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Wacona Georgia Quiz Bowl Team #1 JR

Total questions: 103

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What town in Sumter County was the boyhood home to President Jimmy Carter?

a)

Plains

b)

Hawkinsville

2.

What Union commander led the famous march to the see during the Civil War?

a)

Scott

b)

Sherman

3.

What Georgia museum is home to the locomotive, General?

a)

Cyclorama

b)

Kennesaw

4.

What Georgia museum is home to the locomotive, Texas?

a)

Kennesaw

b)

Cyclorama

5.

What was the name of the the forced removal of the Cherokee Native Americans from Georgia?

a)

Appalachian Trail

b)

Trail of Tears

6.

What Atlanta newspaper editor created the term "New South"?

a)

Grady

b)

Anderson

7.

What South Georgia community was created by veterans from the Civil War and in what county is it located?

a)

Fitzgerald; Ben Hill

b)

Plains; Wayne

8.

What was the name of the Cherokee capital in Georgia?

a)

Creeks

b)

New Echota

9.

Name the three signers of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia?

a)

Gordon

b)

Gwinnett

c)

Walton

d)

Hall

10.

What are the call letters of Georgia's first radio station?

a)

WSB

b)

UGA

11.

What was the first newspaper in Georgia and who was its first publisher?

a)

Georgia Gazette; Johnston

b)

Atlanta Journal; Anderson

12.

What was the name of the Walt Disney movie that dedicated the chase between the locomotives, Texas and General?

a)

Oriental Express

b)

The Great Locomotive Chase

13.

What ship did the first Georgia settlers arrive on?

a)

Ann

b)

Mary

14.

What Georgia land fraud occurred in the 1790s over lands in present Alabama and Mississippi?

a)

Yahoo

b)

Yazoo

15.

George Troup was the governor associated with the removal of what Native American tribe in Georgia?

a)

Creeks

b)

Cherokees

16.

Name the three members of the Bourbon Triumvirate?

a)

Brown

b)

Colquitt

c)

Walton

d)

Gordon

17.

In what year was the Declaration of Independence approved?

a)

1766

b)

1776

18.

Who served as the interpreter for James Oglethorpe and Tomochichi?

a)

Florence Martus

b)

Mary Musgrove

19.

Who is known as the founder of Georgia's public school system?

a)

Berry

b)

Orr

20.

Who is the only Georgia ever to win the Miss America pageant?

a)

Langley

b)

Parks

21.

What educator became known for creating schools for the poor in northwest Georgia?

a)

Langley

b)

Berry

22.

What Georgia island was home to part of the first transcontinental telephone call?

a)

Jekyll

b)

Tybee

23.

Who is nicknamed the "War Woman of Georgia" for her role in the American Revolution?

a)

Hart

b)

Hughes

24.

What 1835 treaty surrendered all Cherokee land east of the Mississippi River?

a)

Treaty of New York

b)

Treaty of New Echota

25.

What was the name of the first bilingual newspaper in Georgia?

a)

Cherokee Phoenix

b)

Atlanta Journal

26.

Name the two signers of the United States Constitution from Georgia.

a)

Baldwin and Few

b)

Gunn and Baldwin

27.

What city did General Sherman offer to President Lincoln as a Christmas present in 1865?

a)

Savannah

b)

Macon

28.

What product was developed in Georgia in 1886 and who was its creator?

a)

Pepsi; Pemberton

b)

Coca-Cola; Pemberton

29.

What Georgia holiday is celebrated on April 26th each year?

a)

Veteran's Day

b)

Confederate Memorial Day

30.

Who was the commander of the prison camp at Andersonville?

a)

Wirz

b)

Baldwin

31.

For whom is the famous Waving Girl Statue in Savannah named?

a)

Martus

b)

Few

32.

Who wrote the "Letter from the Birmingham Jail"?

a)

Florence Martus

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

33.

Who is the only African American from Georgia to be nominated for Vice President of the United States?

a)

Bond

b)

Bald

34.

