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With Americans celebrating Independence Day on Wednesday, this week’s theme is the US.

1. How many presidents are carved into Mount Rushmore?

2. Which US state is known as the “Lone Star State”?

3. What is the name of the wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates? Together they formed the largest private foundation in the US.

4. American president Johnson was known by what three initials?

5. Complete the following phrase to make an American slang term meaning “very easy”: “Piece of ….”

“Crazy in Love” was the first solo number one hit for which musician? A) Lady Gaga, B) Beyoncé, C) Madonna, D) Whitney Houston

7. Which song starts: “Just a small town girl, livin’ in a lonely world; she took the midnight train goin’ anywhere”?

8. What was the nickname of American boxer James Douglas?

9. The character Captain Kirk appeared in which TV show?

10. Name the American astronomer and author of popular sciences novels including “Contact”, who was known as a promoter of the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence?

11. Who won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in the film “Walk the Line”? A) Alicia Silverstone, B) Jennifer Lawrence, C) Reese Witherspoon, D) Angelina Jolie

12. Who directed “Annie Hall”?

13. In what decade did the American aviator Emilia Earhart go missing?

14. Which general made his last stand at Little Big Horn?

15. Which American science-fiction author wrote “The Martian Chronicles”, “Dandelion Wine” and “A Graveyard to Lunatics”? A) Gene Roddenberry, B) L Ron Hubbard, C) Frank Herbert, D) Ray Bradbury 16. What was the name of the first American space station? A) Mir, B) Skylab, C) Genesis, D) Deep Space Gateway

17. What “C” is a North American term for reindeer?

18. Which was the only Grand Slam tennis tournament that American great Pete Sampras never won? A) US Open, B) Wimbledon, C) Australian Open. D) French Open

19. On which river are the Niagara Falls? A) St Lawrence, B) Hudson, C) Niagara, D) Buffalo

20. Which Nobel Prize-winning author wrote “The Sound and the Fury”, “As I Lay Dying” and “Absalom! Absalom!”?

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