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Trivia Questions

In 621 B.C. this Greek lawmaker introduced a code of law so harsh it was said to be written in blood

This Indian "king" for whom a war against American colonists was named was tracked down & killed in 1676

Elected the 19th U.S. president in 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes was a member of this political party

(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Ronald Reagan Library) This man awarded the Medal of Freedom to Ronald Reagan on January 13, 1993

Remarkably, there were more than 60 survivors when this Zeppelin crashed in New Jersey in 1937

On Nov. 11, 1918, Pvt. Henry Gunther became the last American casualty in this war

In 1776 this silversmith set up a mill to make gunpowder after the colonists ran out of it at Bunker Hill

The Confederate States of America were established in 1861 in this city, the first Confederate capital

A 1928 campaign slogan promised this "in every pot and a car in every garage"

This leader of the Green Mountain Boys was a champion for the creation of the Green Mountain State