U.S. Geography
U.S Literature
U.S. States
U.S. Capitals
U.S. Currency
100

What is the longest river in the United States?

What is Missouri River

*Fact: At 2,565 miles (4,130), the Missouri River is the longest river in the United States and drains approximately one sixth of the North American continent. It serves as a tributary of the Mississippi River. The combined Missouri-Mississippi river system is the fourth longest river in the world.

100

The Jazz Age came swingin' in with this author's book, The Great Gatsby. Name that novelist.

Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?

100

What is the capital of the United States?

What is Washington DC

100

Nashville is the capital of what State?

Tennessee

100

Who is on the 100 dollar bill?

Benjamin Franklin

200

What state is bordered by Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming?

What is Colorado?

*Fact: Colorado is bordered by Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Colorado means "colored red" and is known as the "Centennial State".

200

Who is this 20th century poet who ushered in the Modernist movement with his work, The Waste Land?

Who is T. S. Elliot?

200

AK is the abbreviation of...

What is Alaska?

200

 Pierre is the capital of what U.S. state?

What is South Dakota?

200

What President was on the 50 dollar bill?

Ulysses S. Grant

300

What U.S. state boasts the following rivers: the Guadalupe, Trinity, Rio Grande, Brazos, and Colorado?

What is Texas?

300

Which perpetually sullen poet was the author of "The Raven"?

Who is Edgar Allen Poe?

300

The flag of California has a big, furry animal on it. What is it?

What is bear?

300

Harrisburg is the capital of...

Pennsylvania

300

Which structure is displayed on the back of a US nickel?

Monticello

400

What is the tallest mountain in the United States?

What is Mt. McKinley? 

400

This writer is a man, not a mouse. Who won both the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature for such works as The Grapes of Wrath?

Who is John Steinbeck?

400

What state has the nickname "Spud State"?

What is Idaho?

400

What is New Hampshire's Capital?

concord

400

At the beginning of 2002, how many types (dollar amounts) of US paper money bills were in circulation and still being printed?

7

500

Lake Okeechobee is located in what U.S. state?

What is Florida?

500

With a scarlet "A" on the chest for "adultery", which author examined morality in his book, The Scarlet Letter?

Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne?

500

How many American states border Mexico?

What is 4?

500

What is the capital of Missouri?

Jefferson City

500

What is the average life span of an American $1 bill?

5 years

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