American Trivia Question and Answers
1.
What is the capital of the United States?
Answer:
Washington, D.C.
2.
Which U.S. state is known as the "Sunshine State"?
Answer:
Florida
3.
Who was the first President of the United States?
Answer:
George Washington
4.
In what year did the Declaration of Independence get signed?
Answer:
1776
5.
Which American landmark is known as the "Gateway to the West"?
Answer:
The Gateway Arch
6.
What is the most widely spoken language in the United States?
Answer:
English
7.
Which U.S. state is home to the Grand Canyon?
Answer:
Arizona
8.
Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner?
Answer:
Francis Scott Key
9.
What is the national animal of the United States?
Answer:
Bald Eagle
10.
Which U.S. state is known for its potatoes?
Answer:
Idaho
11.
What is the largest state in the U.S. by area?
Answer:
Alaska
12.
Who was the 16th President of the United States?
Answer:
Abraham Lincoln
13.
Which U.S. city is known as the "Windy City"?
Answer:
Chicago
14.
What are the two major political parties in the United States?
Answer:
Democratic Party and Republican Party
15.
What is the name of the national anthem of the United States?
Answer:
The StarSpangled Banner
16.
In what city is the Statue of Liberty located?
Answer:
New York City
17.
What is the highest court in the United States?
Answer:
The Supreme Court
18.
What was the name of the ship that carried the Pilgrims to America?
Answer:
The Mayflower
19.
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Answer:
Amelia Earhart
20.
What is the smallest state in the U.S. by area?
Answer:
Rhode Island
21.
Who was the famous civil rights leader who delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech?
Answer:
Martin Luther King Jr.
22.
Which state was the last to join the United States?
Answer:
Hawaii
23.
What is the national flower of the United States?
Answer:
Rose
24.
Which U.S. president abolished slavery?
Answer:
Abraham Lincoln
25.
Where is Mount Rushmore located?
Answer:
South Dakota
26.
What is the most popular sport in the United States?
Answer:
American Football
27.
Who was the first female Supreme Court Justice?
Answer:
Sandra Day O'Connor
28.
What is the name of the river that runs through the Grand Canyon?
Answer:
Colorado River
29.
What do the stripes on the U.S. flag represent?
Answer:
The 13 original colonies
30.
Which U.S. city is famous for its music scene and is the home of country music?
Answer:
Nashville
31.
Who was the only U.S. president to serve more than two terms?
Answer:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32.
In what year was the first successful powered flight?
Answer:
1903
33.
Who invented the light bulb?
Answer:
Thomas Edison
34.
What is the name of the first successful English colony in America?
Answer:
Jamestown
35.
Which U.S. state is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes"?
Answer:
Minnesota
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