Practice Trivia Quiz
  • 1. What was the Boston Tea Party?
A) When the Queen invited colonists to a party.
B) When colonists threw boxes of tea into Boston harbor to protest a tax against tea.
C) When Davy Crockett served tea to his wife.
D) When George Washington had a party at the White House.
  • 2. What American made cars affordable to most people by a process known as "mass production"?
A) Tom Hall
B) Andrew Coombs
C) John D. Rockefeller
D) Henry Ford
  • 3. Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
A) Neil Armstrong
B) Thomas Stringfellow
C) James Crockett
D) Joseph A. Flye
  • 4. Who wrote "The Star Spangled Banner"?
A) John Hancock
B) Francis Scott Key
C) Irving Berlin
D) Julia Ward Howe
  • 5. Which one of the following is not known for being an inventor?
A) Albert Einstein
B) Alexander Graham Bell
C) Samuel Morse
D) Thomas A. Edison
  • 6. Which happened in 1849?
A) The Civil War
B) Birth of Robert E. Lee
C) Invention of the telegraph
D) The Gold Rush
  • 7. This president issued an order in 1863 which freed the slaves.
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) George Washington
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) George Bush
  • 8. The name of the hotel which held the Democratic National Committee headquarters that was broken into on June 17, 1972.
A) Westin
B) Best Western
C) Waterfront
D) Watergate
  • 9. The name of the first park you could go to and see animals in America.
A) Philadelphia Zoo
B) Los Angeles Zoo
C) Toledo Zoo
D) Detroit Zoo
  • 10. The name of the war that took place from August 2, 1990 to February 28, 1991.
A) Gulf War
B) Georgia War
C) Great French War
D) Greek Civil War
Created with That Quiz — a math test site for students of all grade levels.