9. Under which two names did the most famous American boxer of the 1960-1970's fight in the ring?
Muhammad Ali and Cassius Clay
10. Which sport is considered to be the national pastime of America?
Baseball
11. Give the name of the most famous American chess-player of our time.
Bobby Fischer
12. Which African-American track and field star won the last four gold medals in the Olympic long jump com petition?
Carl Lewis
13. Which American rock-and-roll star lived in Memphis, Tennessee?
Elvis Presley
14. Which American silent film star is called The Little Tramp"?
Charlie Chaplin
15. What monument in Washington, D.C., dedicated to an American president is nicknamed The Pencil"?
Washington Monument
16. What do Americans call the championship game of American football?
Super Bowl
17. In which U.S. city were the 1996 Summer Olympics held?
- Atlanta (GA)
18. What is the name of the awards given to the best movie actors and actresses each year in the U.S.?
Oscars, or Academy Awards
19. Which U.S. city in the birthplace of "grunge" music?
- Seattle (WA)
20. Which Russian-born American choreographer created the "modern style of classical American ballet"?
- George Balanchine (Georgi Balanchivadze)
21. Who was Henry Hudson and which geographical feature In New York state is named after him?
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