Sharpen your pencil (or your memory) — today's teaser is a themed trivia quiz all about American landmarks and firsts. Five questions, no notes allowed. Answers are at the bottom, so no peeking until you've given each one a real shot.
Which American city is home to the "Gateway Arch," completed in 1965 and standing 630 feet tall?
What is the name of the wooden boardwalk town in New Jersey, opened in 1870, widely credited as the first seaside boardwalk in the United States?
Mount Rushmore features the carved faces of four U.S. presidents. Name all four.
Which national park, established in 1872, is generally regarded as the first national park in the world?
The Golden Gate Bridge connects San Francisco to which county to its north?
Good luck — and no fair scrolling down before you've written down your five answers!
Answers
St. Louis, Missouri
Atlantic City (its boardwalk)
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln
Yellowstone National Park
Marin County
How'd you do? Five correct and you've earned bragging rights at dinner tonight.