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BY E. D. SMALL
IftMIIY
QUIZ
Events, dates, places, names: We
Americans tend to confine our coun-
try's history to the pages of our text-
books. We're likely to think of the men
and women who created our nation as
portraits or statues, rather than as
people. It's hard for us to imagine their
existence outside their gilded frames
or off their pedestals.
Where did they live, these forefa-
thers of ours — the humble as well as
the great? Where did they work and
worship? "Progress" has destroyed
most of our ancestral habitats, but still
left to us — in every state of the union
— are buildings where we may step
back into the past. These monuments,
as varied as our heritage, share a spe-
cial magic — here history comes to
life.
This quiz for you and your family
samples your knowledge of some of
our nation's historic structures. (An-
swers below.)
1. Name the site of the 364-year-old
Palace of the Governors, believed to
be our oldest dwelling built by white
men:
San Antonio, Tex.
St. Augustine, Fla.
Santa F6, N.Mex.
Santa Barbara, Calif.
2. Which one of these men called his
Tennessee home The Hermitage?
Andrew Jackson
James K. Polk
W. C. Handy
Andrew Johnson
3. For centuries a fur-trading center
and military-outpost site, Mackinac Is-
land is surrounded by Lake:
Huron Superior
Michigan Ontario
4. Lacy iron grillwork frosts many his-
toric houses in:
San Francisco, Calif.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
New Orleans, La.
Boston, Mass.
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5. Where is the carpenters' guild hall
that became the meeting place of the
First Continental Congress?
Richmond, Va. Philadelphia, Pa.
New York, N.Y. Annapolis, Md.
6. A small, two-story frame house —
the boyhood home of Mark Twain —
draws thousands of visitors every
year to the Missouri town of:
Independence Defiance
Hannibal Carthage
7. Touro Synagogue, our nation's old-
est, was built 211 years ago in:
Newport, R.I.
New York, N.Y.
San Francisco, Calif.
Trenton, N.J.
8. When was work started on the
White House?
1776 1800
1812 1792
9. All of its embattled defenders fell,
but still standing in Texas today is the
tiny fort — and former mission chapel
— immortalized in the rallying cry,
"Remember the !"
10. Where did Boston Revolutionary
War patriots hang the lanterns signal-
ing the approach of British troops?
The State House dome
Paul Revere's bedroom window
The Old North Church belfry
The Cape Ann lighthouse
11. More than 500 buildings have
been restored or reconstructed to re-
create colonial ways of life in this city
that served as capitol of Virginia from
1699-1 799:
Williamsburg Norfolk
Richmond Roanoke
12. Where is the only house ever
owned by Abraham Lincoln?
Hodgenville, Ky. Lincoln, Nebr.
Washington, D.C. Springfield, III.
13. Name the early 18th century Cali-
fornia mission where the swallows
leave every October, but always come
back one day in March:
San Jose de Guadalupe
San Juan Capistrano
San Buenaventura
San Juan Bautista
14. Locate Montezuma's Castle, the
five-story, Pueblo cliff dwelling built at
least six centuries ago:
Texas Arizona
Idaho California
15. The stately Virginia mansion
known as Monticello was the home of
its architect:
Charles Bulfinch
Thomas Jefferson
Frank Lloyd Wright
Patrick Henry
16. Salt Lake City's 19th century
Forest Farm Home recalls the efforts
of one of these men to find new crops
for Utah:
Brigham Young
George M. Romney
Joseph Smith
Luther Burbank
17. Pair these "living museums,"
where bygone lifestyles are recre-
ated, with the states in which they are
located:
Mystic Seaport
Old Salem
Sturbridge Village
Cooperstown Village
Massachusetts
New York
Connecticut
North Carolina
18. The high-columned piazza of
George Washington's Mount Vernon
plantation still offers a sweeping view
across:
Chesapeake Bay
The Potomac River
The James River
The Allegheny Mountains
19. The Castillo (Fort) de San Marcos
has guarded the entrance to the harbor
of this Florida town since 1672:
St. Petersburg
St. Augustine
Marcos Island
Pensacola
20. Judge Roy Bean, Texas saloon-
keeper and jurist, claimed to be "the
law west of the Pecos" River. His
famed court was in:
Langtry
Abilene
El Paso
San Antonio
ANSWERS: (1) Santa Fe, N. Mex. (2)
Andrew Jackson (3) Huron (4) New
Orleans, La. (5) Philadelphia, Pa. (6)
Hannibal (7) Newport, R.I. (8) 1792 (9)
Alamo (10) The Old North Church Bel-
fry (11) Williamsburg (12) Springfield,
III. (13) San Juan Capistrano (14) Ari-
zona (1 5) Thomas Jefferson (16) Brig-
ham Young (17) Mystic Seaport —
Connecticut, Old Salem —North Caro-
lina, Sturbridge Village — Massachu-
setts, Cooperstown Villiage — New
York (18) The Potomac River (19) St.
Augustine (20) Langtry.
RATE YOURSELF: Allowing 1 point
for each correct answer, a score of 1 8
or more brings fame as an architect;
14-17 makes you a journeyman car-
penter; 13 or less, you're all thumbs.
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