Brain test

1. July 4 is a US holiday. By what name is this holiday known? 2. Name the James Cameron film starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio that won 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture? 3. Which is the only US state that is not a part of continental North America? 4. In which year were the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon? 5. Who was the first man to walk on the moon? 6. Three out of four Americans recently surveyed didn’t know the answer to this question. How long does it take for the Earth to revolve around the sun? 7. What term is American hip-hop slang meaning flashy, ornamented and ostentatious? It rhymes with “sting”. 8. The heads of four US presidents are sculpted on which mountain in South Dakota? 9. He was the first person to type a novel on a typewriter. He was called the “father of American literature”. His real name was Samuel Clemens and he created the character Tom Sawyer. Who was he? 10. Which of the following divas is not American: A) Beyoncé; B) Kesha; C) Lady Gaga; D) Rihanna? 11. In which city is the sitcom Friends set? 12. After who was America named? 13. Who directed the Oscar-winning film Born on

the 4th of July ? 14. Which American author wrote the novels For

Whom the Bell Tolls and A Farewell to Arms ? Was it A) JB Salinger; B) Ernest Hemingway; C) John Steinbeck; D) F Scott Fitzgerald? 15. At nearly 63 years old, who is the oldest person to have had a US Billboard No 1: A) Cher; B) Willie Nelson; C) Louis Armstrong; D) Aretha Franklin? 16. The Cardinals, the Blues and the Rams are all sporting teams based in which US City: A) Detroit; B) St Louis; C) Atlanta; D) Baltimore? 17. Which US-based religion was founded by Joseph Smith and is headquartered in Salt Lake City? 18. Kansas City is the capital of which US state? 19. Name the prominent African-American civilrights activist who, when travelling by bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, famously refused to give up her seat for a white passenger?