120+ Georgia Trivia Questions and Answers

Georgia is popular for its beautiful mountains, pristine forests, and countless water bodies. You can enjoy a hiking trail at the breathtaking Amicalola Falls standing at 728 feet tall.

If you’re an outdoor enthusiast and interested in caves, you’ll love the Veryovkina Cave, hidden amidst the Gagra Mountain range. Worried about your safety? Fret not for Georgia was rated as the 7th safest country to visit in the world in 2017.

Georgia Facts Trivia Questions and Answers

Here is some black history fact you may not know: During the 1950s, Georgia served as a major hub for the Civil Rights movement. It is in Atlanta that Martin Luther King Jr. co-founded the SCLC.

How well do you know about the U.S Presidents? Did you know that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was the only president to hail from Georgia?

Take up this Georgia trivia to get more insights about the place!

 

1. What is the Georgia state Amphibian?

American Green Tree Frog

 

2. Which state is bordered to the north of Georgia?

Tennessee and North Carolina

 

3. Georgia was established in 1732 and was the last of the original what?

Thirteen Colonies.

 

4. What is the capital of Georgia?

Atlanta

 

5. What major golf tournament is held annually the second weekend of April at the Augusta National Golf Club?

The Masters

 

6. How many bird species are there in Georgia?

350

 

7. What is the Georgia state tree?

Live oak

 

8. How many species of reptiles live in Georgia?

About 79

 

9. When did Georgia join the Union?

In 1776

 

10. What is the Georgia state Fish?

Largemouth bass

 

11. At which number did the state join the Union?

4th

 

12. Who or what was the US state of Georgia named after?

King George II of Great Britain

 

13. At which number did the state join the Confederacy?

5th

 

14. What is the highest temperature ever recorded in the state of Georgia?

112 °F in Louisville on July 24, 1952.

 

15. When did the state join the Confederacy?

In 1861

 

16. What is the Georgia state, Shell?

Knobbed Whelk

 

17. Which city of Georgia is known as the Granite Capital of the World?

Elberton, Georgia

 

18. Among the largest performing arts venues in Georgia are the Fox Theatre, and the Alliance Theatre both located where?

Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta.

 

19. Which Super Bowl games did Atlanta’s Georgia Dome host?

Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994 and Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000

 

20. Georgia ratified the US Constitution, becoming the fourth state to do so on what date?

On January 2, 1788

 

21. Who explored Georgia?

Hernando de Soto

 

22. What is the Georgia state soil?

Tifton

 

23. When does he explore Georgia?

In 1540

 

24. What is Georgia’s official state song?

Georgia on My Mind

 

25. What is the nickname of the state?

The Peach State

 

26. What are Georgia’s two major Interstate Highways?

I-75 and I-85

 

27. What is the Georgia state Rock?

Granite

 

28. What is Georgia’s state bird?

Brown Thrasher

 

29. What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Georgia?

−17 °F in northern Floyd County on January 27, 1940.

 

30. Which is the state flower?

Cherokee Rose

 

31. What is the Georgia state dance?

Square dance

 

32. Which state is in the south of Georgia?

Florida

 

33. On what date did Georgia declare its secession from the Union?

January 19, 1861

 

34. Which U.S. state grows the most peanuts in the country?

Georgia

 

35. Georgia was one of the original seven, what?

Confederate states

 

36. What is the motto of the state?

Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation

 

37. What is the Georgia state Reptile?

Gopher tortoise

 

38. Which is the highest peak in the state?

Brass-town Bald

 

39. Where does Georgia rank in population compared to the other states?

It is 8th most populous.

 

40. How much is the height of the Brass-town Bald?

4,784 feet

 

41. What mountain range is located in the northern part of the state?

The Blue Ridge Mountains

 

42. What is the highest recorded temperature in the state?

112 degree Fahrenheit

 

43. Where is the highest point in Georgia?

Brasstown Bald at 4,784 feet

 

44. Where the highest temperature was recorded?

At Louisellie and at Greenville

 

45. What is the Georgia state Mineral?

Staurolite

 

46. Where was the lowest temperature recorded?

At CCC Camp F-16

 

47. What is the lowest point in Georgia?

The Atlantic Ocean.

 

48. Which is the state game bird?

Quail

 

49. Inland area, Georgia is the biggest state east of the Mississippi River, but fourth in what?

In total area

50. Which is the state vegetable?

Vidalia Onion

 

51. What is the Georgia state Mammal?

Right whale

 

52. Who adopted Georgia’s flag?

The 2003 General Assembly

 

53. The stadium built to host Olympic events is now called Turner Field, and is the what?

Home of the Atlanta Braves

 

54. Who created Lake Blackshear?

Crisp County Power Company

 

55. What is the Georgia state Butterfly?

Eastern Tiger Swallowtai

 

56. What was the purpose of the lake creation?

Power supply

 

57. In 1838, Martin Van Buren had the Cherokee deported west of the what?

Mississippi

 

58. When was West Point lake created?

In 1974

 

59. What is Georgia’s primary commercial airport?

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL).

