General Trivia thread (the more obscure the better)

Dominican Republic

 

Which four US mainland state capital cities are not serviced by the interstate highway system?

I don't consider Alaska part of the mainland, which to me means the lower 48. Sorry for any confusion.

 

That is correct.

 

Did you read Chernow's recent biography of Grant? It covers the annexation attempt in detail.

 

Indeed. Also, Ronald C. White's "American Ulysses."

 

<<Which four US mainland state capital cities are not serviced by the interstate highway system?

I don't consider Alaska part of the mainland, which to me means the lower 48. Sorry for any confusion.>>

Yeah, I counting Juneau also until I went back and read the question again.

Annapolis was the one I was referring to that I thought a piece of it might have overlapped with the 97, but another check tells me its a few miles short.

 

What was the most notable act of the country's first secretary of defense?

 

Opposing the creation of Israel?

 

He and George Marshall were of a similar opinion there. But I was thinking of something more dramatic.

 

Nuclear bomb?

 

Suicide?

 

Yep, he fell (or jumped) from a 16th-story window while under psychiatric observation at Bethesda naval hospital.

Oops, I forgot to name the secretary: James V. Forrestal. He actually took the leap after resigning from the Cabinet.