Here's a quiz somebody sent me. I decided to have fun with it. However, the correct answers (to the best of my knowledge) are listed at the bottom of the page.

AMERICAN QUIZ:

1. What are the three main branches of the US government?

Dumb, Dumber and technically brain dead.

2. What famous American is often mis-quoted as saying, "I cannot tell a lie."

Certainly not any politicians.

3. What American said, "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country."

The guy in front of me in the queue at McDonald's.

4. When was the Great Depression?

The day I found out that George Bush got re-elected.

5. Who charged up San Juan Hill?

Somebody with better credit than I have.

6. The Civil War was fought for what reason(s)?

Because Southerners were jealous that the rest of the country could count to ten.

7. Why did Paul Revere make his famous ride?

He ran out of beer and wanted to get to the shop before it closed.

8. What was America's First National Park?

The site of the world's largest ball of twine, located in Kansas

9. When did America enter World War II?

When they realized that other countries in the world were getting to shoot at people, and they were missing out on all the fun.

10. Who invented the cotton gin, and helped to push America into the industrial age?

They make gin from cotton? Who knew?

CORRECT ANSWERS:

1. Executive, legislative, judicial

2. George Washington.

3. John Paul Jones

4. 1929-to about 1938.

5. Teddy Rossevelt during the Spanish-American War (a war sort of like Iraq, but cheaper and without suicide bombers)

6. State's rights and slavery

7. To warn the Continental army in Boston whether the British were coming by land or by sea.

8. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (also Montana and Idaho)

9. December 1941

10. Eli Whitney

The World's Largest Ball of Twine:

Yellowstone National Park: