pop culture
Name of the girl with powers in stranger things
Eleven
American equivalent of “crisps”
chips
Main meat at Thanksgiving
turkey
Capital city of the USA
Washington DC
Date of the Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776
Name of Albanian British singer who became popular during worldwide lockdown, best known for her song Don’t Start Now
Dua Lipa
American equivalent of “holiday”
vacation
Name of traditional Halloween sweets
Candy corn
Biggest American state
Alaska
(1,723 million km²)
President who ended slavery
Abraham Lincoln
(December 18, 1865, the 13th Amendment)
Female US presidential candidate in 2016 election
Hilary Clinton
American equivalent of “lorry”
truck
Common US childhood sandwich
PB&J sandwich
Peanut Butter and Jelly
Most recent American state
Hawaii (1959)
What prompted the US to join WW2
Pearl Harbor
(December 7, 1941)
Name of the movie that won Best Picture at the Oscars this year
Everything Everywhere All at Once
American equivalent of “autumn”
fall
Famous pizza, widely referred to as deep-dish pizza, with large amounts of cheese and a chunky tomato sauce
Chicago-style pizza
Iconic monument in Philadelphia
Liberty Bell
City where MLK, Jr. started a famous non-violent march
Selma
(March 7, 1965, from Selma to Montgomery)
Longest running American TV show
The Simpsons
American equivalent of “fringe”
bangs
Typical sandwich from Philadelphia
Philly Cheese- steak sandwich
Biggest community of Mormons
Utah
(16,805,400 on December 31, 2021)
Name of the last queen of Hawaii
Liliʻuokalani
(1838-1917, queen from 1891-1893)