USA TRIVIA

States

100

How many states does the United States of America have?

How many is 50?

200

How many colonies did America have originally (before gaining independence)?

What is 13?

300

What country did America buy Alaska from in 1867?

What is Russia?

400

In 1848, thousands of people went to this state, searching for something. What were they looking for, and what state did they go to?

What is Gold and What is California?

500

What city was the first capital of the US? 

What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?

USA Political History

100

Who was America's first president?

Who is George Washington?

200

What war happened in America between 1861-1865?

What is The Civil War?

300

On what day each year (Month, Day) do Americans celebrate their independence from Britain?

What is July 4th?

400

Where did America's most famous "tea party" happen? (When revolutionaries dumped or burned all the tea on British boats as protest against Britain)

What is Boston, Massachusetts?

500

When America was still a very new country, what two plant crops made the American South very rich?

What is cotton and tobacco?

Representation

100

What is the capital of the USA?

What is Washington, D.C. (not just Washington!)?

200

Who is America's current Vice President?

Who is Kamala Harris?

300

What animal represents America?

What is the bald eagle?

400

What do the stars and stripes on our current flag represent?

What are the 50 states (represented by the stars) and the original 13 colonies (represented by the red and white stripes)?

500

What current American car company had the original idea for an assembly line?

What is Ford?

Important People

100

Who was America's longest serving president? One of the things he is known for is the New Deal which addressed the consequences of the Depression and expanded the welfare state in America.

Who is FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt)?

200

Who is the famous pastor who fought for black rights in America in the 1960s?

Who is the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

300

Which famous Founding Father was also a scientist who contributed to Physics with his studies in Electricity?

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

400

What year did America put a man on the moon? (Technically two men - Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong)

What is 1969?

500

What American President was the youngest in history?

Who is John F. Kennedy?

Random

100

What two oceans does America touch?

What are the Pacific and the Atlantic?

200

How many time zones are there in the continental US?

What is four?

300

What was the first US national park?

What is Yellowstone?

400

English was almost not chosen as America's language. What language (not English) almost became America's official language?

What is German?

500

What famous river starts in Minnesota and runs North-South through the middle of the country, ending in the Gulf of Mexico? 

What is the Mississippi?