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Questions
- Mount Elbert, the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains, is in which U.S. state?
- Which number Apollo mission was first to land men on the moon?
- Saint Paul is the capital of which U.S. state?
- Woodstock was a music festival held on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in 1969, in which American state?
- Which famous house designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 can be visited in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania?
- Whose theme song is 'Real American'?
- Which president was the first to move into the White House, with his wife Abigail?
- Which country was the United States' top trading partner in 2021 based on export value?
- Nicknamed "the Commerce Comet", which baseball player who passed away in 1995 played his entire Major League Baseball career for the New York Yankees?
- Which president was shot by an assassin in 1881?
- "The Last of the Big Time Malphs" is an episode from which sitcom?
- The state capitals of Bismarck, North Dakota and Pierre, South Dakota both lie on which river?
- Who was the inventor of “gonzo” journalism?
- What's the name of the full-scale replica of Stonehenge built by artist Mark Cline which can be visited at Centreville, Virginia?
- The Song of Hiawatha is an 1855 epic poem featuring Native American characters; who wrote it?
- John McCain, United States senator from Arizona was a Zonian, which means he was born in which modern-day country?
- Which team won the Super Bowl for a record sixth time in 2009?
- Which is the largest estuary in the United States?
- Nighthawks, portraying four people in a downtown diner late at night, is a 1942 oil painting by which American artist?
- The Waltons series' finale revolves around a fictional party given on June 4, of which year?
- What is "Magic" Johnson's real first name?
- Which United States Navy World War II aircraft carrier was named after the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War?
- Evan Spiegal became the youngest billionaire in the world by developing which app?
- President Kennedy first publicly proposed which independent agency and program in 1960 as a means to improve America's global image and leadership?
- What term was given to describe the criminals who smuggled illegal alcohol during American Prohibition?
- What would you associate American Gutzon Borglum with?
- The Territory of Idaho, which existed from 1863 to 1890, covered all of present-day Idaho and which two other states?
- Ray Kroc is credited with the global expansion of what?
- In which which sport was Dale Earnhardt an American legend?
- Which well-known modern girl's name only became popular after a 1984 movie? (Hint: It's also the surname of a former president.)
Answers
- Colorado
- Apollo 11 (landed on July 20, 1969)
- Minnesota
- New York
- Fallingwater
- Hulk Hogan
- President John Adams
- Canada
- Mickey Mantle
- James Garfield
- Happy Days
- Missouri
- Hunter S. Thompson
- Foamhenge
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Panama (the Panama Canal Zone was an unincorporated territory of the USA from 1903 to 1979)
- Pittsburgh Steelers
- The Chesapeake Bay
- Edward Hopper
- 1946
- Earvin
- Yorktown, or USS Yorktown
- Snapchat
- The Peace Corps
- Bootleggers
- Mount Rushmore (American sculptor best known for his work on Mount Rushmore)
- Montana and Wyoming (all of present-day Montana, and almost all of present-day Wyoming)
- McDonalds
- Stock Car Auto Racing, or NASCAR
- Madison (the movie was Splash)