US History Trivia

This week we salute the 247th birthday of the United States of America! To help, I present the following July Fourth trivia challenge!

Questions

1. How many signatures are on the Declaration of Independence?
2. In which year did the Star-Spangled Banner become our national anthem?
3. Which president held the first White House celebration of the Fourth of July?
4. On July 4, 1960, which state became the 50th star on the US flag?
5. Who was the first president born in the United States?
6. How many times is the Liberty Bell tapped on every Fourth of July?
7. Where is the Declaration of Independence on display?
8. Which type of bird did Benjamin Franklin want as our national symbol, instead of an eagle?
9. Which building in the US is 1,776 feet high?
10. Who hosts a hot dog eating contest every Fourth of July?
11. Who won the hog dog eating contest in 2022 and how many did he/she eat?
12. Who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence?
13. Which president died on a July 9, allegedly from food poising five days earlier, at a Fourth of July celebration?
14. What city holds the record for the longest-running Fourth of July parade?
15. Who said, “Give me liberty or give me death”?
16. Who said, “I have not yet begun to fight!”
17. Which three presidents died of the fourth of July?
18. Which president was born on the fourth of July?
19. What woman’s name appears on official copies of the Declaration of Independence?
20. On what date did the Continental Congress vote to declare independence from England?

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