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This document was the first attempt at writing a constitution?
the Articles of Confederation
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Who was the oldest President?
Ronald Reagan, who was nearly 70 when he took office.
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Which President was assassinated in Dallas on 22 November 1963?
John F. Kennedy
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Mariah Carey
Who was the biggest selling female artist in America in the 1990s?
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Who was hit on the head by a falling apple and so discovered Gravity?
Issac Newton
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This series of 85 essays published in American newspapers by James Madison, John Jay and Alexander Hamilton argued the need for a strong central government?
the Federalist Papers
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What is the birth state of the most presidents?
Virginia
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Theodore Roosevelt became US President in 1901 after which president's assassination?
William McKinley
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Which two films did Steven Spielberg direct that were among the top ten highest grossing films of the 20th century?
"Jurassic Park" and "E.T."
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Who first developed the theory of Evolution by natural selection?
Charles Darwin
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This law, signed into law by Jefferson, forbid American ships to leave their home port until Britain and France repealed their restrictions on American trade?
the Embargo Act
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How many presidents died in office (by assassination or natural causes)?
8. ( Lincoln, Kennedy, Garfield, McKinley, Harrison, Taylor, Harding, and Roosevelt)
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In which year were both Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy assassinated?
1968
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What was the American code name for the development of the atom bomb?
The Manhattan Project
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Who proposed his theory of Relativity?
Albert Einstein
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Where is the U.S. Constitution kept?
the National Archives
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Who was the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms?
Cleveland was the country’s 22nd and 24th president.
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In which American city did Mark Chapman assassinate John Lennon?
New York
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Who was released from prison on 11th February 1990?
Nelson Mandella
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Who turned a telescope on the stars, saw sunspots, and spent his final years under house arrest?
Galileo
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Which U.S. document starts 'When in the course of human events . . . '?
Declaration of Independence
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Which president had a pet cow named Pauline Wayne who lived on the White House lawn?
Taft
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James Earl Ray was responsible for who's death in 1968?
Martin Luther King Jr.'s
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Known for his charisma, which US President was the only Catholic to ever be President?
John F. Kennedy
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Robert Oppenheimer is best remembered for his work on what?
The Atomic Bomb
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