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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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1. Michael Jordan took a break from his NBA career to play minor league baseball
True
False
2. The lyrics of the Star-Spangled Banner celebrate the battle of Iwo Jima during WWII
The Star-Spangled Banner was written during the War of 1812
True
False
3. It has snowed in Minneapolis in July
Minneapolis has never received snow in June, July, or August
True
False
4. Florida was one of the original 13 colonies
True
False
5. Neil Armstrong walked on the moon the same year as the Woodstock Music Festival
Both events happened in the summer of 1969
True
False
6. The White House is the largest office building in the United States
The Pentagon is the largest office building in the US, and indeed, the world
True
False
7. The U.S. has invaded Cuba
The U.S. invaded Cuba during the Spanish-American war of 1898
True
False
8. Ulysses S. Grant had a brother named Achilles S. Grant who was also a Civil War general
True
False
9. Stanford is in the Ivy League
True
False
10. The best-selling vehicle in the United States is the Ford F-150 truck
True
False
11. The Boy Scouts offer a merit badge in rifle shooting
True
False
12. Germany had a colony in what is today central Wisconsin
True
False
13. Bill Clinton was the first President from the Baby Boomer generation
True
False
14. Henry Ford invented the automobile
True
False
15. The two most populous cities in Pennsylvania both start with the letter P
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
True
False
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40 Comments
sumguy
+11
Level 86
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 84
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
+6
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
+2
Level 81
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 84
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?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Oct 7, 2024
There are no records of this ever happening in Iowa in July.

The record low in Des Moines in July is 46° F.

The latest it has ever snowed in Des Moines is May 3.

tshalla
+2
Level 77
Dec 14, 2024
Must've been in the mountains.
CaptainUnderpant
+2
Level 80
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
+4
Level 79
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
+7
Level ∞
Nov 24, 2022
Changed to Florida so there can be no confusion.
RyanLegend69
+2
Level 16
Nov 24, 2022
10/15 good quiz
AnAngryYordle
+4
Level 71
Nov 24, 2022
The US also invaded Cuba in 1961, the Bay of Pigs invasion
KanzazKyote
+4
Level 89
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
+7
Level 75
Nov 27, 2022
Of course it was a US invasion. It wasn't some rogue element within the government. Utter absurdity to suggest otherwise.
tshalla
+1
Level 77
Dec 14, 2024
US invasion, for sure.
Ingenium
+1
Level 66
Dec 7, 2022
I agreed with you.
Ferbin
+1
Level 77
Jan 10, 2025
If the US government doesn't admit to it, it doesn't count, you see? And if the government says Oswald killed JFK, then of course he did. Why would the government lie?
mf3
+3
Level 88
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 74
Dec 7, 2022
I knew 5 answers for certain.

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

emilesgeography
+2
Level 50
Dec 7, 2022
wrong, jordan played major league not minor
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Dec 7, 2022
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan
RobNobody
+1
Level 79
Dec 14, 2024
So confident, yet so wrong.
joez
+2
Level 75
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 80
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.
Froststar101
+1
Level 73
Dec 22, 2024
Bruh, the US also intervened military in Cuba in 1906, 1912, and 1917, with the events of 1906 especially deserving to be characterized as an "invasion." So, even you interpreted the question in this strange way, you'd still be wrong.
amgine
+1
Level 66
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
+3
Level 82
Dec 11, 2022
Plenty of beachfront property in Arizona, no oceanfront property though. Also, the Moon is flat anyway, right?
CaptainUnderpant
+3
Level 80
Oct 21, 2023
Oy vey
Sifhraven
+3
Level 73
May 24, 2024
I have a proposition from a prince, that might interest you.
BlackLab
+1
Level 66
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 82
Dec 11, 2022
Who is buried in Grant's tomb?
ander217
+1
Level 75
Dec 14, 2024
Achilles’s heel?
txbdog
+2
Level 47
Dec 14, 2024
my family in Minnesota says it definitely has snowed in june, and july
SeaPunk206
+2
Level 45
Dec 14, 2024
Sorry but that Minneapolis snow question is a *terrible* question. First, it's way too specific but also not weird enough that it would even be memorable (unless you're from there or maybe a meteorologist??) so we're forced to guess. And then there's a 50/50 shot we'll answer correctly and yet somehow only 20% are getting it right -- because we're all thinking the same thing: why would that question be included if it weren't true?

Weird question choice.

BB5Bucks
+3
Level 67
Dec 15, 2024
Cry harder that you got it wrong
CaptainUnderpant
+1
Level 80
Dec 19, 2024
I think it is weird enough to be memorable. It's included even though it's not true because if someone knows almost nothing about Minnesota, they probably still have heard that it's cold and might assume that it could snow any time of year. To me, it's a great trivia question because going with gut instinct is probably to say it's true but in giving it more thought it's pretty obvious that it's false.
baconator99
+1
Level 50
Dec 14, 2024
Being from WI and knowing how many German families there are in the area, I was definitely thinking it would be too much of a coincidence that this is the state picked for that to be a question which the answer is 'False.'
BB5Bucks
+1
Level 67
Dec 15, 2024
Blows my mind that more than half of test takers think Germany had any colonial activity in the Americas
toolers
+1
Level 60
Dec 15, 2024
let your mind be blown so because they did-in Venezuela
MovieQuizGuy
+2
Level 59
Dec 16, 2024
Back in my Boy Scout days there was also a shotgun shooting merit badge. I know I didn't get that but I don't remember if I got the rifle one or not. I do know we shot a lot of handguns on camps. Good ol' USA!
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