History and culture of the UK
History and culture of the USA
Other English speaking countries
Name 5
Guess the state
100

Which of these is NOT located in London?

a. 10, Downing st. 

b. Albert Hall

c. Museum of Natural History

b. National Gallery 

c. Museum of Natural History (New York)

100

What are the two political parties in the USA?

Democrats and Republicans (two-party system)

100

What is the capital of Canada / Australia / Ireland / New Zealand

Ottawa / Canberra / Dublin / Wellington

100

Name 5 American cities (without the capital of the country)

New York, Seattle, Los-Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami

100

Indian for a "big river"

Mississippi

200

Who was NOT in the Beatles?

a. John Lennon

b. Rodger Waters

c. Paul McCartney 

d. Ringo Star


b. Rodger Waters (Pink Floyd)

George Harrison

200

Find the American band:

a. the Doors

b. the Rolling Stones

c. the Smiths

b. Arctic Monkeys

a. the Doors

200

Who were the first foreigners to settle in Canada?

a. Romans

b. Vikings

c. Gauls

d. French

d. French

200

Name 5 British cities/towns (without capitals of 4 countries)

Cambridge, Stratford-upon-Avon, Bath, Canterbury, Oxford, Windsor 

200

Eskimo word for peninsula

Alaska

300

What are the two main parties in the British Parliament?

Conservative party (Tory, Tories) and Labour Party

https://members.parliament.uk/parties/commons

300

The building in Australia that looks like a lotus

300

Name 5 schools of Ivy League

Brown University: (Providence, Rhode Island)

Columbia University: (New York City, New York)

Cornell University: (Ithaca, New York)

Dartmouth College: (Hanover, New Hampshire)

Harvard University: (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Princeton University: (Princeton, New Jersey)

University of Pennsylvania: (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Yale University: (New Haven, Connecticut)

300

Spanish for red color

Colorado

400

Which country was NOT a British colony?

a. Cambodia

b. Cyprus

c. Hong Kong

d. Nigeria

c. Qatar

a. Cambodia

400

Whose face is NOT carved on the Mount Rushmore?

a. Abraham Lincoln

b. Theodore Roosevelt 

c. Thomas Jefferson

d. Benjamin Franklin

e. George Washington

d. Benjamin Franklin

George Washington (left face): Represents the birth of the United States as its founding father and first president.

Thomas Jefferson (second from left): Represents the expansion of the country, primarily through the Louisiana Purchase.

Theodore Roosevelt (third from left): Represents the development of the nation and his significant efforts in conservation and the construction of the Panama Canal.

Abraham Lincoln (right face): Represents the preservation of the nation during the Civil War, when he fought to keep the Union together and abolish slavery

400

Which is NOT an Indian word?

jungle, shampoo, candy, cookie, thug

cookie (Dutch)

400

Name 5 presidents of the USA

Donald Trump, George Biden, Barack Obama, George Bush, Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter

400

The First State. Named for lord De La Warr, governor of Virginia in 1610

Delaware

500

The most popular and common type of fish which is used in fish and chips. (more than one variant is possible)

cod (треска); haddock (окунь); plaice (камбала); hake (хек)

500

What are the two most famous American writers of the beginning of 20th century whose real names were: William Sydney Porter and Samuel Clemens.

Both of them are popular among children and teenagers. 

William Sydney Porter = O'Henry 

Samuel Clemens = Mark Twain

500

Great Potato Famine happened in this country in 1840s which led to a big wave of immigration of the people from there. Later, in of those family of immigrants the 35th president was born

Name the country

Ireland (JFK's great-grandparents)

500

Name 5 monarchs OR Prime Ministers of the UK

Charles III, Elizabeth II, George VI, Edward VIII, George V, Edward VII, Victoria 


Keir Starmer,  Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, Theresa May, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Tony Blair, John Major's, Margaret Thatcher

500

Starbucks is from here and werewolves also live here

Washington