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Text Box: Mission: To increase public awareness and provide technical assistance in conserving our soil, water, and other natural resources.

Text Box: These are just a few trivia questions to test your knowledge on various subjects. The topic will change periodically. The topic is History.

1. What famous document begins: "When in the course of human events..."? a) Declaration of Independence b) The Constitution of the U.S. c) The Oath of Office
2. What current branch of the U.S. military was a corps of only 50 soldiers when World War I broke out? a) The U.S. Marines b) The U.S. Air Force c) The U.S. Army    d) The U.S. Navy
3. Who said: "I'm the president of the United States and I'm not going to eat any broccoli"? a) George Washington b) Jimmy Carter c) George Bush d) Gerald Ford
4. What so-called "war" spawned the dueling slogans "Better Dead Than RED" and "Better Red Than Dead" in the 1950s? a) The Cold War b) The Vietnam War c) The Korean War
5. What president was shot while walking to California Governor Jerry Brown's office? a) Gerald Ford   b) Ronald Reagan c) Harry Truman d) Lyndon B. Johnson
6. What 20th-century conflict was dubbed the "forgotten war" despite 54,246 U.S. deaths? a) The Korean War b) The Vietnam War c) The Civil War d) The War of 1812
7.       What modern vehicle was invented to circumvent trench warfare? a) The tank b) Humvee c) The Volkswagen
8. What California city did the last Pony Express ride in? a) San Francisco b) Los Angeles c) Oakland d) Sacramento
9. Who was the first U.S. president to adopt the informal version of his first name? a) Bill Clinton   b) Ronald Reagan c) Jimmy Carter d) John F. Kennedy
10. What president became the first president to be sworn in by a former president? a) Calvin Coolidge b) John F. Kennedy c) William Howard Taft d) George W. Bush

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