US Symbols Trivia

America takes its name from…
1. Amerigo Vespucci, according to the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller.
2. the district of Amerrique in Nicaragua.
3. Richard Amerike (Richard ap Meryke).
The nation was founded by...
1. thirteen colonies of Great Britain located along the Atlantic seaboard.
2. thirteen colonies of Germany located along the Atlantic seaboard.
3. thirteen colonies of Great Britain located along the Pacific seaboard.
The Declaration of Independence, formally entitled The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America, was written by...
1. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin.
2. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin.
3. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams.
The Declaration of Independence was adopted on...
1. July 4th, 1776.
2. July 14th, 1776.
3. July 4th, 1777.
The signature of the Declaration took place in...
1. Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
2. The White House (Washington, DC).
3. Federal Hall (New York, NY).
This bell rang out to summon the people for the reading of the Declaration of Independence; it was originally cast in 1752 in London, and recast twice in 1753 in Philadelphia by John Pass and John Stow when it cracked. It was first called...
1. the State House Bell.
2. the Independence Bell.
3. the Liberty Bell.
Nevertheless, the Constitution of the United States was not adopted until…
1. September 17, 1787.
2. April 12, 1861.
3. April 30, 1789.
It is believed that the first U.S. flag was designed and made by Elizabeth Griscom Ross ("Betsy Ross")...
1. in 1777.
2. in 1776.
3. in 1765.
The Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, and the Star-Spangled Banner are names of the US flag which is composed by horizontal red and white stripes (that represent the original colonies) and five-pointed white stars (that represent the states)...
1. thirteen stripes and fifty stars.
2. thirteen stripes and forty-nine stars.
3. thirteen stripes and fifty one stars.
The Star-Spangled Banner is also the name of the country's official national anthem written by Francis Scott Key in...
1. 1814.
2. 1776.
3. 1765.
National personification of the United States, with the first usage of the term dating from the War of 1812 and the first illustration dating from 1852, this man’s name is…
1. Uncle Sam.
2. Uncle Tom.
3. Uncle John.
The design of first Great Seal was designed by Charles Thomson at the request of the Continental Congress. The design was approved on June 20, 1782. The translation of the motto on the obverse inscribed on the scroll carried in the beak of the eagle: E Pluribus Unum:" Out of many, one"...
1. alludes to the union of the thirteen original states.
2. alludes to the supremacy of the USA over the world.
3. alludes to the President of the US.
The translation of the motto on the reverse, Annuit Coeptis: "Providence favours our undertakings"...
1. alludes to the interposition of providence in favour of the American cause.
2. alludes to the Freemasons who worked for the Continental Congress.
3. alludes to the interposition of providence in favour of America.
The translation of the other motto on the reverse, Novus Ordo Seclorum, "A New Order of the Ages,"...
1. alludes to the beginning of the new American era which commences from the Declaration of Independence.
2. alludes to the beginning of the supremacy of the USA.
3. alludes to a new era of peace.
But, actually, the official motto of the United States is...
1. In God We Trust.
2. God, Liberty, Law.
3. Our God And Our Country.
The Founding Fathers chose the bald eagle to be the national bird of the United States on June 20, 1782. The word "bald" means...
1. "marked with white."
2. "no feathers on head."
3. "majestic."
The Statue of Liberty is one of the most famous symbols of the USA. It stands at Liberty Island (formerly called Bedloe's Island), in New York Harbour. Its full name is...
1. "Liberty Enlightening the World."
2. "Liberty Liberating the World."
3. "Liberty For America."
The hollow copper statue was designed by the French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, but who engineered the internal structure?
1. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.
2. Alexander Graham Bell.
3. George de Mestral.
Brought to the USA in 350 pieces on a French ship called the "Isère" (in June 1885). The statue was re-assembled in the USA and was completed on October 28, 1886. From the ground to the tip of the torch, the statue is...
1. 93 metres (305 feet) tall.
2. 102 metres (335 feet) tall.
3. 47 metres (154 feet) tall.
There are 354 steps inside the statue and its pedestal. There are 25 viewing windows in the crown. The seven rays of Liberty's crown symbolize...
1. the seven seas and seven continents of the world.
2. the seven days of the Creation.
3. the seven wonders of the world.
The White House was designed by the Irish-American architect James Hoban and originally built from 1792 to 1800 on 18 acres (72,847 m2); it is 55,000 square feet (5,100 m2), and has 132 rooms. It was burned down by British soldiers during the War of 1812, but was rebuilt from 1815 to 1817. The first US President to live in the White House was...
1. John Adams.
2. George Washington.
3. Abraham Lincoln.
The President's office, the Oval Office, which was remodelled by President William Howard Taft in 1909, is situated on the Ground Floor...
1. in the West Wing.
2. in the East wing.
3. in the Executive residence.
The Lincoln Memorial in Potomac Park, Washington, D.C. commemorates the life of Abraham Lincoln. It was designed by Henry Bacon in 1914. Its 36 columns represent...
1. the states in the Union at the time of Lincoln’s death.
2. the days after the end of the Civil War until Lincoln was assassinated.
3. the years Lincoln had been in politics.
Lincoln's statue was sculpted by Daniel Chester French. It is 19 feet (5.80 m) tall and weighs 175 tons, sitting. It faces…
1. the Washington Monument and the Capitol.
2. the Washington Monument and the White House.
3. the Washington Monument and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Mt. Rushmore National Memorial, in the Black Hills, South Dakota, is a huge mountain sculpture of four US Presidents designed by the sculptor John Gutzon Borglum from 1927 to 1941. These Presidentes are…
1. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
2. George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
3. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Abraham Lincoln.