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WorksheetsGA Arts and Lit
Total questions: 79
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who made the Suwannee River famous?
a)
Stephen Foster
b)
Justin Foster
c)
Eileen Foster
d)
William Foster
2.
Who wrote the book Birds of America?
a)
Steve Audubon
b)
Justin Audubon
c)
John Audubon
d)
Joshua Audubon
3.
Who wrote the novel Swamp Water?
a)
Victor Bell
b)
Vereen Bell
c)
Steve Bell
d)
Vinnie Bell
4.
Who wrote The Souls of Black Folk?
a)
W. E. B. DuBois
b)
W. E. B. DeBrow
c)
W. E. B. Denton
d)
S. E. T. DuBois
5.
Who wrote God is My Copilot?
a)
Frances Scott
b)
James Scott
c)
Robert Scott
d)
Benjamin Scout
6.
Who wrote the novel Wise Blood and Gothic Short Stories?
a)
Flannigan O'Conner
b)
Finnicky O'Conner
c)
Flannery O'Conner
d)
Flannery O'Donnell
7.
What Albany native popularized our state song?
a)
Charles Ray
b)
Ray Charles
c)
Roy Charles
d)
Ray Johnson
8.
Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize winning Lamb in His Bosom?
a)
Caroline Miller
b)
Catherine Miller
c)
Stephanie Johnson
d)
Zeb Miller
9.
What newspaper has the greatest daily circulation?
a)
New York Time
b)
Waycross Journal Herald
c)
Atlanta Constitution
d)
Washington Post
10.
What Georgia author was known for her books on Savannah and Saint Simons Island?
a)
Jennifer Price
b)
Eugene Price
c)
Everett Price
d)
Eugenia Price
11.
Who wrote the poem Red Old Hills of Georgia?
a)
Samuel Jackson
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Michael Jackson
d)
Henry Jackson
12.
What Georgia native actress starred in the movies Broadcast News and Raising Arizona?
a)
Polly Hunter
b)
Sally Hunter
c)
Molly Hunter
d)
Holly Hunter
13.
Who wrote My Life is like the Summer Rose?
a)
Richard Henry Wilde
b)
Ronnie Henry Wilde
c)
Henry Ford
d)
John Henry Wilde
14.
Who popularized the song "Midnight Train to Georgia"?
a)
Johnathan Knight
b)
Gladys Knight
c)
Diana Ross
d)
Tina Turner
15.
What Georgia native starred in the first Batman movie?
a)
Kim Fields
b)
Kim Foster
c)
Jennifer Lopez
d)
Kim Basinger
16.
Who wrote Home Sweet Home, a book outlining the problems of the Cherokees?
a)
John Howard Payne
b)
John Howard Smith
c)
John Pope
d)
Steven Howard Payne
17.
Who wrote Life on a Georgia Plantation?
a)
Fannie Smith
b)
Stephanie Kemble
c)
Pennie Kemble
d)
Fannie Kemble
18.
Who wrote Sons and Fathers and Eneas Africanus?
a)
Henry Stillwell Edwards
b)
Phillip Edwards
c)
James Stillwell Edwards
d)
Edward James
19.
What newspaper was Elias Boudinot an editor of?
a)
Suex Phoenix
b)
Jackson Phoenix
c)
Cherokee Phoenix
d)
Shawnee Phoenix
20.
What Georgia actress won an Academy award for Three Faces of Eve?
a)
Jessica Woodward
b)
Jennifer Woodward
c)
Jeanette Woodward
d)
Joanne Woodward
21.
What Georgia governor wrote What the People Want?
a)
Ellis Arnall
b)
Steven Arnall
c)
Joshua Arnall
d)
Evan Arnall
22.
Who wrote The Gospel Singer and Karate is a Thing of the Spirit?
a)
Harry Connick, Jr.
b)
Harry Crews
c)
Henry Crews
d)
Hilary Crews
23.
What Summerville artist is noted for his "Chapel of Art"?
a)
Howard Finley
b)
Henry Finster
c)
Howard Finster
d)
Henry Fisher
24.
Who wrote Wise Blood?
a)
Chris O'Donnell
b)
Flannery O'Conner
c)
Flannery O'Donnell
d)
Sean Connery
25.
Who wrote A Two Party South?
a)
Alexander Bell
b)
Joseph Heard
c)
Henry Heard
d)
Alexander Heard
26.
What Georgia country music star was famous for songs like "Lucille" and "Coward of the County"
a)
Hank Williams, Jr.
b)
Kenny Loggins
c)
Kenny Rogers
d)
Garth Brooks
27.
