Presidents
Who was the first president of the United-States ?
George Washigton
Who painted "The Problem We All Live With" ?
Norman Rockwell
Where and when did jazz appear first ?
In New Orleans, around the 1900's
Choose the correct option:
1. Lincoln was born in February 1809.
2. Lincoln was born on February 1809.
The answer is: 50
How many states are there in the USA?
How many stars on the U.S flag.
What is the role of the U.S Congress ?
The Congress makes the law, raises and spends money and can declare war.
The answer is: Ruby Bridges
Who was the first black girl to go to a white school?
Who is represented on Norman Rockwell's "The Problem We All Live With" ?
Name 3 jazz artists
Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus...
What is the name of the American national anthem? (bonus points if you sing it for us)
The Star-Spangled Banner
What are the two houses in the Congress ?
The Senate and the House of Representatives
Name one piece of art by Banksy
The Flower Thrower
Girl With Balloon
Kissing Coppers
Red Horseman
The answer is: segregation
What did jazz artsists fight against?
The answer is: the ideal American life
What was represented in most of Rockwell's paintings?
Name one jazz song written to fight against segregation.
Fable of Faubus (Mingus)
Black and Blue (Armstrong)
Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday)
Mississipi Goddam (Nina Simone)
The answers are: Abraham Lincoln and John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Cite two presidents who were killed during their term in office.
When was the Civil Rights Act signed? (bonus point if you give the president)
In 1964 by Lindon B. Johnson.