AMERICANA

(e.g., It’s the national bird of the U.S. Answer: Bald eagle.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. She played Lucy on TV’s “I Love Lucy.”

2. What instrument did Chet Atkins play?

3. In what city was America’s first boardwalk (1870)?

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. For what did the letters stand in BO Railroad?

5. What song is most closely associated with the film “Casablanca”?

6. What was the “House That Ruth Built”?

PH.D. LEVEL

7. Who was Crispus Attucks?

8. On what children’s TV show was Clarabell the Clown?

9. What did Abraham Lincoln say “cannot stand”?

ANSWERS: 1. Lucille Ball. 2. Guitar. 3. Atlantic City. 4. Baltimore and Ohio. 5. “As Time Goes By.” 6. Yankee Stadium. 7. The first victim of the Boston Massacre (1770). 8. “Howdy Doody.” 9. “A house divided against itself.”

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