Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Quiz Yourself on Georgia History

1. Georgia became the fourth state in the Union when it ratified what document on January 2, 1788?

Bill of Rights

Federal Reserve Act

Declaration of Independence

Treaty of Paris

Constitution

2. James Oglethorpe established the first permanent European settlement in present-day Georgia, creating which city?

Savannah

Augusta

Marietta

Macon

Albany

3. Who did Oglethorpe beat on St. Simons Island, Georgia, to establish English claims to the land?

French

British

Spanish

German

Mayan

4. Oglethorpe dreamed that Georgia would be a refuge for what group of people?

Quakers

Debtors

Moravians

Methodists

Presbyterians

5. A wealthy colony, Georgia was the only colony wholly occupied by whom during the Revolutionary War?

French

Moravians

Hessians

British

Prussians

6. Georgia was the site of the most notorious what during the Civil War?

Prison

Railroad

Steelyard

Mine

Earthworks

7. General Sherman's Savannah Campaign is colloquially known as what?

Atlanta Burning

Gone with the Wind

Sherman's March to the Sea

Sherman's Shanty

Blow to Bits

8. Peanuts, peaches, and what other produce item hold places as Georgia state symbols?

Cotton

Indigo

Rice

Green beans

Vidalia onions

9. What beverage was first created in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1886?

Pepsi

Coca-Cola

RC Cola

Chocolate Milk

Horchata

10. What artist was born in Albany, Georgia, in 1930 and always kept 'Georgia on his mind'?

Ray Charles

Michael Stipe

Flannery O'Connor

Eudora Welty

Sonny Williamson