Interesting American Trivia Questions and Answers
What is the meaning of the Sioux
word Tonka
A: Great - Tonka Toys
What company's first product was an audio oscillator?
A: Hewlett Packard.
In 1960, what was John Fitzgerald Kennedy's campaign
song?
A: High Hopes.
Who spoke for the first time in a
Bugs Bunny
cartoon in
1951?
A: The Roadrunner.
What were the names of the two rival gangs in West Side
Story?
A: Sharks and Jets.
What White house event did
President Hayes, in 1878, start?
A: The annual Easter
Egg Roll.
In 1969 Sport was the first magazine to run an ad for what?
A: Condoms.
Who was the Lieutenant Colonel who was the first black man
in space?
A: Bluford.
In the U.S., what was the first TV test symbol?
A: Dollar sign.
What was the first manufactured item to be sold on Hire
Purchase?
A: Singer sewing machine in 1850s.
Where was Bob Dylan born?
S: Duluth Minnesota.
Who was vice president of the United States when the Atomic
bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
A: At the time there was no vice president.
Joseph Levitch became famous but was better known as who?
A: Jerry Lewis.
What U.S. city in California, hosted the final of the
1994
football world cup?
A: Pasadena.
What actor turned
politicians first wife was
actress Jayne
Wyman?
A: Ronald Reagan.
What famous actor was given a honorary Oscar in
1985 after
50 years of acting?
A: James Stewart.
Wayne Brazel killed what Western figure in the 20th
century?
A: Pat Garret.
Which flying pioneer was nick named the lone
eagle?
A: Charles Lindbergh.
Russia has one, but the US has at least six of what?
A: Places called
Moscow.
What did people say when answering the first telephones?
A: By saying what Ahoy there.