USA Trivia Answer #59
Which former US president is pictured on the US $500 bill?
Answer:
25th President, William McKinley
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USA Trivia Answer #58
Who said:
“This is a war to end all wars.”
Answer:
28th President, Woodrow Wilson, in 1917. He also said that the war will “make the world safe for democracy” to justify his call for a declaration of war on Germany. He was convinced that America’s involvement in the war was essential to protect human freedom.
He was actually quoting H.G. Wells, though, who predicted in an article August 1914 that “The War That Will End War.” He had published an article by that title in The Daily News on Aug. 14, 1914.
USA Trivia Answer #57
What bill ended WWI?
Answer:
The Treaty of Versailles
Which, lead, in turn (well, either directly or indirectly, depending on how you want to look at it) to WWII. It left Germany so desperate that, well, let’s just say that things spiraled out of control.
USA Trivia Answer #55
Who was the first US president to be pictured on a US postage stamp?
Answer:
George Washington in 1847 (on the very first US stamps)
Fun fact: Benjamin Franklin was depicted on the US stamp in the same year!
USA Trivia Answer #50
Who said:
“I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
Answer:
Patrick Henry in a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, at St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia.
USA Trivia Answer #49
Which President was the first to use an armored limousine, and who “donated” it for the President’s use?
Answer:
Franklin Roosevelt was the first to use an armored limousine. The Secret Service used one of Al Capone’s cars previously impounded by the Treasury Department to drive Roosevelt to Congress to make his infamous Pearl Harbor speech.