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Bits of History Questions & Answers for 2003
    
There were 3 multiple answer questions and 5
single answer questions. Twenty answers in all. Here they are. How many did you get?
Questions one through three.
Location |
Question |
Answer |
Illinois sheet
single answer |
In 1860 and 1861 what unique mail service existed in
the United States? |
Pony Express. |
Illinois sheet
multiple answer |
This service went through which eight states? |
The Pony Express went
from Saint Joseph to San Francisco through the states of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska,
Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California. The last leg was from Sacramento to San
Francisco via boat instead of horse. |
Alabama
sheet
single answer |
Who was the first American in space? |
John H. Glenn aboard "Friendship 7" on
February 20, 1962. Three orbits of the earth. |
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Bits of History Questions & Answers for 2003
Questions four through eight.
Location |
Question |
Answer |
Alabama
sheet
single answer |
Who was the first American to walk on the Moon and
what did he say? |
Neil A. Armstrong aboard Apollo 11 July 16-24, 1969.
"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" |
Maine
sheet
multiple answer |
The highest point in each of four states is less than
900 feet. Can you name the states? |
Rhode Island, Jerimoth Hill, 812'. Mississippi,
Woodall Mtn., 806'. Delaware, New Castle City, 442'. Florida, Walton County, 345'. |
Missouri
sheet
single answers |
What event occurred on October 24, 1929 and was called
"Black Thursday"? It started what era in United States history? |
The stock Market crash. The Great Depression. |
Arkansas
sheet
multiple answer |
Which four Presidents' faces are carved in stone on
Mount Rushmore in South Dakota? |
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore
Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln. |
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