[quiz-headers] Many of the activities associated with Independence Day have been canceled this year, including parades, fireworks, and large community and neighborhood barbecues. During this quieter holiday, the quiz below, from the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, provides the opportunity for you to reflect on our shared history as a...
Pre Coronavirus: A Quiz on the 1918 Flu Pandemic
[quiz-headers] We’re living through history. There has been much speculation about what the coronavirus means for America and for our future as a country. While none of us has lived through anything like this before, it is not the first time our country has been struck by a pandemic. The...
Rediscovering America: A Quiz on the US Census
The decennial U.S. Census — or Population and Housing Census as it is also known — endeavors to count every individual living in the United States and the five U.S. territories, and will take place again this year. The quiz below, from the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University in Ohio,...
Year-End Sports Quiz. Your Scholarship as a Fan Is at Stake
Your scholarship as a sports fan is up for renewal. Not to worry. Just answer a dozen questions from 2019 and you're on your way. The passing grade? That's up to the crew in the replay booth. [wp_quiz id="115699"] Answers: January b. February b. March a-3, b-2, c-1. (Other tournament...
Do You Really Know the Bill of Rights? Take This Quiz.
December 15, known as Bill of Rights Day, celebrates the ratification by the states of the Bill of Rights, which happened on that date in 1791. The Bill of Rights, or the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, not only helped secure popular support for the fledgling government but...
Rediscovering America: A Quiz for Veterans Day
November 11 is Veterans Day, which has been observed under its current name since 1954 and honors all American veterans. The quiz below, from the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio, provides an opportunity for you to test your knowledge of this national holiday, its origins, and the role...
Rediscovering America: A Quiz on Prohibition
One hundred years ago, on Oct. 28, the Volstead Act — or National Prohibition Act — was passed. The act created a legal mechanism to enforce the 18th Amendment, which prohibited “the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors.” The quiz below, from the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, Ashland,...
Rediscovering America: A Quiz on the Panama Canal
On October 1, 1979, the first step in transferring ownership of the Panama Canal from the United States to Panama took place. On that date, the Panama Canal Zone, a 10-mile wide area surrounding the canal from the Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean, then under U.S. control, ceased to exist....
Rediscovering America: A Quiz on Woodstock and the 1960s Counterculture
August 15 marks the 50th anniversary of “An Aquarian Experience: 3 Days of Peace and Music,” which would eventually be known just as Woodstock. It is one of the best-known events of the counterculture movement, which began in the 1960s in reaction to the traditional social norms of the 1950s...
Rediscovering America: A Quiz for Independence Day
Near the end of his life, Thomas Jefferson described the Declaration of Independence as “an expression of the American mind.” On Independence Day, Americans should remember not only the Founding Fathers and the Revolutionary War but, more important, the fundamental principles and ideals that created and sustain the nation. The...