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Georgia Expert Quiz

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the current governor of Georgia?

a)

Brian Kemp

b)

Stacey Abrams

c)

Johnny Isakson

d)

David Perdue

2.

What is the highest peak in Georgia?

a)

Stone Mountain

b)

Rabun Bald

c)

Brasstown Bald

d)

Yonah Mountain

3.

Which of the following cities was never the capital of Georgia?

a)

Atlanta

b)

Savannah

c)

Milledgeville

d)

Thomasville

4.

Georgia is the ___________th largest state(land area).

a)

4

b)

74

c)

24

d)

34

5.

What Georgia island is home to over 100 feral horses?

a)

Cumberland

b)

St. Simon's

c)

Jekyll

d)

Hilton Head

6.

What Confederate figure is not depicted on Stone Mountain?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Stonewall Jackson

d)

Alexander Hamilton Stephens

7.

Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons, co-founded which Georgia based company in 1978?

a)

Delta Airlines

b)

Chick-fil-a

c)

Home Depot

d)

Suntrust Bank

8.

Chick-fil-a opened their first restaurant in Georgia in what year?

a)

1983

b)

1967

c)

1997

d)

1959

9.

True or False? Hartsfield Jackson airport hosts between 50 and 80 million passengers a year.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The Appalachian Trail approach trail begins in which Georgia state park?

a)

Cloudland Canyon

b)

Tallulah Gorge

c)

Amicalola Falls

d)

Black Rock

11.

The Appalachian Trail runs from Georgia to Maine and is over 2,180 miles long. Which mountain in Georgia is home to the southern terminus(end) of the trail?

a)

Springer Mountain

b)

Yonah Mountain

c)

Black Rock Mountain

d)

Stone Mountain

12.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in which Georgia city?

a)

Savannah

b)

Atlanta

c)

Macon

d)

Augusta

13.

Which college/university in Georgia has the title of oldest public university in the United States? (This school received its charter from the state before any other public university in the nation.)

a)

The University of Georgia

b)

Mercer University

c)

The Georgia Institute of Technology

d)

Georgia Southern University

14.

The Varsity claims to be the World's Largest Drive-In Restaurant". In what year was it established?

a)

1952

b)

1928

c)

1964

d)

1977

15.

True or False? The city of Savannah was established before the United States of America.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Stone Mountain is a _____________, a body of intrusive igneous rock, that rises 1686 ft above sea level.

a)

pluton

b)

relief

c)

plateau

d)

mesa

17.

Which of the following is the state flag of Georgia?

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

What is the state bird of Georgia?

a)

Brown Thrasher

b)

Red-tailed Hawk

c)

Blue Jay

d)

Sparrow

19.

Which of the 5 geographic regions of Georgia is Atlanta located in?

a)

Appalachian Plateau

b)

Piedmont

c)

Coastal Plain

d)

Valley & Ridge

20.

The largest swamp in North America, the Okefenokee, is located in which geographic region of Georgia?

a)

Piedmont

b)

Ridge & Valley

c)

Blue Ridge

d)

Coastal Plain

21.

Which President of the United States often visited his "Little White House" in Warm Springs, Georgia to help treat his polio?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Jimmy Carter

d)

James Oglethorpe

22.

Who is the only Georgian to be elected as President of the United States?

a)

Jimmy Carter

b)

Ronald Regan

c)

Zachary Taylor

d)

Benjamin Harrison

23.

What is the name of the historical forced migration of the Cherokee people that began in northern Georgia and ended in Oklahoma?

a)

The Exodus

b)

The Trail of Tears

c)

The Battle of Little Bighorn

d)

The Battle of Bull Run

24.

The World of Coca-Cola, the Center for Civil and Human Rights, and the Georgia Aquarium are all located in Pemberton Place in Atlanta. Who was Pemberton Place named for?

a)

The First Mayor of Atlanta(post-civil war)

b)

The First Governor of Georgia

c)

The Inventor of Coca Cola

d)

One of the co-founders of Home Depot

25.

The Fall Line separates which two geographic regions of Georgia?

a)

Piedmont and Coastal Plain

b)

Coastal Plain and Appalachian Plateau

c)

Piedmont and Blue Ridge

d)

Piedmont and Valley & Ridge

26.

Centennial Olympic Park was built in downtown Atlanta prior to the city hosting the Olympic games. In what year did Atlanta host the Olympics?

a)

1992

b)

1996

c)

1998

d)

2000

27.

What was the mascot for the Atlanta Olympic games?

a)
b)
c)
d)
28.

True or False? Georgia is the largest state in geographic area east of the Mississippi River.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Lake Lanier is a man-made lake named after Sidney Lanier. It was created when Buford Dam was made blocking the flow of which two rivers?

a)

Chattahoochee & Chestatee

b)

Chattahoochee & Oconee

c)

Oconee & Chestatee

d)

Chestatee & Etowah

30.

Georgia was the _________ of the original 13 US colonies to be established.

a)

6th

b)

13th

c)

11th

d)

10th

31.

Georgia is named after which of the following people?

a)

King George II

b)

King George III

c)

George Washington

d)

Curious George

32.

How many seats does Georgia have in the House of Representatives in Congress?

a)

10

b)

12

c)

14

d)

16

33.

Which is not one of the "Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia"?

a)

Stone Mountain

b)

Tallulah Gorge

c)

Blood Mountain

d)

Amicalola Falls

34.

Amicalola comes from the _______________ word for tumbling waters.

a)

Cherokee

b)

Spanish

c)

French

d)

Latin

35.

Willie B was one of Zoo Atlanta's more famous residents. He lived from 1961 to 2000. What type of animal was Willie B?

a)

Gorilla

b)

Elephant

c)

Panda

d)

Naked Mole-rat

36.

How many counties are in Georgia?

a)

159

b)

23

c)

74

d)

173

37.

Georgia's state marine mammal is the ___________________.

a)

Right Whale

b)

Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin

c)

Whale Shark

d)

The Clown Seal

38.

How many World Series Championships have the Braves won in Atlanta?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

39.

Founded in 1837, Atlanta was first named....

a)

Marthasville

b)

Georgeton

c)

Milledgeville

d)

Middleton

40.

Which county is the only Georgia county named after a woman?

a)

Gwinnett

b)

Clayton

c)

Hart

d)

Fulton

41.

Georgia is the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the _______________.

a)

Girl Scouts

b)

Coca Cola Company

c)

Aflac

d)

Daughters of the American Revolution

42.

According to legend, there is a tree that reportedly owns itself after it, and the 8 feet around its base, were left to itself in the former owner's will. What city in Georgia is home to the "Tree that Owns Itself"?

a)

Athens

b)

Rome

c)

Atlanta

d)

Savannah

43.

The Georgia State Flower is the ______________.

a)

Peach Rose

b)

Cherokee Rose

c)

Magnolia

d)

Daffodil

44.

The Cherokee tribe established their capital in ______________ in 1825 and remained there until they were removed as part of the Trail of Tears.

a)

New Echota

b)

Milledgeville

c)

Mesa Verde

d)

Tallulah Falls

45.

Which individual is currently a Senator for the state of Georgia?

a)

Brian Kemp

b)

Stacey Abrams

c)

Sonny Perdue

d)

Jon Ossoff

46.

Which individual did not represent Georgia in signing the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Button Gwinnett

b)

Lyman Hall

c)

George Walton

d)

John Hancock