English-speaking countries (part 1)
How many countries has English as an official language?
1, 20
b, 67
c, 82
d, 97
b, 82
What is the other name of the country Eire?
Ireland
When is Independence Day in the USA?
July 4th
What does the acronym UN stand for?
United Nations
Who was the Iron Lady?
Margaret Thatcher
(she served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990)
Which federal country do the states of Saskatchewan and Yukon belong to?
Canada
What country are the people nicknamed "kiwis"?
New Zealand
Who is the current Vice-President of the USA?
Kamala Harris
What does the acronym WHO stand for?
World Health Organization
What is the name of the Canadian Prime Minister?
Justin Trudeau
(since 2015)
Bloemfontein, Cape Town or Pretoria - Which of these cities is the capital of South Africa?
All of them
What is the capital of India?
New Delhi
Which amendment to the Constitution allows American citizens to possess firearms?
Second Amendment
What does the acronym MIA stand for?
Missing In Action
When did women get the right to vote in the UK?
1918
(but only for women above 30 years old who owned a house or were married to men who owned a house)
In which country is the state of New South Wales situated?
Australia
Who is the head of state in the Bahamas?
Queen Elizabeth II
What was "The prohibition" in the USA that lasted from 1920 to 1933?
Alcohol was forbidden
(production, importation and sale)
What does the acronym FBI stand for?
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Where is the city of Perth located? (2 answers)
Australia and Scotland
In which country are the two main political parties embodied by a donkey and an elephant?
USA
(elephant = Republicans / donkey = Democrats)
What is the largest city in Jamaica?
Kingston
Who is the odd one out?
a, George Washington
b, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
c, Abraham Lincoln
d, Thomas Jefferson?
b, Frankin Delano Roosevelt
(they all feature on the famous monument Mount Rushmore except him - he was President of the US, but it is his distant cousin President Theodore Roosevelt who is carved on Mount Rushmore)
What does the acronym GAFAM stand for?
Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft
Who wrote The Great Gatsby?
Francis Scott Fitzgerald
(written in 1925 - story set during the Roaring Twenties on Long Island, near New York City)