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Which of the following is NOT an official holiday in the US?
Memorial Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Halloween
Which of the following is the most important American holiday?
Independence Day
Presidents’ Day
New Year’s Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Which of the following places is sometimes called the birthplace of American intellectual life?
Washington, D.C.
Philadelphia
Dover
Cambridge
Where is the M.I.T (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) located?
Seattle
Cambridge
Philadelphia
New York
Which of the following is the nation’s oldest university?
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Stanford
When was Harvard University founded?
1776
1491
1636
1809
The Boston Brahmins were.................
Wealthy
well-educated
Exclusive
All A, B, and C are correct.
The Boston Brahmins were always...................and belonged to old Yankee families.
Protestants
from highest traditional Hindu system of castes
Puritans
Catholics
The New York Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange are both in……………….
Times Square
the Wall Street area
the main street area
the zero-ground area
Times Square is named after………………, which for years had its headquarters there.
the New York Times
the New York Daily News
the New York Post
New York Newsday
Where is Rockefeller center?
In the Bronx
In Queens
In Brooklyn
In Manhattan
Broadway is famous for its.........................
shopping malls
Parks
sports centers
Theaters
The borough of.................is what most people think of when they think of New York.
Brooklyn
Queens
Manhattan
Staten Island
The line which divides Manhattan into the East Side and the West Side is........................
East 47th Street
West 47th Street
Fifth Avenue
14th Street
.....................has become not only a symbol of New York but also part of its history.
The Chrysler Building
The United Nations Building
The Seagram Building
The Empire State Building
In which building was the King Kong movie filmed in 1933?
The Empire State Building
The Chrysler Building
The World Trade Center Building
The Seagram Building
A club event you shouldn’t miss in Harlem is..................... Here, amateurs take their chances performing before an audience that is known for its enthusiastic applause and its equally enthusiastic boos!
the Cotton Club
the Apollo Theater’s Talent Night
the Somerset Club
the Harlem Night Club
In which city were the Declaration and the Constitution written?
Washington, D.C .
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
………………. was also a writer, philosopher, scientist, and inventor.
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Next to Franklin, the most famous Philadelphian may be............... W.C . Fields (1880 – 1946).
philosopher and writer
newspaper reporter and commentator
comedian and actor
businessman and politician
The British Isles are lying off…………….
the southeast Asia
the east coast of Europe
the north-west coast of Europe
the Mediterranean Sea
The Republic of Ireland is also called……………..
Eric
Isles
Ire
Eire
The climate of Britain has......................
notable extremes
a notable lack of extremes
long cold winters
very hot summers
In the British Isles, the largest island is called……………., and the other larger one is called…………………
England……………Wales
Great Britain………………Ireland
Great Britain……………..Scotland
Ireland………….. England
The normal adjective, when talking about something to do with the UK, is……………..
British
English
The United Kingdom
Britannia
People in the Celtic areas spoke...............
Irish languages
Germanic dialects
Celtic languages
Scottish Gaelic
England is only one of the................... of the British Isles.
four nations
two nations
largest islands
most popular islands
Britain has mountains,……….
but none of them are very high
and the highest mountain is the Pennine
but there are no volcanoes
and most of them are in the south
The……………in London is famous for its many theatres, cinemas and expensive shops.
West End
East End
square mile
Greater London area
London is the home of......................and in the 20th century large numbers of immigrants have settled there.
the Caledonia
the Cambria
the Hibernia
the Cockney