Georgia Trivia Quiz Questions And Answers
What is the Georgia state Amphibian?
A: American Green Tree Frog.
Georgia was established in 1732 and was the last of the original what?
A: Thirteen Colonies.
What major golf tournament is held annually the second weekend of April at the Augusta National Golf Club?
A: The Masters.
What is the Georgia state tree?
A: Live oak.
How many species of reptiles live in Georgia?
A: About 79.
What is the Georgia state Fish?
A: Largemouth bass
Who or what was the US state of Georgia named after?
A: King George II of Great Britain.
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in the state of Georgia?
A: 112 °F in Louisville on July 24, 1952.
What is the Georgia state Shell?
A: Knobbed Whelk.
Among the largest performing arts venues in Georgia are the Fox Theatre, and the Alliance Theatre both located where?
A: Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta.
Which Super Bowl games did Atlanta's Georgia Dome host?
A: Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994 and Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000.
Georgia ratified the US Constitution becoming the fourth state to do so on what date?
A: On January 2, 1788.
What is the Georgia state soil?
A: Tifton.
What is Georgia's official state song?
A: Georgia on My Mind.
What are Georgia's two major Interstate Highways?
A: I-75 and I-85.
What is the Georgia state Rock?
A: Granite.
What as the lowest temperature ever recorded in Georgia?
A: −17 °F in northern Floyd County on January 27,
1940.
What is the Georgia state
dance?
A: Square dance.
On what date did Georgia declared its secession from the Union?
A: January 19, 1861.
Georgia was one of the original seven what?
A: Confederate states.
What is the Georgia state Reptile?
A: Gopher tortoise.
Where does Georgia rank in population compared to the other states?
A: It is 8th most populous.
Gold was discovered in 1829, in the North Georgia mountains, leading to the Georgia Gold Rush and the huge influx of settlers caused the government to take land from what Indian Nation?
A: The Cherokee Nation.
What is the name of Georgia's capital?
A: Atlanta.
Which Georgia city has the state's largest population?
A: Atlanta.
What US state borders Georgia on the south?
A: Florida.
What mountain range is located in the northern part of the state?
A: The Blue Ridge Mountains.
Where is the highest point in Georgia?
A: Brasstown Bald at 4,784 feet .
What is the Georgia state Mineral?
A: Staurolite.
What is the lowest point in Georgia?
A: The Atlantic Ocean.
In land area Georgia is the biggest state east of the Mississippi
River, but fourth in what?
A: In total area.
Georgia Ports Authority owns and operates the Port of Savannah which ranks where in size with other US ports?
A: 4th largest in US.
What is the Georgia state Mammal?
A: Right whale.
The stadium built to host Olympic events is now called Turner Field, and is the what?
A: Home of the Atlanta Braves.
What is the Georgia state
Butterfly?
A: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.
In 1838, Martin Van Buren had the Cherokee deported them west of the what?
A: Mississippi.
What is Georgia's primary commercial airport?
A: Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL).
Georgia joined the Confederacy and major battles took place at Chickamauga, Kennesaw Mountain, and where?
A: Atlanta.
What is the most widely recognized orchestra and largest arts organization in the southeastern United States?
A: The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
What is the Georgia state Insect?
A: European honey bee.
In 1877 white Democrats passed a poll tax, which disfranchised who?
A: Many poor blacks and whites.
How many species of trees does the state of Georgia have?
A: About 250.
In Georgia, where can one find white-tailed (Virginia) deer?
A: In nearly all counties.
What is the Georgia state Gem?
A: Quartz.
How many bird species live in the state of Georgia?
A: 160.
On July 1, 2013, the population of Georgia was what?
A: 9,992,167.
Georgia, as of the year 2010, has the sixth highest number of what, in the country?
A: Illegal immigrants.
What is the Georgia state Fossil?
A: Shark tooth.
From 1990 to 2000, Georgia had the second fastest growth rate in the population of which ethnic group?
A: Asians.
As of 2008, Georgia has the third-lowest percentage of what type of people?
A: Seniors. (65 or older).
In 2011, what was Georgia's Per Capita personal income?
A: $35,979.
Georgia is the world's biggest supplier of what type of tree nuts?
A: Pecans.
What is the state theater of Georgia, that is located in
Columbus?
A: The Springer Opera House.
What is the Georgia state Flower?
A: Cherokee Rose
What 1980s TV show was set in the fictional Hazzard County in Georgia?
A: The Dukes of Hazzard.
What two motion pictures set in Atlanta were awarded Oscars for Best Picture?
A: Gone with the Wind, and Driving Miss Daisy.
Ty Cobb was the first baseball player inducted into the
Baseball Hall of Fame. What was his nickname?
A: The Georgia Peach.
What are two major college football teams in the NCAA Division I FBS?
A: The Georgia Bulldogs and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Where did the 1996 Summer Olympics take place?
A: Atlanta, Georgia.
Where is the Dixie 500 NASCAR stock car race held each year?
A: Atlanta Motor Speedway .
How many parks are there in Georgia?
A: 63 parks.
How many public colleges, universities, and technical colleges does Georgia have?
A: Almost 70.
How many cities with populations above 50,000 does Georgia have?
A: Fourteen.
What is the Georgia state Bird?
A: Brown Thrasher.