What was the name of Joel Chandler Harris' home in Atlanta?

a)

Wren's Nest

b)

Roselawn

35.

Who was governor when the Cherokees were removed from Georgia?

a)

Thompson

b)

Lumpkin

36.

What governor campaigned on the three "R's" - Reorganization, Redistricting, and Refinancing?

a)

Richard B. Russell, Jr.

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr

37.

What Georgia governor was known as "Progressive" because of reforms in the railroad regulations and end of convict leasing?

a)

William Few

b)

Hoke Smith

38.

Who was elected governor in November 1865 after the Civil War ended?

a)

Baldwin

b)

Jenkins

39.

What governor organized the State Supreme Court, created mental asylums, and ordered the construction of the Western and Atlantic railroad?

a)

Cobb

b)

Schley

40.

Who was the only governor to be protected by the state militia after commuting a death sentence in 1915?

a)

Slaton

b)

Schley

41.

What national office did Hoke Smith hold and under which President?

a)

Secretary of Defense; Thompson

b)

Secretary of the Interior; Grover Cleveland

42.

What was highest court created by the Constitution of 1798?

a)

Superior Court

b)

Supreme Court

43.

What Georgian served in President Andrew Jackson's cabinet and what position did he hold?

a)

Berrien; Attorney General

b)

Cleveland; Secretary of the Interior

44.

What Georgia governor implemented the Minimum Foundation Program for Education?

a)

Smith

b)

Talmadge

45.

What Georgian served as representative, senator, governor, and vice-president of the Confederacy?

a)

Alexander H. Stephens

b)

John M. Slaton

46.

What U.S. Supreme court decision banned racial segregation in privately owned businesses?

a)

Fletcher vs. Peck

b)

Heart of Atlanta Motel vs. United States

47.

In 1850, which Georgian served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives during a famous compromise?

a)

Thompson

b)

Cobb

48.

What position did Robert Toombs have in the Confederate government?

a)

Secretary of War

b)

Secretary of State

49.

What Georgia actress won an Academy award for "Three Faces of Eve"?

a)

Woodward

b)

Colquitt

50.

What Georgia governor wrote "What the People Want"?

a)

Arnall

b)

Brown

51.

Who wrote "The Gospel Singer" and "Karate is a Thing of the Spirit"?

a)

Woodward

b)

Crews

52.

What Summerville artist is noted for his "Chapel of Art"?

a)

Finster

b)

Lovell

53.

Who wrote "Wise Blood"?

a)

Lanier

b)

O'Conner

54.

Who wrote "A Two Party South"?

a)

Heard

b)

Barnes

55.

What Georgia country music star was famous for songs like "Lucille" and "Coward of the County"?

a)

Kenny Rogers

b)

George Strait

56.

What Lincolnton family is noted for its Gospel-Bluegrass music?

a)

Reed Family

b)

Lewis Family

57.

What city is home to singers Ray Charles and Ray Stevens?

a)

Albany

b)

Atlanta

58.

What Georgia senator wrote "Memoirs of Georgia Politics"?

a)

Felton

b)

Arnall

59.

What Atlanta native wrote "Canadian Sunset"?

a)

Heard

b)

Haywood

60.

Who wrote the novel "Secret Fathers"?

a)

Seydell

b)

O'Conner

61.

In what newspaper did the Uncle Remus Stores first appear?

a)

Atlanta Constitution

b)

Cherokee Phoenix

62.

Who wrote "Road to Tara" and who was it about?

a)

Baldwin and Few

b)

Edwards and Mitchell

63.

Who wrote Murder in Coweta County?

a)

Barnes

b)

Finster

64.

Who wrote "The Golden Isles of Georgia"?

a)

Lovell

b)

Mitchell

65.

Who wrote the New South critique "Corn"?

a)

O'Conner

b)

Lanier

66.

What Georgia author was known for sensationalism in Tobacco Road"?

a)

Caldwell

b)

Felton

67.

