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United States Trivia: 37 B-Minus Flags, Molasses Floods & 50-State Oddities

Forget memorizing state capitals—explore 37 wild American stories spanning San Francisco's self-crowned Emperor, diamond-hunting parks, and the Supreme Court's secret basketball court.

What grade did high schooler Robert Heft originally receive for America's fifty-star flag?

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1.What grade did high schooler Robert Heft originally receive for America's fifty-star flag?

Which California city honored self-proclaimed 'Emperor of the United States' Joshua Norton?

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2.Which California city honored self-proclaimed 'Emperor of the United States' Joshua Norton?

Which U.S. state runs a public park where visitors keep any diamonds found?

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3.Which U.S. state runs a public park where visitors keep any diamonds found?

What sticky wave raced through Boston's streets at thirty-five mph in 1919?

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4.What sticky wave raced through Boston's streets at thirty-five mph in 1919?

Which U.S. state is geographically closest to the continent of Africa?

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5.Which U.S. state is geographically closest to the continent of Africa?

What was the only casualty of the 1859 U.S.–British San Juan standoff?

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6.What was the only casualty of the 1859 U.S.–British San Juan standoff?

How must Point Roberts, Washington kids travel by bus to American high schools?

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7.How must Point Roberts, Washington kids travel by bus to American high schools?

Which U.S. state capital boasts America's only official royal residence palace?

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8.Which U.S. state capital boasts America's only official royal residence palace?

What happened when WWII 'bat bombs' accidentally escaped during a New Mexico test?

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9.What happened when WWII 'bat bombs' accidentally escaped during a New Mexico test?

What sparked the 1992 ratification of Madison's 202-year-old Twenty-Seventh Amendment?

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10.What sparked the 1992 ratification of Madison's 202-year-old Twenty-Seventh Amendment?

To whom does Monowi, Nebraska's sole resident pay her annual tavern taxes?

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11.To whom does Monowi, Nebraska's sole resident pay her annual tavern taxes?

What was the native first language of eighth U.S. President Martin Van Buren?

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12.What was the native first language of eighth U.S. President Martin Van Buren?

What color was the Statue of Liberty when unveiled in 1886?

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13.What color was the Statue of Liberty when unveiled in 1886?

What wild cocktail fueled 1904 St. Louis Olympic marathon winner Thomas Hicks?

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14.What wild cocktail fueled 1904 St. Louis Olympic marathon winner Thomas Hicks?

Where do nearly all residents of the Alaskan coastal town Whittier live?

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15.Where do nearly all residents of the Alaskan coastal town Whittier live?

In which Georgia city does a white oak legally 'own' itself?

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16.In which Georgia city does a white oak legally 'own' itself?

How long did the legendary Pony Express actually operate before closing?

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17.How long did the legendary Pony Express actually operate before closing?

Which state holds both the contiguous U.S.'s highest peak and lowest basin?

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18.Which state holds both the contiguous U.S.'s highest peak and lowest basin?

Why did Washington, D.C.'s alphabetical street grid skip 'J' Street?

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19.Why did Washington, D.C.'s alphabetical street grid skip 'J' Street?

What unusual pet walked on a leash around Calvin Coolidge's White House?

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20.What unusual pet walked on a leash around Calvin Coolidge's White House?

What has burned continuously beneath the ghost town of Centralia, Pennsylvania, since 1962?

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21.What has burned continuously beneath the ghost town of Centralia, Pennsylvania, since 1962?

Which state is NOT part of the famous Four Corners intersection?

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22.Which state is NOT part of the famous Four Corners intersection?

Roughly how much per acre did America pay Russia for Alaska?

Question 23 of 37Medium

23.Roughly how much per acre did America pay Russia for Alaska?

How deep could Lake Superior's water flood all North and South America?

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24.How deep could Lake Superior's water flood all North and South America?

What has been banned on Michigan's resort island of Mackinac since 1898?

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25.What has been banned on Michigan's resort island of Mackinac since 1898?

What sits on the top floor directly above the Supreme Court chamber?

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26.What sits on the top floor directly above the Supreme Court chamber?

Which word is famously misspelled on the side of Philadelphia's Liberty Bell?

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27.Which word is famously misspelled on the side of Philadelphia's Liberty Bell?

How did engineers cool Hoover Dam's concrete in two years instead of 125?

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28.How did engineers cool Hoover Dam's concrete in two years instead of 125?

Which vault actually stores more gold than Kentucky's legendary Fort Knox?

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29.Which vault actually stores more gold than Kentucky's legendary Fort Knox?

What did sculptor Gutzon Borglum blast into the canyon behind Lincoln's head?

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30.What did sculptor Gutzon Borglum blast into the canyon behind Lincoln's head?

What is the official constitutional language of the United States federal government?

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31.What is the official constitutional language of the United States federal government?

What has been missing in the waters off Tybee Island, Georgia, since 1958?

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32.What has been missing in the waters off Tybee Island, Georgia, since 1958?

Whose personal collection of 6,487 books rebuilt the burned Library of Congress?

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33.Whose personal collection of 6,487 books rebuilt the burned Library of Congress?

Which wonder became the world's very first national park in 1872?

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34.Which wonder became the world's very first national park in 1872?

What giant food gift sat aging in Andrew Jackson's White House foyer?

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35.What giant food gift sat aging in Andrew Jackson's White House foyer?

Which highway is actually the longest continuous road across the United States?

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36.Which highway is actually the longest continuous road across the United States?

What bizarre resource let Americans claim nearly a hundred islands in 1856?

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37.What bizarre resource let Americans claim nearly a hundred islands in 1856?