WorksheetsWacona Georgia Quiz Bowl Team #2 NP
Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 32mins
What was the Spanish name for Georgia?
Guale
Alamo
Georgia marble was used for what famous monument in Washington, D.C.?
Stone Mountain
Lincoln Memorial
What Georgia Island was once the home to Thomas Spaulding and Howard Coffin?
Sapelo
Tybee
What comedian was born in Harlem, Georgia?
Hardy
Teach
What Savannah native founded the National Girl Scout Organization?
Low
Hart
For whom is the state of Georgia named?
Oglethorpe
King George II
What Polish count was killed in the siege of Savannah during the American Revolution?
Pulaski
Sherman
What Georgian won the Nobel Peace Prize in the 1960s?
Hardy
Martin Luther King, Jr.
What was the name of the orphanage created by George Whitefield?
Bethesda
Little White House
What was the name of Alexander Stephens' home and in what town is it located?
Liberty Hall; Crawfordville
Wren's Nest; Hawkinsville
What English nobleman is considered the founder of Georgia?
Oglethorpe
King George II
What was the real name of Blackbeard the Pirate?
John Gordon
Edward Teach
What are the two major Native American tribes in the pre-colonial period?
Cherokees and Creeks
Creeks and Oconee
On what date did the first European settlers arrive in the colony of Georgia?
January 19, 1783
February 12, 1733
What U.S. President often visited Warm Springs, Georgia and what was the name of his home there?
Franklin Roosevelt; Little White House
Donald Trump; Roselawn
In what year was the charter of Georgia granted by King George II?
1732
1915
In what year were women first allowed to practice law in the courts of Georgia?
1915
1732
What town in Sumter County was the boyhood home to President Jimmy Carter?
Grady
Plains
What Union commander led the famous march to the sea during the Civil War?
Teach
Sherman
What Georgia museum is home to the locomotive, General?
Kennesaw
Cycorama
What Georgia museum is home to the locomotive, Texas?
Cyclorama
Kennesaw
What was the name of the forced removal of the Cherokee Native Americans from Georgia?
Relocation
Trail of Tears
What Atlanta newspaper editor created the term "New South"?
Grady
Hardy
What South Georgia community was created by veterans from the Civil War and in what county is it located?
Liberty Hall; Crawfordville
Fitzgerald; Ben Hill
What was the name of the Cherokee capital in Georgia?
Kolomoki
New Echota
Name the three signers of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia?
Gwinnett, Hall, Walton
Brown, Colquitt, and Gordon
What are the call letters of Georgia's first radio station?
WSB
FOX
What was the first newspaper in Georgia and who was its first publisher?
Georgia Gazette; James Johnston
Georgia Times; Henry Grady
What was the name of the Walt Disney movie that dedicated the chase between the locomotive, Texas and General?
The Great Locomotive Chase
Thomas the Train
What ship did the first Georgia settlers arrive on?
Ann
Nina
What Georgia land fraud occurred in the 1790s over lands in present Alabama and Mississippi?
Yahoo
Yazoo
George Troup was the governor associated with the removal of what Native American tribe in Georgia?
Creeks
Cherokees
Name the three members of the Bourbon Triumvirate?
Gwinnett, Hall, and Walton
Brown, Colquitt, and Gordon
In what year was the Declaration of Independence approved?
1776
1915
What was the name and location of Georgia's most famous Civil War prison camp?
Roselawn, Hawkinsville
Camp Sumter; Andersonville
Who developed the plan for the city of Savannah?
Axson
Oglethorpe
What Yamacraw Indian chief allowed the English settlers to locate in Gerogia?
Tomochichi
Chickamuga
Who developed the use of ether and anesthetic?
Hart
Long
What two Angelican clergymen lived in Georgia before returning to England to develop Methodism?
John and Charles Wesley
Eugene and Herman Talmadge
In what Georgia city did the Southern Baptist Convention develop in 1845?
Loisville
Augusta
What Georgian developed the practice of selling poppy flowers on Armistice Day?
Michael
Wesley
What 19th century evangelist had a home in north Georgia called Roselawn?
Bond
Jones
Who developed the cotton gin and where in Georgia did it occur?
Eli Whitney; Plantation of Mrs. Catherine Greene
Musgrove; Plantation of Mrs. Elizabeth Wright
What Georgian was the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson?
Hart
Axson
In what city did President Woodrow Wilson live during part of this childhood?
Macon
Augusta
By what name was Atlanta known from 1842 to 1845?
Marthasville
Milledgeville
What was the name of the first Scottish settlement in Georgia?
New Echota
New Inverness - present day Darien
What is the largest Christian denomination in the state of Georgia today?
Methodist
Southern Baptist
Name the only father and son to be elected governor in 19th and 20th centuries.
19th - Joseph E. and Joseph M. Brown
20th - Eugene and Herman Talmadge
19th- Edward and John Teach
20th - Henry and Julian Bond
What city is home to the Medical College of Georgia?
Statesboro
Augusta
What city is home to Georgia College and State University?
Savannah
Milledgeville
What town is home to Georgia Southwestern State University?
Americus
Augusta
What city is home to Georgia Southern University?
Augusta
Statesboro
What city is home to Armstrong Atlantic State University?
Savannah
Brunswick
What city is home to Coastal Georgia Community College?
Brunswick
Americus
What city is home to Mercer University?
Macon
Pierce
What county is home to Lakeland?
Wayne
Lanier
What county is home to Thomasville?
Lanier
Thomas
What county is home to Ocilla?
Berrien
Irwin
What county is the city of Atlanta located in?
Fulton
Tift
What is the name of the longest interstate in Georgia?
US 27
I - 75
What interstates connect Columbus and Atlanta?
I - 185 and I - 85
I - 75
What waterway threads its way through the state's coastal islands?
The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
The Brunswick coastal waterway
