UK vs. US English
Americans call go jogging in sneakers, British people in ...
trainers
The two animals on the royal coat of arms are
a lion and a unicorn
The American flag has ... stripes and ... stars.
13 stripes (for the 13 original colonies) and 50 stars (representing the 50 states)
Robin Hood lived in a famous forest:
Sherwood Forest
It is better to be safe than ...
sorry (proverb)
When babies cry, British parents give them dummies, American parents give them ...
a pacifier.
The first postage stamp was created in the UK in 1840. It featured ...
Queen Victoria.
The event commonly called the "first Thanksgiving" in 1621 celebrated ...
the first harvest of the Pilgrims in the new world.
The highest mountain in North America is
Mount Denali in Alaska.
Beggars can't be ...
choosers (proverb)
The British equivalent of a cookie is
a biscuit.
The northern-most county is called ...
Northumberland.
The American flag has ... stripes and ... stars.
13 stripes (for the 13 original colonies) and 50 stars (representing the 50 states)
The largest freshwater lake is in the U.S. It is called ...
Lake Superior.
Richard the III is said to have shouted: "A horse, a horse, my .... for a horse!"
kingdom (Shakespeare's play and historical anecdote)
What the Brits call a chemist's, the Americans call...
a drug store.
The great wall built by a Roman emperor between Enland and Scotland is called
Hadrian's Wall
The American Civil War took place between ... and ... (years)
1861-65
The famous Niagara Falls connect .... State with the province of .... in Canada.
New York State - Ontario
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. ...
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall ... (nursery rhyme)
Americans call lawyers who plead in court attorneys. The British call them...
solicitors or barristers
The British remember the 5th of September because of this.
Guy Fawkes tried to assassinate the king (King James I), but failed.
The oldest English settlement in America was called ... after a British king.
Jamestown (after James I)
The second-largest city in the UK is
Birmingham.
Fools rush in where angels fear to ...
tread. (Alexander Pope)