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American Trivia What name did Pocahontas, the Indian princess
who saved Captain John Smith, adopt after she married settler John
Rolfe and converted to Christianity? Who is the only king to be included in the
National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building? What is the English translation of Sputnik--the
name Russia gave to the first artificial satellite to orbit the
earth? How did Wisconsin come to be called the Badger
State? On which holiday are the greatest number of
collect calls generally made in the United States? What famous American inventor and diplomat
compiled a list of more than 200 synonyms for "drunk," including
cherry-merry, nimptopsical, and soaked? What did Paul Revere shout on is famous
midnight ride from Boston to Lexington on April 18, 1775? Hint:
Longfellow had it wrong in his poem. English ships once carried limes to protect
sailors from scurvy; what did American vessels carry? What is the official state dessert of
Massachusetts? How much was the tax per pound of tea that
triggered the Boston Tea Party in 1773? How did Zilwaukee, Michigan, get its name? What American coin was the first to have nickel
in it? Why do old firehouses have circular staircases? How has American veterinarian and U.S.
Agriculture Department inspector Daniel E. Salmon (1850-1914) been
immortalized? What was the last institution of higher
learning in the United States established by royal decree? What mountain has the most extensive glacial
system of any single peak in the contiguous 48 states? What was the Declaration of Sentiments, drafted
in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848? What was the name of strongman-bodybuilder
Charles Atlas's son? What was Benjamin Franklin's last official act?
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