Independence Day

Isaac Asimov's Super Quiz

Published Saturday, July 4, 2009

Subject: INDEPENDENCE DAY
(e.g., The United States became independent from whom? Answer: Great Britain (England).)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. What was the date of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence?
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2. Who was the king of England at the time?
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3. Who was the principal author of the Declaration?
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4. Provide the next four words of the first sentence: "When in the ..."
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5. Provide the next five words: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that ..."
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GRADUATE LEVEL

6. Which two signers of the Declaration became president?
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7. What happened on July 4, 1826?
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8. Which president died five years later on July 4, 1831?
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9. Who presumably was the first person to sign the Declaration?
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10. What war took place from 1775 to 1783?
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PH.D. LEVEL

11. What foreign country greatly aided the Americans in the war?
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12. What treaty ended the war in 1783?
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13. What name was given to Americans who supported England?
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14. Name the largest group of Native Americans to fight for the British.
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15. Who is noted for spreading the word that "the Redcoats are coming"?
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ANSWERS:
1. July 4, 1776.
2. George III.
3. Thomas Jefferson.
4. "... course of human events."
5. "... all men are created equal."
6. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
7. Both Adams and Jefferson died.
8. James Monroe.
9. John Hancock.
10. Revolutionary War (American War of Independence).
11. France.
12. Treaty of Paris.
13. Loyalists (Tories).
14. The Iroquois Confederacy.
15. Paul Revere.