1. What waterway was established as a link between the city of Washington and points west?

2. To what historic construction's inauguration did states, cities and patriotic societies contribute stones that are 4 feet high, 2 feet long and 18 inches thick?

3. At what educational establishment did George Wythe, America's first law professor, teach?

4. Name the famed student of George Wythe who described his teacher as "my faithful and beloved mentor."

5. The most prestigious honor society in the United States was founded in Raleigh's Tavern in Williamsburg, Va., in 1776. Name it.

6. What former child movie star was defeated in a run for Congress as a Republican candidate in 1967?

7. Name the famed Olympic and professional athlete who was the first elected president of the National Football League (which was then the American Football Association).

8. Name the last U.S. president to have been born in a log cabin.

9. To what community was Mark Twain referring when he called it "the city of magnificent intentions"?

10. "The only good Indian is a dead Indian." Who issued this hateful statement: a) George Custer; b) U.S. Grant; c) Robert E, Lee; or d) Philip Sheridan?

Answers

1. It's usually referred to by its initials. It's the C&O or Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.

2. It's the Washington Monument. Source: Lisa Rauschart on "Tourist Guide."

3. Wythe taught at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.

4. Thomas Jefferson studied law under George Wythe.

5. The honor society is Phi Beta Kappa.

6. Shirley Temple lost that House race.

7. It was James Francis "Jim" Thorpe, who was designated as America's Athlete of the Century by the U.S. House of Representatives.

8. Westerville, Ohio, Answer Man-er John W. Reed tells us it was James A. Garfield, our 20th president.

9. Twain was referring to the Nation's capital, Washington, D.C.

10. This hateful remark came from d) Sheridan.

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