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America 27 questions.
Pub quiz question 8554 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Which American president was involved in the Watergate scandal?
  2. Answer: A: Nixon
  3. Categories: Politics (2) America (2)
Pub quiz question 7661 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Richard Nixon; Barry Goldwater; Hubert Humphrey & George Wallace?
  2. Answer: A: Losing US presidential candidates of the 60s.
  3. Categories: Connections (6) America (6) People (6) 1960s (6)
Pub quiz question 9305 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What are the 5 Great Lakes?
  2. Answer: A: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario
  3. Categories: Geography (7) America (6)
Pub quiz question 9300 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What is the state capital of New York?
  2. Answer: A: Albany
  3. Categories: Geography (3) America (3)
Pub quiz question 8146 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Continental United States has 4 time zones, can you name them?
  2. Answer: A: Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern
  3. Categories: Geography (6) Science (6) America (6)
Pub quiz question 7933 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: In US politics, what was (informally named) HUAC?
  2. Answer: A: House Un-American Activities Committee.
  3. Notes: *: Correctly called HCUA - House Committee on Un-American Activities
  4. Categories: Acronyms/Abbreviations (7) America (6) Politics (7)
Pub quiz question 8555 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What are the surnames of the father-son duos who both served as US presidents?
  2. Answer: A: Adams and Bush
  3. Categories: Politics (3) America (3)
Pub quiz question 7572 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Atlanta, GA; Simi Valley, CA; College Station, TX; Little Rock, AR; Dallas, TX; Hoffman Estates, IL?
  2. Answer: A: Presidential libraries
  3. Notes: *: Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan; George Bush; Bill Clinton; George W Bush; Barak Obama. Donald Trump’s hasn’t been built.
  4. Categories: Connections (8) Politics (8) America (7) Geography (8)
Pub quiz question 7354 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Lexington and Concord; Bunker Hill; Trenton; Saratoga; Yorktown?
  2. Answer: A: Battles of the American War of Independence
  3. Categories: Politics (5) General Knowledge (5) America (3) Connections (6)
Pub quiz question 8633 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Air Force One, the US Presidential aircraft, has made more take-offs than landings. How is that possible?
  2. Answer: A: "Air Force One" is the call sign of a plane while it has the POTUS on board. At least once, an in-flight president ceased to be president.
  3. Notes: *: June 1974, Nixon (as president) boarded SAM 27000, and Ford was sworn in while the plain was in flight.
  4. Categories: Riddles (6) Politics (6) America (6)