Pub quiz questions

American trivia questions.

A quiz that knows where it is. Thirty American questions from the free bank, the ones a local gets and a visitor guesses at. There are 174 in the bank, and every ready-made night with a American flavour mixes them in.

1. Which department store has held a Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York since 1924?

   AnswerBusiness and brands

   Macy's

   At the first parade, Macy's employees marched to the Herald Square flagship store in costume. Source

2. Which US holiday falls on the fourth Thursday of November?Thanksgiving / Labor Day / Memorial Day / Veterans Day

   AnswerGeneral knowledge

   Thanksgiving

   Abraham Lincoln proclaimed it a national holiday in 1863. Source

3. What is the US five-cent coin called?

   AnswerGeneral knowledge

   Nickel

   Despite its name, the coin is made mostly of copper. Source

4. What is the US ten-cent coin called?

   AnswerGeneral knowledge

   Dime

   The dime is the smallest and thinnest US coin in circulation. Source

5. Which NBC sketch comedy show first aired in October 1975?

   AnswerFilm and TV

   Saturday Night Live

   George Carlin hosted the very first episode. Source

6. Which children's TV show features Big Bird and Elmo?

   AnswerFilm and TV

   Sesame Street

   Sesame Street first aired in 1969. Source

7. Which illustrator painted hundreds of covers for The Saturday Evening Post?

   AnswerArt and literature

   Norman Rockwell

   Rockwell painted more than 300 covers for the magazine. Source

8. Who wrote the 1987 novel "Beloved"?

   AnswerArt and literature

   Toni Morrison

   Morrison won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. Source

9. In which state was In-N-Out Burger founded in 1948?California / Nevada / Arizona / Texas

   AnswerBusiness and brands

   California

   Harry and Esther Snyder opened the first one in Baldwin Park, California. Source

10. Which burger chain's long-running slogan was 'Have it your way'?

    AnswerBusiness and brands

    Burger King

    Burger King was founded in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1953. Source

11. The Hershey chocolate company's home town is in which US state?Ohio / Michigan / Pennsylvania / Illinois

    AnswerFood and drink

    Pennsylvania

    In Hershey, Pennsylvania, the street lamps are shaped like Hershey's Kisses. Source

12. Ben & Jerry's ice cream was founded in which US state?Maine / Vermont / New Hampshire / Massachusetts

    AnswerFood and drink

    Vermont

    Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield opened their first shop in a converted petrol station in Burlington in 1978. Source

13. Which famous US highway ran from Chicago to Santa Monica?

    AnswerGeneral knowledge

    Route 66

    It was nicknamed the Mother Road by John Steinbeck in The Grapes of Wrath. Source

14. The United States bought Alaska from Canada.

    AnswerGeneral knowledge

    False

    Alaska was bought from Russia in 1867; the purchase cost 7.2 million dollars, about 2 cents an acre. Source

15. How many senators does each US state have?

    AnswerGeneral knowledge

    2

    With 50 states, the Senate has 100 members. Source

16. How many amendments make up the US Bill of Rights?

    AnswerGeneral knowledge

    10

    The Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791. Source

17. Which late-night show did Johnny Carson host for 30 years?

    AnswerFilm and TV

    The Tonight Show

    Carson hosted from 1962 to 1992. Source

18. Who played Lucy Ricardo in I Love Lucy?

    AnswerFilm and TV

    Lucille Ball

    Her real husband Desi Arnaz played her TV husband Ricky. Source

19. How many children are there in The Brady Bunch?

    AnswerFilm and TV

    6

    Three boys from Mike's first marriage and three girls from Carol's. Source

20. Who hosted the quiz show Jeopardy! from 1984 to 2020?

    AnswerFilm and TV

    Alex Trebek

    Trebek was born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Source

21. Which poet wrote "Because I could not stop for Death"?

    AnswerArt and literature

    Emily Dickinson

    Only a handful of Dickinson's poems were published in her lifetime, most of them anonymously. Source

22. Which snack nut brand's mascot is Mr. Peanut?

    AnswerBusiness and brands

    Planters

    Mr. Peanut was created in 1916 from a schoolboy's drawing entered in a competition. Source

23. 'Where's the beef?' was a 1984 advertising catchphrase for which burger chain?

    AnswerBusiness and brands

    Wendy's

    The line was delivered by actress Clara Peller, who was in her 80s. Source

24. True or false: by law, bourbon must be made in Kentucky.

    AnswerFood and drink

    False

    Bourbon can be made anywhere in the US, though Kentucky makes the vast majority of it. Source

25. How many castaways are stranded on Gilligan's Island?

    AnswerFilm and TV

    7

    They are Gilligan, the Skipper, the Howells, Ginger, the Professor and Mary Ann. Source

26. Who hosted The Price Is Right from 1972 to 2007?

    AnswerFilm and TV

    Bob Barker

    Barker signed off by urging viewers to have their pets spayed or neutered. Source

27. Despite its name, Pennsylvania Dutch is a dialect of which language?Dutch / Flemish / German / Danish

    AnswerWords and language

    German

    Dutch here comes from Deitsch, meaning German. It is still spoken by many Amish communities. Source

28. Which sculptor led the carving of Mount Rushmore?Augustus Saint-Gaudens / Daniel Chester French / Gutzon Borglum / Alexander Calder

    AnswerArt and literature

    Gutzon Borglum

    Borglum died in 1941 and his son Lincoln finished the work. Source

29. In what year did the US lift its ban on absinthe, first imposed in 1912?

    AnswerFood and drink

    2007

    Absinthe was blamed for madness, but its supposed hallucinogenic effects were greatly exaggerated. Source

30. American Sign Language is more closely related to French Sign Language than to British Sign Language.

    AnswerWords and language

    True

    ASL grew from French Sign Language, brought by deaf French teacher Laurent Clerc, who helped found America's first school for the deaf in 1817. Source