Language
This is the primary language spoken in the US.
English
These two cities are best known for their pizzas.
New York and Chicago
This “King of Pop” released the best-selling album of all time, Thriller.
Michael Jackson
This sport, widely known as “America’s Pastime”, requires the player to run around 4 bases to score a point.
Baseball
This language is spoken by over 56 million people (including native and fluent second-language speakers).
Spanish
Fajitas, nachos, and cheese enchiladas are examples of this type of cuisine.
Tex-Mex
One of the most famous country singers of all time, known for iconic songs such as “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You”.
Dolly Parton
This massive annual championship game is the most-watched sporting event in the US and features a concert-like halftime show.
The Super Bowl
This number of distinct languages are estimated to be spoken or used across the US.
350-430 (This includes around 150-177 Native American and Alaska Native languages; There are millions of speakers of Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Arabic, French, and Korean)
Often called “low and slow”, this is a method of cooking meat slowly using low, indirect heat and wood smoke.
Barbecue
This “Queen of Tejano” music blended Mexican styles with American pop before her tragic death in 1995.
Selena
The US Women's National Soccer Team has won this major tournament 4 times.
The Women's World Cup
This European language is historically spoken by the Amish community in states like Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Pennsylvania Dutch (German)
This quintessential seafood in Maryland is steamed and covered in Old Bay seasoning.
Blue crabs
This music genre started in New York City in the 1970’s, growing out of block parties and urban African American and Latino subcultures.
Hip-Hop
The annual, single-elimination college basketball tournament in the United States that crowns the national champions for men’s and women’s NCAA Division I basketball.
March Madness
Guinness World Records previously named this borough in New York City the most ethnically and linguistically diverse urban area on the planet.
Queens (47% of the 2.3 million residents were born outside of the US and there are 138-200 languages spoken)
This classic New Orleans sandwich features crispy french bread and roast beef or fried seafood.
Po'boy (the name comes from "poor boy," a term coined in New Orleans during a streetcar worker strike in 1929)
This music genre developed during the 1860’s in the Deep South among newly freed African-American communities. It developed as a fusion of West African musical traditions such as call-and-response patterns, combined with African-American work songs, field hollers, spirituals, and European folk.
Blues
The biggest rivalry in college Football.
Ohio State vs University of Michigan