Explore Quirky Laws, Strange Traditions, Invention Origins, State Symbols & Little-Known American Facts
This 50 Surprising Trivia Questions About America covers quirky state laws, unusual traditions, famous inventions, food origins, sports firsts, entertainment history, and little-known American facts. Each question includes four answer choices with the correct answer provided for self-checking.
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Top 50 Surprising Trivia Questions About America
#1. Which U.S. state is known as the “Blue Hen State”?
#2. What is the only U.S. state with a one-syllable name?
#3. Which American beverage was originally marketed as a “brain tonic” and headache remedy?
#4. What is the name of the first American woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
#5. Which U.S. state has a law that prohibits selling hollow logs?
#6. What is the name of the longest-running Broadway musical in American history?
#7. Which U.S. city has the only moving walkway in a national park?
#8. Which American brand was originally called “Blue Ribbon Sports”?
#9. Which American candy bar was the first to be sold in space?
#10. Which U.S. city is home to the oldest continuously operating restaurant in America?
#11. What is the name of the first commercially successful American automobile company?
#12. What is the name of the first American to win a Grammy Award?
#13. What is the name of the smallest U.S. state by area?
#14. Which U.S. state is known as the “Oyster Capital of the World”?
#15. Which U.S. city has the oldest continuously operating farmers’ market in America?
#16. Which U.S. city is known as the “Birthplace of Jazz”?
#17. Which U.S. city was the first to have a commercial radio station?
#18. What is the name of the only U.S. state that borders exactly one other state?
#19. What is the name of the oldest public park in the United States?
#20. Which U.S. state has a law that says dachshunds are banned?
#21. Which U.S. state is known as the “Peach State”?
#22. Which American company created the first wristwatch?
#23. What is the name of the oldest university in the United States?
#24. Which U.S. state has the lowest high point of any state?
#25. Which U.S. state is the largest producer of Christmas trees?
#26. What is the name of the famous American who invented the modern baseball glove?
#27. Which U.S. state has a law that says it’s illegal to sell human organs?
#28. Which American candy was first produced in 1923 and named after a horse?
#29. What is the name of the first American newspaper published continuously?
#30. What is the name of the first American Olympic gold medalist?
#31. What is the name of the only U.S. state that was once a French penal colony?
#32. Which U.S. city was the first to have a subway system?
#33. Which U.S. state is known as the “Volunteer State”?
#34. Which American sport originally used a peach basket as the goal?
#35. Which U.S. state has a law that says it’s illegal to drive with a gorilla in your backseat?
#36. What is the name of the only U.S. state that has a unicameral legislature?
#37. Which American snack food was invented by accident in 1853 by a chef named George Crum?
#38. Which U.S. state has a law that says you cannot fish while sitting on a giraffe’s neck?
#39. Which American brand makes the “Oreo” cookie?
#40. What is the name of the largest library in the United States?
#41. Which American fast-food chain was originally called “Pepe’s”?
#42. Which U.S. state has a law forbidding men to laugh at women?
#43. Which American pizza chain was founded by two brothers named Tom and James?
#44. Which American holiday was first celebrated in 1621?
#45. Which American brand introduced the first commercial microwave oven in 1947?
#46. What is the name of the first American paperback book?
#47. What is the name of the first American to receive a patent?
#48. What is the only U.S. state that was once an independent kingdom?
#49. Which American fast-food chain was founded in San Bernardino, California in 1948?
#50. What is the only U.S. state that produces a two-letter license plate?
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