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Городской
конкурс на знание американской истории и культуры
среди школьников г.о. Тольятти в рамках празднования
20-летия сотрудничества городов-побратимов Тольятти-Флинт
Лингвострановедческая викторина
United States
of Ameriсa.
Choose the correct answer from
choices listed below.
1. How many states does the United States of Ameriсa comprise
at present?
a) 50 b)
13 c) 49
2. Where is Washington, the
federal capital, located?
a) in the State of Washington
b) in the District of Columbia c) in the State of
New York
3. What do America
people call the national flag?
a) the Stars and Bars, the Confederate Flag, the Southern Cross
b) the Union Jack, the Saint George’s Cross, the Saint Andrew’s Cross
c) the Stars and Stripes, the Stars-Spangled Banner, the Old Glory
4. Who made the first American
flag?
a) Betsy Ross b)
Harried Tubman) c) Elizabeth Stanton
5. How many stars and stripes
does the American national flag have?
a) 50 stars and 13 strips b)
13 stars and 50 strips c) 20 stars and 15 strips
6. What is the national anthem of
the USA?
a) the Stars and Stripes b)
the Spangled Banner c) America the Beautiful
7. What are the mottos of the USA?
a) ”God save our gracious Queen”, “Dieu et mon droit”
b) “E plurubus unum”, “In God we trust”
c) ”Liberty Enlightening the World”, “I pledge
allegiance to the flag of the United States of America”
8. What does the Coat of Arms of
USA show?
a) a bald eagle with a ribbon in its mouth bearing the
device “E plurubus unum”, 13 arrows and an olive in its talons
b) a shield, a crown, a lion, a unicorn and the device
“Dieu et mon droit”
c) a shield with coats of arms of four countries and
three maple leaves
9. What are the two leading
national parties in the USA?
a) the Republican Party and Democratic Party
b) the Conservative Party and Labour Party
c) the Green Party and the Prohibition
Party
10. What chambers does Congress
consist of?
a) the Supreme Court and the Federal Courts
b) the House of Representatives and the Senate
c) the House of Commons and the House of Lords
11. What is the highest mountain
in the USA?
a) Mount Vernon
b) Mount Whitney c) Mount
McKinley
12. What is the longest river in the USA?
a) the Tennessee
b) the Mississippi
c) the Colorado
13. Where are Sequoia and Yosemite
National Parks located?
a) in California
b) in Montana
c)in Alaska
14. When did Christopher Columbus
discover America?
a) in
1000 b) in 1492
c) in 1607
15. When do American people
celebrate Thanksgiving Day?
a) in
November b) in
July c) in
September
16. Who do Americans call the
Pilgrim Fathers?
a) Puritans who arrived in America aboard the ship Mayflower
b) people who make a journey to a holy
place for a religious reason
c) Native Americans
17. Which of the American
presidents are honored on Presidents Day?
a) George Washington and Thomas Jefferson
b) Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin
Roosevelt
c) George Washington and Abraham Lincoln
18. When did the War of
Independence take place?
a) in 1812 –
1814 b) in 1861 –
1865 c) in 1775 – 1783
19. When do Americans celebrate
the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.?
a) on 15
January b) on 14
February c)on 17 March
20. When was the Declaration of
Independence adopted?
a) on 4
July,1776 b) on 12
October,1492 c) on 30
April,1789
21. Who wrote the Declaration of
Independence?
a) George
Washington b) Thomas
Jefferson c) Benjamin Franklin
22. When was the Constitution of
the United States adopted?
a) in
1791
b) in
1787
c) in 1776
23. What do Americans call the first
ten amendments to the US Constitution?
a) the Bill of
Rights b) the Civil Rights
Act c) the Voting Rights Act
24. What do Americans call the
people who came to California during the gold rush
in the 19th century?
a) the
Pilgrims b) the
Forty-Niners c) the
Confederates
25. Which road was called the
Trail of Tears?
a) the route of the pioneers across the treeless
prairie, the Rocky Mountains and deserts to Oregon in 1830 – 1850s
b)the journey of the Pilgrims to the New World
in 1620
c) the journey of the Cherokee Indians forced by
American soldiers from their own land to the Oklahoma Territory in 1838 – 1839
26. When did the Civil War in the
United States take place?
a) in 1861 –
1865 b) in 1848 –
1849 c) in 1840 – 1870
27. The Emancipation Proclamation written by Abraham Lincoln in 1863…
a) gave women the right to vote.
b) freed the Blacks in South from slavery.
c) proclaimed the independence of the country
from Britain.
