Alabama is a state in the Southeastern area of the United States, lined by Tennessee toward the north; Georgia toward the east; Florida and the Gulf of Mexico toward the south; and Mississippi toward the west. With a total of 1,500 miles (2,400 km) of inland waterways, Alabama has among the majority of any state
Alabama is nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, after the state bird. Alabama is also known as the “Heart of Dixie” and the “Cotton State”. The state tree is the longleaf pine, and the state blossom is the camellia. Alabama’s capital is Montgomery, and its largest city by population and area is Huntsville Its most established city is Mobile, established by French colonists in 1702 as the capital of French Louisiana. Greater Birmingham is Alabama’s largest metropolitan area and its financial focus.
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Alabama Trivia questions
1 Alabama has a monument to something that made life difficult for local farmers. What is it?
Show Answerboll weevil2 What is one Alabama state nickname?
Show AnswerHeart of Dixie3 Which of these colors are on the flag of Alabama?
Show AnswerRed and White4 What is the largest river in Alabama?
Show AnswerTennessee River6 The city is the largest city in the Shoals area of the state. Birthplace of W.C. Handy, the “Father of the Blues.
Show AnswerFlorence7 What is the capital of Alabama?
Show AnswerMontgomery8 The world’s first electric trolley system opened in this city in 1886.
Show AnswerMontgomery9 What rank is Alabama in size among the US States?
Show Answer30th10 Name Alabama’s state gemstone.
Show Answerstar blue quartz11 Birmingham, Alabama is known as what?
Show AnswerMagic City12 Which isn’t an attraction in Montgomery, Alabama?
Show AnswerAlabama Jazz Hall of Fame13 Which river has the most metropolitan areas bordering it?
Show AnswerTennessee River14 Which of these four tourist attractions has more visitors?
Show AnswerThe U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville15 The woman whose likeness is on the Alabama state quarter and she is also the first Socialist to be depicted on any state quarter. Name her.
Show AnswerHelen Keller16 What is Alabama’s state song?
Show Answer“Alabama”17 In what year did Alabama gain statehood?
Show Answer181918 What was the claim to fame of Alabama senator Dixon Lewis of Montgomery?
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19 Which of these famous people was not from Alabama?
Show AnswerFred Astaire, dancer20 Which city is situated on the Alabama River?
Show AnswerMontgomery21 What three minerals that were found in abundance in the mountains around Birmingham, Alabama?
Show AnswerIron Ore, Coal, Limestone22 Which of these mountains is in Alabama?
Show AnswerMount Cheaha23 Tallapoosa River, and Alabama River all flow into which other rivers before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico?
Show AnswerMobile-Tensaw24 What is the name of this city,having one of the nation’s largest collections of antebellum homes?
Show AnswerSelma25 Which is NOT an Alabama river?
Show AnswerChoctaw26 What was the capital of The Alabama Territory?
Show AnswerSt. Stephens27 Alabama boasts the longest ______ east of the Mississippi.
Show Answera natural bridge28 What was the hottest temperature, recorded in 1925, on record in Alabama?
Show Answer112F29 What was found in Russell Cave in Bridgeport, Alabama in 1953?
Show Answerprehistoric human remains30 Which Alabama city is home to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center?
Show AnswerHuntsville31 Which of these water ports is the northernmost of Alabama?
Show AnswerThe port of Decatur32 The Mobile-Tensaw River Delta flows into which bay?
Show AnswerMobile Bay33 Which major European car manufacturer built their first assembly factory in Alabama?
Show AnswerMercedes Benz34 The Alabama Music Hall of Fame and Museum is in Muscle Shoals. Which celebrities are Alabama natives and inductees into the Hall of Fame?
Show AnswerDinah Washington, Emmylou Harris, and Lionel Richie35 What is the state tree?
Show AnswerSouthern Longleaf Pine36 Since becoming its own territory, how many capitals has Alabama had?
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37 What famous composer was born in Florence, Alabama in 1873?
Show AnswerW. C. Handy38 What is the state nut of Alabama?
Show AnswerPecan39 What is Alabama’s state flower?
Show Answercamellia40 The Alabama Gulf Coast is also known as what?
Show AnswerRedneck Riviera41 The “Quad Cities” or “Shoals” area is split in two by which major river?
Show AnswerTennessee River42 What is the nickname of Huntsville, Alabama?
Show AnswerRocket City43 What is Alabama’s state saltwater fish?
Show AnswerTarpon44 Who was the first governor of Alabama?
Show AnswerWilliam Wyatt Bibb45 The Kymulga Room in DeSoto caverns was used as a ______ during Prohibition.
Show Answerspeakeasy46 Which of these state parks is not in Alabama?
Show AnswerOld Fort Harrod State Park47 What is the tallest mountain in Alabama?
Show AnswerCheaha Mountain48 What is Alabama’s state flower?
Show AnswerCamellia49 Which river has created a diverse “River Heritage” region in South-Central Alabama?
Show AnswerAlabama River50 Which of the following is not an Alabama distinction?
Show AnswerThe first woman in the U.S. elected as Governor51 The University of Alabama sits along which river?
Show AnswerBlack Warrior River52 When did the University of Alabama first open?
Show Answer183153 What city was Alabama’s capital from 1826-to 1846?
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54 Something happened in Elmore County, Alabama that formed a crater almost five miles wide; what was it?
Show Answermeteorite impact55 The oldest Mardi Gras celebration in America is held in what Alabama city?
Show AnswerMobile56 What is Alabama’s state rock?
Show AnswerMarble57 Which waterway provides a vital shortcut for eastern river traffic seeking a way to the Gulf without having to go an extra 1,000 miles down the Mississippi?
Show AnswerTennessee-Tombigbee Waterway58 In order, what are Alabama’s official state nut, insect, gemstone, and mineral?
Show AnswerPecan, Monarch butterfly, star blue quartz, hematite59Which of these is a nickname for Alabama?
Show AnswerYellowhammer State60 When Auburn University first opened what was it called?
Show AnswerEast Alabama Male College61 Which city is known as ‘Rocket City USA’?
Show AnswerHuntsville62 The Alabama Space and Rocket Center is in what city?
Show AnswerHuntsville63 How would a meteorologist describe Alabama’s climate?
Show AnswerHumid subtropical64 The first capital of the Confederate States of America was in what Alabama city?
Show AnswerMontgomery65 What species is the state fossil of Alabama?
Show AnswerWhale66 Which Georgia river flows on to divide a metro area between two states?
Show AnswerChattahoochee River67 What is the “Trail of Tears”?
Show AnswerThe forced emigration march of eastern American Indian tribes to western lands68 Fort Payne is the home of what famous musical group?
Show AnswerAlabama69 In what year was the first state archival agency organized?
Show Answer190170 Who won the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814?
Show AnswerAndrew Jackson71 Why was the yellowhammer chosen as the state bird?
Show AnswerBecause of the yellow cloth on Confederate soldiers’ uniforms