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Easy Americana [B] Trivia Quiz

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.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
49,278

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
13259

Last 3 plays: honeypee81 (8/10), Guest 104 (8/10), Guest 157 (8/10).

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Scroll down to the bottom for the answer key.

1. Which of these places in USA has been nicknamed Tinseltown by the Americans? Hint

New Orleans

Reno

Hollywood

Las Vegas

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2. What's the name for the day set apart in USA for planting trees? Hint

Ann Arbor Day

Arbor Day

Green Day

Earth Day

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3. Which of these USA states is called the Garden State? Hint

Maine

New Jersey

Washington

Montana

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4. What is the usual meaning given to the term G.I. as used from 1936 onwards, to refer to a U.S. soldier's uniforms? Hint

Government Issue

Government Inspector

Government Instructor

Government Interventionist

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5. What was Al Capone's nickname? Hint

Scarface

Il Capo

The Boss

The Godfather

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6. What is 29 October, 1929 remembered as in the history of the New York Stock Exchange? Hint

Black Friday

Bloody Monday

Black Monday

Black Tuesday

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7. What month is Earth Day celebrated in? Hint

April

May

March

June

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8. Which of these nicknames applies to Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States? Hint

Old Kinderhook

Old Hickory

Old Faithful

Old Rough and Ready

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9. From the point of view of the sport-lover, which of these does not fit in this list? Hint

Dust Bowl

Orange Bowl

Cotton Bowl

Sugar Bowl

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10. And well yes there is Coca-Cola in the USA...but which of these was the inventor of the Pepsi alternative in 1898? Hint

John S. Pemberton

Caleb Bradham

William Brewster

D.W. Griffith

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these places in USA has been nicknamed Tinseltown by the Americans?

Answer: Hollywood

Though Hollywood is technically speaking not a "town", but a district of a town, it has been given the nickname Tinseltown.

2. What's the name for the day set apart in USA for planting trees?

Answer: Arbor Day

3. Which of these USA states is called the Garden State?

Answer: New Jersey

New Jersey is on the East Coast.

4. What is the usual meaning given to the term G.I. as used from 1936 onwards, to refer to a U.S. soldier's uniforms?

Answer: Government Issue

Other explanations have been suggested: General Issue and Garrison Issue.
NTC's Dictionary of the USA (by George Kurian), Shorter Oxford, and Macmillan Dictionary of American Slang (Robert L. Chapman) all believe in the "Government Issue" version.

5. What was Al Capone's nickname?

Answer: Scarface

6. What is 29 October, 1929 remembered as in the history of the New York Stock Exchange?

Answer: Black Tuesday

Though the initial crash was on Thursday 24th of October 1929, it was especially on Monday, October 28 and Tuesday, October 29 that the big alarm started off the famous Great Depression.

7. What month is Earth Day celebrated in?

Answer: April

Could the choice of the month have been inspired by that Shakespeare quote mentioning : the 'uncertain glory of an April day'?

8. Which of these nicknames applies to Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States?

Answer: Old Hickory

Martin van Buren, the eighth President, was called Old Kinderhook. Zachary Taylor, the twelfth, got the qualification Rough and Ready, but Old Faithful at the Yellowstone Park never has made it to President (as yet).

9. From the point of view of the sport-lover, which of these does not fit in this list?

Answer: Dust Bowl

Three of them are linked to sports. The Orange Bowl in Florida and the Cotton Bowl in Texas are football stadiums. The Sugar Bowl is a football competition. The outsider is Dust Bowl, which is what the Great Plains from Texas to the Dakotas had been reshaped into after a period of extreme drought in the 1930s.

10. And well yes there is Coca-Cola in the USA...but which of these was the inventor of the Pepsi alternative in 1898?

Answer: Caleb Bradham

Griffith(1875-1945) did not assist in the birth of any kind of cola but created the Birth of the Nation film masterpiece in 1915. William Brewster, one of the Pilgrim Fathers (1567-1644) played a role in the birth of the Plymouth Colony . - John S. Pemberton, a pharmacist from Atlanta invented COCA Cola in 1886 but promptly got a rival in Bradham who was a North Carolina pharmacist with a similar talent for brewing magic liquids.

Source: Author flem-ish

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