U.S. Trivia

Trivia!The United States

of America

INSTRUCTIONS- Each team will have one paper.

Put your team number at the top of your paper.

- We will answer 5 questions for each round. So, number your paper 1-5.

- After each round, you will SWAP papers with another group.

- You will check the answers of the other group, and say how many questions they answer correctly.

INSTRUCTIONS- Each question is worth 1 point.

Some questions will have an additional bonus point.

- Do NOT use your cell phones!!!- If you don’t know an answer,

skip the question.- Remember, this is just a game

1. How many states are there?

2. Name one U.S. territory. (Not a state)

3. What’s the capital of the US? (full name)

4. When is Independence Day? (another point for the year!)

5. What country did we separate from on Independence Day?

ROUND ONE

- 1. 50 states- 2. Puerto Rico; Guam; Northern

Mariana Islands; American Samoa; United States Virgin Islands

- 3. Washington, D.C. - 4. July 4th (**1776)- 5. England (or UK or Great

Britain)

6. How many stripes are on the US flag? (another point for what the stripes represent!)

7. What is the name of the national anthem?

8. Who is the current president? (another point for the vice president!)

9. Who was the first president?

10. Which president freed the slaves in 1863?

ROUND TWO

- 6. 13 stripes (**13 colonies)- 7. The Star-Spangled Banner- 8. Barack Obama (**Joe Biden)- 9. George Washington- 10. Abraham Lincoln

11. What is the largest city? (population)

12. What is the largest state? (population)

13. What is the largest state? (size)

14. How many times bigger is the USA compared to Spain?

Spain X _?_ =USA

15. What is the largest minority?

ROUND THREE

- 11. New York City- 12. California- 13. Alaska- 14. 19 times bigger- 15. Hispanics

16. What is the official language?

17. What is the American holiday in November? (another point for the day of the month!)

18. In what state is the Golden Gate Bridge? (another point for the city!)

19. What was the name of New York City BEFORE it was New York City?

20. Name a country that had land in the current USA BEFORE it became the USA (not UK). (**another point for each country)

ROUND FOUR

- 16. None- 17. Thanksgiving (**4th

Thursday)- 18. California (**San Francisco)- 19. New Amsterdam- 20. Russia; France; Spain; The

Netherlands; Sweden

21. What is the most popular sport?

22. What is the least popular sport?

23. What is the legal age for drinking alcohol?

24. What’s the legal age to buy tobacco?

25. What’s the legal age for driving a car?

ROUND FIVE

- 21. American Football- 22. Soccer- 23. Twenty-one years old- 24. Eighteen years old- 25. Sixteen years old

26. What’s the name of the island where the Statue of Liberty is?

27. What’s this mountain called? (another point for each president!)

28. What state is Las Vegas in?

29. What city is Hollywood in?

30. Name the states of the original 13 colonies. (Each state is one point)

ROUND SIX- 26. Liberty Island- 27. Mount Rushmore (**Washington,

Jefferson, Roosevelt, Lincoln)- 28. Nevada- 29. Los Angeles- 30. Georgia; South Carolina; North

Carolina; Virginia; Delaware; Maryland; Pennsylvania; New York; Rhode Island; Connecticut; Massachusetts; New Hamshire; New Jersey