The USA

USA Places

1 Which American city is nicknamed The Big Easy?

2 What is the name of the Californian town that houses a Disney theme park?

3 Alphabetically which is the first US state?

4 Which is the only American city to be named after a British Prime Minister?

5 In which city was Arnold Schwarzenegger inaugurated as Governor of California in November 2003?

6 O’Hare Airport, the largest airport in the USA, serves which city?

7 Which major US city was formerly called Trimontaine?

8 Which US state, nicknamed the Gem State, has Boise as its state capital and the mountain bluebird as its state bird?

9 What female name was given to the hurricane that lashed the East coast in September 2003?

10 Which is the only American state capital that has three words in its name?

Answers
New Orleans
Anaheim
Alabama
Pittsburgh, after William Pitt
Sacramento
Chicago
Boston
Idaho
Isobel
Salt Lake City

USA People

1 Of which city is Jerry Springer a former mayor?

2 What was the surname of Clyde with regard to the criminal duo Bonnie & Clyde?

3 Which famous US author was the first ever author to send a publisher a type written manuscript?

4 Which former US President died on January 23, 1973?

5 Which astronaut was played by Tom Hanks in the film Apollo 13?

6 In which state of the USA was George Washington born?

7 Which pop superstar married Guy Ritchie in Skibo Castle?

8 Which author links the books The Firm, The Pelican Brief and The Client?

9 Who was arrested in Dallas on November 22, 1963 and shot dead two days later?

10 Who was the only US President to die at sea?

Answers
Cincinnati
Clyde Barrow
Mark Twain
Lyndon B Johnson
Jim Lovell
Virginia
Madonna
John Grisham
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Harding

USA Sport

1 Which city hosted the 1984 Summer Olympics?

2 In the game of baseball, what is a can of corn?

3 The Borg Warner Trophy is awarded annually to the winner of which motor race?

4 What is the name of the rules that govern the sport of American football?

5 At the end of the 20th century who was named Athlete Of The Century by the IAAF?

6 Which baseball star is mentioned in the lyrics of the Simon & Garfunkel hit “Mrs Robinson”?

7 Which US boxer is nicknamed The Real Deal?

8 Who was the only non-American golfer to win the US Open in the 1990s?

9 Which American city hosted the football World Cup final in 1994?

10 Nicknamed The Kentucky Kid, who was the first jockey to win the Epsom Derby and the Kentucky Derby?

Answers
Los Angeles
The name given to an easy catch
Indianapolis 500
Harvard Rules
Carl Lewis
Joe Di Maggio
Evander Holyfield
Ernie Els
Pasadena
Steve Cauthen

Entertainment USA

1 What did the American pop group REO Speedwagon name themselves after?

2 Name the two actresses who played the Banger Sisters in a 2002 film.

3 What is the name of the hometown of Buffy The Vampire Slayer?

4 Which film ended with Cher singing “The Shoop Shoop Song”?

5 Which legendary recording artist, who founded the Love Unlimited Orchestra, died in 2003?

6 Which was the first US sitcom to be screened in front of a live studio audience?

7 Which director links the films, Platoon, JFK and The Doors?

8 In 2003 which rock star became a co-owner of the American football team Philadelphia Storm?

9 At the 2003 Emmy Awards which series won the award in the Best Drama category?

10 Who is the only male actor to appear in all three Godfather films?

Answers
An American fire truck
Susan Sarandon & Goldie Hawn
Sunnydale
Mermaids
Barry White
I Love Lucy
Oliver Stone
Jon Bon Jovi
The West Wing
Al Pacino