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100

This American music genre began in African American communities in the Bronx, New York, and grew into a global cultural movement known for rap, rhythm, spoken word, DJing, breakdancing, and graffiti.

What is hip-hop?

100

This country declared independence from Great Britain in 1776 and celebrates its Independence Day every year on July 4.

 What is the United States of America?

100

This is the capital city of the United States and is home to the White House, the U.S. Capitol, and the Supreme Court.

What is Washington, D.C.?

100

This sport is played in the NBA and is one of the most popular American sports globally.

What is basketball?

100

This American technology company created the iPhone, iPad, MacBook, and Apple Watch.

What is Apple?

200

This American singer is known as the “King of Pop” and is famous for songs like “Thriller,” “Beat It,” and “Billie Jean.”

Who is Michael Jackson?

200

This founding American document begins with the words “We the People” and explains the structure of the U.S. government.

What is the U.S. Constitution?

200

This Kenyan city is home to the U.S. Embassy in Kenya and is also the capital city of Kenya.

What is Nairobi?

200

This annual championship game is the biggest event in American football and is also famous for its halftime show and commercials.

What is the Super Bowl?

200

These two letters stand for Artificial Intelligence, a technology that allows computers to perform tasks such as answering questions, recognizing images, translating languages, and generating text.

What is AI?

300

This major American music award hosted annually in the United States, celebrates outstanding achievement in the music industry.

What are the Grammy Awards?

300

This U.S. founding father served as the first president of the United States and is often called the “Father of His Country.”

Who is George Washington?

300

This official office represents the United States in Kenya and supports diplomacy, visas, partnerships, education, and cultural programs.

What is the U.S. Embassy?

300

This sport is often called “America’s pastime” and is played with a bat, ball, bases, and nine players on each team.

What is baseball?

300

This region in California is known around the world as a center for technology companies, startups, innovation, and venture capital.

What is Silicon Valley?

400

This American city is strongly associated with the birth of jazz music and is famous for its musical culture, street performances, and Mardi Gras celebrations.

What is New Orleans?

400

This civil rights leader gave the famous “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 and is remembered for promoting equality through peaceful protest.

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?

400

This American president had Kenyan family roots, visited Kenya during and after his presidency, and became the first Black president of the United States.

Who is Barack Obama?

400

This American tennis champion, alongside her sister Venus, changed women’s tennis and became one of the greatest athletes in the world.

Who is Serena Williams?

400

This region in California is known around the world as a center for technology companies, startups, innovation, and venture capital. Correct response:  

What is Silicon Valley?

500

This American singer, known as the “Queen of Soul,” became famous for her powerful voice and songs such as “Respect,” which became an anthem for dignity and equality.

Who is Aretha Franklin?

500

This amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects freedoms such as speech, religion, press, peaceful assembly, and petitioning the government.

What is the First Amendment?

500

These educational and cultural programs allow students, young leaders, professionals, and scholars to travel, study, and exchange ideas between Kenya and the United States.

What are exchange programs?

500

This American swimmer became the most decorated Olympian in history, winning many medals across several Olympic Games.

Who is Michael Phelps?

500

This type of artificial intelligence can create new content such as text, images, music, videos, and computer code based on prompts from users.

What is generative AI?