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Easy Americana [A] Trivia Quiz

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.

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

Author
flem-ish

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
49,192

Updated
Mar 07 26

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
10193

Last 3 plays: Guest 206 (6/10), Edzell_Blue (8/10), Guest 73 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What's a muckraker ? Hint

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

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who or what would you call a wrangler? Hint

A gossip columnist

An anti-globalist rioter

A cowboy

A street-fighting dog

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is a smokey? Hint

A chain smoker

A highway patrolman

Inhabitant of the Smokey Mountains

A firefighter

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Question 4 of 10

4. What's the term for people working in typical women's professions? Hint

Blue collar worker

Pink collar worker

White collar worker

A whistle-blower

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Question 5 of 10

5. Where in the USA might you typically find hex signs ? Hint

In Pennsylvania

In Rhode Island

In Oregon

In Vermont

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was the composer of the Battle Hymn of the Republic ? Hint

George Gershwin

Stephen Foster

John Philip Sousa

Julia Ward Howe

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these Universities does NOT belong to the Ivy League? Hint

Columbia University, New York

Georgetown University , Washington

Yale University, Connecticut

Dartmouth College , New Hampshire

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the root meaning of the original Hawaiian word 'aloha' as in the name Aloha State ? Hint

Welcome

Flower wreath

Hello

Love

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Question 9 of 10

9. What does 'five' refer to in the phrasing the 'high five'? Hint

five biggest petrol companies

five top aides in the White House

five fingers

five highest mountains of the USA

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Question 10 of 10

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'? Hint

the head of the New York Water Supply Board

one of the many nicknames given by the Native Americans to the U.S. Presidents

chief of the U.S. Navy

the Mississippi

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Mar 27 2026 : Guest 206: 6/10
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Mar 03 2026 : Guest 73: 8/10
Mar 03 2026 : mandy2: 8/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What's a muckraker ?

Answer: Somebody who enjoys raking up scandals

2. Who or what would you call a wrangler?

Answer: A cowboy

3. What is a smokey?

Answer: A highway patrolman

4. What's the term for people working in typical women's professions?

Answer: Pink collar worker

Whistle-blowers are those people who go over the heads of their superiors to 'signal a lil scandal'.- Why 'pink collars' for women's professions? Any association with that good old pink triangle?

5. Where in the USA might you typically find hex signs ?

Answer: In Pennsylvania

Yes of course among the Pennsylvania Dutch. By the way, 'Hex' comes very close to Dutch heks (witch ) and German Hexe (witch). Sign that keeps out all 'black magic'...

6. Who was the composer of the Battle Hymn of the Republic ?

Answer: Julia Ward Howe

Julia Ward Howe lived from 1819 till 1910. - Gershwin from 1898 till 1937 - Stephen Foster from 1826 till 1864 and John Philip Sousa from 1854 till 1932.

7. Which of these Universities does NOT belong to the Ivy League?

Answer: Georgetown University , Washington

8. What is the root meaning of the original Hawaiian word 'aloha' as in the name Aloha State ?

Answer: Love

Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Etymology of the interjection aloha (used as a greeting or farewell): Hawaiian , from aloha = love.Other sources :Shorter Oxford Dictionary and the dictionary option at www.eb.com .-Also mentioned in NTC's Dictionary of the USA by George Kurian ISBN 0-8442-5862-8. - WordNet at www.notredame.ac.jp lists more than a dozen (derived) CURRENT meanings of aloha.-

9. What does 'five' refer to in the phrasing the 'high five'?

Answer: five fingers

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'?

Answer: the Mississippi

George Washington is said to have been the Father of his Country (just as Ali Jinnah, Mahatma Gandhi, and Sheikh Mudjibur Rahman were called Fathers of the Nation). He of course also qualifies as Founding Father, but not as Pilgrim Father as he was not on the Mayflower. Maybe President Saddam would have called the Mississippi the Mother of All Waters?

Source: Author flem-ish

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