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2. When was the American Declaration of Independence signed? On the 7th of JXUwMDEyJXUwMDNmJXUwMDE5JXUwMDE1 , 1776


3. What American Nobel Prize for Literature committed suicide in Ketchum, Idaho in 1961? He had written A Farewell to Arms , For whom the Bells Toll , The Old Man and the Sea . The author was JXUwMDFkJXUwMDM3JXUwMDFjJXUwMDBiJXUwMDE2JXUwMDA3 JXUwMDEwJXUwMDJkJXUwMDA4JXUwMDA0JXUwMDA3JXUwMDA5JXUwMDEwJXUwMDE2JXUwMDE4

4. What American writer was awarded the Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras in 2006? JXUwMDA4JXUwMDMxJXUwMDE0JXUwMDE5 JXUwMDE5JXUwMDM0JXUwMDA2JXUwMDA3JXUwMDExJXUwMDE3

5. One of the most famous jazz musicians of the 20th century, he first achieved fame as a cornet player, later on switching to trumpet, but towards the end of his career he was best known as a vocalist and became one of the most influential jazz singers. He sang What a wonderful world, La vie en Rose, When the Saints go marching in. His name was JXUwMDE0JXUwMDIzJXUwMDFhJXUwMDFjJXUwMDFh JXUwMDE5JXUwMDJjJXUwMDFlJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA2JXUwMDFkJXUwMDAxJXUwMDA5


6. What is the name of a famous national park in California best known for its waterfalls, but where you can also find, within its nearly 1,200 square miles, deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, and a vast wilderness area? JXUwMDAxJXUwMDM2JXUwMDFjJXUwMDE2JXUwMDA4JXUwMDA0JXUwMDFkJXUwMDEx Park


7. What American actress, born Norma Jean Mortenson, married baseball superstar Joe di Maggio and playwright Arthur Miller?
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8. What American president was assassinated in a theatre in 1865 by John Wilkes Booth? JXUwMDE5JXUwMDIzJXUwMDEwJXUwMDEzJXUwMDA5JXUwMDA5JXUwMDBj JXUwMDE0JXUwMDI1JXUwMDA3JXUwMDBkJXUwMDBjJXUwMDAzJXUwMDAy



9. In what American state can you see the Grand Canyon? JXUwMDE5JXUwMDMzJXUwMDFiJXUwMDEzJXUwMDE1JXUwMDAxJXUwMDBm


10. What American artist became known as the central figure of Pop Art? One of his most famous works of art was a can of Campbell soup. JXUwMDE5JXUwMDJmJXUwMDBhJXUwMDFk JXUwMDBmJXUwMDM2JXUwMDEzJXUwMDFhJXUwMDA3JXUwMDAz


11. What do you call the period of time when the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages was restricted or illegal? The JXUwMDA4JXUwMDIyJXUwMDFkJXUwMDA3JXUwMDAxJXUwMDBiJXUwMDBiJXUwMDFkJXUwMDFkJXUw MDA2JXUwMDAx


12. What river flows through New York City? JXUwMDEwJXUwMDNkJXUwMDExJXUwMDE3JXUwMDFjJXUwMDAx River


13. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in JXUwMDFjJXUwMDI1JXUwMDBkJXUwMDAwJXUwMDBkJXUwMDEy , Texas in 1963


14. What northern American city is most widely recognized as the WINDY CITY? JXUwMDFiJXUwMDJiJXUwMDAxJXUwMDBhJXUwMDAyJXUwMDA2JXUwMDA4


15. What is the capital of California? JXUwMDBiJXUwMDMyJXUwMDAyJXUwMDExJXUwMDEzJXUwMDBjJXUwMDA4JXUwMDBiJXUwMDFhJXUw MDFi