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The word Trivia signifies something of small importance. These types of questions and answers are gaining popularity day by day.  These trivia questions help your brain popping up some new ideas. These are different from any creative writing. These types of questions based on different topics such as history, music, animals, sports, geography, sciences or others.

The importance of these questions is that they help a participant to get some basic knowledge about some simple things that we may miss out by considering that they are really trivial to be known about. However, as you may listen that no question is silly and even no knowledge is petty. These questions play a really important rule in your life.

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They are really important and great for both school or college students because they provide them with an opportunity to boost up their knowledge and allow their brains to think broadly as well.

Most of the people think that these questions are important than ever. This is because this method has more than memorizing the facts that you may not find on any popular website. This is all about discovering some new secrets that will help you to make your everyday world even more exciting, real and surprising as well.

It will help you to know about different tiny things and their details such as movies, games, history, or many other things that can become even more interesting just because of them. So every student can get more benefits from this method of gaining knowledge. Here we are going to tell you more benefits.

The majority of the people know some basic factual information about the United States such as its geography, and history. Students learn about these facts in their schools or colleges. However, it became difficult for the students to keep all the information in their minds. But, as you know, revising things, again and again, can help you to keep remembering.

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So, here is a chance for you to test your knowledge which you either gained in your institutions or you studied in any random book. There is a collection of 1000+ U.S Trivia Questions related to its history, geography, government, environment, etc.

These questions are not only to test your knowledge, rather it has much more information about the United States which you might be learning for the first time.

The U.S Trivia Questions

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1. How many states are there in the United States?

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Fifty

2. What is the total area of the country?

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The total area is 3.8 million square miles.

3. What is the estimated population of the country?

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Over 328 million

4. What is the capital of the United States?

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Washington D.C.

5. Which is the most populous city in the country?

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New York

6. When the American Revolutionary War happened which led to the independence of the country?

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Between 1775 and 1783

7. How many colonies got independence from Great Britain after the American Revolution?

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Thirteen

8. Who was the first President of the United States?

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George Washington

9. When did he become the President?

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In 1789

10. What was the Louisiana purchase?

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Purchase of territory by North America from France

11. How many acres of land was bought in the Louisiana purchase?

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530,000,000 acres

12. When the purchase was done?

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In 1803

13. How much was the worth of the land?

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$15 million

14. Who was the President during the early 1800’s?

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Thomas Jefferson

15. The war of 1812 was between which two countries?

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The United States and Great Britain

16. For how many years the war lasts?

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Two years

17. What was the result of the war?

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It ended British army posts on the U.S and British interference in American trade.

18. Which war divided the United States into two?

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The American Civil War

19. What was the duration of the War?

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Five years (1861-1865)

20. The war was between which two regions?

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The Northern States and the Southern States

21. What ended slavery in the country?

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The American Civil War

22. When the Wright Brothers first tried to fly a machine in the air?

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December 17, 1903

23. When did the country enter World War-I?

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April 6, 1917

24. On which country did they declare war?

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Germany

25. When did the women of the United States were officially granted the right to vote?

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 August 26. 1920

26. When was the first worst economic crisis in the United States?

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October 1929

27. What was the cause of this crisis?

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Stock market crash

28. The crisis resulted in what?

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Great Depression

29. When did World War-II start?

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In September 1939

30. When did the U.S enter this war?

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After Japan attacked Pearl Harbour on December 7, 1941.

31. What ended World War-II?

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When the U.S dropped the atomic bomb on two cities of Japan

32. On which two cities the atomic bomb was dropped?

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

33. When did the U.S attack these two cities?

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On August 6 and August 9, 1945

34. After WW-II, which country was to divide into two parts?

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Korea

35.  Which part of the country was given in control of the United States?

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The Southern part

36. Who was the other party to control the Northern part of the country?

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The Soviet Union

37. When did the Korean War start?

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In 1950

38. How long was the War?

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Three years

39. Which movement was started in the Southern states during 1954-1968?

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African American Civil Rights Movement

40. What was the main focus of the movement?

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To end racial segregation and discrimination

41. What have the Acts resulted in this movement?

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Civil Rights Act (1964), Voting Rights Act (1965), and Fair Housing Act (1968)

42. How long was the Vietnam war between Southern and Northern Vietnam?

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Twenty Years (1955-1975)

43. Which region won the war?

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North Vietnam

44. What was the Apollo-11 mission?

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It allows the U.S astronauts Neil Armstrong and Eswin “Buzz” Aldrin to walk on the moon.

