1. BRITISH AND
AMERICAN CULTURE
QUIZ
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT…?

2. THE NATIONAL SYMBOL OF THE
USA IS:
 A DONKEY
 A BALD EAGLE
 AN ELEPHANT

3. GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS THE:
 1ST AMERICAN PRESIDENT
 2ND AMERICAN PRESIDENT
 3RD AMERICAN PRESIDENT

4. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CONSISTS OF:
 49 STATES
 50 STATES
 51 STATES

5. BASKETBALL WAS INVENTED IN:
 THE USA
 AUSTRALIA
 UK

6. THE CAPITAL CITY OF
NORTHERNT IRELAND IS:
 DUBLIN
 CARDIFF
 BELFAST

7. THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN
BRITAIN IS:
 MOUNT RUSHMORE
 BEN NEVIS
 SCAFELL PIKE

8. THE BIG APPLE IS A POPULAR
NAME FOR:
 LOS ANGELES
 CHICAGO
 NEW YORK CITY

9. WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL HOME OF
THE BRITISH FAMILY?
 ROYAL ASCOT
 THE WHITE HOUSE
 BUCKINGHAM PALACE

10. BRITAIN´S OLDEST UNIVERSITY IS:
 CAMBRIDGE
 OXFORD
 LONDON UNIVERSITY

11. WINDY CITY IS A POPULAR NAME
OF..
 CHICAGO
 PHOENIX
 BOSTON

12. COLUMBUS DAY IS HELD ON..
 SEPTEMBER 2
 OCTOBER 12
 DECEMBER 21

13. THE WELSH NAME FOR WALES IS..
 CYMRU
 CUMBRIA
 CUMBERLAND

14. THE PLACE WHICH HOLDS THE
USE´S GOLD BULLION IS…
 FORT SUMTER
 FORT KNOX
 WALL STREET

15. THE SHIP THAT TOOK THE
PILGRIM FATHERS TO THE USA IN
1620 WAS..
 MAYFLOWER
 QUEEN ELIZABETH
 QUEEN MARY

16. THE LONGEST RIVER IN THE USA
IS…
 MISSISSIPPI
 YUKON
 MISSOURI

17. THE EMBLEM OF IRELAND IS..
 A LEEK
 A THISTLE
 A SHAMROCK

18. THE NATIONAL FLAG OF THE UK
IS CALLED..
 OLD GLORY
 UNION JACK
 UNION SQUARE

19. WHAT WAS THE WORLD´S FIRST
NATIONAL PARK CREATED IN1872?
 SNOWDONIA NATIONAL PARK
 YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

20. WHAT IS THE NAME OF KING
ARTHUR´S SWORD?
 EXCALIBUR
 EXCAVATOR
 EXCHEQUER

21. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST AMERICAN
STATE?
 TEXAS
 ALASKA
 CALIFORNIA