WorksheetsWacona Georgia Quiz Bowl Team #1 JR
Total questions: 103
Worksheet time: 52mins
What town in Sumter County was the boyhood home to President Jimmy Carter?
Plains
Hawkinsville
What Union commander led the famous march to the see during the Civil War?
Scott
Sherman
What Georgia museum is home to the locomotive, General?
Cyclorama
Kennesaw
What Georgia museum is home to the locomotive, Texas?
Kennesaw
Cyclorama
What was the name of the the forced removal of the Cherokee Native Americans from Georgia?
Appalachian Trail
Trail of Tears
What Atlanta newspaper editor created the term "New South"?
Grady
Anderson
What South Georgia community was created by veterans from the Civil War and in what county is it located?
Fitzgerald; Ben Hill
Plains; Wayne
What was the name of the Cherokee capital in Georgia?
Creeks
New Echota
Name the three signers of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia?
Gordon
Gwinnett
Walton
Hall
What are the call letters of Georgia's first radio station?
WSB
UGA
What was the first newspaper in Georgia and who was its first publisher?
Georgia Gazette; Johnston
Atlanta Journal; Anderson
What was the name of the Walt Disney movie that dedicated the chase between the locomotives, Texas and General?
Oriental Express
The Great Locomotive Chase
What ship did the first Georgia settlers arrive on?
Ann
Mary
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?
Brown
Colquitt
Walton
Gordon
In what year was the Declaration of Independence approved?
1766
1776
Who served as the interpreter for James Oglethorpe and Tomochichi?
Florence Martus
Mary Musgrove
Who is known as the founder of Georgia's public school system?
Berry
Orr
Who is the only Georgia ever to win the Miss America pageant?
Langley
Parks
What educator became known for creating schools for the poor in northwest Georgia?
Langley
Berry
What Georgia island was home to part of the first transcontinental telephone call?
Jekyll
Tybee
Who is nicknamed the "War Woman of Georgia" for her role in the American Revolution?
Hart
Hughes
What 1835 treaty surrendered all Cherokee land east of the Mississippi River?
Treaty of New York
Treaty of New Echota
What was the name of the first bilingual newspaper in Georgia?
Cherokee Phoenix
Atlanta Journal
Name the two signers of the United States Constitution from Georgia.
Baldwin and Few
Gunn and Baldwin
What city did General Sherman offer to President Lincoln as a Christmas present in 1865?
Savannah
Macon
What product was developed in Georgia in 1886 and who was its creator?
Pepsi; Pemberton
Coca-Cola; Pemberton
What Georgia holiday is celebrated on April 26th each year?
Veteran's Day
Confederate Memorial Day
Who was the commander of the prison camp at Andersonville?
Wirz
Baldwin
For whom is the famous Waving Girl Statue in Savannah named?
Martus
Few
Who wrote the "Letter from the Birmingham Jail"?
Florence Martus
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who is the only African American from Georgia to be nominated for Vice President of the United States?
Bond
Bald
What was the name of Joel Chandler Harris' home in Atlanta?
Wren's Nest
Roselawn
Who was governor when the Cherokees were removed from Georgia?
Thompson
Lumpkin
What governor campaigned on the three "R's" - Reorganization, Redistricting, and Refinancing?
Richard B. Russell, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr
What Georgia governor was known as "Progressive" because of reforms in the railroad regulations and end of convict leasing?
William Few
Hoke Smith
Who was elected governor in November 1865 after the Civil War ended?
Baldwin
Jenkins
What governor organized the State Supreme Court, created mental asylums, and ordered the construction of the Western and Atlantic railroad?
Cobb
Schley
Who was the only governor to be protected by the state militia after commuting a death sentence in 1915?
Slaton
Schley
What national office did Hoke Smith hold and under which President?
Secretary of Defense; Thompson
Secretary of the Interior; Grover Cleveland
What was highest court created by the Constitution of 1798?
Superior Court
Supreme Court
What Georgian served in President Andrew Jackson's cabinet and what position did he hold?
Berrien; Attorney General
Cleveland; Secretary of the Interior
What Georgia governor implemented the Minimum Foundation Program for Education?
Smith
Talmadge
What Georgian served as representative, senator, governor, and vice-president of the Confederacy?
Alexander H. Stephens
John M. Slaton
What U.S. Supreme court decision banned racial segregation in privately owned businesses?
Fletcher vs. Peck
Heart of Atlanta Motel vs. United States
In 1850, which Georgian served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives during a famous compromise?
