CULTURE AND SPORTS

1.         In which famous location do people in New York City celebrate New Year’s Day?

2.         What are the ingredients of a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner?

3.         What do the terms “melting pot” and  “salad bowl” mean to U.S. society and culture?

4.         Which art museum in New York City is a spiral-shaped building and what is the name of the architect who built it?

5.         Which American artist painted portraits of outstanding historical leaders and scenes of important historical events, including “The Declaration of Independence” and three famous portraits of George Washington?

6.         Who is the American composer who wrote “West Side Story”?

7.         Who is the famous American dancer, singer and actor who acted in many films together with his partner Ginger Rogers?

8.         Which American artist chose painting mother and child as the main theme of her creative work, spent the better part of her life in Paris, and was very close to the Impressionists?

9.         Which American rock0and-roll star lived in Memphis, Tennessee?

10.     Which American silent-movie star is called the “Little Tramp”?

11.     What monument in Washington, D.C., dedicated to an American President, is nicknamed “The Pencil”?

12.     What is the name of the awards given to the best movie actors and actresses each year in the U.S.?

13.     Which Russian-born American choreographer created the “modern style of classical American ballet”?

14.     What is the name of the famous collection of museums in Washington, D.C.?

15.     Which sport is considered to be the national pastime of America?

16.     Under which two names did the most famous American boxer of the 1960s – 1970s fight in the ring?

17.     What do Americans call the championship game of American football?

18.     In which U.S. city were the 1996 Summer Olympics held?

(The answers to questions)

CULTURE AND SPORTS

1.         In Times Square.

2.         Turkey, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie.

3.         That the U.S. is a country of immigrants who work together as Americans while retaining their ethnic identities.

4.         The Guggenheim Museum; Frank Lloyd Wright.

5.         Gilbert Stuart.

6.         Leonard Bernstein.

7.         Fred Astaire.

8.         Mary Cassatt.

9.         Elvis Presley.

10.     Charlie Chaplin.

11.     Washington Monument.

12.     Oscars, or Academy Awards.

13.     Georgi Balanchivadze.

14.     Smithsonian Institution.

15.     Baseball.

16.     Muhammad Ali and Cassius Clay.

17.     Super Bowl.

18.     In Atlanta, Georgia.