What Lincolnton family is noted for its Gospel-Bluegrass music?
a)
Mandrell Family
b)
Lewis Family
c)
Lincoln Family
d)
Kennedy Family
28.
What city is home to singers Ray Charles and Ray Stevens?
a)
Augusta
b)
Americus
c)
Columbus
d)
Albany
29.
What Georgia senator wrote Memoirs of Georgia Politics?
a)
Gloria Butler
b)
Gail Davenport
c)
Fran Millar
d)
Rebecca Latimer Felton
30.
What Atlanta native wrote Canadian Sunset?
a)
Marlene Tucker
b)
Lisa Smith
c)
Eddie Haywood
d)
Eric Wright
31.
Who wrote the novel Secret Fathers?
a)
Mildred Seydell
b)
J.K. Rowling
c)
Jane Austen
d)
William Shakespear
32.
In what newspaper did the Uncle Remus stories first appear?
a)
Atlanta Constitution
b)
New York Times
c)
Waycross Journal Herald
d)
Florida Times-Union
33.
Who wrote Road to Tara and who was it about?
a)
Anne Frank; Margaret Mitchell
b)
Anne Edwards; Margaret Mitchell
c)
Jane Austen; Anne Edwards
d)
Charles Dickinson; Margaret Mitchell
34.
Who wrote Murder in Coweta County?
a)
Margaret Mitchell
b)
Jane Austen
c)
Louisa May Alcott
d)
Margaret Anne Barnes
35.
Who wrote The Golden Isles of Georgia?
a)
Caroline Lovell
b)
Margaret Mitchell
c)
Sidney Lanier
d)
Jane Austen
36.
Who wrote the New South critique Corn?
a)
Samantha Lanier
b)
Sidney Lanier
c)
Margaret Mitchell
d)
Anne Edwards
37.
What Georgia author was known for sensationalism in Tobacco Road?
a)
Erskine Caldwell
b)
Erksine Clark
c)
Harry Crews
d)
Ellis Arnall
38.
What actor portrayed Burt Reynolds' sidekick in Gator and Smokey and the Bandit?
a)
Jerry Seinfeld
b)
Jerry Reed
c)
Luke Bryan
d)
Patrick Swayze
39.
What Georgia singer is famous for "Tutti Frutti"?
a)
Jerry Lewis
b)
Little Richard (Richard Penniman)
c)
Elvis Presley
d)
Jimmy Buffett
40.
What newspaper boasts the motto "Covers Dixie like the Dew"?
a)
New York Times
b)
Florida Times
c)
Atlanta Journal
d)
Waycross Journal Herald
41.
What was the name of the first African American newspaper in Georgia?
a)
The Color Purple
b)
The Charlotte Post
c)
The Georgia Star
d)
The Colored American
42.
What town is home to the oldest privately financed public library?
a)
Washington
b)
Waycross
c)
Savannah
d)
Charleston
43.
Who edited "The Colonial Records of Georgia"?
a)
Allen Candler
b)
John Gordon
c)
A. B. Longstreet
d)
Alice Walker
44.
In what year and city did the movie "Gone With the Wind" premier?
a)
1939; Atlanta
b)
1938; Atlanta
c)
1939; Augusta
d)
1938; Augusta
45.
Who wrote the history textbook "This is Your Georgia"?
a)
Bernice McCuller
b)
Allen Candler
c)
John Gordon
d)
Erskine Caldwell
46.
Who wrote the award winning book "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"?
a)
John Berendt
b)
William Harden
c)
James Pierpont
d)
Otis Redding
47.
In what city is the book "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" set?
a)
Savannah
b)
Augusta
c)
Milledgeville
d)
Columbus
48.
What Savannah native starred in the television series "Mike Hammer"?
a)
Stacy Keach
b)
Charles Wesley
c)
Allen Candler
d)
Stacy Gordon
49.
Who wrote "History of Savannah and South Georgia"?
a)
William Harden
b)
William Longstreet
c)
John Harden
d)
James Pierpont
50.
What one-time Georgia resident is credited with writing many hymns for the Methodist denomination?
a)
Charles Wesley
b)
Charles Caldwell
c)
John Wesley
d)
Charles Scott
51.
Who wrote "Reminiscences of the Civil War"?
a)
John Gordon
b)
John Grisham
c)
Allen Gordon
d)
Allen Candler
52.
Who wrote "The Firebombing"?
a)
James Dickey
b)
James Gordon
c)
John Dickey
d)
John Gordon
53.
