English Grammar
Asian-American, Pacific Islanders, and Tajiks in the USA
US States
English Idioms
Miscellaneous
100
What part of speech is a person, place, or thing?
Noun
100
Which is the fiftieth state in the USA? It also has the highest percentage of Pacific Islanders.
Hawai'i
100
Famous for filmmaking, Hollywood, CA, is located in what city?
Los Angeles
100
What does it mean to "kill two birds with one stone"?
A. To be twice as good at something as others
B. To guess a future situation correctly
C. To solve 2 problems at the same time with one solution
D. To spend time with two groups of friends together
C. To solve 2 problems at the same time with one solution
100
What should be subtracted from 767 to get 240?
A. 1007
B. 14
C. 70
D. 527
D. 527
200
Which word in the following sentence is the verb?
"The gardener waters blooming flowers"
waters
200
Which Tajik-American dancer came to the USA in 1993 and is nicknamed the "Queen of Tajik Dance?
Malika Kalandarova
200
What is the largest city in Louisiana?
A. New Orleans
B. Los Angeles
C. Baton Rouge
D. Montgomery
A. New Orleans
200
What does the phrase "there are bigger fish to fry" mean?
A. You are still hungry
B. There are more important issues
C. Resources are running out
D. Someone is trying to trick you
B. There are more important issues
200
What is the capital of Kazakhstan?
Nur-Sultan (Formerly Astana)
300
What tense is the following sentence:
"I had been going to the gym for six months."
Past continuous
300
Who is this Tajik-American technology mogul and businessman who co-founded the apps Vine and HQ Trivia?
Rus Yusupov
300
New York City is nicknamed after a fruit. What is it?
Apple
300
What does the sentence "That ship has sailed" mean?
A. The person has gotten older
B. You really enjoyed a book or movie
C. Someone did a really good job
D. The opportunity has passed
D. The opportunity has passed
300
What is the name of this animal?
Starfish or Sea star
400
An intransitive verb is one which:
A. does not have an object
B. take two objects
C. is always passive
D. cannot be used in the future tense
A. does not have an object
400
Chien-shiung Wu was a Chinese-American woman with what career in the 1950s?
A. A nuclear physicist
B. A traditional dancer
C. A politician
D. A chef
A. A nuclear physicist
400
What is the largest ethnic group in Hawai'i?
Asian-Americans
400
What does the phrase "You can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink" mean?
A. You can give opportunities to someone, but they have to take the action
B. Animals are difficult to train
C. People will not always do what it takes to live
D. Giving resources to people is difficult because they will take too much
A. You can give opportunities to someone, but they have to take the action
400
Which is of these is the most dense?
A. Oil
B. Fresh water
C. Salt Water
D. Oxygen gas
C. Salt Water
500
What does the prefix "a" mean?
For example: apolitical, amoral
Without, or not (negative)
500
This dance originates from Hawaii. What is it called?
Hula
500
In 1957, Black students began attending a public high school in Little Rock. How many Black students were enrolled?
9
The students were known as the Little Rock Nine
500
What does the phrase "Six one, a half dozen the other" mean?
A. The number of items is not important
B. Things need to be divided evenly
C. Six things are better than none
D. Two things are basically the same
D. Two things are basically the same
500
Which Tajik-American co-founded the app Vine and is the CEO of the company HQ Trivia?
Rus Yusupov