USA Trivia
Biology
USA History
US States
British English
100
How many times a day does the Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone Natl. Park erupt?
About 20 times a day (variable, every 60-120 minutes)
100
What is the hardest substance in the human body?
Tooth Enamel
100
In what year was the first electric traffic light used?
1914, Cleveland OH
100
What state or states do not change their clocks for daylight saving time?
AZ and HI
100
What do the British call "recess"?
Break Time
200
How many stars and how many stripes does the flag have?
50 stars, 13 stripes
200
In what year was surgical anesthesia first used?
1846, ether, Mass. General Hospital
200
When was the antebellum period?
Before the Civil War
200
In which state is the Mall of America?
Minnesota
200
What do the British call "fall" (season)?
Autumn
300
When was the Hollywood sign dedicated? (Will accept the decade)
1923
300
What is the name of the smell of soil after rain?
Petrichor
300
What is the first free public library in the US to lend books?
Franklin (MA) Public Library. Books donated by Ben. Franklin to be lent to anyone in town for free.
300
Which New England state used to be part of MA?
Maine
300
What do the British call a "crosswalk"?
Zebra crossing
400
What is the highest point in Oregon?
Mt. Hood (50 miles from Portland OR)
400
What organism is said to create insect zombies?
Fungi
400
Which president is credited with creating the US interstate highway system?
Dwight Eisenhower, 1956, for national defense and security
400
Who founded the state of Rhode island?
Roger Williams, 1635
400
What do the British call an "off or on ramp"?
A slip road
500
What state is nicknamed the Hawkeye State?
Iowa (so-called for Chief Black Hawk, a Sauk leader)
500
What is the name of the woman whose cancer cells are immortal?
Henrietta Lacks
500
What year did Woodstock occur?
1969
500
What state has the longest coastline?
Alaska, more than 33,000 miles (more coastline than the rest of the US combined!)
500
What do the British call a"stove"?
A cooker
