US History
The year the US Declaration of Independence was signed
1776
The year Kosovo declared independence
2008
The number of stars on the US flag
50
The capital of Kosovo
Prishtina
This US president has a giant statue on a Prishtina boulevard named after him
Bill Clinton
The only US president elected to four terms
Franklin D. Roosevelt
This famous 1389 battle was fought on the “Field of Blackbirds”
Battle of Kosovo
The capital of New York State (hint: not New York City)
Albany
Kosovo isn’t in the EU, but it uses this currency
The euro
The women’s clothing boutique next to that statue is named after this person
Hillary (Clinton)
The US bought this territory from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million
Alaska
Called the “Gandhi of the Balkans,” he led Kosovo’s peaceful resistance in the 1990s
Ibrahim Rugova
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from this country
France
The traditional white felt cap worn by Albanian men
Plis (qeleshe)
The main US Army base in Kosovo, near Ferizaj
Camp Bondsteel
The first US capital under the Constitution (1789)
New York City
This 15th-century Albanian hero’s statue on horseback stands in central Prishtina
Skanderbeg (Gjergj Kastrioti)
The title of the US national anthem
“The Star-Spangled Banner”
This historic city, famous for its Ottoman stone bridge, hosts the DokuFest film festival
Prizren
The US celebrates independence on July 4. Kosovo celebrates on this date.
February 17
The only US president who never lived in the White House
George Washington
The code name of NATO’s 1999 air campaign
Operation Allied Force
How many US states border Canada?
13
What’s unusual about Kosovo’s national anthem, “Europe”?
It has no lyrics
Besides Clinton, this US president also has a Prishtina street named after him
George W. Bush