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372. Who said, "O mein Cot! mein Cot! I kivs up. Hurrah for King Shorge!"

373. What was found within the hollow silver bullet which the messenger so hastily swallowed when captured by Governor Clinton?

374. What was the greatest proof of Washington's patriotism?

375. Who said, "It is finishing a noble career early. I die the victim of my ambition and the avarice of my king; but dying in the arms of honor, I have no regrets"?

376. Who was "Marshal Forritz”?

377. What old lady continued her spinning while a battle. was going on in the vicinity of her house?

378. Who was styled the "Father of the Constitution"? 379. Who was the " Lowland Beauty "?

380. Who was called the firmest pillar of Washington's Administration?

381. Who was Washington's strongest rival?

382. How did Washington cross the Delaware en route to his first inauguration?

383. What did Conway write to Washington when he thought himself mortally wounded in the duel?

384. Is the term "President's Cabinet" known in the Constitution?

385. Who was known as the "Hair-buying General"? 386. Who wrote "The Battle of the Kegs "?

387. Where were the drowned lands mentioned in Clark's expedition to Illinois?

388. Why did Daniel Boone remove to Missouri?

389. Who was cut down while at prayer in the Cherry Valley massacre?

390. Where are the remains of Daniel Boone?

391. How did the little school-girls save their schoolmates in a capture of the school by Brandt and his Indian allies?

392. What was the old name for the State of Tennessee? 393. What were Sergeant Jasper's last words?

394. Why did Patrick Henry refuse to accept any public office at the capital?

395. How did a mirror betray the approach of the British at Horse Neck?

396. Who was the first Roman Catholic Bishop in the United States?

397. Who was the first Bishop of the Episcopal Church? 398. From where was the cotton seed brought which was first planted in Georgia?

399. Where and when was the first cotton-mill erected in the United States?

400. We frequently hear and see the expression "Cradle of Liberty." What and where is it? Have you seen it? 401. What was the countersign at Stony Point when Wayne made his attack?

402. When were the first cigars smoked in the United States?

403. Who was the only white man that the Six Nations believed entered heaven?

404. What was Franklin's new stove called?

405. What man threw his sword away and prayed for death when he saw his fellows falling in battle around him?

406. What president was elected on the thirty-sixth ballot in the House of Representatives?

407. What colonel with four men captured five British vessels (four of them armed with heavy guns) and a detachment of the army?

408. What did Paul Jones say when the Serapis hailed him and asked if he had "struck his colors "?

409. Who was the first president who wore shoe strings instead of the shoe buckle?

410. Who was the "Carolina Game Cock"?

411. Who was the "Bayard of the South"?

412. What did Marion use for plates when the British officer Idined with him?

413. What became of the officer who dined on potatoes

with Marion?

414. Who said, "Hunger is the best sauce"?

415. What did " Big George" say to Lieutenant Slocumb as he chased the British into his very yard?

416. How did Nancy Hart capture the Tory?

417. Where did Andrew Jackson fight his first battle? 418. As Gates was on his way South what did Charles Lee say to him by way of caution?

419. What did Gates mean by talking of Burgoyning Cornwallis?

420. What two opposing generals had planned a midnight attack upon each other?

421. Where did the Southern patriots procure their powder during the Revolution?

422. What minister's wife was shot while she was praying at her own bedside?

423. What presidents delivered their inaugural address in person?

424. Why were there no States admitted during the Rev

olution?

425. What chaplain whose wife had been murdered said, "Now, boys, put Watts into them"?

426. What party was called the "Bucktails" in the time of Madison?

427. Which party was called "Loco Focos"?

428. Who killed Braddock?

429. Who were the "Barn-burners"? « Hunkers "?" Hard shells "?" Soft Shells"?

430. What was the Palmetto Cockade?

431. Who said, "To the victors belong the spoils "? 432. What family connection between Jefferson Davis and Zachary Taylor?

433. What was the first displacement for political cause on 1ecord?

434. When was the Congressional library established by act of Congress?

435. What was termed "The palace in the wilderness"? 436. Who said, " I have laid down the law out of the books many a time in my long life, but this is the first time they have laid me down "?

437. What admiral prayed to the God of battles for aid to overcome the British just as he was going into battle?

438. Who displayed the first flag of the United States at Constantinople?

439. What became of Stephen Decatur?

440. When Bonaparte heard of Washington's death, what order did he issue?

441. When did Fulton receive his patent for a steamboat? 442. What is the Indian meaning for Ohio?

443. What ruined Aaron Burr?

444. What two States indicted Aaron Burr for killing Hamilton?

445. Why did John Randolph, of Roanoke, leave the Republican party?

446. What did John Randolph call the Northern politicians who favored the measures of the South?

447. Who first enunciated the doctrine of State Rights? 448. What did Randolph say when he first met the Emperor of Russia?

449. What was the "O-grab-me Act"?

450. What is the Indian meaning for Tecumseh (Tecumtha)?

451. What was the Prophet's real name (the brother of Tecumseh)?

452. When George Clinton died, who assumed the duties of vice-president pro tem? (April 20, 1812.)

453. What was Josiah Quincy called in 1812?

454. What vessel threw the first shot after the declaration of war in 1812? (June 19, 1812.)

455. What was the inscription on Hull's brass cannon captured at Detroit?

456. What did some of the British officers do when they captured Hull's brass cannon?

457. What was the sentence of Hull, who surrendered at Detroit?

458. What did Scott do at Queenstown Heights when the tide of battle turned against him?

459. What Indians tried to kill Scott while he was a prisoner at Niagara ?

460. When Proctor failed to check the savages in their cruelty to prisoners, what did Tecumseh say to him?

461. Who said, "Don't give up the ship"?

462. Where does David Glascoe Farragut first appear in the army?

463. What was the inscription on Commodore Perry's

banner?

464. What was Perry's dispatch to General Harrison? 465. What was found on Commodore Barclay's ship when captured by Perry?

466. What became of Perry's ship, the Lawrence.

467. What did the school children sing shortly after the death of Tecumseh?

468. How did Jackson save the life of an Indian babe whose mother had been slain?

469. What party bore the odious title of "Blue Light Federalists"?

470. What was General Scott's speech at the battle of Chippewa?

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