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A Holiday Name Change

1. What was the original name of the holiday now honored as Veterans Day?

2. Name the president who legally changed the name of the previous holiday.

3. Whose estate was taken away and later became Arlington National Cemetery?

4. Name the traditional wedding anniversary gifts given for the 25th and 50th years.

5. What U.S. library has the highest number of volumes?

6. Name the National Football League teams that faced off in the first Super Bowl in 1967. Who won?

7. The world's longest suspension bridge opened in New York City in 1964. Name it.

8. In 1847, the first U.S. postage stamps were sold. Whose images were on the 5-cent and 10-cent stamps?

9. In 1747, John Adams won enough of the electoral votes to push Thomas Jefferson into the second spot as vice president. What was the electoral vote tally?

10. The Constitutional Convention, which eventually led to the acceptance of the Constitution, opened in Philadelphia on May 25, 1787. Who presided over this historic meeting?

Answers

It was formerly called Armistice Day.

2. The bill was signed into law on June 1, 1954, by President Dwight Eisenhower, a former general.

3. Robert E. Lee's estate was taken for the burial of the Civil War dead to bar the Confederate general's return to his home.

4. The 25th anniversary gift is silver and the 50th is gold.

5. The Library of Congress has more than twice the total of volumes at Harvard University, which has the second highest volume collection.

6. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs with a score of 35 to 10 in Los Angeles.

7. It's the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.

8. Ben Franklin's image was on the nickel stamp, while George Washington's image was on the dime stamp.

9. Adams received 71 electoral votes, thus topping Jefferson's count of 68 electoral votes.

10. George Washington presided over that important meeting.

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