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U.S. General Knowledge True or False

Can you guess whether these statements are true or false?
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Last updated: November 21, 2022
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1. Michael Jordan took a break from his NBA career to play minor league baseball
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2. The lyrics of the Star-Spangled Banner celebrate the battle of Iwo Jima during WWII
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The Star-Spangled Banner was written during the War of 1812
3. It has snowed in Minneapolis in July
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Minneapolis has never received snow in June, July, or August
4. Florida was one of the original 13 colonies
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5. Neil Armstrong walked on the moon the same year as the Woodstock Music Festival
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Both events happened in the summer of 1969
6. The White House is the largest office building in the United States
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The Pentagon is the largest office building in the US, and indeed, the world
7. The U.S. has invaded Cuba
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The U.S. invaded Cuba during the Spanish-American war of 1898
8. Ulysses S. Grant had a brother named Achilles S. Grant who was also a Civil War general
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9. Stanford is in the Ivy League
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10. The best-selling vehicle in the United States is the Ford F-150 truck
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11. The Boy Scouts offer a merit badge in rifle shooting
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12. Germany had a colony in what is today central Wisconsin
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13. Bill Clinton was the first President from the Baby Boomer generation
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14. Henry Ford invented the automobile
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15. The two most populous cities in Pennsylvania both start with the letter P
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Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
sumguy
+9
Level 84
Nov 23, 2022
I'm surprised that it has never snowed in July in Minneapolis. Most places in North America that are that far north have had freak weather in July, especially in 1816, which was known as "The Year Without a Summer".

'At the Church Family of Shakers near New Lebanon, New York, Nicholas Bennet wrote in May 1816, "all was froze" and the hills were "barren like winter". Temperatures went below freezing almost every day in May. The ground froze on June 9. On June 12, the Shakers had to replant crops destroyed by the cold. On July 7, it was so cold that everything had stopped growing. The Berkshire Hills had frost again on August 23, as did much of the upper northeast.'

AlmostAGenius
+4
Level 80
Nov 23, 2022
I was quite surprised too, but one thing I realized is that it’s also relatively flat. No real mountains to speak of, and the Great Lakes likely temper the climate a little. Any moisture that comes off the lakes typically goes east towards the Atlantic.
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Nov 24, 2022
The record low temperature for Minneapolis in July is 43 °F, so it's not even particularly close. It also has never snowed in Minneapolis in June or August. In fact, since records have been kept, it has never snowed in the entire state of Minnesota in July or August, and only very rarely in June. (Most recent 1998).

Keep in mind that Minneapolis was founded in 1867 so we can't consider temperatures from the ice age or something.

kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Dec 7, 2022
That's the only one I missed. I was very unsure of the answer... but... I live in Northern Virginia and we've had snow in my lifetime as late as mid-May and as early as mid-September, so, didn't seem terribly far-fetched.

(we've also had blizzards in late March and heat waves around Christmas; the joys of mid-Atlantic temperate-zone living)

sumokitty
+1
Level 82
Dec 7, 2022
Yeah, that surprised me too. I've seen it snow in Iowa in July, if only briefly. Maybe it doesn't count if it doesn't stick?
CaptainUnderpant
+1
Level 79
Oct 21, 2023
Minnesota has very humid and hot summers, which means that any precipitation is going to be rain, unless it gets really cold. Which as QM pointed out, it doesn't
Dimby
+1
Level 77
Nov 23, 2022
I’m just going to throw this out there… the Maine question feels a little tricky. It was part of Massachusetts during the 13 Colonies days, which was one of the original colonies. I know it’s false, but making a mistake would be so easy since its landmass is included in maps of the 13.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Nov 24, 2022
Changed to Florida so there can be no confusion.
Figgy
+1
Level 43
Nov 24, 2022
I was pretty confident that Henry Ford did "invent" the automobile, like when I google it, that's what some still say. Like semantics of people having things prior, but this is like inventor of video game isn't Atari, but was the inventor of the video game/car as we know it today.

Def would expect Minneapolis to have snow in July, guess that's like I know you could ski in July in some mountains but didn't technically snow in city.

I know germans have communities back east, would have thought Germany had a colony but guess "technically" didn't have colony just a ton of germans.

JMM
+4
Level 57
Dec 7, 2022
Ford was the first to use a production line to make cars much easier, quicker, and therefore cheaper, so more people were able to buy one. The first car was made in 1886 by Carl Benz, 22 years prior to the Model T Ford.
duckwantbread
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Level 64
Dec 7, 2022
It's interesting you've bought up Atari because whilst Atari's Pong might be what kickstarted a video game craze it would be very inaccurate to claim Atari or anyone working there invented it.

A company called Magnavox released a game called Table Tennis on their own system (the Odyssey) a months before Pong which was extremely similar to Pong, so much so that they actually sued Atari when Pong proved a success, forcing Atari to pay a $1.5 million licensing fee to Magnavox as compensation. The guy who created Table Tennis (Ralph Baer) is commonly thought of as the father of video games, not anyone that worked for Atari.

CaptainUnderpant
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Level 79
Oct 21, 2023
Where in the US can you ski in July? Also you'd be higher above sea level in the Burj Khalifa than you would anywhere in Minnesota
RyanLegend69
+1
Level 17
Nov 24, 2022
10/15 good quiz
AnAngryYordle
+3
Level 69
Nov 24, 2022
The US also invaded Cuba in 1961, the Bay of Pigs invasion
KanzazKyote
+2
Level 87
Nov 26, 2022
That cannot be construed as a US invasion. US planned, US funded.... but in no way was that an actual US invasion
DaveM
+4
Level 74
Nov 27, 2022
Of course it was a US invasion. It wasn't some rogue element within the government. Utter absurdity to suggest otherwise.
Ingenium
+1
Level 65
Dec 7, 2022
I agreed with you.
mf3
+2
Level 87
Nov 30, 2022
From watching Eddie Murphy and Bill Murray movies, people should know that the two main cities in Pennsylvania are Philadelphia and Punxsutawney.
Anderis
+1
Level 69
Dec 7, 2022
I knew 5 answers for certain.

Out of the remaining 10, I got 2 correct. Some good luck. (.____.)

emilesgeography
+2
Level 45
Dec 7, 2022
wrong, jordan played major league not minor
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Dec 7, 2022
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan
joez
+1
Level 72
Dec 8, 2022
The Cuba question was a little vague. I wasn't sure if it meant the island of Cuba or the nation of Cuba. I took it to mean the country and answered FALSE. The island was territory of Spain at the time of the invasion.
CaptainUnderpant
+1
Level 79
Oct 21, 2023
It was still called Cuba, though. You wouldn't say the US invaded Spain, that's much more confusing. The US invaded Spanish territory, but it was still Cuba.
amgine
+1
Level 65
Dec 8, 2022
No man has set foot on the moon. If you are convinced by that crappy studio footage than I also have beach front property in Arizona to sell you. Near the Sea of Tranquility in fact...
Walacama
+1
Level 81
Dec 11, 2022
Plenty of beachfront property in Arizona, no oceanfront property though. Also, the Moon is flat anyway, right?
CaptainUnderpant
+1
Level 79
Oct 21, 2023
Oy vey
BlackLab
+1
Level 65
Dec 9, 2022
Should have used some better common sense. If Ulysses S Grant had a brother who was also a general, I think I would have heard about it by now. I thought it was a trick question. Ya got me.
Walacama
+1
Level 81
Dec 11, 2022
Who is buried in Grant's tomb?
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