US Trivia
This state has outlawed billboards to leave the lush scenery untouched.
What is Hawaii?
President Harry S. Truman led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members for their patriotic service in support of our country. We celebrate it the third Saturday in May.
What is Armed Forces Day?
Led by former activist and then president Nelson Mandella, this country ended apartheid in April of 1994
What is South Africa?
The book "Hawaii" was written in 1959 and spent 38 weeks on top of the New York Times Best Seller list. He wrote it.
Who is James Michener?
Muslim families fast from sun up to sun down for a month at this holiday.
What is Ramadan?
The 49th and 50th states in the Union were Hawaii and Alaska. This 48th state in the Union was admitted on February 14th, 1912.
What is Arizona?
The Monaco Grand Prix takes place every May in this City.
What is Monte Carlo?
This razor thin country accounts for more than half of the western coast line in South America.
What is Chile?
Agatha Christie's "And then there were none" has sold more than 100 million copies, making it the best selling mystery book in the US. What year was it published?
What is 1939?
The Christian tradition of this holiday is split into two dates. One celebrated by Western Church, the other for the Orthodox Church. When celebrating in the Orthodox, the greeting is "Christos Annesti"
What is Easter?
In 1862 this was first printed.
What is a dollar bill?
May of 2011 marked the end of this show, the highest-rated talk show in American television history.
What is the Oprah Winfrey Show?
This country is made up of 7,000 islands
What is the Philippines?
Leo Tolstoy’s wife Sofia hand copied this 1400 page book for her husband seven times.
What is War and Peace?
For Halloween, US growers grow over 1.5 billion pounds of this vegetable.
What are pumpkins?
This is the call sign for the President’ helicopter.
What is Marine One?
This one time member of the Golden Girls won an Emmy for hosting Saturday Night Live in May, 2010.
Who is Betty White?
Valletta is the coastal capital of this island country.
What is Malta?
The most expensive book ever purchased was A Codex written by Leonardo Di Vinci. It was purchased by this billionaire
Who is Bill Gates?
According to polls of travelers, this American theme park is the best place in the world to spend New Years Eve.
What is Walt Disney World, Florida?
He was the President of the Confederate States of America throughout the Civil War
Who is Jefferson Davis?
In May 1995, this daytime soap opera aired its 100,000th episode.
What is As the World Turns?
Moraine Lake is located in the Valley of the Ten Peaks in this country
What is Canada?
A biography of this founding father by Ron Chernow inspired this Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway show
What is Hamilton?
There are this many "federal holiday" in the US.
What is 11?
This is the name of the oldest national park, which was founded in 1872
In May of 2018, It is estimated that 1.9 billion people watched as Megan Markle married this man
Who is Prince Harry of England? (Duke of Sussex)
This is the capital of the Netherlands
What is Amsterdam?
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, published in 1937, is the best selling book of all time in this genre, selling over 70 million copies.
What is Non-Fiction?
Senator Stephen Wallace Dorsey of Arkansas was the first to propose this February date, and in 1879 President Rutherford B. Hayes signed this federal holiday into law.
What is President's Day?