A trivia game designed for ESL learners at a secondary level. The game has 30 questions divided into 6 rounds. Duration: Roughly an hour and 20 minutes.

1. Trivia!
The United States
of America

2. INSTRUCTIONS
- Each team will have one paper. Put
your team number at the top of your
paper.
- We will answer 5 questions for each
round. So, number your paper 1-5.
- After each round, you will SWAP
papers with another group.
- You will check the answers of the
other group, and say how many
questions they answer correctly.

3. INSTRUCTIONS
- Each question is worth 1 point. Some
questions will have an additional
bonus point.
- Do NOT use your cell phones!!!
- If you don’t know an answer, skip the
question.
- Remember, this is just a game 

4. 1. How many states are there?

5. 2. Name one U.S. territory. (Not a state)

6. 3. What’s the capital of the US? (full
name)

7. 4. When is Independence Day?
(another point for the year!)

8. 5. What country did we separate from
on Independence Day?

9. ROUND ONE
- 1. 50 states
- 2. Puerto Rico; Guam; Northern
Mariana Islands; American Samoa;
United States Virgin Islands
- 3. Washington, D.C.
- 4. July 4th
(**1776)
- 5. England (or UK or Great Britain)

10. 6. How many stripes are on the US flag?
(another point for what the stripes
represent!)

11. 7. What is the name of the national
anthem?

12. 8. Who is the current president?
(another point for the vice president!)

13. 9. Who was the first president?

14. 10. Which president freed the slaves in
1863?

15. ROUND TWO
- 6. 13 stripes (**13 colonies)
- 7. The Star-Spangled Banner
- 8. Barack Obama (**Joe Biden)
- 9. George Washington
- 10. Abraham Lincoln

16. 11. What is the largest city? (population)

17. 12. What is the largest state? (population)

18. 13. What is the largest state? (size)

19. 14. How many times bigger is the USA
compared to Spain?
Spain X _?_ =
USA

20. 15. What is the largest minority?

21. ROUND THREE
- 11. New York City
- 12. California
- 13. Alaska
- 14. 19 times bigger
- 15. Hispanics

22. 16. What is the official language?

23. 17. What is the American holiday in
November? (another point for the
day of the month!)

24. 18. In what state is the Golden Gate
Bridge? (another point for the city!)

25. 19. What was the name of New York City
BEFORE it was New York City?

26. 20. Name a country that had land in the
current USA BEFORE it became the
USA (not UK).
(**another point for each country)

27. ROUND FOUR
- 16. None
- 17. Thanksgiving (**4th
Thursday)
- 18. California (**San Francisco)
- 19. New Amsterdam
- 20. Russia; France; Spain; The
Netherlands; Sweden

28. 21. What is the most popular sport?

29. 22. What is the least popular sport?

30. 23. What is the legal age for drinking
alcohol?

31. 24. What’s the legal age to buy
tobacco?

32. 25. What’s the legal age for driving a car?

33. ROUND FIVE
- 21. American Football
- 22. Soccer
- 23. Twenty-one years old
- 24. Eighteen years old
- 25. Sixteen years old

34. 26. What’s the name of the island where
the Statue of Liberty is?

35. 27. What’s this mountain called?
(another point for each president!)

36. 28. What state is Las Vegas in?

37. 29. What city is Hollywood in?

38. 30. Name the states of the original 13
colonies. (Each state is one point)

39. ROUND SIX
- 26. Liberty Island
- 27. Mount Rushmore (**Washington,
Jefferson, Roosevelt, Lincoln)
- 28. Nevada
- 29. Los Angeles
- 30. Georgia; South Carolina; North Carolina;
Virginia; Delaware; Maryland; Pennsylvania; New
York; Rhode Island; Connecticut; Massachusetts;
New Hamshire; New Jersey