American English
Name three modern American slang terms
Ghost, salty, cap, lit, lowkey, flex, drip...
The year that the Declaration of Independence was signed was...
1776
The American food that does not actually originate from the USA is...
Root beer
Smores
Cheesecake
Pecan Pie
Cheesecake originates from Ancient Rome
True or False
Yellowstone National Park was the first national park in the world (est. 1872)
True!
The American flag is usually referred to as...
The Stars and Stripes
The year that the American Revolution was won was...
1781
The sport that was not created in America is...
Golf
Volleyball
Lacrosse
Golf came to America from Scotland
True or False
America is the 6th largest country in the world
False - America is the 3rd largest country in the world
The slang term that does not mean gun is...
Hogleg
Cos
Rod
"Cos" is what Brits call romaine
The first president born in the United States of America was...
Martin Van Buren
True or False
All the following major inventions were created in the USA
Airplanes
Batteries
Light bulbs
Internet
Bicycles
False
Batteries and bicycles were not created in the USA
The state whose name was misspelled in the Constitution was...
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Alexander Hamilton spelled Pennsylvania as "Pensylvania"
Sign your...
Plead the...
The whole...
Bite the...
Sign your John Hancock
Plead the Fifth
The whole nine yards
Bite the bullet
The song made to mock American colonists that would later be adopted as a patriotic song was...
Yankee Doodle Dandy
American-made classic cars are often characterized as being or having...
"American muscle"
True or False
The oldest city in America was founded in 1565
True
The American English to European English conversion that is wrong is...
Counterclockwise - Anticlockwise
Asphalt - Pavement
Gas - Petrol
Pharmacist - Chemist
Asphalt - Tarmac
The bird that Benjamin Franklin proposed to be the national bird instead of the bald eagle was...
A goose
A turkey
A duck
There are ----- distinct American accents
17
25
31
44
25
True or False
The Bald Eagle is not actually native to the USA
False
America has only two native eagle species; the Golden Eagle and the Bald Eagle