United States MCQ Questions & Answers

Question 1

Which national park is located in Lake Superior?

A. Yellowstone National Park
B. Zion National Park
C. Isle Royale National Park,
D. Yosemite National Park

Question 2

What is the longest tributary of the Mississippi River?

A. Arkansas River
B. Missouri River
C. Red River
D. Ohio River

Question 3

Who was the first U.S. astronaut to travel in space?

A. Neil Armstrong
B. Buzz Aldrin
C. Jim Lovell
D. Alan B. Shepard, Jr.

Question 4

In which American city is the Miss America Pageant held annually?

A. Kansas City
B. Atlantic City
C. New York City
D. Los Angeles

Question 5

American writer Henry David Thoreau immortalized which pond in Massachusetts?

A. Walden Pond
B. Big Sandy Pond
C. Great Herring Pond
D. Long Pond

Question 6

What was the first steam-operated railway in the United States to be chartered as a common carrier of freight and passengers?

A. Pennsylvania Railroad
B. Erie Railroad
C. Union Pacific Railroad
D. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

Question 7

In which state would you find the Everglades?

A. Texas
B. Alaska
C. Florida
D. Colorado

Question 8

What is the smallest state by area in the United States?

A. Hawaii
B. Rhode island
C. Delaware
D. Connecticut

Question 9

Which of these monuments is located in South Dakota?

A. Marine Corps War Memorial
B. Montezuma Castle National Monument
C. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial
D. Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Question 10

In which state will you find the natural park known as the Garden of the Gods?

A. Nevada
B. Missouri
C. Colorado
D. Wyoming

Question 11

Which state's name comes from an Algonquian word meaning “land on the long tidal river"?

A. Arkansas
B. Connecticut
C. North Dakota
D. Mississippi

Question 12

What is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States?

A. Yale University
B. College of William & Mary
C. Cornell University
D. Harvard University

Question 13

How many colleges and universities make up the Ivy League?

A. 6
B. 8
C. 10
D. 12

Question 14

Which university was founded as King’s College in 1754?

A. Princeton University
B. Columbia University
C. Brown University
D. Stanford University

Question 15

Semper Fidelis is the motto of which military service?

A. The United States Marine Corps
B. The United States Coast Guard
C. The United States Air Force
D. The United States Navy

Question 16

Which was the first state in U.S. to be carved from the Northwest Territory?

A. Ohio
B. Michigan
C. Illinois
D. Indiana

Question 17

The name of which state is derived from a Shoshone phrase meaning "gem of the mountains"?

A. Nevada
B. Louisiana
C. Idaho
D. Alabama

Question 18

What is the largest river that flows into the Pacific Ocean from North America?

A. Missouri River
B. Columbia River
C. Colorado River
D. Salmon River

Question 19

Which American city's nickname is Iron City?

A. Pittsburgh
B. Chicago
C. Houston
D. Baltimore

Question 20

Which was the first official national flag of America?

A. Stars and Stripes
B. Stars and Bars
C. Union Flag
D. Continental Colours

Question 21

Which was the 50th state to join the United States?

A. Alaska
B. California
C. Texas
D. Hawaii

Question 22

On which river is Washington, D.C., situated?

A. Cuyahoga River
B. Hudson River
C. Ohio River
D. Potomac River

Question 23

In which year did the United States enter World War I?

A. 1917
B. 1914
C. 1919
D. 1918

Question 24

Name the first national park established in the United States?

A. Rocky Mountain National Park
B. Yellowstone National Park
C. Sequoia National Park
D. Grand Teton National Park

Question 25

In what year was the New York Stock Exchange created?

A. 1928
B. 1875
C. 1909
D. 1817

Question 26

Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?

A. Virgil Grissom
B. Neil Armstrong
C. John Glenn
D. Donald Slayton

Question 27

Which American state was the first to ratify the federal Constitution?

A. Delaware
B. New Jersey
C. Connecticut
D. Pennsylvania