Викторина “Do you know the USA?”

Викторина для 8 - 9 классов “Do you know the USA?”

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

2. Which country presented the USA with the statue of Liberty? What was the occasion?

3. In which famous place do people in New York City celebrate New Year’s Day?

4. Which American rock-and-roll star lived in Memphis, Tennessee?

5. What monument in Washington D.C. dedicated to an American President is nicknamed “The Pencil”?

6. What is the name of the famous collection of museums in Washington?

7. Explain the symbolism of the stars and stripes on the US flag.

8. On what river is the capital of the USA situated?

9. Where does the President of the USA live and work?

10. Which is the biggest state in the USA?

11. Who was the 1st President of the USA?

12. What do the Americans celebrate on the 4th of July?

13. In which city is Hollywood?

14. What street in New York is called “The Great White Way”?

15. What is the highest building in Washington?

16. Who was the 1st President lived in the White House?

17. What is the largest city in the USA?

18. In which state do the highest trees in the world grow? What are they called?

19. Which is the smallest state in the USA?

20. Who is the President killed by Oswald?

21. The first colonists started the tradition of a) Halloween, b) Independence Day, c) Thanksgiving Day, d) Memorial Day.

22. Who was the 42d President: a) Clinton, b) Kennedy, c)Johnson, d) Washington