American Religions
This religion bans coffee and swimming for young missionaries.
What is Mormonism?
In this movie, a young boy is left behind when his family goes on vacation.
What is Home Alone?
This famous coffee chain had its first location in Seattle, Washington.
What is Starbucks?
This popular genre of music originated in the Bronx in New York City.
What is rap music?
The act of speaking for a long time without interruption, usually causing boredom in others.
What is "yap" ?
This is the dialect spoken by the Amish community.
What is Pennsylvania Dutch?
This is a holiday where Americans regularly risk injuries and imprisonment to get large discounts.
What is Black Friday?
This region is known for having multiple climates, and regularly experiences fires and earthquakes.
What is the West Coast / California?
The state of Washington produced the first musicians of the grunge genre, including this famous band from the 90s:
What is Nirvana?
This mildly violent verb phrase is typically used to describe a song that is very good; it can also be used to describe food, or anything that is enjoyable.
What is "That slaps" ?
This Protestant denomination is closely tied to the culture and social life of the American South.
What is the Southern Baptist Church (SBC)?
This holiday is always celebrated on the last Thursday of November.
What is Thanksgiving?
Many of the oldest cities and universities are located in this region
What is the Northeast / New England?
This song from the late 2010s had a controversial music video that protested against gun violence and racial tensions in America.
What is "This is America" by Childish Gambino?
This verb phrase means to speak with strong passion and blunt honesty, usually out of anger.
What is "go off" ?
This is one of the things that the Puritan settlers banned when they came to the Americas.
What is Christmas / alcohol / swearing / secular art?
This is another name for Santa Claus.
What is Saint Nick / Kris Kringle / Father Christmas?
Chicago, Illinois produced this version of a pizza, which looks like a pie.
What is the deep dish pizza?
These genres of music, developed in the US, were the backbone for many modern genres of music, such as rap, pop, and disco.
What is jazz / blues / Spirituals / gospel music?
This verb means that someone is doing something very well; it can be used in the past tense or present continuous tense.
What is "(to) cook" ?
What is auditing?
This food is commonly eaten in the South to celebrate New Year’s.
What is fried cabbage / black eyed peas ?
An important part of Southern culture is the practice of giving guests a warm welcome, known as this:
What is Southern hospitality?
This warlike name refers to a period in the 1960s-70s when rock music from the UK was extremely popular in America.
What is the British Invasion?
This three-word adjective phrase refers to something that is very random, unexpected, and usually a little offensive.
What is "out of pocket" ?