• When did Edgar Lawrence Doctorow write Ragtime?

• Who seized the federal armoury at Harpers Ferry on 16 October 1859?

• Which is the capital of Maine?

• Who led the Committee of Safety that deposed Liliuokalani?

• What is the motto of Massachusetts?

• Which ocean is to the west of Florida?

• Which is the highest point in Arizona?

• Where did Frances Cleveland Preston die?

• Who was New Hampshire’s governor in 1741-1767?

• When did Edwin Hubble announce the discovery of galaxies outside Milky Way?

• Andrew Johnson was impeached. By how many votes was he acquitted?

• Which party was formed by Theodore Roosevelt and his supporters in August 1912?

• Which of the following is true of Pancho Barnes?

• When did Norbert Wiener die?

• To which political party did Calvin Coolidge belong?

• When was Louisa May Alcott born?

• Which operation of CIA recruited news organizations and journalists?

• What did Calvin Coolidge say to a woman who said she had a bet that she would make him say at least three words?

• Where was Clyde William Tombaugh born?

• What was Frank Kellogg in 1923-1925?

• When was John F. Kennedy sworn in as President of USA?

• Which of the following events took place when Martin Van Buren was President of USA?

• What was Benjamin Harrison’s salary when he was court crier?

• Which state is to the north of Pennsylvania?

• Which hurricane/superstorm devastated USA a few days before USA Presidential Election 2012?

• Which river is formed by the joining of the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers?

• Which is the capital of Wisconsin?

• What is the background of Washington’s flag?

• Where was Eugene Paul Wigner born?

• Which novel was based on Norman Mailer’s participation in peace demonstrations of 1967?

• When was The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order published?

• In what position did William Bradford Shockley serve in Anti-submarine Warfare Operations Research Group?

• When did Gertrude Belle Elion get Nobel Prize for Medicine?

• When did Ohio become a state of USA?

• Who was Wisconsin’s governor in 1901-1906?

• When did Melvin Schwartz win Nobel Prize for Physics?

• Where did Norman Mailer die?

• When was Irving Berlin born?

• When was Baltimore founded?

• When was the University of Pennsylvania founded?

• For what did Albert Abraham Michelson win Nobel Prize for Physics?

• Where was Amelia Earhart born?

• Where was Benjamin Franklin born?

• Of which state was Andrew Johnson Military Governor in 1862-1865?

• Which river did George Washington cross on Christmas night 1776?

• Where was Edwin Hubble born?

• William McKinley was shot on 6 September 190When did he die?

• When did Congress of USA approve annexation of Texas?

• Which is the highest point in Wisconsin?

• What was Wallis Warfield’s original name?

• Which county is to the north of Minnesota?

• When did Missouri become a state of USA?

• Who sold New York World to Joseph Pulitzer?

• Where was John Qunicy Adams born?

• Which state is to the north of Arkansas?

• What was the worth of merchandise paid by Peter Minuit for purchase of Manhattan Island?

• When was Washington Irving born?

• Who refused to be a scapegoat in the Watergate case and testified against Richard Nixon before the Senate Committee on 25 June 1973?

• Which bird appears on Iowa’s flag?

• When was Maria Goeppert born?

• The Republicans disputed the results in four states. Which state soon decided in favour of Republicans?

• Who advised Thomas Paine to go to America?

• To which political party did Zachary Taylor belong?

• What did James Abram Garfield want to become?

• Who was arrested on 1 December 1955 for defying bus segregation?

• Which magazine did Lydia Maria Child found and publish?

• When was the Battle of Guildford Courthouse?

• Where was Irving Berlin born?

• Where did Lyndon Johnson teach?

• Of which state was William McKinley Governor?