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Thomas Nast drew his inspiration for The
Republican as Elephants and the Democrats as
donkeys from a fable about a Jackass who disguised
himself as a tiger and frightened the other
animals. The characters were meant to be degrading
to both the Republicans as the frightened elephants
who were cowering from their principles and the
Democrats who were pretending to be so fierce. Nast
also gave us our depictions of Santa Claus and
Uncle Sam.
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History
Quiz#35 Which President was once a
fashion model? Answer:
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Teddy Roosevelt wanted the motto "In God We
Trust" removed from the new $20 gold coin designed
in 1907. Roosevelt felt it was blasphemous to use
the Lord's name on coins that were so often used to
buy "worldly" goods and services. After a huge
public outcry, Congress passed a law requiring "In
God We Trust" be returned to all United States
coinage at once.
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History
Quiz#36 What epidemic killed more
Americans than any other? Answer:
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Benjaman Franklin would of felt honored when
citizens in the Western part of North Carolina
petitioned congress to create a new state called
"Frankland". However the state of North Carolina
didn't feel quite so inclined to the idea of
dividing their state and quickly moved to block
congress from granting the petiition. Later it used
militia to arrest Frankland's Govener John Sevier
and try him for treason.
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History
Quiz:#37 "Ma, Ma, wheres my Pa?' was
the slur used for this Presidental candidate
because he had fathered a child out of wedlock. He
won anyway. Answer:
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President Benjamin Harrison, was about to
sign the proclamations admitting North and South
Dakota as the 39th and 40th states. He had each
document placed inside identical newspapers. He
then shuffled them back and forth until no one
could tell which document was which state. Just
enough of the document were left exposed for the
President to sign. He then shuffled the papers
again before the documents were removed. Because of
this "shell game", no one will ever know which of
the Dakotas was actually the 39th or 4Oth
state!
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History
Quiz#38 Daylight savings time was
institutued in 1917, but what American first
pruposed it? Answer:
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Charles and Michael De Young were 17 and 19
years old when they scooped all the other
California newspapers with news of Lincoln's
assassination and launched themselves into
journalistic careers. Their only other employee at
the time was a young man who wrote for them under
the pseudonym Mark Twain.
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History
Quiz#39 The planned invasion of Japan
called Operation Downfall was negated by the
dropping of the atomic bomb. How many dead U.S.
soldiers did the military estimate would be killed
had the operation gone forward? Answer:
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Over 1500 people were killed when the boiler
exploded on the steam boat Sultana, making it the
worst Marine disaster in U.S. history. In a greedy
effort by the captain to pack a many paying
customers aboard, the old boiler simply couldn't
handle the load of over 2000 passengers. Most of
those killed were Union army P.O.W. 's who had just
been liberated from Confederate prisons and were
returning home.
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History
Quiz#40 How much formal education did
Thomas Edison have? Answer:
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