28. What tragic event made the USA
declare war on Japan in 1941?
a) The German bombing raids on Great
Britain
b) The Japanese invasion into Manchuria
c) The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
29. What tragic event happened on
September 17, 2001?
a) The Twin Towers in New York were destroyed by
terrorists.
b) The American war in Afghanistan
began.
c) The American war in Iraq
started.
30. What type of schools provides
free secondary education?
a) comprehensive
schools b) private
schools c) public schools
31. What is the oldest university
in the USA?
a) The University of California
b) Harvard University c) Princeton
University
32. What do Americans call the eight
oldest and most prestigious universities and colleges?
a) Oxbridge
b) the Ivy League c) the Major
Leagues
33. What is the centre of the US automobile industry?
a) Chicago
b) Detroit c) San Francisco
34. Which state is called the
nation’s Dairy Belt?
a) Illinois
b) Indiana c) Wisconsin
35. What are the States of Iowa, Illinois and Indiana called?
a) The Corn
Belt b) the Wheat
Belt c) the Rust Belt
36. What products are made in Silicon Valley?
a) medical
tools b)
computers c)steel
37. Which State is called the Oil
State?
a) Pennsylvania
b) California c) Texas
38. What is the name of the
building of the US Department of Defense?
a) The Mission Control
Centre b) the
Pentagon c) the War Ministry
39. Where does the American
President live and work?
a) in the City
Hall b) in the White
House c) in the Capitol
40. Where is the Statue of Liberty located?
a) in New York Harbor
b)in Washington Mall c) on Broadway in New
York
41. Who created the Statue of
Liberty?
a) Frederic August
Bartholdi b) Frank Lloyd
Wright c) Pierre L’Enfant
42. Which of the famous American
presidents are carved in Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
a) George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln,
Franklin Roosevelt
b) George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, John Adams, Andrew
Jackson
c) George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln,
Theodore Roosevelt
43. Where are the United Nations Headquarters situated?
a) in Washington
b) in New York c) in Philadelphia
44. Where is Hollywood, the
centre of the US film industry, located?
a) in Los Angeles, California
b)in Miami, Florida c)in Boston, Massachusetts
45. What is the symbol of US financial power?
a) Times
Square b) Pennsylvania
Avenue c) Wall Street
46. Where is the Sears
Tower located?
a) in New York
b) in Chicago c) in Seattle
47. How many floors does the Empire
State Building have?
a)
102
b)
50
c) 120
48. Who designed the Guggenheim
Museum in New York?
a) Frank Lloyd
Wright b) Thomas
Jefferson c) John C.Portman Jr.
49. Where is the Metropolitan
Museum of Art located?
a) in Washington
b) in Atlanta c) in New York
50. Who is the author of the
first dictionary of American English?
a) D.
Jones
b) J.C. Wells c) N. Webster
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:
51. What is the official emblem (symbol) of the USA?
52. In which
famous location do people in New York City celebrate New Year’s Eve?
53. Who is the American composer
who wrote West Side Story?
54. Which sport is considered to
be the national pastime of America?
55. Give the name of the most
famous American chess player of our time.
56. Which American silent film
star is called “The Little Tramp”?
58. What monument in Washington,D.C., dedicated to an American president, is nicknamed “The Pencil”?
59. In which U.S. city were the 1996 Summer Olympics held?
60. What is the name of the
awards given to the best movie actors and actresses each year
in the U.S.?
61. Which American state was the last to acquire “state” status?
62. Which major city in the state
of Florida has the same name as a Russian city?
63. In which
city and state is Disney World located?
64. Name the two political
parties in the USA and say which animals symbolize each party?
65. What was the first “talking”
film in the US?
66. Give the names of the three
ships on which Christopher Columbus made his first voyage to America.
67. What is an unofficial symbol of the U.S. government?
68. Where does the American President live and work?
69. Which American President was
the first to live in the White House?
