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The Less You Know Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz for kids on their knowledge of the United States of America. Do you think adults know less than you?

A multiple-choice quiz by lampshade56. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
lampshade56

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
349,481

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
1216

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the place in New York where you would go to watch a play or a musical? Hint

Brooklyn

Fifth Avenue

Broadway

Queens

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which famous landmark can be found in South Dakota? Think faces or heads. Hint

Mount Everest

Mount Rushmore

Mont Blanc

Mount Fuji

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is another name by which South Dakota is known? Hint

Hyena State

Wolf State

Coyote State

Lion State

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the longest river in the USA? Hint

Colorado

Yukon

Mississippi

Missouri

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Question 5 of 10

5. The name Massachusetts was given by a Native American tribe but what does it mean?
Think Jack and Jill. Hint

By the big river

On or near the great hill

Under the oak tree

Over the mountain

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of New York's islands was famous in the past for its amusement parks and as a holiday resort? Hint

Coney Island

Ireland

Easter Island

Majorca

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which university in Connecticut was founded in 1701 and has former students as diverse as Meryl Streep and George H.W. Bush? Hint

MIT

Princeton

Yale

Oxford

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which fictional city, the home of Batman, was based on New York City at night according to one of its creators? Hint

Melbourne

Gotham City

London

Metropolis

9. Mount Whitney is the tallest peak in the contiguous USA and was named after Josiah Whitney. He was a geologist and professor at Harvard. Another geographical feature was also named after him. What is it? Hint

River Whitney

Fort Whitney

Whitney Park

Whitney Glacier

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Question 10 of 10

10. Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia use which official title instead of "state"? Think of Australia and Canada for example. Hint

Republic

Commonwealth

Kingdom

Country

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the place in New York where you would go to watch a play or a musical?

Answer: Broadway

Broadway is the oldest main thoroughfare in the city, dating to the first New Amsterdam settlement. The name Broadway is the English literal translation of the Dutch name, Breede weg.

2. Which famous landmark can be found in South Dakota? Think faces or heads.

Answer: Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore is famous for its likenesses of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. They were carved in granite by sculptor Gutzon Borglum.

3. What is another name by which South Dakota is known?

Answer: Coyote State

South Dakota was a "frontier state" and gave us such legends as Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane.

4. What is the longest river in the USA?

Answer: Missouri

The river rises in the Rocky Mountains and flows east and south for 2,341 miles before it enters the Mississippi River north of St. Louis.

5. The name Massachusetts was given by a Native American tribe but what does it mean? Think Jack and Jill.

Answer: On or near the great hill

The Native Americans who originally resided here were the Pequod.

6. Which of New York's islands was famous in the past for its amusement parks and as a holiday resort?

Answer: Coney Island

Coney Island was once an outer barrier island before becoming partly joined to the mainland by landfill. It began attracting holidaymakers as far back as the 1830s.

7. Which university in Connecticut was founded in 1701 and has former students as diverse as Meryl Streep and George H.W. Bush?

Answer: Yale

Yale has been mentioned many times in books, films and tv programmes. For example "The Great Gatsby" and "Moby Dick", are just two books in which it has featured and "Gossip Girl", "Glee" and "Frazier" are among the television references.

8. Which fictional city, the home of Batman, was based on New York City at night according to one of its creators?

Answer: Gotham City

Interestingly "Gotham" was a nickname for New York City as far back as 1807 as mentioned by Washington Irving. He got the name from the village of Gotham in Nottinghamshire, England.

Answer: Whitney Glacier

This glacier can be found in California on Mount Shasta. It is the longest and only valley glacier in California.

10. Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia use which official title instead of "state"? Think of Australia and Canada for example.

Answer: Commonwealth

These four use the term "commonwealth" in the sense of "government based on the common consent of the people". This refers to the common wealth or welfare of the people.

Source: Author lampshade56

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