2. The United States of America
Part I

3. The United States of America.
Geography 10 20 30 40 50
Sights
Famous people
Writers

4. What is the capital of the USA?
Washington D.C.

5. Which American state was the last to acquire “state” status?
Hawaii

6. Name the smallest U.S. state.
Question-auction
Name the smallest U.S. state.
Rhode Island

7. Name the lowest spot in the continental U. S.
Death Valley (CA)

8. What is the name of the river in New York?
Hudson river

9. What monument in Washington D. C
What monument in Washington D.C., dedicated to an American president, is nicknamed “The Pencil”?
Washington monument

10. Question-auction:
The Statue
of Liberty

11. Happy chance.

12. The Golden Gate Bridge

13. Mount Rushmore National Memorial

14. Who was the first president of the USA?
George
Washington

15. Which American astronaut first stepped on the surface of the Moon?
Neil Armstrong

16. His cartoons about Mickey Mouse are very popular.
Walt
Disney

17. Who was the famous Chicago criminal, nicknamed “Scarface”?
Capone

18. Which American architect is called the “Father of the Skyscraper”?
Louis Henry Sullivan

19. Who is the author of the story about Tom Soyer?
Mark
Twain

20. Which 19-th century American writer is said to be the founder of detective genre?
Edgar A. Poe

21. Which American author wrote “The last of the Mohicans”?
James Fenimore
Cooper

22. Name the 1954 Nobel Laureate in Literature who wrote “The Sun Also Rises”.
Ernest Hemingway

23. Volkov’s book, “The Wizard of the Emerald Town”, is an adaptation of a book written by …
L. Frank
Baum

25. The United States of America
Part II

26. The USA.
History 10 30 40 50
American presidents
Culture

27. The Constitution of the United States
Which document begins with the words,
“We, people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union…”?
The Constitution of the United States

28. What is the name of the American naval base that the Japanese attacted on December 7, 1941?
Pearl Harbor

29. During which periods in American history was the novel “Gone with the Wind”?
The Civil War
and
Reconstruction

30. 1920 the 19-th Amendment of the Constitution
When did American women receive the right to vote?
1920
the 19-th Amendment of the Constitution

31. Who was the youngest elected President in the history of the U.S.?
John F. Kennedy

32. Dwight David Eisenhower
Which general (the 34th president) commanded all U.S. forces during the Second World War?
Dwight
David
Eisenhower

33. Which American President was the first to live in the White House?
John Adams

34. Which American President attended the Potsdam Conference?
A pig in a poke:
Which American President attended the Potsdam Conference?
Harry Truman

35. Oscars or Academy Awards
Question-auction:
What is the name of the awards given to the best movie actors and actresses each year in the U.S.?
Oscars or
Academy Awards

36. Which American rock-and-roll star lived in Memphis?
Elvis Presley

37. Which American silent film star is called “The Little Tramp”?
Charlie
Chaplin

38. Name the largest library in the U.S.
Library of Congress

39. Thank you for your attention!
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