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Culture and sports
Culture and sports
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GOVERNMENT

  1. Explain the symbolism of the stars and the stripes on the U.S. flag.
  2. In which city did the First Continental Congress meet in 1774?
  3. What was the “Homestead Act”?
  4. Which U.S. legal holiday – held every four years – falls on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November?
  5. When did American women receive the right to vote?
  6. Who was the first President elected as a member of the Republican Party?
  7. Who was the first President to serve only one term?
  8. Name the longest serving U.S. President.
  9. Who was the youngest elected President in the history of the U.S.?
  10. What is impeachment? Name one President it threatened.
  11. From which two states was the original District of Columbia carved?
  12. After the Vice-President, which political figure is next in line to succeed the President?
  13. Name the two political parties in the U.S. and the animals that symbolize each party.
  14. Which U.S. government agency is charged with the collection of taxes?

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GOVERNMENT

  1. 50 stars = 50 states; 13 stripes = 13 original colonies.
  2. In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  3. The transfer of land from the U.S. government to a “homesteader” after five years of residence at a nominal price.
  4. Election Day.
  5. In 1920.
  6. Abraham Lincoln.
  7. John Adams, the 2nd U.S. President.
  8. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  9. John F. Kennedy.
  10. A formal accusation against a public official; Andrew Johnson, or Richard Nixon, or Bill Clinton.
  11. Maryland and Virginia.
  12. The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  13. Democrats – donkey; Republicans – elephant.
  14. Internal Revenue Service – IRS.

CULTURE AND SPORTS

  1. In which famous location do people in New York City celebrate New Year’s Day?
  2. What are the ingredients of a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner?
  3. What do the terms “melting pot” and “salad bowl” mean to U.S. society and culture?
  4. Which art museum in New York City is a spiral-shaped building and what is the name of the architect who built it?
  5. Which American artist painted portraits of outstanding historical leaders and scenes of important historical events, including “The Declaration of Independence” and three famous portraits of George Washington?
  6. Who is the American composer who wrote “West Side Story”?
  7. Who is the famous American dancer, singer and actor who acted in many films together with his partner Ginger Rogers?
  8. Which American artist chose painting mother and child as the main theme of her creative work, spent the better part of her life in Paris, and was very close to the Impressionists?
  9. Which American rock0and-roll star lived in Memphis, Tennessee?
  10. Which American silent-movie star is called the “Little Tramp”?
  11. What monument in Washington, D.C., dedicated to an American President, is nicknamed “The Pencil”?
  12. What is the name of the awards given to the best movie actors and actresses each year in the U.S.?
  13. Which Russian-born American choreographer created the “modern style of classical American ballet”?
  14. What is the name of the famous collection of museums in Washington, D.C.?
  15. Which sport is considered to be the national pastime of America?
  16. Under which two names did the most famous American boxer of the 1960s – 1970s fight in the ring?
  17. What do Americans call the championship game of American football?
  18. In which U.S. city were the 1996 Summer Olympics held?

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CULTURE AND SPORTS

  1. In Times Square.
  2. Turkey, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie.
  3. That the U.S. is a country of immigrants who work together as Americans while retaining their ethnic identities.
  4. The Guggenheim Museum; Frank Lloyd Wright.
  5. Gilbert Stuart.
  6. Leonard Bernstein.
  7. Fred Astaire.
  8. Mary Cassatt.
  9. Elvis Presley.
  10. Charlie Chaplin.
  11. Washington Monument.
  12. Oscars, or Academy Awards.
  13. Georgi Balanchivadze.
  14. Smithsonian Institution.
  15. Baseball.
  16. Muhammad Ali and Cassius Clay.
  17. Super Bowl.
  18. In Atlanta, Georgia.

LITERATURE

  1. What major American historical event did Rip Van Winkle miss in his sleep?
  2. Which 19th-century American writer is said to be the founder of the detective genre?
  3. Which famous Edgar A. Poe’s poem is named for a bird?
  4. What pen-name did an American writer use to sign the humorous stories which he wrote in prison?
  5. Which famous event that had happened in California in 1849 was glorified in films and books?
  6. Name the American science fiction writer born in Russia who wrote “I, Robot”.
  7. Volkov’s book, “The Wizard of the Emerald Town”, is an adaptation of a book written by an American writer. What is the title of the book and is the American author?
  8. Which American family compiled the first dictionary of the American variant of the English language?
  9. Which two novels by Mark Twain are often called “the first modern American novels”?
  10. Which famous novel of Herman Melville is concerned with an aquatic mammal?
  11. During which periods in American history was the novel “Gone with the Wind” set?
  12. Name the 1954 Nobel Laureate in Literature who wrote “The Sun Also Rises”.
  13. Which famous poem of Longfellow was translated into Russian by Ivan Bunin?
  14. Which American author wrote “The Last of the Mohicans”?
  15. Which famous American document begins with the words, “We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union…”?
  16. Name the largest library in the U.S.

