appened in California in 1849 that was glorified in films and books? (The Gold Rush)
5. During what period in American history was the novel Gone with the Wind set? (The Civil War and Reconstruction)
6. Who was the longest serving US president? (Franklin Roosevelt)
7. Give the names of the three ships Christopher Columbus made his first voyage to America on. (Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria)
8. What country presented the US with Statue of Liberty? What was the occasion? (France, the 100 anniversary of the USA)
9. Which American general, who later became the 34th president, commanded all US forces during World War Two? (Dwight Eisenhower)
10. Who was the first president of the USA? (George Washington)
LITERATURE
1. What American writer went to the Klondike during the gold rush as a gold miner? (Jack London)
2. Who is the founder of modern detective story? (Edgar Allan Рое)
3. What is the real name of Mark Twain? (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
4. Who was An American Tragedy written by? (Theodore Dreiser)
5. What pen name did the American writer use to sign the humorous stories, which he wrote in prison? (O. Henry)
6. Who wrote the story The Old Man and the Sea? (E. Hemingway)
7. Who is considered to be the Father of American Literature? (Washington Irving)
8. Who was the Author of The Last of Mohicans? (James Fennimore Cooper)
9. Name the largest library in the USA. (The Library of Congress)
10. Name the 1954 Nobel Laureate in Literature who wrote The Sun also Rises. (E. Hemingway)
FAMOUS PEOPLE
1. Which American astronaut first stepped on the surface of the Moon? When? (Nell Armstrong, 1969)
2. Whose name was given to America? (Amerigo Vespucci)
3. Who is the 43rd president of the USA? (George Bush)
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