Hard 'Jeopardy!' Questions About American History That Baffled Everyone

Melissa Sartore
Updated March 18, 2025 22 items
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Vote for the Jeopardy! questions about American history that were much harder than anything you ever faced in history class.

American history - relatively speaking, there's not that much of it, right? As far as the timeline of world civilizations goes, the United States is pretty young. Maybe that's why a lot of people really enjoy learning American history in school. It's accessible, and the names and events are familiar. 

Well, that's what we thought, but then we looked at all the different questions (or answers, depending on how technical you want to get) about US history that appear on Jeopardy! and realized there's a whole lot more than what was in our textbooks. The number of things Jeopardy! questions brought to light about the history of the US are truly remarkable. 

Here's a selection of questions about American history that have been asked on Jeopardy! that make all of those history tests we took in school look easy. What do you think? 


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    CATEGORY: HAM

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    QUESTION: Who is Kathryn Sullivan?

    248 votes
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    CATEGORY: US Place Name Changes

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    QUESTION: What is Sitka?

    223 votes
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    CATEGORY: Hail To The Chief

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    QUESTION: Who is Grover Cleveland?

    214 votes
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    CATEGORY: Presidents

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    QUESTION: Who is Richard Nixon?

    183 votes
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    CATEGORY: US History

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    QUESTION: What is the Greenback Party?

    181 votes
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    CATEGORY: Presidents

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    QUESTION: Who is Martin Van Buren?

    170 votes
    Tough question?