisis
Answer d: Gulf of Tonkin Crisis

Question 7: What was the name of President George H.W. Bush's mother?
Answer a: Daphne Wallace Bush
Answer b: Danielle Wilma Bush
Answer c: Doreen Wendy Bush
Answer d: Dorothy Walker Bush

Question 8: In which year did California become a state?
Answer a: 1650
Answer b: 1750
Answer c: 1950
Answer d: 1850

Question 9: Which of the following weekly magazines is known for its gridded television programming schedules?
Answer a: People
Answer b: TV Guide
Answer c: Star
Answer d: Entertainment Weekly

Question 10: Which CBS news show debuted in September 1968?
Answer a: Nightly News
Answer b: Hard Copy
Answer c: 60 Minutes
Answer d: Today