 

60. How many forests are there in the state?

Six

 

61. What is the most widely recognized orchestra and largest arts organization in the southeastern United States?

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

 

62. How many state parks are there?

64

 

63. What is the Georgia state Insect?

European honey bee

 

64. Who is the famous poet of the state?

Conrad Aiken

 

65. In 1877 white Democrats passed a poll tax, which disfranchised who?

Many poor blacks and whites

 

66. Who is the famous baseball player of the state?

Ty Cobb

 

67. In Georgia, where can one find white-tailed (Virginia) deer?

In nearly all counties

 

68. Where is the first American college to grant women college degrees located?

Macon, Georgia

 

69. What was the time period of the Gold Rush in Georgia?

1829-1861

 

70. What is the Georgia state Gem?

Quartz

 

71. How much gold does it produce?

Approximately 870,000 ounces

 

72. How many bird species live in the state of Georgia?

160

 

73. Which famous drink was invented in Atlanta, Georgia?

Coca-Cola

 

74. On July 1, 2013, the population of Georgia was what?

9,992,167

 

75. What was the first capital of Georgia?

Savannah

 

76. Georgia, as of the year 2010, has the sixth-highest number of what, in the country?

Illegal immigrants

 

77. How many counties are there in Georgia?

159

 

78. What is the Georgia state Fossil?

Shark tooth

 

79. Which is the only county in Georgia named after a woman?

Hart County

 

80. From 1990 to 2000, Georgia had the second-fastest growth rate in the population of which ethnic group?

Asians

 

81. As of 2008, Georgia has the third-lowest percentage of what type of people?

Seniors. (65 or older)

 

82. In 2011, what was Georgia’s Per Capita personal income?

$35,979

 

83. Georgia is the world’s biggest supplier of what type of tree nuts?

Pecans

 

84. Which U.S president was a peanut farmer in Georgia?

Jimmy Carter

 

85. What is the state theater of Georgia, that is located in Columbus?

The Springer Opera House

 

86. How many varieties of peaches are from Georgia?

About 4 dozen

 

87. What 1980s TV show was set in the fictional Hazzard County in Georgia?

The Dukes of Hazzard

 

88. What is the rank of the state by area?

24th

 

89. What are the bordering states of Georgia?

Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

 

90. What two motion pictures set in Atlanta were awarded Oscars for Best Picture?

Gone with the Wind, and Driving Miss Daisy

 

91. Ty Cobb was the first baseball player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. What was his nickname?

The Georgia Peach

 

92. What are two major college football teams in the NCAA Division I FBS?

The Georgia Bulldogs and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

 

93. Where is the Dixie 500 NASCAR stock car race held each year?

Atlanta Motor Speedway

 

94. How many public colleges, universities, and technical colleges does Georgia have?

Almost 70

 

95. How many cities with populations above 50,000 does Georgia have?

Fourteen

 

96. The colony of Georgia, as originally established prior to statehood, was intended as a buffer zone to protect the English in the Carolinas from the Spanish, who held Florida. For the most part, what type of people were imported from England to settle in the coastal area between these two opposing factions?

Debtors and criminals

 

97. Which city was the capital of Georgia during the U.S. Civil War?

Milledgeville

 

98. The east end of River Street is where you will find The Waving Girl statue. What was the real Waving Girl’s name?

Florence Martus

 

99. What was the first place outside of Asia to house whale sharks?

Georgia Aquarium

100. The Indians who first inhabited Jekyll Island were the__________?

Guale

 

101. What does the word “Okefenokee” mean in the language of the Seminoles?

Land of the Trembling Earth

 

102. What landmark restaurant sits at the corner of Highway 120 and U.S. 41 in Marietta?

The Big Chicken

 

103. Name one great invention that was developed in Georgia?

Cotton gin

 

104. In Georgia what animal may not be kept in a bathtub?

Donkey

 

105. What is the county seat of Forsyth County?

Cumming

 

106. Located on historic Auburn Avenue, this memorial to America’s principal spokesman for racial equality is only a block from the house he was born in. Who was he?

 

107. Who was elected mayor of Atlanta in 2001?

Shirley Franklin

 

108. Which “lost” historic square was refurbished, featuring a statue of Johnny Mercer, a play fountain, and an enormous underground parking garage?

Ellis Square

 

109. Where can you see giant pandas, as well as one of the largest gorilla populations in North America?

Zoo Atlanta

 

110. What is the county seat of Floyd County? Rome

Rome

 

111. In what Georgia city is it illegal to throw rocks at birds?

Dublin

 

112. Which Georgia city is called the second-oldest city in the U.S.?

St. Marys

 

113. The Globe, located at DeRenne Avenue and White Bluff Road, was once a storage tank for what?

Oil

 

114. Where can guests see how a real news television station works?

Inside CNN Studio Tour

 

115. In Savannah, you can visit the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low. What organization did she found?

Girl Scouts of America

 

116. Where can visitors see dinosaur skeletons, an IMAX theater, and the fauna and flora of Georgia?

Fernbank Museum of Natural History

 

117. What is the county seat of Richmond County?

Augusta

 

118. In Atlanta, it is illegal to tie a ________ to a telephone pole?

A Giraffe

 

119. What famous Atlanta journalist said of General Sherman that he was an able military man, but “a might careless about fire”?

Henry Grady

 

120. Which major interstate hiking trail begins in the north Georgia mountains?

 

121. Which Atlanta university is consistently ranked among the top ten in the nation for its College of Engineering?

Georgia Tech

 

122. In 1995, the Georgia Assembly designated Georgia as the _________ Capital of the World?

Poultry

 

Henry Grady

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