67. Which American President was the first to live in the White House?

- John Adams

68. Which country presented the United States with the Statue of Liberty? What was the occasion?

- France; the 100-year anniversary of the Franco- American alliance during the American Revolutionary War

69. Which American astronaut first stepped on the surface of the Moon and what was the year? What was the name of his spaceship?

- Neil Armstrong; 1969; Apollo II

70. Which American general, who later became the 34th President, commanded all U.S. forces during World War Two?

- Dwight David Eisenhower

71. Which American architect is called the "Father of the Skyscraper” ?

- Louis Henry Sullivan .

72. Who were the two brothers who invented the air plane and where did the first flight take place?

- Orville and Wilbur Wright; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina; 1903

73. What is the name of the American naval base that the Japanese attacked on December 7, 1941? In which state is it located?

- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

74. Which American president attended the Potsdam Conference?

- Harry Truman

75. Who was the American president during the Cuban missile crisis?

- John F. Kennedy

76. In which U.S. city was the Federal Building bombed on April 19, 1957?

- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

77. Which U.S. astronaut spent almost four months during 1995 aboard the Russian space station "Mir"?

- Norman E. Thaclard

78. In which U.S. city was the United Nations' charter approved in 1945?

- San Francisco (CA)

79. Who was the first U.S. president to visit the People's Republic of China?

- Richard Nixon

80. Who is the Texas billionaire who ran for U.S. president in 1992 and 1996?

- Ross Perot

81. What major American historical event did Rip van Winkle miss in his sleep?

- The American Revolution

82. Which 19th century American writer is said to be the founder of detective genre?

- Edgar A. Рое

83. What pen name did an American writer use to sign the humorous stories which he wrote in prison?

-0’ Henry

84. Which famous event happened in California in 1849 was glorified in films and books?

-The Gold Rush

85. Name the American science fiction writer born in Russia who wrote "I, Robot".

- Isaac Asimov

86. Volkov's book,¹ The Wizard of the Emerald Town", is an adaptation of a book written by an American writer. What is the title of the book and who is the American author?

- 'The (Wonderful) Wizard of Oz"; L. Frank Baum

87. Name the American senator who was the proto type of the main character in Robert Penn Warren's novel, 'All the King's Men"?

- Huey Long

88. Which American family compiled the first dictionary of the American variant of the English language?

-Webster

89. Which two novels by Mark Twain are often called "the first modern American novels"?

- (1) Huck Finn, (2) Tom Sawyer

90. Which famous novel of Herman Melville is concerned with an aquatic mammal?

- Moby Dick

91. During which periods in American history was the novel "Gone with the Wind" set?

- The Civil War and Reconstruction

92. Name the 1954 Nobel Laureate in Literature who wrote. "The Sun Also Rises".

- Ernest Hemingway

93. Who was the only American to serve as U.S. Poet Laureate and win the Pulitzer Prize for both fiction and poetry?

- Robert Penn Warren (poetry; "Brother to Dragons ('53)", "Promises ("57)", fiction: "All the King's Men ('46)", PL ('86)

94. Name the Russian-born poet who was expelled from the USSR, emigrated to the USA, and recently passed away in New York City.

- Joseph Brodsky

95. Which famous poem of Longfellow was translated into Russian by Ivan Bunin?

- "Song of Hiawatha"

96. Which famous Edgar A. Рое poem is named for a bird?

- "The Raven"

97. Which American author wrote "The Last of the Mohicans"?

- James Fenimore Cooper

98. Which famous American document begins with the words, "We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union..."

- The Constitution of the United States

99. Name the largest library in the U.S.

- Library of Congress

100. Name the Afro-American author of “Song of Solomon”, «The Bluest Eye” and “Beloved” who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.

- Toni Morrison.