03 November 2023

Quiz: How well do you know Southern USA?

From Arkansas to Alabama, test your knowledge on the USA's southern states, including cities, state shapes, UNESCO sites and everything in between...

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1. In which US state will you find Crater of Diamonds State Park?

South Carolina

Alabama

Tennessee

Arkansas

2. What is the nickname for the state of Georgia?

The Natural State

The Golden State

The Peach State

The Treasure State

3. Tupelo in Mississippi is the birthplace of which famous singer?

Aretha Franklin

Elvis Presley

Whitney Houston

Michael Jackson

4. Paducah in Kentucky is home to which one-of-a-kind museum, opened in 1991?

The Museum of Bad Art

National Quilt Museum

International Banana Museum

International UFO Museum

5. UNESCO-listed Poverty Point is an prehistoric earthwork site located in which state?

Kentucky

Virginia

Louisiana

Georgia

6. Which one of these cities will you NOT find in Missouri?

Kansas City

St Louis

Springfield

Jackson

7. Can you identify this state by its outline?

West Virginia

Alabama

Tennessee

Arkansas

8. Which famous pirate has links with North Carolina’s coast?

Blackbeard

Captain Kidd

Anne Bonny

Captain Hook

9. In which city will you find the French Quarter pictured?

New Orleans, Louisiana

Atlanta, Georgia

Louisville, Kentucky

Charleston, South Carolina

10. Tennessee is a landlocked state. True or false?

True

False

11. Monticello in Virginia is a UNESCO-listed building designed and resided in by which former president?

John Adams

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

James Monroe

12. Where the Crawdads Sing, the best-selling 2018 novel, is set in the marshes of which state?

South Carolina

Missouri

Mississippi

North Carolina

13. Arkansas ranks as no.1 in the USA in the production of which crop?

Wheat

Rice

Sugarcane

Potatoes

14. Muscle Shoals in Alabama has what musical nickname?

Songwriting Capital of the World

Hit Recording Capital of the World

Jazz Capital of the World

Guitar Capital of the World

15. In which state will you find New River Gorge National Park?

West Virginia

Georgia

Tennessee

Missouri

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