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Which US state is a group of islands?
Hawaii
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Which Italian explorer is America named after?
Amerigo Vespucci
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Who was the first president of the US?
George Washington
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What is the nickname of New York City?
the Big Apple
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What popular coffee chain was started in Seattle in 1971?
Starbucks
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What is the national bird of the USA?
the bald eagle
200
In which state can you find the Grand Canyon?
Arizona
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Which president is known for ending slavery?
Abraham Lincoln.
He issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
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How often are presidential elections held in the US?
every 4 years
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What was the first institution of higher education in the US, founded in 1636?
Harvard College
200
What animal are Buffalo wings made from?
chicken
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Who was the first man to set foot on the Moon?
Neil Armstrong
300
Name any 15 US states in two minutes!
...
300
What happened on October 24, 1929, known as Black Tuesday?
The Wall Street stock market crashed, bringing about the era of the Great Depression.
300
Name a president who was assassinated while in office!
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
William McKinley
John F. Kennedy
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Bluegrass is a genre of folk music that originated in the Appalachian Mountains of the US. What instrument is it typically played on?
the banjo
300
Which pie, typically baked in the autumn, has roots tracing back to early American settlers?
pumpkin pie
300
What is the name of the famous prison in San Francisco Bay which is thought to be the most difficult to escape from?
Alcatraz
400
What is missing?
Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Staten Island, ...
Queens
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What was the name of the English sailing ship that transported a group of English families, known today as Pilgrims, to the New World in 1620?
Mayflower
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How many presidents' heads are carved into Mount Rushmore?
4 - George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
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Which iconic museum is located in New York City's Central Park, housing art collections from antiquity to the present day, and is home to a big gala every year as well?
the Met / Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Now widely recognized and popular as a southern delicacy, chicken served with .... originated with the Pennsylvania Dutch.
waffles
400
Which popular music festival is held in the California desert?
Coachella
500
Which 2 sets of states contain the names North and South?
North/South Carolina
North/South Dakota
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What event officially brought the US into World War 2?
the attack on Pearl Harbour
(7th December, 1941)
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Who is the current Vice President?
J.D. Vance/ James David Vance
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Which American author wrote The Fall of the House of Usher, and The Raven, among other pieces of literature?
Edgar Allan Poe
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What kind of food is an American Bear Claw?
sweet pastry
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What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration