Arkansas Trivia Questions And Answers
Where does Arkansas rank compared to the rest of the
states in size?
A: It's the 29th largest.
Where does Arkansas rank compared to the rest of the
States in population?
A: 32nd.
Arkansas borders what state to the south?
A: Louisiana.
What is Arkansas' all-time record high temperature?
A: 120 °F at Ozark on August 10, 1936.
What is the capital city of Arkansas?
A: Little Rock.
What city in Arkansas has the most people?
A: Little Rock.
What is the official Arkansas state nickname?
A: The Natural State.
What is the predominant religion ?
A: Protestant.
On what date did the Territory of Arkansas get admitted to
the Union?
A: June 15, 1836.
The name Arkansas is derived from the same root as the name
for what other state?
A: Kansas.
The pronunciation of Arkansas with the final "s" being
silent was made official in 1881, by the state legislature after a dispute arose
between Arkansas's what?
A: Two U.S. senators .
What is the all-time record low temperature in Arkansas?
A: -29 °F at Gravette, on February 13, 1905.
The legislature passed a non-binding resolution in
2007
declaring the possessive form of the state's name to be what?
A: Arkansas's which has been followed increasingly by the state government.
The Mississippi
River forms most of Arkansas's what?
A: Eastern border.
Arkansas, like most other Southern states, is part of the
what?
A: Bible Belt.
Where is the highest point in Arkansas at 2,753 feet?
A: Mount Magazine in the Ouachita Mountains.
The Mississippi River has major tributaries that include
the Arkansas River, the White River, and what?
A: The St. Francis River.
What State Park near Murfreesboro is the world's only
diamond-bearing area where the public can dig for diamonds?
A: Crater of Diamonds State
Park.
Arkansas has a dozen Wilderness Areas for outdoor
recreation and are open to hunting,
fishing,
hiking, and camping totaling how
many acres?
A: 158,444.
A US Forest Service survey found that 18,720,000acres or
56% of Arkansas's total land area is what?
A: Forestland.
In Little Rock Arkansas in July, high temperatures average
around 93 °F with lows around what?
A: 73 °F.
How many Fortune 500 companies are based in Arkansas,
including Walmart?
A: Six.
Between 40 and 60 inches per year of "what" are typical
throughout the state?
A: Precipitation.
Before the arrival of the white man, Arkansas was inhabited
by what tribes?
A: The Caddo, Osage, and Quapaw.
What famous explorer visited the state in 1541?
A: Hernando de Soto.
In 2012, what percentage of the state's population was
white?
A: 80.1%.
Napoleon Bonaparte sold Louisiana to the US in the year
1803, which included Arkansas, in a purchase known today as the what?
A: Louisiana Purchase.
On what date was the Territory of Arkansas organized?
A: On July 4, 1819.
When Arkansas applied for statehood, what issue was raised
in Washington DC?
A: The slavery issue.
What did Arkansas vote to do when the Gulf states seceded
from the Union in early 1861?
A: Arkansas voted to remain in the Union.
Arkansas seceded after President Lincoln demanded Arkansas
troops be sent to where?
A: Fort Sumter.
Battles early in the Civil war that took place included the
Battle of Cane Hill, Battle of Pea Ridge, and what other battle?
A: Battle of Prairie Grove.
Under the Military Reconstruction Act, on what date did
Congress declare Arkansas restored to the Union?
A: In June 1868.
Who did President Dwight D. Eisenhower send, in September
1957, to Little Rock Arkansas?
A: 1000 troops from the active-duty 101st Airborne Division to escort and
protect the African-American students.
Where was Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United
States, born?
A: In Hope, Arkansas.
How many total years did Bill Clinton serve as Governor of
Arkansas?
A: 12 years.
Arkansas's capital city has been Little Rock since 1821
when it replaced what?
A: Arkansas Post
During the Civil War when the Union
armies threatened the
city in 1862 the state capitol was moved to Hot Springs and later where?
A: Washington.
Arkansas has how many cities with populations above 50,000?
A: Nine.
How many people did Arkansas have according to the United
States Census Bureau estimates on July 1, 2012?
A: 2,949,132.
European Americans are found mainly in the northwestern
Ozarks and the central part of the state while African Americans live mainly in
what parts of the state?
A: The southern and eastern parts.
What percentage of the population is employed in the
agricultural sector in the state?
A: About 3%.
How many state parks does Arkansas have?
A: 52 state parks.
What is the most popular museum, with 604,000 visitors in
2012 in its first year?
A: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville.
What is one of the oldest sports in Arkansas?
A: Hunting.
In 1915 the state created what to regulate and enforce
hunting.?
A: The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
When did the University of Arkansas first field a
football
team?
A: In 1894.
Arkansans when compared with the rest of the US, have a
high incidence of premature death, infant mortality, cardiovascular deaths, and
what?
A: Occupational fatalities.
Arkansas it typically ranked as one of the least healthy
states to live in because of high obesity, smoking, and what?
A: Sedentary lifestyle.