Our drive to Michigan is 15 hours, one way. We usually split the drive into two days (10 hours on the first, five on the second), and this year, our 10-hour return leg fell on Independence Day. It couldn’t be helped, but it wasn’t exactly the most festive way to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. To kill some time and celebrate in a road trip-ready way, John did a very John thing: he used Claude to create an America-themed family trivia game. I haven’t used Claude much, and so was surprised by, and impressed with, the fancy packaging it created for the game. The questions it came up with were also pretty good, but I edited them to be even better — and added a patriotic song in between each round. The resulting trivia game and singalong kept us occupied for a good two hours in the car, and even though our semiquincentennial has passed, I wanted to offer it to you! Save it for your next road trip, save it for America’s 251st birthday, or do it around the table tonight. We made this to fit our family exactly (with questions aimed at a 4-year-old, an 8-year-old, a 10-year-old, and an adult), but feel free to flex it depending on your kids and their exposure to history. And also, don’t worry if your kids don’t know all the answers — ours definitely didn’t. These are things we think are worth knowing, though, and a trivia game was a fun way to pass them along. I’ve included the questions below in plain text, as well as the intra-round song suggestions. The link to a playlist with all the songs mentioned is here and the interactive Claude game is here! (Hopefully it works!) Round 1: 4yo: What three colors are on the