70. For how many years may a
President serve?
71. Which country presented the US
with the Statue of Liberty? What was the occasion?
72. Which American astronaut
first stepped on the surface of the Moon and was the year?
What was the name of his spaceship?
73. Which U.S astronaut spent
almost four months during 1995 aboard the Russian space station “Mir”?
74. Which 19th century American writer is said to be the founder of detective
genre?
75. Name the American science
fiction writer born in Russia who wrote “I ,Robot”.
76. Which two novels by Mark
Twain are often called “the first modern American novels”?
77. During which periods in
American history was the novel “Gone with the Wind” set?
78. Name the 1954 Nobel Laureate
in Literature who wrote, “The Sun Also Rises”
79. Which famous poem of
Longfellow was translated into Russian by Ivan Bunin?
80. Which famous Edgar A. Poe
poem named for a bird?
81. Which American author wrote
“The Last of the Mohicans?
82. Name the largest library in
the U.S.
83. Which famous American
document begins with the words, “We, the people of the United
States, in order to form a more perfect union …”
Guess famous people of U.S.
84. He was born in 1935. He learned to sing in church. With the help his
manager Tom Parker he became popular not only in America, but all over the
world. He died at the age of 42. Everyone knows him as the King of Rock' n'
Roll. Who was he?
85. He was an American artist and
film producer. He was famous for his animated cartoons .In the 1950’s and
1960’s he began developing the family-entertainment parks Disneyland and Disney
World. Who was he?
86. He was born in a very poor
family and grew up to become the sixteenth President of the United
States. When he was elected in 1860, the question of slavery was the foremost
political issue. In 1863 he wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, giving freedom
to three million blacks living in the
South. Who was he?
87. He was born on January 15,
1929. He became a Baptist minister. He was a leader in the struggle for civil
rights and equality for black people. In 1956 he led a famous boycott of the
school system because blacks couldn’t become teachers. He won the Nobel Peace Prize
in 1964 but was assassinated in
1968. Who was he?
88. He could do many things. As a
young man, he was a farmer and a lawyer in Virginia. He was also a scientist,
an inventor, a philosopher, and an architect. He could communicate in French,
Italian, Spanish, Latin, and Greek. He held many important government jobs.
He was Ambassador to France, Secretary of State, Vice President, and the third
President of the United States.
Who was he?
89. He was President for only
three years, but his personality and ideas changed America. He was the youngest
President in the history of the country. He supported the ideas of Martin
Luther King, and fought for civil rights, fair housing, and programs to stop
poverty. He asked Congress for more money for education and medical care for
elderly people. He was a man for the future. He worked to stop the testing of
nuclear weapons. But on November 22, 1963, he was
assassinated. Who was he?
90. This businessman changed
factory production in America with assembly-line methods to lower costs. He
worked for the Edison Company in Detroit until 1899 and then began
manufacturing automobiles. His earliest cars were the Model T and the Model A.
In 1932, his company began to sell cars with eight- cylinder engines. For many
years, he refused to allow unions in his factories, but he signed his first
contract with the United Auto Workers (UAW) in
1941. Who was he?
What holiday is this?
91. On July 4, 1776, the American colonies declared their independence from Britain.
July 4 is the birthday of the United States, an official national holiday.
Americans flags
are everywhere. There are often parades and speeches. Many families celebrate
this holiday by having picnics and by watching fireworks at night.
Which city is it?
92. This city is the largest in the USA. Its nickname is The Big Apple. This
city is the world leader in business, arts, and communications. It’s also the
centre of advertising, fashion, and publishing. Which city is it?
What is it?
93. It was a gift to the USA from the people of France. It’s a great monument.
But it is not only a monument; it is a symbol of freedom to millions of people
around the world.
What is it?
What do know about Flint?
94. What state of the USA
is the town Flint in?
95. What world famous corporations were founded in the town Flint?
96. What informal name did the town Flint get after 1908?
97. What image is there on the coat of arms of Flint which symbolizes the main
branch of industry in the town?
98. What is the name of the river near Flint?
99. When was the agreement signed
between Flint and Togliatti establishing a sister-city relationship?
100. What is the name of the tallest building in the downtown Flint?
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