In US History today, we watched a video of people being pulled out from the crowd and asked basic history questions. Surprisingly, most people did not know the correct answer. So, how well do you know your history? Answer these ten questions. Their answers and the correct answers are provided at the bottom.
1) What are the first three lines of the Star Spangled Banner
2) Which of the following is not a founding father? John Adams, Ben Franklin, Sam Adams, or George Jefferson?
3)
A) Who said "The British are coming!"
B) To Whom?
C) When?
4) Who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence? Herby Hancock, John Hancock, or Will Smith?
5) What year was the War of 1812?
6) What do we declare independence from on the Fourth of July?
7) We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are...?
8) How many colonies were the Original Colonies?
9) Thomas Jefferson was are [blank] president?
10)
A. Which country started World War II?
B. Who led that country at that time?
C. What is Hitler's first name?
1)
Theirs: The what?
Correct: O! say can you see by the dawn's early light / What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? / Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, / O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
2)
Theirs: We had founding fathers?
Correct: George Jefferson
3)
A. Theirs: The Confederates
Correct: Paul Revere
B. Theirs: The other side (the North/Union)
Correct: Sam Adams/John Hancock/People of Lexington
C. Theirs: I don't know.
Correct: 1775 during the American Revolution
Note: This famous phrase was not actually said by Paul Revere because his mission depended on secrecy. The Phrase was actually "The Regulars are coming!"
4)
Theirs: John Hancock
Correct: John Hancock
5)
Theirs: The year? I don't know.
Correct: 1812
6)
Theirs: I don't know.
Correct: Great Britain/United Kingdon/UK
7)
Theirs: The pursuit of happiness.
Correct: Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness
8)
Theirs: 13
Correct: 13
9)
Theirs: I don't know. Third?
Correct: Third
10)
A.Theirs: Germany
Correct: Germany
B. Theirs: Hitler?...That was right? I just guessed.
Correct: Hitler
C. Theirs: Timothy
Correct: Adolf
BONUS QUESTION!
Free answer: Recent polls have shown that one-fifth of Americans can't locate the US on a world map. Why do you think this is?
Theirs:
So how many did you get correct?