What actor portrayed Burt Reynolds' sidekick in "Gator" and "Smokey and the Bandit"?

a)

Seydell

b)

Reed

68.

What town is home to the Blue Bird school bus company?

a)

Fort Valley

b)

Irwin

69.

What city is located in Muscogee County?

a)

Fort Valley

b)

Columbus

70.

What is the name of the predominantly African American college located in Augusta?

a)

Franklin

b)

Paine

71.

What county are the towns of Blackshear and Patterson in ?

a)

Pierce

b)

Wayne

72.

What Asian plant was brought to Georgia to check erosion?

a)

Azalea

b)

kudzu

73.

What city and month is the annual Sunbelt Agricultural Expo?

a)

Statesboro; April

b)

Moultrie; October

74.

What county is home to Moultrie?

a)

Colquitt

b)

Thomas

75.

What county is home to Nashville, Georgia?

a)

Berrien

b)

Fulton

76.

What county is home to Tifton?

a)

Lanier

b)

Tift

77.

What Atlanta museum is home to a painting of the Battle of Atlanta?

a)

Cyclorama

b)

Marrow

78.

What island is home to historic Christ Church?

a)

Cumberland

b)

St. Simons

79.

What is the name of the college located in Tifton?

a)

Abraham Baldwin

b)

Paine

80.

On what river is Fort King George located?

a)

Altamaha

b)

Chattahoochee

81.

What legendary bird is featured as the symbol of Atlanta?

a)

Phoenix

b)

Eagle

82.

What city is home to Floyd College?

a)

Americus

b)

Rome

83.

What town is home to North Georgia College and State University?

a)

Dahlonega

b)

Hawkinsville

84.

What city is home to the Georgia Institute of Technology?

a)

Atlanta

b)

Savannah

85.

What suburb of Atlanta is home to Southern Polytechnic State University?

a)

Marietta

b)

Marrow

86.

What suburb of Atlanta is home to Clayton College and State University?

a)

Marietta

b)

Marrow

87.

What is the Spanish name for Georgia?

a)

Casa

b)

Guale

88.

Georgia marble was used for what famous monument in Washington, D.C.?

a)

Lincoln Memorial

b)

Stone Mountion

89.

What Georgia Island was once the home to Thomas Spaulding and Howard Coffin?

a)

Sapelo

b)

Tybee

90.

What comedian was born in Harlem, Georgia?

a)

Hardy

b)

Teach

91.

What Savannah native founded the National Girl Scout Organization?

a)

Anderson

b)

Low

92.

For whom is the state of Georgia named?

a)

Georgia Smith

b)

King George II

93.

What Polish count was killed in the siege of Savannah during the American Revolution?

a)

Pulaski

b)

Guale

94.

What Georgian won the Nobel Peace Prize in the 1960s?

a)

Pulaski

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

95.

What was the name of the orphanage created by George Whitefield?

a)

Bethesda

b)

Steele-Pitts

96.

What was the name of Alexander Stephens' home and in what town is it located?

a)

Fitzgerald; Ben Hill

b)

Liberty Hall; Crawfordville

97.

What English nobleman is considered the founder of Georgia?

a)

Oglethorpe

b)

King George II

98.

What was the real name of Blackbeard the Pirate?

a)

Edward Teach

b)

Johnny Depp

99.

What were the two major Native American tribes in the pre-colonial period?

a)

Cherokees and Creeks

b)

Rice and Indigo

100.

On what date did the first European settlers arrive in the colony of Georgia?

a)

February 12, 1733

b)

January 12, 1733

101.

What U.S. President often visited Warm Springs, Georgia and what was the name of his home there?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt; Little White House

b)

Theodore Roosevelt; Little White House

102.

In what year was the charter of Georgia granted by King George II?

a)

1732

b)

1776

103.

In what year were women first allowed to practice law in the courts of Georgia?

a)

1920

b)

1915