Category: USA

Minnesota Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When did Minnesota become a state of USA? a) 7 February 1787 b) 11 May 1858 c) 2 July 1842 d) 5 December 1872 2. Which county is to the north of Minnesota? a) Peru b) Colombia c) Canada d) Venezuela 3. Which state is to the east of Minnesota? a) North Dakota b) South Dakota c) Oregon d) Wisconsin

1) When was John Kennedy born? a) 2 February 1900 b) 29 May 1917 c) 22 July 1908 d) 21 December 1905 2) What is John Kennedy’s mother’s maiden surname? a) Lawford b) Fitzmaurice c) Fitzgerald d) O’Reilly 3) Which boat was commanded by John Kennedy during World War II? a) PT 109 b) MCC 307 c) GT 207 d) PT 504

1. What was Dr. Seuss’s original name? a) George Sand b) Theodor Seuss Geisel c) George Eliot d) Alfred George Gardiner 2. When was Dr. Seuss born? a) 2 March 1904 b) 4 April 1900 c) 12 August 1896 d) 14 December 1898 3. Where was Dr. Seuss born? a) Albany b) Boston c) Springfield d) Detroit

1. When was Lyman Frank Baum born? a) 23 March 1864 b) 15 May 1856 c) 4 August 1852 d) 2 December 1848 2. Where was Lyman Frank Baum born? a) Aberdeen b) Syracuse c) Chittenango d) San Francisco 3. Which school did Lyman Frank Baum attend? a) St. Thomas Academy b) St. John’s Grammar School c) Chiltern Edge Secondary School d) Peakskill Military Academy

North Carolina Quiz Questions and Answers 1. Where did Richard Grenville build a fort in 1585? a) New York b) Jamestown c) Long Island d) Roanoke Island 2. Who was the first English child born in the Americas? a) Ralph Lane b) Virginia Dare c) Eleanor Lane d) Ananias Dare 3. When was the Battle of Guildford Courthouse? a) 15 March 1781 b) 29 May 1658 c) 24 September 1764 d) 14 November 1701

1. Which novel won Margaret Mitchell Pulitzer Prize in 1937? a) Atlas Shrugged b) The Good Earth c) Dragon Seed d) Gone with the Wind 2. When was Margaret Mitchell born? a) 10 February 1889 b) 26 June 1892 c) 11 July 1894 d) 8 November 1900 3. Where was Margaret Mitchell born? a) Atlanta b) Portland c) Chicago d) Baton Rouge

21. When did Herbert Gasser win Nobel Prize for Medicine? 1912 1944 1929 1936Correct Answer: 1944 22. When was Herbert Gasser born? 29 January 1862 9 June 1875 5 July 1888 12 October 1885Correct Answer: 5 July 1888 23. Where was Herbert Gasser born? Chicago Boston Libreville PlattervilleCorrect Answer: Platterville 24. When was Herbert Gasser professor at Washington University? 1904-1907 1916-1931 1911-1915 1908-1910Correct Answer: 1916-1931 25. What did Herbert Gasser teach at Washington University? Pharmacology Oncology Radiology PediatricsCorrect Answer: Pharmacology 26. At which University did Herbert Gasser teach physiology? Cornell Harvard Regent YaleCorrect Answer: Cornell 27. Of which organization was ... Read more

31. When did George Marshall win Nobel Prize for Peace? 1958 1953 1960 1957Correct Answer: 1953 32. When was George Marshall born? 18 February 1881 6 June 1884 22 July 1875 31 December 1880Correct Answer: 31 December 1880 33. Where was George Marshall born? Pensacola Boston Uniontown AtlantaCorrect Answer: Uniontown 34. Where did George Marshall study military subjects? West Point Academy Virginia Military Academy Annapolis Academy Royal Military CollegeCorrect Answer: Virginia Military Academy 35. What was George Marshall in 1939-1945? Army Chief of Staff Navy Chief of Staff Air Marshal Secretary of WarCorrect Answer: Army Chief of Staff 36. When ... Read more

41. When was Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 plane shot down? 4 March 1954 1 May 1960 19 July 1959 30 December 1961Correct Answer: 1 May 1960 42. When was Francis Gary Powers born? 6 January 1924 15 April 1922 17 August 1929 10 November 1925Correct Answer: 17 August 1929 43. Where was Francis Gary Powers born? Columbus Jenkins Denver San DiegoCorrect Answer: Jenkins 44. From where had Francis Gary Powers taken off on U-2 plane? Teheran Ankara Amman PeshawarCorrect Answer: Peshawar 45. Where was Francis Gary Powers to land U-2 plane? Amsterdam Bodo Brussels FrankfurtCorrect Answer: Bodo 46. Where was ... Read more

Which college did Owen Chamberlain attend? Bright College St. Andrew’s College Trinity College Dartmouth College 5. When did Owen Chamberlain get doctorate from the University of Chicago? 1942 1948 1927 1932 6. When did Owen Chamberlain become a full professor at the University of California at Berkeley? 1949 1936 1958 1952