Higher Education
This is money you earn for university based on merit (grades, talents) or need (financial situation) that you do not have to pay back.
What is a scholarship?
This American company helped popularize the image of Santa Claus with the artist Haddon Sundblom.
What is Coca Cola?
This is the word people use to say "jumper" in American English.
What is a sweater?
This annual championship game has over 120 million viewers every year and is especially popular for its crazy commercials.
What is the Super Bowl?
This country gifted the U.S. the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of their alliance during the American Revolution.
What is France?
U.S. undergraduates usually choose a primary subject to specialize in and may also choose a secondary subject.
What is a major and a minor?
This Scottish song is sung at New Year's every year to say goodbye to the previous year and welcome the new one.
What is "Auld Lang Syne"?
This English accent is the most stereotypical British accent. It's described as fancy and is spoken by the royalty.
What is Received Pronunciation (RP)?
These are the three most important U.S. sports, ranked in order from first to third in popularity.
What is 1. (American) football, 2. basketball, and 3. baseball?
This English woman is the Grand Duchess of Sussex and Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter-in-law.
Who is Meghan Markle?
In the U.S., ______ universities are usually less expensive and offer more diverse fields of study & activities.
In the U.S., ______ universities usually have higher tuition rates and smaller classes but can be more prestigious.
What are public and private universities?
This many tons of trash are left in Time Square after the New York Ball Drop on New Year's Eve every year.
What is 50 tons?
People from this U.K. city speak with a Scouse accent.
What is Liverpool?
In U.S. high school sports, there are these two kinds of teams.
What is junior varsity (JV) and varsity?
About how many kilometers or miles wide is the U.S.?
How many hours of driving does it take to get across the country?
5210 kilometers / 3237 miles
About 48 hours
_______ loans are taken from the government.
_______ loans are taken from private companies, like banks or credit unions.
What is a federal and a private loan?
Which of the following is not a myth about Thanksgiving? (I.e, which statement is true?)
A. The Pilgrims held the first Thanksgiving in 1621.
B. The Pilgrims gave thanks at the first Thanksgiving.
C. The Wampanoag, a Native American tribe, were explicitly invited to the first Thanksgiving.
D. The Pilgrims and the Wampanoag ate turkey at the first Thanksgiving.
True:
A. The Pilgrims held the first Thanksgiving in 1621.
This part of the U.S. has the most variety in dialects and accents, with at least 5–10 major, recognizable varieties, alongside dozens of hyper-local accents.
What is the East Coast?
This song is sung at the beginning of every baseball game.
What is "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"?
This U.S. national park is located in the northwest corner of Wyoming and was created on March 1, 1872 by President Ulysses S. Grant.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
Students in the U.S. owe, on average, this much money in loans to the U.S. government upon graduating.
What is $30,000?
In 1659, the Massachusetts Bay Colony enacted a law called Penalty for Keeping Christmas that banned Christmas. If broken, you would face a certain punishment.
What is a $48 fine?
This U.S. state is the only state outside of the Eastern U.S. to have more than one accent. It has ____ accents.
What is Texas? (two)
This American sports journalist once said, "Losing is the great American sin." His initials are J.H.
Who is Jerome Holtzman?
This food is a combination of caramel, peanuts, and popcorn and is frequently eaten at baseball games.
What are Cracker Jacks?