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Random History by State

Can you answer five history questions concerning the history of six randomly-changing
U.S. states?
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South Carolina
South Carolina
At what fort did the first battle of the Civil War take place?
Fort Sumter
What flag was removed from the capital in 2015?
Confederate Flag
The football team of what college were national champions in 2016 and 2018?
Clemson
What South Carolina Senator died in 2003 at age 100 - the oldest Senator of all time?
Strom Thurmond
By what nickname was boxer Joe Frazier known?
Smokin Joe
 
 
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
What famous Hungarian-born escape artist grew up in Wisconsin?
Harry Houdini
What serial killer, known as Milwaukee Cannibal, murdered 17 men and boys
from 1978 to 1991?
Jeffrey Dahmer
What political party was founded at a meeting at the Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon?
Republican Party
What event killed around 2,500 people in 1871?
Great Peshtigo Fire
What city, founded as a trading post in 1634, is the oldest in Wisconsin?
Green Bay
 
 
Kansas
Kansas
What five-star general from Kansas served as the President?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What is the term for the violent era when Kansas decided whether to
become a free state or a slave state?
Bleeding Kansas
What famous frontier town was once the ending point for cattle drives?
Dodge City
What Kansas resident's lawsuit against the Board of Education led to a 1954
Supreme Court decision that outlawed school segregation?
Oliver Brown
What Kansan aviatrix disappeared over the Pacific?
Amelia Earhart
 
 
Virginia
Virginia
Who is Virginia named for?
Queen Elizabeth
What was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas?
Jamestown
What country was Richmond the capital of between 1861-65?
Confederate States
What is the name of George Washington's estate?
Mount Vernon
What Native American woman saved John Smith from execution? (according to legend)
Pocahontas
 
 
Tennessee
Tennessee
What Tennessee politician would have become President if he had
been able to win his own state?
Al Gore
What scientific theory was John T. Scopes prosecuted for teaching?
Evolution
What singer was born in Mississippi but later relocated to Memphis?
Elvis Presley
What three-letter agency brought electricity to the Tennessee Valley in the 1930s?
TVA
What "King of the Wild Frontier" served as a Tennessee congressman before
getting killed at the Alamo?
Davy Crockett
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