Questions about American History

Post by **Lucifer** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 4:29 am

I need a lot of questions about american history that any fifth grader would be expected to know (ala "Are you smarter than a fifth grader?").

I want to make a fun facebook app oriented around the election, and I can throw this bitch together in a few days, if the questions are provided. So I'm crowd-sourcing the questions.

What have you got? A fifth grader should be able to correctly guess the answer at least 70% of the time.

Details of the app are being withheld, pending further development.

Edit: They need to be multiple choice, and you should provide 4 answers, where only one of them is the correct answer. You shouldn't have to provide the correct answer for me, if I don't know it, I shouldn't be writing this app.

Fippmam · Post by **Fippmam** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:02 am

Oooh I'll go first. I'm pretty sure this is something every American knows:

Who was the first president of the United States?

A.) Son Goku
B.) George Washington
C.) John Lennon
D.) Andrew Carnegie

Magi · Post by **Magi** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:10 am

I didn't know George Washington Carver was the first president of the US...

What day is the signing of the Declaration of Independence celebrated?

A.) December 25th
B.) May 27th
C.) September 11th
D.) July 4th

Word · Post by **Word** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 8:07 am

Who ended slavery?
Who ordered to drop an atomic bomb?
Who visited China?
Who "visited" Iraq?

Bush
Nixon
Truman
Lincoln

nux · Post by **nux** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 4:00 pm

Lucifer wrote:I need a lot of questions about american history that any fifth grader would be expected to know (ala "Are you smarter than a fifth grader?").

Go to any school and say you are a producer of that show and would like to see some tests of 5th graders. Or you can tell them the truth, but that will make them less eager to help.

breeze · Post by **breeze** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:23 pm

How many presidents served more than two terms?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 5

Magi · Post by **Magi** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:23 pm

or this http://lmgtfy.com/?q=American+history+q ... th+graders

Phytotron · Post by **Phytotron** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:04 am

Fippmam wrote:Who was the first president of the United States?

A.) Son Goku
B.) George Washington
C.) John Lennon
D.) Andrew Carnegie

You do realize that the multiple choices are supposed to be ostensibly plausible, right? That's more like 1st grade, too.

Word wrote:Who visited China?

Don't think they'd know that quite yet, maybe the next year. And the Iraq one is silly; you don't inject politics. Also, that's not multiple choice; see the two formats that preceded yours.

nux wrote:Go to any school and say you are a producer of that show and would like to see some tests of 5th graders. Or you can tell them the truth, but that will make them less eager to help.

Nonsense. Most would I think be happy to let you have a look at the 5th grade history text, possibly even let you buy one. 'Course, he's in Texas, so the legitimacy of its contents may be questionable.

You could also check out used and surplus bookstores. Doubtful they'll have surplus of the current edition, but possibly a previous one. How about your kids' teachers? I don't know their ages.

I have a few JCPS American History texts, but they're all middle or high school.

Fippmam · Post by **Fippmam** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:37 am

You could always tweak the multiple choice part - put whatever names you want.

Another good question would be "What year did the American civil war end?" or or or "Who discovered the new world?"

Heh i know the answer to the second question is technically the Indians, but i meant the dude who came on the ship in 1492.

Phytotron · Post by **Phytotron** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:40 am

Fippmam wrote:"Who discovered the new world?" Heh i know the answer...is technically the Indians....

It wasn't the Indians, either.

Fippmam · Post by **Fippmam** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:06 am

Phytotron wrote:
Fippmam wrote:"Who discovered the new world?" Heh i know the answer...is technically the Indians....
It wasn't the Indians, either.

Lol seriously? Who then?

kyle · Post by **kyle** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:06 am

Fippmam wrote:Lol seriously? Who then?

nomads

Soul · Post by **Soul** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:13 am

/facepalm

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Word · Post by **Word** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 10:51 am

Also, that's not multiple choice; see the two formats that preceded yours.

I just listed possible answers, I trust Lucifer enough to be able to add some stuff of his own

Fippmam · Post by **Fippmam** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 6:21 pm

Soul wrote:/facepalm

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You're cool.

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Oh and Kyle, -.- "Nomads" would be referring to the neanderthals that discovered the continent 30,000 years ago.

K i'm tweaking the question to avoid ambiguity.

"What European explorer sailed to the New World in 1492?"

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