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Government
Music/Literature
UK/USA symbols
Sites/Customs/Traditions
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Name two famous UK universities
Oxford and Cambridge
100
Where does the American President live and work?
In the White House
100
Who is known as the “king” of jass?
Louis Armstrong
100
This museum was founded by Maria Grossholz. It is one of the symbols of London and only here you can meet and take pictures with world celebrities
Madame Tussauds museum
100
This traditional vegetable pie is served to the American table for all holidays
pumpkin pie
200
The capital of Northern Ireland
Belfast
200
Which politician is called the "Iron Lady"?
Margaret Thatcher, a British politician who was the first woman and longest-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the 20th century.
200
Who wrote Othello, Hamlet, Lady Macbeth?
William Shakespeare
200
How many time zones is the continental USA divided into?
4. From east to west they are Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones.
200
This is the capital of a state that hosted the Olympic Summer and Winter Games eight times.
Washington DC
300
What was the name of a serial killer in London in 1888?
Jack the Ripper
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Name at least 3 British writers
Joan K. Rowling/Alan Milne/Robert Louis Stevenson/Rudyard Kipling/Lewis Carroll/Daniel Defoe/William Shakespeare
300
Which bird of prey is the symbol of the USA?
Bald eagle
300
Christmas dish, dessert in the UK
plum pudding
400
When was the Declaration of Independence issued?
On July 4,1776
400
Which of the English kings had the nickname "Lionheart"?
Richard the Lionheart. He was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199.
400
Name at least 5 famous american writers
Mark Twain, T.S. Eliot, Harper Lee, Margaret Mitchell, Arthur Miller, Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Chandler, William Faulkner, J.D. Salinger
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When does America celebrate Independence Day?
the 4th of July
500
What university is the oldest in the USA?
Harvard, 1636
500
Constitution of the United States was signed on..
on September 17, 1787 by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
500
Who wrote the Emancipation of Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
500
Three mythical creatures on the arms of Great Britain
dragons, griffins, unicorns
500
What two regions is the UK divided into in terms of relief?
Highland Britain and Lowland Britain