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The Most Recent... United States

We give you the most recent time something has happened in U.S. history. You guess the people, places, and things that fit the clue.
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michaelngwa
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Last updated: August 25, 2024
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First submittedMarch 12, 2021
Times taken18,258
Average score60.0%
Rating4.45
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Year
Answer
State to join the Union
1959
Hawaii
President to resign from office
1974
Richard Nixon
U.S. city to host the Winter Olympics
2002
Salt Lake City
City to suffer > 1,000 deaths in a natural disaster
2005
New Orleans
City other than Washington D.C. to be the capital
1800
Philadelphia
Country to capture U.S. territory
1942
Japan
Position to be added to the U.S. cabinet
2003
Homeland Security
Federal holiday to be added to the calendar
2021
Juneteenth
American man to win a singles title at Wimbledon
2000
Pete Sampras
NFL team to move to a new city
2020
Las Vegas Raiders
Branch of service to be added to the U.S. military
2019
Space Force
American to win a Nobel Peace Prize
2009
Barack Obama
City to surpass 2 million in population
≈ 2014
Houston
Volcano to erupt with a level of VE5 or higher
1980
Mount St. Helens
State to break away from another state
1863
West Virginia
U.S. war against the United Kingdom
1812–1815
War of 1812
General to serve as U.S. President
1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sitcom to be the #1 program on network television
2018
The Big Bang Theory
President who was not either a Republican or Democrat
1853
Millard Fillmore
Country that won an Olympic gold medal in men's basketball
OTHER than the U.S.
2004
Argentina
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20 Comments
hannahgeographyy
+3
Level 60
Mar 12, 2021
Great Quiz!
michaelngwa
+4
Level 62
Mar 13, 2021
Thanks! I feel like I have a good format here, so seeing a good response makes me think this quiz could do well. Maybe I can make a few more.
bestanford
+2
Level 73
Jul 8, 2021
awesome quiz!!!!!!!
bestanford
+4
Level 73
Jul 8, 2021
This is the best quiz i've ever seen with no noms... just gave it one.
michaelngwa
+4
Level 62
Jul 10, 2021
Thanks, I try my best.
Cocovenice
+3
Level 77
Dec 1, 2021
Great idea for a quiz! please do some more on world history, popular culture history etc
michaelngwa
+2
Level 62
Dec 1, 2021
Thanks, I'll try. I've already got a few more on my profile.
Neodymium
+2
Level 63
Aug 24, 2024
It’s not like theres been another but Nixon
michaelngwa
+2
Level 62
Aug 24, 2024
Doesn't hurt to have a few freebies.
cpgatbyu
+1
Level 88
Aug 24, 2024
The city of New Orleans itself (not the metro area, not the state, not the total from Katrina everywhere) looks like it might have suffered less than 1000 fatalities. See, e.g., https://ldh.la.gov/assets/oph/Center-PHCH/Center-CH/stepi/specialstudies/2014PopwellRatard_KatrinaDeath_PostedOnline.pdf
sumguy
+2
Level 87
Aug 24, 2024
Dammit! I put Homeland Defense. That's the only one I couldn't get.
Djilas
+2
Level 86
Aug 24, 2024
You may want to specify the Olympics for the last question. Germany won gold medal at the world championship last year.
MovieQuizGuy
+2
Level 64
Aug 25, 2024
I missed both the sports questions, of course, and, as a New Yorker, I vastly overestimated how big other cities are and kept guessing things like Nashville and Baltimore. I forget how small "big" cities like Houston actually are!
Ymmot
+3
Level 86
Aug 25, 2024
Nice quiz.

The *position* to be added to the cabinet is "Secretary of Homeland Security," not the name of the department (accepting both would be fine, but not accepting the actual job title isn't!)...

oranje
+2
Level 65
Aug 28, 2024
I forgot Sampras, who was my all time favourite :/
MalyJacus
+3
Level 60
Sep 3, 2024
Ha ha, the quiz reminded me that the Nobel Peace prize is a joke.
piffle
+3
Level 39
Sep 5, 2024
Too US-centric
michaelngwa
+1
Level 62
Sep 5, 2024
Sorry :/
Greygate
+1
Level 67
Jan 2, 2025
Trump added the positions of director of national intelligence and of central intelligence to the cabinet. This makes the Position of Homeland Security to be only the second to last.

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States#/media/File:Top_Left_Cabinet_Image.png

Scythebrine
+1
Level 55
Jan 28, 2025
The most recent war against the UK is much easier to remember when the time given is 1812-1815... lol
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