Trivia On Kentucky
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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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