UK
USA
UK and US Literature and Culture
Famous personalities
100
When did the Battle of Waterloo take place and who did the British Army defeat?
1815; the French Army led by Napoleon Bonaparte
100
In which national park would you find a supervolcano?
Yellowstone
100
Who wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
Mark Twain
100
Who was called the king of rock and roll?
Elvis Presley
200
Which are the national plants of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland? Name at least three.
England - Tudor rose, Wales - daffodil or leek, Scotland - thistle, Northern Ireland - shamrock
200
When did the Pilgrims come to America?
tolerance +/-5 years
November 11, 1620
200
Which genre is Edgar Allan Poe most famous for?
horror stories
200
Who is this woman?
Amelia Earhart (the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean)
300
Can you name at least three bodies of water which surround the UK?
the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the Irish Sea, the Celtic Sea, the English Channel
300
Which animal is the symbol of the USA?
bald eagle
300
What is the name of the dystopian novel written by George Orwell?
1984
300
What was the name of M.L.King's most famous speech?
I have a dream
400
Which year did the UK become the member of the EU and which year did they leave the EU?
1 January, 1973; 31 January, 2020
400
How many stars and stripes does the American flag have and why?
50 stars = 50 states
13 stripes = the original 13 colonies
400
How did Ernest Hemingway die?
He shot himself with a shotgun.
400
Who is this and what is he most famous for?
Abraham Lincoln, 16th American president, abolished slavery
500
Define these expressions: a bobby, a double-decker, Union Jack
a bobby - a police officer, a double-decker - a bus with two levels, Union Jack - the nickname for the UK flag
500
Name at least two American presidents who were assassinated.
Abraham Lincoln (1865, by John Wilkes Booth), James A. Garfield (1881, by Charles J. Guiteau), William McKinley (1901, by Leon Czolgosz), John F. Kennedy (1963, by Lee Harvey Oswald)
500
Who wrote the military satire, called Catch-22?
Joseph Heller
500
Who were Queen Elizabeth II's father and husband?
King George VI, Prince Philip
600
Name at least two major rivers in the UK.
the Severn, the Thames, the Trent, the Great Ouse, the Wye
600
Which two houses does the Congress consist of?
the Senate, the House of Representatives
600
Name at least one representative of the Beat poets.
Jack Kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg
600
What is the name of the woman who occupies an iconic status in the civil rights movement after she refused to vacate a seat on a bus in favour of a white passenger in Alabama and started the Montgomery bus boycott?
Rosa Parks (the incident happened in 1955)
700
Which three flags form the UK flag? You must match each flag to the correct part of the UK.
700
What day did the USA declare independence from Britain?
4 July,1776
700
What is the name of Jack London's book about the times of gold rush?
The Call of the Wild
700
How many wives did Henry VIII have and how many did he have executed?
6, 2
Catherine of Aragon - divorced, Anne Boleyn - beheaded, Jane Seymour - died, Anne of Cleves - divorced, Catherine Howard - beheaded, Katherine Parr - survived