Living in America

1 What is the most populous city in Alaska?

2 Which city is nicknamed the Alamo City?

3 Which city’s cable cars were named as America’s first mobile museum?

4 The USA’s oldest university, Harvard, is located in which state?

5 What is the official state fruit of Georgia?

6 Which city is home to the famed Kronk boxing gymnasium?

7 The US Medal of Honor depicts which mythological goddess?

8 In which park is the Old Faithful geyser, a popular tourist attraction?

9 What animal provides the state nickname of Oregon?

10 Which city has hosted an annual marathon since 1897?

11 What is the state capital of Colorado?

12 Which two states are mentioned in the lyrics of the Beatles hit Get Back?

13 What is known as The House that Ruth Built?

14 MO is the zip code for which state?

15 What is New York’s largest borough by area?

16 What is the oldest state in the USA?

17 What is the only letter of the alphabet not to feature in the name of a state in the USA?

18 Which state capital of the USA has the longest name?

19 What is the official state bird of the smallest state of the USA?

20 Who was Jimmy Carter’s vice president?

21 What is the USA’s most populous state?

22 Which politician penned the autobiography My American Journey?

23 Jacksonville is the largest city in which state?

24 Which major US city was formerly called Fort Dearborn?

25 Which two states are not part of the Lower 48?

26 Which was the first British pop group to top the singles charts in the USA?

27 Which city was once known as the Town of the Queen of the Angel?

28 Which Nevada city is known as the Divorce Capital of the World?

29 What is the most populous city in Texas?

30 Which state’s name translates into English as “red people”?

31 Which organisation has its headquarters in Langley, Virginia?

32 How does the original Latin motto of the USA, E pluribus Unum, translate into English?

33 What four word national motto did the USA officially adopt in 1956?

34 What is the state capital of Alaska?

35 What animal is depicted on the state flag of Wyoming?

36 How many states of the USA contain a compass point in their name?

37 What is known as the Hawkeye State?

38 Which state capital has a name that translates as red stick?

39 Which is the only state that is home to a royal palace?

40 Which four states of the USA all meet at one geographical point?

Answers to Living in America

1 Anchorage
2 San Antonio
3 San Francisco
4 Massachusetts
5 Peach
6 Detroit
7 Minerva
8 Yellowstone Park
9 Beaver
10 Boston
11 Denver
12 Arizona and California
13 New York Yankee Stadium
14 Missouri
15 Queens
16 Delaware
17 Q
18 Jefferson City
19 Rhode Island Red
20 Walter Mondale
21 California
22 Colin Powell
23 Florida
24 Chicago
25 Alaska and Hawaii, i.e. states that do not form a border with the Lower 48
26 The Tornados with Telstar
27 Los Angeles
28 Reno
29 Houston
30 Oklahoma
31 CIA
32 Out of many, one
33 In God we Trust
34 Juneau
35 Bison
36 5, North and South Dakota, North and South Carolina and West Virginia
37 Iowa
38 Baton Rouge
39 Hawaii
40 Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah