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USA - Quick Quiz No. 1
Q 1) This is a national park and mountain peak in Wyoming. It has been suggested that the name is derived from parts of the female anatomy although this is disputed |
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Grand Teton French trappers are responsible for naming the three peaks now known as the South, Middle, and Grand Teton. They called the mountains “Les Trois Tetons,” or “The Three Breasts.” The Grand Teton—the tallest of the three—literally means “the big tit.” |
Q 2) This range has for some time been home to some of the past presidents of the USA, including Lincoln, and Washington.
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Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a massive sculpture carved into Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills region of South Dakota. Completed in 1941 under the direction of Gutzon Borglum and his son Lincoln, the sculpture's roughly 60-ft.-high granite faces depict U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. |
Q 3:- Cayo Hueso was the original name for this place and means “Island of Bones.” The name is derived from the Spanish word “Cayo“ meaning “small island.”
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Key West - Florida |
Q 4:- By 1902, 32 states had imposed colour constraints on margarine. Some passed laws demanding that margarine be dyed an off-putting pink. This was overturned by the Supreme Court on the grounds that it’s illegal to enforce the adulteration of food, but the ban on yellow margarine remained. One state held out and only repealed its margarine-colour law in 1967. Which state?
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Wisconsin - America's Dairyland. |
Q 5:- This places name is derived from the Ojibwa Indian word “mishigami”, meaning "large lake." What place is this_______
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Lake Michigan Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. |
Q 6:- The term HOG Heaven sometimes refers to a motor cycle museum in the city where it was first made. What is the name of that Midwest city?
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Milwaukee |
Q 7:- Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in which major US City
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Q 8:- In 1823, U.S. Navy Commodore David Porter took charge of this place, which he ruled as military dictator under martial law. Porter had been tasked to establish a Naval Base to stop piracy in the area. What area?
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Key West - Florida |
Q9:- In a 1933 movie, a gorilla called King Kong climbs to the top of a building. Where was that building
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Q 10:- This is one of the most famous of all roads running through the USA. It was a great place to “get your kicks”. The road ended in Santa Monica, California but started over 2,400 miles away - in what city.
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Q 11:- It is part of a region known as the Space Coast, and is the site of an Air Force Station. Many U.S. spacecraft have been launched from both the station and the Kennedy Space Center. What is the name of this Air Force Station? |
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Cape Caneveral Cape Canaveral, from the Spanish Cabo Cañaveral, is a cape in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of the state's Atlantic coast. |
Q 12:- The siblings Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald's at 1398 North E Street at West 14th Street in _________. Ray Kroc made changes to the brothers business that modernized it and it became world famous. Where was this first store?
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Q 13:- This description refer to a place in Southern Utah. What place?
“ Hoodoos (odd-shaped pillars of rock left standing from the forces of erosion) can be found on every continent, but here is the largest collection of hoodoos in the world! Descriptions fail.” |
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Bryce Canyon |
Q 14:- Kodak was founded by George Eastman and Henry A. Strong on September 4, 1888. During most of the 20th century, Kodak held a dominant position in field of photographic film.
Where would you go to find the Kodak HQ |
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Q 15:- “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in ___________.” What city are they referring to?
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San Francisco Attributed to Mark Twain but never verified |
Q 16:- The Pike Place Fish Market, founded in 1930, is an open air fish market located in Pike Place Market, at the corner of Pike Street and Pike Place. It is known for their tradition of fishmongers throwing fish that customers have purchased, before they are wrapped. What city would you have to go to visit Pikes Place Fish Market
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Q 17:- Better known as ‘Scarface’, this mobster has a museum dedicated to him. What city would you have to visit to see this museum?
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18 ) The first word spoken on the moon referenced an American city. What city?
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Houston "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." |
Q 19) The very "Edsel" became a popular symbol for a commercial failure after the manufacturer produced a car of that name that did not match the pre-marketing hype.
Who was this vehicles manufacturer? |
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Ford |
Q 20) The first skyscraper ever was the Sears Tower, at 447 meters, one of the world's tallest buildings. Completed in 1973, it become the tallest building in the world, a title it held for nearly 25 years. Where would you have to go to have seen this building?
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Chicago - Illinois |
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