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LITERATURE
  1. The American War of Independence.
  2. Edgar A. Poe.
  3. “The Raven”.
  4. O. Henry.
  5. The gold rush.
  6. Isaac Asimov.
  7. “The (Wonderful) Wizard of Oz”; L. Frank Baum.
  8. Webster.
  9. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”.
  10. “Moby Dick”.
  11. The Civil War and Reconstruction.
  12. Ernest Hemingway.
  13. “The Song of Hiawatha”.
  14. James Fenimore Cooper.
  15. The Constitution of the United States.
  16. The Library of Congress.

HISTORY

1. Give the names of the three ships on which Christopher Columbus made his first voyage to America.

2. What is the name of the Dutch settlement which became New York City?

3. With which “supernatural” event is the old whaling town of Salem, Massachusetts, associated?

4. What was the colonists’ motto during the “Boston Tea Party”?

5. In which city and state is the Liberty Bell located?

6. Which country presented the U.S. with the Statue of Liberty? What was the occasion?

7. Which American President was the first to live in the White House?

8. Who were the “Blues” and who were the “Greys” during the American Civil War?

9. Which American architect is called the “Father of the Skyscraper”?

10. Who were the two brothers who invented the airplane and when and where did the first flight take place?

11. What is the name of the American naval base that the Japanese attacked on December 7, 1941? In which state is it located?

12. Which American general, who later became the 34th President, commanded all U.S. forces during World War II?

13. Which American President attended the Potsdam Conference?

In which U.S. city was the United Nations’ Charter approved in 1945?

14. Who was the American President during the Cuban missile crisis?

15. Which American astronaut first stepped on the surface of the Moon and what was the year?

16. What was the name of his spaceship?

(The answers to questions)

HISTORY

1. Ninya, Pinta, Santa Maria.

2. The colony was the New Netherlands; the capital city was New Amsterdam.

3. Witchcraft.

4. “No Taxation Without Representation”.

5. In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

6. France; the 100-year anniversary of the Franco-American alliance during the American War of Independence.

7. John Adams, the 2nd U.S. President.

8. The “Blues” were the North (Union), the “Greys” were the South (Confederacy).

9. Louis Henry Sullivan.

10. Orville and Wilbur Wright; 1903; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

11. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

12. Dwight David Eisenhower.

13. Harry Truman.

14. In San Francisco, California.

15. John F. Kennedy.

16. Neil Armstrong; 1969; Apollo II.

GEOGRAPHY

1. What was Henry Hudson and which geographical feature in New York State is named after him?

2. The continental U.S. is divided into ho many time zones?

3. Which American state was the last to acquire “state” status?

4. In which state do the highest trees in the world grow and what are they called?

5. What is the name of the first U.S. national park and in which state is it located?

6. Which city in the state of Florida has the same name as a Russian city?

7. In which mountain are the faces of four American Presidents chiselled?

8. In which city and state is Disney World located?

9. What are the pet names for the Mississippi River?

10. Name the six New England states and explain why they are known as “New England”.

11. Name the five Great Lakes; which one is entirely within the U.S.?

12. Name the highest mountain range in the eastern U.S.

13. Which American state (excluding Hawaii and Alaska) borders only one other state?

14. Name the lowest spot in the continental U.S.

15. Which Caribbean Sea island has a commonwealth status with the U.S.?

16. Name the smallest U.S. state.

17.In which western U.S. state, originally on part of the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, is the city of Moscow located?

18. Where is the “Rust Belt” in the U.S.?

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GEOGRAPHY

1. An English explorer; the Hudson River.

2. Four.

3. Hawaii.

4. In California; “redwood”, or “sequoia”.

5. Yellowstone; in Wyoming.

6. St. Petersburg.

7. In Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.

8. In Orlando, Florida.

9. “The Old Man”, “The Big Muddy”.

10. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut; named by Captain John Smith for their resemblance to the coast of England.

11. Lakes Huron, Erie, Ontario, Michigan, Superior; Lake Michigan.

12. The Appalachian Mountains.

13. Maine.

14. Death Valley, California.

15. Puerto Rico.

16. Rhode Island.

17. In Idaho.

18. In the industrial north-central and north-eastern states.