Who wrote "Wiregrass History of Georgia"?
a)
Folks Huxford
b)
Allen Candler
c)
Bert Parks
d)
Bernice McCuller
54.
Who wrote "Georgia Scenes"?
a)
A. B. Longstreet
b)
A. B. Caldwell
c)
John Longstreet
d)
John Caldwell
55.
Who wrote "God's Little Acre?
a)
Erskine Caldwell
b)
A. B. Longstreet
c)
Allen Caldwell
d)
Erskine Candler
56.
Who wrote the song "Jingle Bells"?
a)
James Pierpont
b)
John Pierpont
c)
James Candler
d)
John Candler
57.
The Big Bethel Choir of Atlanta was known for what musical folk play?
a)
Heaven Bound
b)
Heaven Upward
c)
Homeward Bound
d)
Heavenward Bound
58.
What Georgia town is known for the "Foxfire" series?
a)
Rabun
b)
Savannah
c)
Riverfront
d)
Rachael
59.
What is the name of the oldest continuously published newspaper in Georgia?
a)
Atlanta Chronicle and Herald
b)
Augusta Chronicle and Herald
c)
Atlanta Constitution
d)
Augusta Constitution
60.
What Georgian served in the Miss America Pageants from 1956-1979?
a)
Bert Parks
b)
Bert Smith
c)
Ben Parks
d)
Benny Parks
61.
Who popularized the song “Sittin’ on Top of the Bay”?
a)
Otis Redding
b)
Otis Ridding
c)
Oliver Redding
d)
Oliver Ridding
62.
Who wrote The Color Purple?
a)
Alice Walker
b)
Margaret Mitchell
c)
Erskine Caldwell
d)
James Pierpont
63.
Who wrote the novel Gone with the Wind?
a)
Margaret Mitchell
b)
Erskine Caldwell
c)
Alice Walker
d)
Bernice McCuller
64.
What Georgia politician wrote The Story of France?
a)
Tom Watson
b)
Carson McCullers
c)
Cora Harris
d)
Walt Kelly
65.
Who is known as the “Godfather of Soul Music”?
a)
James Brown
b)
James Pierpont
c)
Lewis Grizzard
d)
Lucius Clay
66.
What penname did Charles Henry Smith use in his writings?
a)
Bill Arp
b)
Wyatt Urp
c)
Walt Kelly
d)
Flannery O'Connor
67.
What Georgia city is home to the Georgia Music Hall of Fame?
a)
Macon
b)
Milledgeville
c)
Warner Robins
d)
Columbus
68.
Who developed the Uncle Remus stories?
a)
Joel Chandler Harris
b)
Carson McCullers
c)
E. Merton Coulter
d)
Cora Harris
69.
Who wrote the poem “Marshes of Glynn”?
a)
Sidney Lanier
b)
Joel Chandler
c)
Rebecca Latimer
Felton
d)
Sidney Poitier
70.
Who wrote Member of the Wedding?
a)
Carson McCullers
b)
Bernice McCuller
c)
William Harden
d)
Allen Candler
71.
Who wrote A Good Man is Hard to Find?
a)
Flannery O'Connor
b)
Folks Huxford
c)
Caroline Miller
d)
W. E. B. Dubois
72.
What 20th Century writer was compared to Mark Twain?
a)
Lewis Grizzard
b)
Bill Arp
c)
Lucius Clay
d)
Tom Watson
73.
Who wrote the Georgia history textbook A Short History of Georgia?
a)
E. Merton Coulter
b)
John Gordon
c)
Allen Candler
d)
Bernice McCuller
74.
Who wrote the Berlin Airlift autobiography Decision in Germany?
a)
Lucius Clay
b)
Zell Miller
c)
James Dickey
d)
Henry Jackson
75.
Who wrote Circuit Rider's Wife?
a)
Corra Harris
b)
Flannery O'Connor
c)
Alice Walker
d)
Margaret Mitchell
76.
Who developed the original Pogo comic strip?
a)
Walt Kelly
b)
John Gordon
c)
Sidney Lanier
d)
Folks Huxford
77.
Who wrote the poem “Song of the Chattahoochee”?
a)
Sidney Lanier
b)
James Pierpont
c)
Kenny Rogers
d)
Charles Wesley
78.
Who wrote "Great Georgians" and "They Heard Georgia Singing"?
a)
Zell Miller
b)
Otis Redding
c)
James Brown
d)
A. B. Longstreet
79.
Who played the roll of Scarlett O’Hara in the original movie "Gone With the Wind"?
a)
Vivian Leigh
b)
Margaret Mitchell
c)
Kim Basinger
d)
Joanne Woodward
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