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LL42 MD13In the landmark 1954 civil-rights case before the U.S. Supreme Court known as Brown vs. Board of Education, against what city's Board of Education was the class action suit filed?TOPEKA, KANSAS526956361.0
LL41 MD20The Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, which would eventually become Michigan State University, was chartered on February 12, 1855 as the first institution of higher education of this type in the U.S., followed by what would become Penn State ten days later, and many more after the Morrill Act of 1862.LAND GRANT COLLEGE537157351.4
LL41 MD14The Republican Party elephant and the Democratic Party donkey, as well as the classic versions of Santa Claus and Uncle Sam, are creations widely credited to this man, a pioneer of the American political cartoon.THOMAS NAST367135151.7
LL41 MD4What was the name of the New Hampshire schoolteacher who was aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger when it disintegrated shortly after launch on January 28, 1986?CHRISTA MCAULIFFE657874501.1
LL40 MD23Who is speaking in this audio clip? Click hereANITA HILL708980341.3
LL40 MD2On October 12, 2000, the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole was damaged and 17 of its sailors killed by a suicide attack while the ship was anchored in a port in what city?ADEN, YEMEN386937151.2
LL39 MD20U.S. Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover were sworn into office by what other former President?WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT497152151.2
LL39 MD19The Southeast Asia Resolution, a joint resolution passed by the U.S. Congress in August of 1964 which gave President Johnson the authority to militarily assist any Southeast Asian country whose government was considered to be under threat of communist aggression, was better known by a name which referenced what body of water?GULF OF TONKIN708972471.0
LL39 MD15The outspoken attorney and author Vincent Bugliosi first achieved prominence (and is still probably best known for) his successful prosecution of whom?MANSON FAMILY345933141.8
LL38 MD14Operation Just Cause was the codename for what U.S. military action?INVASION OF PANAMA264128131.2
LL36 MD17To the nearest 100, for how many days was John F. Kennedy President of the United States?1000487942301.0
LL36 MD6A signature event in the period of American history known as the Gilded Age was a celebration of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the New World known as the World's Columbian Exposition, which took place over the summer months of 1893 in what city?CHICAGO546459351.6
LL36 MD2Before becoming a television host and talking head, Joe Scarborough served in the U.S. House of Representatives for six years, as a Republican representing the 1st Congressional District of what state?FLORIDA254414161.7
LL35 MD191994 saw the death of what former President of the United States?RICHARD NIXON8910098690.8
LL35 MD18On June 1, 1954, President Eisenhower signed HR 7786 which officially created what holiday, a modification of a previous holiday celebrated on the same day?VETERANS DAY485952400.9
LL35 MD15In an unbelievable bit of coincidence, these two American founding fathers and bitter rivals both died on July 4, 1826, the very day of the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.JOHN ADAMS, THOMAS JEFFERSON679065471.0