Language barriers
How well do you know the U.S.
Are you a history buff?
Smarter than a 6th grader?
Anything goes
100

About how many different languages are spoken around the world? A) 1,500 B) 3,000 C) 6,900 D) 12,200

C) 6,900

100

The united states purchased Alaska from what country?

Russia

100

What period of human history came between the Stone Age and the Iron Age?

The Bronze Age

100

In 1588 the Spanish Armada attacked the English fleet. Who won that battle, the Spanish or the English?

English

100

In 1939 what new product was touted as being strong as steel, fine as a spider's web and more elastic than natural fibers?

Nylon

200

What American fast-food chain's slogan translates in Chinese to "eat your fingers off"?

Kentucky Fried Chicken

200

What does the statue of liberty hold in her right hand?

A torch

200

Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death"? A) Patrick Henry B) Paul Revere C) John Paul Jones

A) Patrick Henry

200

What is your profession if your job is to draw maps?

Cartographer

200

What one letter in the alphabet does not appear in any of the names of the fifty states?

Q

300

What is the only word in the English language that is both a noun and a verb but, when capitalized, is pronounced differently and changes to a nationality?

Polish / polish

Polish: from poland

polish: to create a shinny surface by rubbing

300

what was the name of the U.S. mail service, started in 1860, that used horses and riders?

Pony express

300

Upon the death of President John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as president in what unusual setting?

On Air Force One

300

The southernmost Point within the 50 states in the U.S. is in what state?

Hawaii

300

What toy's 4-letter name means "play well"?

Lego

400

What is the easiest foreign language for a native English speaker to learn? A) French B) German C) Italian D) Spanish

D) Spanish

400

American mobster, Al Capone, was finally sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for what crime?

Tax evasion

400

Prior to Queen Elizabeth II, who had been the longest-reigning British monarch?

Queen Victoria (reigned 1837-1901, 63 years)

400

Hawaii is closest to which other U.S. state?

Alaska

400

Who is England's oldest ally? A) Denmark B) Portugal C) The Netherlands D) Scotland

B) Portugal

500

In Italy, an ad campaign for Schweppes Tonic Water inadvertently translated the name to what type of water?

Toilet water

500

who was the first U.S. president born in a hospital?

Jimmy Carter

500

One of then evilest rulers of all time lived in Romania around 1460 and was known for killing thousands of his enemies in a cold-blooded manner. His name was Vlad, sometimes known as Vlad the Impaler, but what was his actual Romanian family name?

Dracula

500

In what sport can you score an "advantage"?

Tennis

500

The most expensive music manuscripts ever sold at auction fetched $3.5 million in 1987 at Sotheby's in London. Who was the composer of that work?

Mozart