45.  When did the terrorists attack the United States?

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September 11, 2001

46. When the United States started the war in Afghanistan?

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October 7, 2001

47. On March 20, 2003, which country was invaded and occupied by the United States?

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Iraq

48. Who was the first African American President elected in the United States?

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Barack Obama

49. When did he become the President?

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In 2008

50. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

51. How much time does he take to write it?

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17 days

52. On which date Congress voted to get independence from Great Britain?

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July 2, 1776

53. When the Declaration of Independence was accepted?

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July 4, 1776

54. What is the Independence Day of the country?

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July 4

55. During what time should the American flag be hung at half-mast?

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During the time of National Mourning.

56. What does the red color on the flag represent?

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Valor and Bravery

57. What does the white color on the flag represent?

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Purity and Innocence

58. What does the blue color on the flag represent?

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Vigilance, Preservalance, and Justice

59. How many red and white stripes are there on the flag?

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Thirteen

60. What do these thirteen stripes represent?

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It represents the original thirteen colonies.

61. How many white stars are there in the blue field of the flag?

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Fifty

62. What do these stars show?

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Fifty States of the country

63. Which state is there on the northwestern extreme of North America?

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Alaska

64. Which state is in the mid-pacific ocean?

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Hawaii

65. What are the three main branches of the U.S government?

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Legislative, Executive and Judicial

66. What is the function of the Legislative branch?

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Making laws.

67. What is the function of the Executive branch?

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To carry out the laws

68. What is the function of the Judicial branch?

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Interpretation of laws

69. In which branch the President lies?

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Executive

70. What are the sub-branches of the Legislative branch?

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Congress (Senate and House of Representatives)

71. Who can remove the president from the office in exceptional cases?

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Congress

72. What is the role of the Cabinet?

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The cabinet serves as advisors to the President.

73. Who nominates the Cabinet members?

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The President

74. How many votes of the senators are required to become a cabinet member?

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Fifty if all 100 senators vote

75. Which is the highest court in the country?

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Supreme Court

76. Where is the Supreme Court located?

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In Washington D.C

77. The Supreme court is responsible for what?

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Deciding whether a law violates the Constitution

78. What is an appeal to the higher court?

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It’s a request to reverse the decision of the lower court.

79. For a case to be granted review, how many justices votes are required?

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Four

80. What is the step after a case is selected for review?

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Parties make arguments

81. How many total justices are there?

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Nine (One chief justice and eight associate justices)

82. Who nominates a candidate if a new justice is needed?

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The President

83. On average for how many years justices are appointed?

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Sixteen years

84. Who is the current President of the United States?

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Donald J. Trump

85. When he was sworn in as the 45th President of the country?

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On January 20, 2017

86. Which Article of the U.S Constitution states that the President of the country must be a natural-born citizen?

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Article II

87. What should be the age of the citizen?

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At Least 35 years old

88. What is the third condition to become the president of the country?

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Have been a resident of the country for 14 years

89. How can a citizen contact the president?

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By submitting comments or questions online through the White House.

90. Who takes over the role of president if he or she is not able to perform his or her duties?

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The Vice President

91. What are the situations in which the vice president becomes president?

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If the president dies, resigns, temporarily incapacitated and the vice president and majority of the cabinet decides that the president is not able to perform his duties.

92. ho is the current vice president of the country?

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Michael R. Pence

93. After how many years have elections for president happened in the United States?

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Four years

94. What is the name of the current first lady of the United States?

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Melania Trump

95. Which Act provides the outline of the Presidential order of the successions?

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Presidential Succession Act of 1947

96. Who works on the federal budget of the country?

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The Congress

97. What is the time period of the government’s fiscal year?

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From October 1 of one year to September 30 of next year.

98. How does the government generate money?

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Through collecting taxes and borrowings by selling treasury securities.

99. What are the main government spendings?

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Mandatory spending required by law (Social security, medicare), interests on debt, discretionary spendings

100. What are the discretionary spendings?

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The amount Congress sets annually for other programs and agencies.

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