Creators.com, December 11th, 2007
1. History should have labeled this famed battle by its proper name as the Battle of Breed's Hill at Charlestown, Mass. What name is improperly applied to the battle site?
2. Name the first African-American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
3. How many justices are there on the U.S. Supreme Court?
4. Name the first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
5. What freshwater fish is capable of killing cattle and humans, notably in the Amazon?
6. Name the president who brought in the government growth programs that were labeled the Great Society.
7. What state was the birthplace of nine future first ladies?
8. Name the famed editor of the New York Tribune, who was often quoted as saying: "Go west, young man. Go west," even though he wasn't the first to say it.
9. What university was founded in 1746 as the College of New Jersey?
10. Whose commemorative U.S. Postage Stamp was the bestselling of all time?
Answers
1. History has it named as the Battle of Bunker Hill.
2. In 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African-American to serve as a Supreme Court justice.
3. There are eight associate justices and one chief justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, for a total of nine.
4. John Jay was the first chief justice of the Supreme Court, serving from 1789 to 1795.
5. The vicious fish is the piranha, or caribe.
6. The man termed as a big spender was Lyndon Johnson, our 36th president.
7. Nine future first ladies were born in New York.
8. Horace Greeley was that editor.
9. The College of New Jersey is now Princeton University.
10. The bestselling stamp ever was the Elvis Presley stamp issued in 1993. There were 122.3 million of the King's imaged stamps sold.
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