Trivia On Kentucky
Do you know enough about Kentucky? Take this quiz and find out!
- 1.In which region of the United States is the state of Kentucky located?
- A.
Southwest
- B.
West
- C.
Great Plains
- D.
South
- 2.Where is the Kentucky Derby held?
- A.
Lexington
- B.
Corbin
- C.
Frankfort
- D.
Louisville
- 3.What color is Kentucky bluegrass?
- A.
Purple
- B.
Brown
- C.
Blue
- D.
Green
- 4.What Kentucky attraction is the world's longest cave?
- A.
Blanchard Springs Caverns
- B.
Mammoth Cave
- C.
Dale Hollow
- D.
Carter Caves
- 5.What Kentucky town sits on an $11 billion gold mine?
- A.
Frankfort
- B.
Bowling Green
- C.
Fort Knox
- D.
Shelbyville
- 6.What did Kentucky adventurer and inventor James Bowie invent?
- A.
Farm Equipment
- B.
A Gun
- C.
Bowie Knife
- D.
Whiskey Still
- 7.Which of the following is a city in the U.S. state of Kentucky?
- A.
Yatchamanmango
- B.
Bunrew
- C.
Bowling Green
- D.
Texarkana
- 8.Where is the first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant owned and operated by Colonel Sanders located?
- A.
Louisville, KY
- B.
Corbin, KY
- C.
Lexington, KY
- D.
Grayson, KY
- 9.Whose Transylvania Company was the first to settle Kentucky in 1775?
- A.
George Washington
- B.
Davy Crockett
- C.
Daniel Boone
- D.
John Smith
- 10.What bitter rivals were born only 100 miles away from one another and one year apart?
- A.
Daniel Boone And Davy Crockett
- B.
Abraham Lincoln And Jefferson Davis
- C.
Jim Bowie And Richard Gatling
- D.
Robert E. Lee And Ulysses Grant
- 11.What Kentucky town is the only one in the U.S. to be built in a meteor crater?
- A.
Lexington
- B.
Parkers Lake
- C.
Middlesboro
- D.
Burkesville
- 12.Which river in Kentucky changed its course in 1811-12, flowing backward after an earthquake?
- A.
Mississippi
- B.
Green
- C.
Licking
- D.
Cumberland
- 13.How high, in feet, are the biggest rooms in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky?
- A.
139
- B.
404
- C.
200
- D.
176
- 14.Kentucky, with a land area of 39732 square miles, is ranked here compared to other states in total land area?
- A.
32nd
- B.
37th
- C.
12th
- D.
26th
- 15.What is the state bird and state tree of Kentucky?
- A.
Cardinal And Tulip Tree
- B.
Yellowhammer And Southern Longleaf Pine
- C.
Robin And White Oak
- D.
Mockingbird And Magnolia
- 16.When did Kentucky achieve statehood in the USA?
- A.
May 23, 1788
- B.
January 2, 1788
- C.
December 11,1816
- D.
June 1, 1792
- 17.How many states border Kentucky?
- A.
Seven
- B.
Two
- C.
Nine
- D.
Four
- 18.Who was the first and perhaps only Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court to be born in jail?
- A.
John Paul Stephens
- B.
William Rehnquist
- C.
Samuel Nelson
- D.
Frederick Vinson
- 19.Where was the first American performance of a Beethoven symphony?
- A.
Lexington, KY
- B.
Frankfort, KY
- C.
Ashland, KY
- D.
Louisville, KY
- 20.What landform stretches from New York to Alabama, but changes its name within the Kentucky borders?
- A.
Appalachian Plateau
- B.
Adirondacks
- C.
Appalachian Mountains
- D.
Hudson River
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Sample QuestionWhat kind of contest was waged by Colonels Thomas Dye Owings and Richard H. Menefee to determine after which of them the town now known as Owingsville would be named? A. A horse race to the Licking River and back B. A grand homebuilding race C. A duel with sabers and tomahawks
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Sample QuestionDo not permit any UNAUTHORIZED person to see census information.
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Sample QuestionThe USA is a federal union of _____ independent states.
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