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“Can You Get All 20 Right?”: This Basic Knowledge Quiz Should Be A Breeze For Locals
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Non-Americans Might Struggle With This Basic American Knowledge Quiz, Test Yourself

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How well do you know the country you live in? The United States has its own customs, institutions, history, and everyday quirks that might seem obvious to locals but leave visitors scratching their heads. From familiar facts about the country to details that come up in ordinary conversations, there is plenty of basic knowledge that people who grew up in the U.S. might take for granted.

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This 20-question general knowledge quiz puts that familiarity to the test. The questions cover things that Americans should recognize without needing to consult Google, while people from other countries might find a few of them surprisingly tricky.

No specialist knowledge or hours of studying required – just a good grasp of the basics.

Think you can get a perfect score? Take the quiz, keep track of your answers, and see how you do. Whether you grew up in the U.S. or learned about it from abroad, your final score might surprise you.

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    Elspeth
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    3 hours ago (edited)

    "...while people from other countries might find a few of them surprisingly tricky." Proceeds to ask a question about a play set in Denmark which was written by a man famously from England.

    Crystalwitch60
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    3 hours ago

    I got as far as the Shakespeare one , Shakespeare was f kin ENGLISH he lived in Stratford on Avon ffs what’s he doing in a USA quiz 🤦‍♀️

    Ace
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    4 hours ago

    Unsurprisingly got some of the US ones wrong, but why were so many of the questions not US related at all? Some of them, like calculating 15% (tip?) and the imperial measurements, one can vaguely see a very slight US connection, but others like the CPU and Shakespeare are in the slightest bit American.

    Bored Jellyfish
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    2 hours ago (edited)

    The math problems were ironic because some of my fellow Americans have trouble with the concept of percentages.[See: “The 1/3 Pound Burger Failed Because Americans Thought It Was Smaller Than a !/4 pound burger”. Also, Fahrenheit is both annoying to use and to spell.

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    Elspeth
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    3 hours ago (edited)

    "...while people from other countries might find a few of them surprisingly tricky." Proceeds to ask a question about a play set in Denmark which was written by a man famously from England.

    Crystalwitch60
    Community Member
    3 hours ago

    I got as far as the Shakespeare one , Shakespeare was f kin ENGLISH he lived in Stratford on Avon ffs what’s he doing in a USA quiz 🤦‍♀️

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    Ace
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    4 hours ago

    Unsurprisingly got some of the US ones wrong, but why were so many of the questions not US related at all? Some of them, like calculating 15% (tip?) and the imperial measurements, one can vaguely see a very slight US connection, but others like the CPU and Shakespeare are in the slightest bit American.

    Bored Jellyfish
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    2 hours ago (edited)

    The math problems were ironic because some of my fellow Americans have trouble with the concept of percentages.[See: “The 1/3 Pound Burger Failed Because Americans Thought It Was Smaller Than a !/4 pound burger”. Also, Fahrenheit is both annoying to use and to spell.

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