USA TRIVIA

States

100

How many states does the United States of America have?

How many is 50?

200

What country did the USA take Texas from?

What is Mexico?

300

What country did the USA buy Alaska from in 1867?

What is Russia?

400

What American state has the second biggest population (number of people living there)? 

Texas

500

What state is Chicago in? A: New York B: Texas C: Ohio D: Illinois

What is Illinois?

USA Political History

100

Who was America's first president?

Who is George Washington?

200

Where did America's most famous "tea party" happen?

What is Boston, Massachusetts?

300

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

What is July 4th?

400

What big war happened in the USA from 1861-1865? A: The Revolutionary War B: Desert Storm C: The Civil War D: The Spanish-American War

What is the Civil War?

500

Which of these countries in the Middle East has America not invaded? A. Iraq, B. Afghanistan, C. Kazakhstan, D. Iran

C. Kazakhstan

Important People

100

Who was America's previous president?

Who is Joe Biden?

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

Who invented the light bulb? (Two possible answers)

Who is Thomas Edison (or Nicola Tesla, from whom Edison stole the idea)?

400

What year did the USA put a man on the moon? 

What is 1969?

500

Who was the famous American actress and model known for her blonde hair and hourlglass figure?

Marilyn Monroe

Random

100

What two oceans does America touch?

What are the Pacific and the Atlantic?

200

the official animal of America?

What is the bald eagle?

300

How old is the United States of America turning this year? A: 200 B: 250 C: 300 D: 350

What is about 250 years old?

400

English was almost not chosen as the USA'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? A: The Mississippi B: The Misouri C: The Ohio D: The Hudson

What is the Mississippi?

Joe's Life

100

How old is Joe?

27  😬

200

What country did Joe spend a year in while I was in the Army? A. Latvia, B. Lithuania, C. Ukraine, D. Columbia 

B. Lithuania 

300

Half of my family is German. The other half of my family lives in the USA, but from what country are they originally from? 

Italy

400

Name one US state that I have lived in.

Kansas, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island

500

The University I went to is in the same town as one of the most famous battles in US history. What is the name of the town/university? 

Gettysburg or Gettysburg College