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Game On! Quick Quiz Celebrate American Education Week, Nov. 18-22, by testing your knowledge on all things USA. Guess, speculate, deduce or remember the answers to this quick quiz before turning the page upside down. 1 Which of these were teachers once? [ A ] Alexander Graham Bell [ B ] Sylvester Stallone [ C ] Jon Hamm [ D ] Sting 2 Concern that World War I draftees were illiterate and physically unfit prompted the NEA and the American Legion to create what is now American Education Week in what year? [ A ] 1917 [ B ] 1919 [ C ] 1921 [ D ] 1938 Alaska was purchased in 1867 for how much? [ A ] 2 cents an acre, for a total of $7,200,000 [ B ] 25 cents an acre [ C ] $1.04 an acre [ D ] $1.78 an acre 3 More turkeys are raised in ______ than in any other state in the U.S. [ A ] Arkansas [ B ] Minnesota [ C ] Maine [ D ] California 4 Good Luck! 5 The first Thanksgiving feast involving the Wampanoag Indians and the Pilgrims lasted three days. What foods were not served back in 1621? [ A ] Lobster and chicken [ B ] Chestnuts and hickory nuts [ C ] Maple syrup and dried fruits [ D ] Pumpkin pie and corn on the cob 6 Hawaii includes how many main islands? 7 In Idaho, you are not allowed to: [ A ] Let a dog pursue a bear or bobcat at any time. [ B ] Drive in a housecoat if you are a woman. [ C ] Walk across a state highway at night unless wearing tail lights. [ D ] Give someone a box of candy that is heavier than 50 pounds. 8 The world's first skyscraper was built in 1885 in: [ A ] Chicago [ B ] New York [ C ] Atlanta [ D ] Paris 9 Which National Wildlife Refuge has the largest winter population of bald eagles in the continental U.S.? [ A ] Klamath Basin [ B ] McKay Creek [ C ] Valle de Oro [ D ] Ridgefield 10 What are the "pointy things" on the Statue of Liberty's crown, and what do they represent? 11 The first man to walk on the moon was American Neil Armstrong on July 21 in what year? [ A ] 1967 [ B ] 1968 [ C ] 1969 [ D ] 1970 12 The first commercially released coin-operated video games were introduced in the 1970s. Which were the first two games? [ A ] Ping [ B ] Computer Space [ C ] Pong [ D ] Bonanza 13 Originally a "telephone girl" placed calls through a switchboard. The automatic switchboard was inspired by: [ A ] A circus act [ B ] A footrace [ C ] A polka band [ D ] An undertaker rivalry A N S W E R S 1. Trick question. All were teachers. Before inventing the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell taught Visible Speech at the Boston School for Deaf Mutes in Massachusetts. Sylvester Stallone studied drama and worked as a gym teacher at the American College of Switzerland before making films like Rocky. Jon Hamm, the "Mad Men" actor, was a drama teacher in St. Louis. Sting, aka Gordon Sumner, taught at St. Paul's Middle School in Cramlington, England, before becoming a rock star. 2. [ B ] 3. [ A ] 4. [ B ] 5. [ D ] 6. Eight main islands: Hawaii, Kahoolawe, Lanai, Molokai, Maui, Oahu, Kauai and Niihau. There are about 130 islands all told. 7. [ D ] 8. [ A ] 9. [ A ] Klamath Basin NWR spans the California/Oregon border. 10. The seven rays on the crown of the Statue of Liberty represent the seven continents. Each measures up to 9 feet in length and weighs as much as 150 pounds. 11. [ C ] 12. [ B ] (1971) and [ C ] (1972) 13. [ D ] Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Kansas City, Mo., suspected that he was losing business to a rival. He discovered his rival's wife, who worked at a telephone switchboard, was diverting calls to her husband. A close friend died and was buried by his rival. This was Strowger's incentive to replace the human operators, who were not universally loved, with an automatic switchboard, which he patented in 1891. 58 Educator 11 Nov 2013 v2.1 int.indd 58 NOVE M B E R 2013 11/13/13 6:32 PM