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More Easy Americana

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

Introduction:
"Things American, USA celebrities , phrasings more frequent in AE than in BE... Those are what this quiz is about. So you'd better test yourself here before you try to get that Green Card ... And NO, it's not all about Coca Cola and McDonalds."


1. Which of these places in U.S.A. has been nicknamed Tinseltown by the Americans?
    Reno
    Hollywood
    Las Vegas
    New Orleans


2. What's the name for the day set apart in USA for planting trees?
    Ann Arbor Day
    Earth Day
    Green Day
    Arbor Day


3. Which of these U.S.A. states has been frequently called 'the armpit of the Nation'?
    New Jersey
    Washington
    Maine
    Montana


4. What did G.I. originally stand for on the uniforms of American military ?
    Government Interventionist
    Government Instructor
    Government Issue
    Government Inspector


5. What was Al Capone's very own nickname?
    the Godfather
    the Boss
    Scarface
    Il Capo


6. What is the name given to the day - October 29, 1929 - the Great Depression started?
    Bloody Monday
    Black Friday
    Black Tuesday
    Black Monday


7. What month is Earth Day celebrated in?
    March
    June
    May
    April


8. Which of these nicknames applies to Andrew Jackson , the Seventh President of the USA?
    Old Kinderhook
    Old Hickory
    Old Faithful
    Old Rough and Ready


9. Which of these does, from the point of the sport-lover, not fit in this list?
    Cotton Bowl
    Sugar Bowl
    Orange Bowl
    Dust Bowl


10. And well yes there is Coca Cola in the USA ... But which of these was the inventor of the Pepsi alternative in 1898?
    Caleb Bradham
    William Brewster
    John S. Pemberton
    D.W. Griffith


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