Georgia History & Notable Figures:
Key Facts & Landmarks Exam
Questions and Answers Verified
Solutions Latest Update (2026/2027)
Question:
What was the Spanish name for Georgia?
Answer:
Guale
Question:
Georgia marble was used for what famous monument in Washington, D. C.?
Answer:
Lincoln Memorial
Question:
What Georgia Island was once the home to Thomas Spaulding and Howard
Coffin?
Answer:
Sapelo
,Question:
What comedian was born in Harlem, Georgia?
Answer:
Oliver Hardy
Question:
5. What Savannah native founded the National Girl Scout Organization?
Answer:
Juliette Gordon Low
Question:
6. For whom is the state of Georgia named?
Answer:
King George II
Question:
7. What Polish count was killed in the siege of Savannah during the
American Revolution? -
Answer:
Casimir Pulaski
Question:
,8. What Georgian won the Nobel Peace Prize in the 1960's?
Answer:
Martin Luther
King, Jr.
Question:
9. What was the name of the orphanage created by George Whitefield?
Answer:
Bethesda
Question:
10. What was the name of Alexander Stephens' home and in what town is it
located?
Answer:
Liberty Hall; Crawfordville
Question:
11. What English nobleman is considered the founder of Georgia?
Answer:
James
Oglethorpe
Question:
, 12. What was the real name of Blackbeard the Pirate?
Answer:
Edward Teach
Question:
13. What were the two major Native American tribes in the pre-colonial
period?
Answer:
Cherokees and Creek
Question:
14. On what date did the first European settlers arrive in the colony of
Georgia?
Answer:
February 12, 1733
Question:
15. What U. S. President often visited Warm Springs, Georgia and what was
the name of his
home there?
Answer:
Franklin Roosevelt; Little White House
Key Facts & Landmarks Exam
Questions and Answers Verified
Solutions Latest Update (2026/2027)
Question:
What was the Spanish name for Georgia?
Answer:
Guale
Question:
Georgia marble was used for what famous monument in Washington, D. C.?
Answer:
Lincoln Memorial
Question:
What Georgia Island was once the home to Thomas Spaulding and Howard
Coffin?
Answer:
Sapelo
,Question:
What comedian was born in Harlem, Georgia?
Answer:
Oliver Hardy
Question:
5. What Savannah native founded the National Girl Scout Organization?
Answer:
Juliette Gordon Low
Question:
6. For whom is the state of Georgia named?
Answer:
King George II
Question:
7. What Polish count was killed in the siege of Savannah during the
American Revolution? -
Answer:
Casimir Pulaski
Question:
,8. What Georgian won the Nobel Peace Prize in the 1960's?
Answer:
Martin Luther
King, Jr.
Question:
9. What was the name of the orphanage created by George Whitefield?
Answer:
Bethesda
Question:
10. What was the name of Alexander Stephens' home and in what town is it
located?
Answer:
Liberty Hall; Crawfordville
Question:
11. What English nobleman is considered the founder of Georgia?
Answer:
James
Oglethorpe
Question:
, 12. What was the real name of Blackbeard the Pirate?
Answer:
Edward Teach
Question:
13. What were the two major Native American tribes in the pre-colonial
period?
Answer:
Cherokees and Creek
Question:
14. On what date did the first European settlers arrive in the colony of
Georgia?
Answer:
February 12, 1733
Question:
15. What U. S. President often visited Warm Springs, Georgia and what was
the name of his
home there?
Answer:
Franklin Roosevelt; Little White House
