Select the correct answer. Why did the colonies reject the Albany Plan? A. They wanted to be ruled by a central government. B. They were reluctant to be ruled by a central government. C. They no longer wanted to be ruled by Britain. D. They wanted to improve their relations with the American Indians.
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Trivia: Which city was the first capital of the United States?
New York City
Philadelphia
Williamsburg
Washington, D.C.
The correct answer is Philadelphia
So why is this answer correct? : The First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in 1774 to discuss America’s independence from Britain. The government moved several times in the following years, to Princeton, New Jersey; Annapolis, Maryland; Trenton, New Jersey; and New York, New York. Washington, D.C. was finally designated as the nation’s permanent capital in 1800.
Trivia: City Guide and Swarm were two offshoots of what location-based app?
Snapchat
StumbleUpon
Foursquare
GeoCities
The correct answer is Foursquare
So why is this answer correct? : Foursquare broke the standard social media mold when it debuted in 2009, as it was primarily a location-based service. You could connect with friends and share updates, as with usual social media, but where Foursquare stood out was with its “check in” feature, allowing users to broadcast their current location to the rest of their network. In 2014, Foursquare split into two apps: Swarm, which was similar to the app’s earlier network, and Foursquare City Guide, which served as a hub for local recommendations.
Trivia: Which national capital sits on the coastal islands of Zealand and Amager?
Ottawa, Canada
Canberra, Australia
Brussels, Belgium
Copenhagen, Denmark
The correct answer is Copenhagen, Denmark
So why is this answer correct? : Denmark’s capital of Copenhagen is located on the coastal islands of Zealand and Amager, at the southern end of Øresund (“The Sound”), which forms the Danish-Swedish border. Founded as a Viking fishing village in the 10th century, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in 1445. The island of Zealand actually lent its name to another country across several ponds: New Zealand.
True or false:
All of the stars in the Universe formed at around the same time as our Sun
The Sun, planets and other solar system objects formed at about the same time.
Early Earth was much like Earth today.
Before there was an ocean, there was water vapor in the atmosphere.
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Trivia: What was the subject of the first photo posted on Instagram?
A taco
A rainbow
A shirt
A dog
The correct answer is A dog
So why is this answer correct? : Predating the thousands of popular animal accounts that the app hosts today, Instagram’s very first post featured a stray dog. Posted by Kevin Systrom, co-founder of the photo-sharing network, the picture appeared on the app in October 2010 with the simple caption, “test.” Today, the post has more than 300,000 likes, which is but a small fraction of the app’s total of more than 1 billion users.
Trivia: What mountain range is home to the world’s highest-elevation capital city?
Andes
Himalayas
Alps
Urals
The correct answer is Andes
So why is this answer correct? : Although Sucre is the official legal capital of Bolivia, the country’s actual seat of government is in La Paz, which makes it the country’s de facto capital. Both cities lie in the highlands of the Andes mountains and are among the highest cities in the world, with altitudes of 9,219 feet and 11,913 feet above sea level, respectively.
Trivia: What social media app was first released with the name “Picaboo”?
Pinterest
WhatsApp
Flickr
Snapchat
The correct answer is Snapchat
So why is this answer correct? : Snapchat was founded in 2011 on the idea of a social media app with content that disappeared. The app was released as “Picaboo,” a play on the words “picture” and “peek-a-boo,” but just two months later it was rechristened “Snapchat.” In the decade since, the platform has gained more than 350 million active monthly users, and more than 3 billion snaps of photo and video content are generated every day.
Trivia: Which country shares part of its name with its capital?
United Arab Emirates
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Czech Republic
The correct answer is El Salvador
So why is this answer correct? : More than one million people live in El Salvador’s capital of San Salvador. The city lies just below the slopes of the San Salvador volcano, for which it is named, and translates to “Holy Savior.” El Salvador is the smallest country by land area in Central America and is about the size of New Jersey.
What policies did Teddy Roosevelt pursue? Which policies were successful? Which policies were not successful?
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