Varia 1
Sights
USA
History
Varia 2
100
Who was the president during the Civil War 1861-1865? A Washington B Kennedy C Lincoln
C Abraham Lincoln the 16th president
100
How do you call the dome of the Capitol? A Great Rotunda B Grand Rotunda C Grand Dome
B Grand Rotunda
100
Which is the highest mount in Alaska? A Mount McCorney B Mount McKinley C Mount McKinney
B Mount McKinley (6,198m)
100
How many states joined to form the USA?
13 states
100
Which sport is known as American national pastime? A baseball B football C volleyball
A baseball
200
Where is the Grand Canyon? A On the Mississipi B On the Colorado C On the Missouri River
B On the Colorado
200
Where is the Golden Gate Bridge? A In San Francisco B In New York C In Chicago
A In San Fransisco
200
When was the Gold Rush in California? A 1749 B 1849 C 1949
B 1849 (Death Valley)
200
How do you call the music genre that was developed from the music of African Americans? (often about love, loneliness, sorrow)
The blues
300
What is Old Faithful? A mountain B river C geyser
C geyser in Yellowstone National Park
300
How many people work in the Pentagon?
24, 000
300
Which is the most famous street in Manhattan?
Broadway- a famous theatre district.
300
What is Ellis Island famous for? A Immigration Museum B Statue of Liberty C The highest skyscraper
A Immigration Museum
300
What is a garage sale?
Popular weekend activity. Clothing and household items that are not needed are displayed for sale in the garage or just yard. Also called- car boot sale.
400
Where did sequoia tree get its name? A after a place name B after a Native American C after a man who found them
B after a Native America called Sequoyah who developed an alphabet for his people
400
Where is the White House?
In Washington DC
400
Which of these universities is in the USA? A Yale B Sorbonne C Cambridge
A Yale
400
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? A 4 July 1776 B 4 June 1766 C 4 June 1767
4 July 1776
400
Where is Hollywood? A In California B In Florida C In Hawaii
Hollywood is a district of Los Angeles in California
500
Donald Trump will be the ........th president of the USA.
45th
500
Whose faces are depicted in Mount Rushmore? A Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Kennedy B Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Jefferson C Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Nixon
B Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Jefferson
500
What is a prom?
A dance or a ball held by a high school or college class. (12.kl. lõpuball)
500
What is New England?
The part of the US where the first settlers from England settled.
500
Who are the Inuits?
Eskimos (Living in Alaska, Canada, Greenland) (60,000 in the USA)