Thompson
Cobb
What position did Robert Toombs have in the Confederate government?
Secretary of War
Secretary of State
What Georgia actress won an Academy award for "Three Faces of Eve"?
Woodward
Colquitt
What Georgia governor wrote "What the People Want"?
Arnall
Brown
Who wrote "The Gospel Singer" and "Karate is a Thing of the Spirit"?
Woodward
Crews
What Summerville artist is noted for his "Chapel of Art"?
Finster
Lovell
Who wrote "Wise Blood"?
Lanier
O'Conner
Who wrote "A Two Party South"?
Heard
Barnes
What Georgia country music star was famous for songs like "Lucille" and "Coward of the County"?
Kenny Rogers
George Strait
What Lincolnton family is noted for its Gospel-Bluegrass music?
Reed Family
Lewis Family
What city is home to singers Ray Charles and Ray Stevens?
Albany
Atlanta
What Georgia senator wrote "Memoirs of Georgia Politics"?
Felton
Arnall
What Atlanta native wrote "Canadian Sunset"?
Heard
Haywood
Who wrote the novel "Secret Fathers"?
Seydell
O'Conner
In what newspaper did the Uncle Remus Stores first appear?
Atlanta Constitution
Cherokee Phoenix
Who wrote "Road to Tara" and who was it about?
Baldwin and Few
Edwards and Mitchell
Who wrote Murder in Coweta County?
Barnes
Finster
Who wrote "The Golden Isles of Georgia"?
Lovell
Mitchell
Who wrote the New South critique "Corn"?
O'Conner
Lanier
What Georgia author was known for sensationalism in Tobacco Road"?
Caldwell
Felton
What actor portrayed Burt Reynolds' sidekick in "Gator" and "Smokey and the Bandit"?
Seydell
Reed
What town is home to the Blue Bird school bus company?
Fort Valley
Irwin
What city is located in Muscogee County?
Fort Valley
Columbus
What is the name of the predominantly African American college located in Augusta?
Franklin
Paine
What county are the towns of Blackshear and Patterson in ?
Pierce
Wayne
What Asian plant was brought to Georgia to check erosion?
Azalea
kudzu
What city and month is the annual Sunbelt Agricultural Expo?
Statesboro; April
Moultrie; October
What county is home to Moultrie?
Colquitt
Thomas
What county is home to Nashville, Georgia?
Berrien
Fulton
What county is home to Tifton?
Lanier
Tift
What Atlanta museum is home to a painting of the Battle of Atlanta?
Cyclorama
Marrow
What island is home to historic Christ Church?
Cumberland
St. Simons
What is the name of the college located in Tifton?
Abraham Baldwin
Paine
On what river is Fort King George located?
Altamaha
Chattahoochee
What legendary bird is featured as the symbol of Atlanta?
Phoenix
Eagle
What city is home to Floyd College?
Americus
Rome
What town is home to North Georgia College and State University?
Dahlonega
Hawkinsville
What city is home to the Georgia Institute of Technology?
Atlanta
Savannah
What suburb of Atlanta is home to Southern Polytechnic State University?
Marietta
Marrow
What suburb of Atlanta is home to Clayton College and State University?
Marietta
Marrow
What is the Spanish name for Georgia?
Casa
Guale
Georgia marble was used for what famous monument in Washington, D.C.?
Lincoln Memorial
Stone Mountion
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?
Anderson
Low
For whom is the state of Georgia named?
Georgia Smith
King George II
What Polish count was killed in the siege of Savannah during the American Revolution?
Pulaski
Guale
What Georgian won the Nobel Peace Prize in the 1960s?
Pulaski
Martin Luther King, Jr.
What was the name of the orphanage created by George Whitefield?
Bethesda
Steele-Pitts
What was the name of Alexander Stephens' home and in what town is it located?
Fitzgerald; Ben Hill
Liberty Hall; Crawfordville
What English nobleman is considered the founder of Georgia?
Oglethorpe
King George II
What was the real name of Blackbeard the Pirate?
Edward Teach
Johnny Depp
What were the two major Native American tribes in the pre-colonial period?
Cherokees and Creeks
Rice and Indigo
On what date did the first European settlers arrive in the colony of Georgia?
February 12, 1733
January 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
Theodore Roosevelt; Little White House
In what year was the charter of Georgia granted by King George II?
1732
1776
In what year were women first allowed to practice law in the courts of Georgia?
1920
1915
