Pop culture
A famous American singer. Some of her most famous songs include: Single Ladies, Crazy in Love, and Love on Top.
Who is Beyoncé?
A fancy dance that American high schools celebrate at the end of a student’s fourth and final school year.
What is prom?
Americans may use one of these terms to refer to multiple people at once.
What is: “y’all”, “you guys”, or “youse”.
Perhaps the most famous sport from the US, Americans will typically play and watch this on Sundays.
What is American football?
This event happens every four years in November.
What is the presidential election?
This famous female artist, originally a country singer, is currently on one of the largest and longest international tours of any American artist.
Who is Taylor Swift?
Students in the US may take these advanced courses in exchange for college credits.
What is AP (advanced placement)?
A more casual way of saying: “Are you serious?”
What is: “Are you for real?”
A popular video game consisting of cubes, in which the player can create buildings, fight monsters, build portals, and search for metals and rocks.
What is Minecraft?
This city, which does not belong to any of the fifty states, is the nation’s capital and political center.
What is Washington, D.C.?
This TV show, inspired by a British show of the same name, tells the story of a paper company and its goofy workers.
What is “The Office”?
In this tradition, graduating high school students will throw their caps in the air.
What is a “cap toss”?
Younger Americans, stereotypically those from California, will usually say this one word in the middle of a sentence.
What is “like”?
This video game series takes places in the 26th century. The protagonist, a super soldier wearing green armor, fights various alien species.
What is Halo?
These are the US’ two major political parties.
What are the Democrats and the Republicans?
This popular superhero movie series, now owned by Disney, originated from comic books during the 20th century.
What is Marvel?
The name for first-year high school students in the US.
What are freshmen?
Originating from the word “brother”, this term is usually used to address a friend. Alternatively, it can be used to express disbelief.
What is “bruh”? (also acceptable: “bro”)
Commonly called “The American pastime”, this sport consists of a small white and red ball, a bat, and four white squares on the ground.
What is baseball?
There are this many branches in the American government (just give the number):
What is three?
This American actress started her career on Disney Channel, and has since starred in movies such as “Dune” and “The Greatest Showman”.
Who is Zendaya?
A large dance in American high schools. This dance happens at the beginning of every school year, and coincides with the start of a school’s football season.
What is Homecoming?
A modern term for “enemy”, originating from social media.
What is an “opp”?
Played in an ice rink, this (often aggressive) sport requires its players to hit a small, black puck into the opposing team’s goal.
What is ice hockey?
These two large, major states are known for consistently voting for the left-wing party.
What are California and New York?