Q 01/05

Which famous residence did British troops set on fire after capturing Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812?

A) The Octagon House

B) Mount Vernon

C) The White House

D) Monticello

Answer · why

C) The White House

The White House fire and the others were put out within a day by a sudden, violent thunderstorm, possibly a hurricane. The Capitol burned on the same ...

Q 02/05

Which Boston silversmith rode out on the night of April 18, 1775, to warn that British troops were on the march?

A) Paul Revere

B) Samuel Adams

C) John Hancock

D) Patrick Henry

Answer · why

A) Paul Revere

Paul Revere never reached Concord: a British patrol intercepted him beyond Lexington, questioned him and let him go. His fellow riders William Dawes a...

Q 03/05

On the beaches of which French region did Allied troops come ashore on D-Day, June 6, 1944?

A) Brittany

B) Picardy

C) Provence

D) Normandy

Answer · why

D) Normandy

Normandy was one of four sites the planners weighed. A deception built around a fictitious army group led the Germans to expect the main attack at Cal...

Q 04/05

Which national symbol points at the viewer in James Montgomery Flagg's famous World War I recruiting poster?

A) Brother Jonathan

B) Uncle Sam

C) Yankee Doodle

D) Lady Liberty

Answer · why

B) Uncle Sam

Uncle Sam wears a modified version of the artist's own face in the poster. Flagg borrowed the pointing pose from a British poster of Lord Kitchener ma...

Q 05/05

What kind of animal was Sergeant Stubby, the mascot of a US infantry regiment in France during World War I?

A) A goat

B) A dog

C) A mule

D) A pigeon

Answer · why

B) A dog

A dog of uncertain breed, Stubby was a stray whom a soldier hid aboard a troop ship bound for Europe. His owner gave the preserved body to the Smithso...