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Easy Americana

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : U.S.A. Specific : Easy Americana

Introduction:
"This quiz deals with phrasings, facts, celebrities which may be commonly used or general knowledge inside USA , but less well known elsewhere, even among speakers of English."


1. What's a muckraker ?
    Heavy motorbike that does well on muddy surfaces
    Political columnist
    Somebody who enjoys raking up scandals
    Bratty child that always gets dirty when playing outside


2. Who or what would you call a wrangler?
    An anti-globalist rioter
    A cowboy
    A street-fighting dog
    A gossip columnist


3. A smokey ??
    A chain smoker
    A highway patrolman
    Inhabitant of the Smokey Mountains
    A firefighter


4. What's the term for people working in typical women's professions ?
    A whistle-blower
    Blue collar worker
    Pink collar worker
    White collar worker


5. Where in the USA might you typically find hex signs ?
    In Oregon
    In Pennsylvania
    In Rhode Island
    In Vermont


6. Who was the composer of the Battle Hymn of the Republic ?
    George Gershwin
    Stephen Foster
    John Philip Sousa
    Julia Ward Howe


7. Which of these Universities does NOT belong to the Ivy League ?
    Georgetown University , Washington
    Yale University, Connecticut
    Columbia University, New York
    Dartmouth College , New Hampshire


8. What is the root meaning of the original Hawaiian word 'aloha' as in the name Aloha State ?
    Welcome
    Love
    Hello
    Flower wreath


9. What does 'five' refer to in the phrasing the 'high five' ?
    five top aids in the White House
    five fingers
    five highest mountains of the USA
    five biggest petrol companies


10. There may have been Pilgrim Fathers , Founding Fathers and even a Father of His Country , but who or what qualifies as ' Father of Waters'?
    the head of the New York Water Supply Board
    the Mississippi
    chief of the U.S. Navy
    one of the many nicknames given by the Native Americans to the U.S. Presidents


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