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70 Vermont Trivia Questions

Posted on the 18 June 2022 by Smithonepa

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the United States. It borders the states of Massachusetts toward the south, New Hampshire toward the east, and New York toward the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec toward the north. Vermont is the main state in New England that doesn’t line the Atlantic Ocean. Vermont is the second-least-populated U.S. state after Wyoming and the 6th smallest by area of the 50 U.S. states with a recorded population of 643,503 according to the 2020 U.S. evaluation. The state capital is Montpelier, the least-crowded state capital in the United States. The most crowded city, Burlington, is the least crowded city to be the most crowded city in a state. For approximately 12,000 years, indigenous people groups have inhabited this area.

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Vermont Trivia Questions

1 How many counties are there in Vermont?

Show Answer14

2 What is Vermont’s nickname?

Show AnswerThe Green Mountain State

3 During the American Revolutionary War, Vermont had a militia known as “The Green Mountain Boys.” Who was its leader?

Show AnswerEthan Allen

4  Where did the Battle of Bennington (VT) actually occur?

Show AnswerWalloomsac, NY

5 Why didn’t Vermont immediately join the Union after the signing of the Declaration of Independence?

Show AnswerIt was an independent republic until 1791

6 The northernmost land action of the American Civil War took place in which Vermont town?

Show AnswerSt. Albans

7 What is the Vermont state bird?

Show AnswerHermit Thrush

8 Philip H. Hoff was elected Governor of Vermont in 1962. He was the first governor from the Democratic Party in how many years?

Show Answer108

9 Vermont has a quarterly magazine dedicated to showcasing Vermont’s attractions and beauty. What is it’s name?

Show AnswerVermont Life

10 Who swore in Calvin Coolidge as the 30th president of the United States for his first term?

Show AnswerHis father

11 Where does the state of Vermont rank in so far as size in area with the rest of the states?

Show AnswerIt is the 6th smallest

12 What is the Vermont State warm water fish?

Show AnswerWalleye Pike

13 Of the 50 United States, where does Vermont rank for population?

Show AnswerIt’s the 2nd least populous state

14 Vermont is the only New England state that does not border what?

Show AnswerThe Atlantic Ocean

15 What is the Vermont State butterfly?

Show AnswerMonarch Butterfly

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Vermont Trivia Quiz with Answers

16 How much of Vermont’s western border is formed by Lake Champlain?

Show Answer50%

17 Vermont is bordered by what State to the south?

Show AnswerMassachusetts

18 What U.S. State borders Vermont to the east across the Connecticut River?

Show AnswerNew Hampshire

19 Vermont borders what state to the west?

Show AnswerNew York

20 What is the Vermont State Tree?

Show AnswerSugar maple

21 Which Canadian province borders  Vermont to the north?

Show AnswerThe Canadian province of Quebec

22 Vermont was originally inhabited by what two major Native American Indian tribes?

Show AnswerThe Abenaki and the Iroquois

23 The Vermont Republic was founded in 1777 during the Revolutionary War, and lasted for how long?

Show AnswerFourteen years

24 The state of Vermont is one of four states to have been a what in its past?

Show AnswerSovereign state

25 In 1791, Vermont became the 14th state to join the Union, and the first after the original what?

Show Answer13 Colonies

26 Vermont was the first independent state to do what in regards to slavery?

Show AnswerPartially abolish slavery

27 What is the Vermont State cold water fish?

Show AnswerBrook Trout

28 Vermont is the leading producer of what kind of sweet natural product in the United States?

Show AnswerMaple syrup

29 What is the state capital of Vermont?

Show AnswerMontpelier

30 With a population of 7,855, Montpelier has the smallest population of any what in the nation?

Show AnswerState capital

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31 What city in Vermont has the largest population?

Show AnswerBurlington

32 What is the Vermont State Pie?

Show AnswerApple pie

33 How big is the state of Vermont in square miles?

Show Answer9,614

34 Where does Vermont rank with the other states in size?

Show AnswerIt’s the 45th-largest state

35 What is the Vermont State rock?

Show AnswerGranite, marble, and slate

36 Vermont is the only state in the Union that does not have any buildings taller than what?

Show Answer124 feet

37 What lake is the sixth-largest body of fresh water in the United States and separates Vermont from New York?

Show AnswerLake Champlain

38 How long is Vermont from North to South?

Show Answer159 miles

39 How wide is Vermont from east to west at its widest?

Show Answer89 miles

40 What is the Vermont State Mammal?

Show AnswerMorgan horse

41 How many US federal border crossings are there between Canada and Vermont?

Show AnswerFifteen

42 Where does Vermont rank as far as cold temperatures compared to the other states?

Show AnswerIt is the seventh coldest state

43 What is the highest recorded temperature in the state of Vermont?

Show Answer105 °F at Vernon, on July 4, 1911

44 What is the Vermont State Beverage?

Show AnswerMilk

45 What is the lowest recorded temperature ever for Vermont?

Show Answer−50 °F at Bloomfield, on December 30, 1933

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Vermont State Trivia

46 How much sunshine does Vermont get per year?

Show AnswerBetween 2,000 and 2,400 hours

47 Vermont is home to only one species of venomous snake. What kind of snake is it?

Show AnswerThe Eastern timber rattlesnake

48 What disease killed an estimated two-thirds of all cave-wintering bats in Vermont from 2008 to 2010?

Show AnswerWhite-nose syndrome

49 What is the Vermont State Flower?

Show AnswerRed clover

50 Who was the first European to see Vermont?

Show AnswerJacques Cartier in 1535

51 On July 30, 1609, The French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, claimed Vermont as part of what?

Show AnswerNew France

52 In 1666, French settlers  established Fort Lamotte  which became the first “what”  in Vermont?

Show AnswerEuropean settlement

53 In Vermont, slavery was fully banned by state law on November 25, 1858, less than three years before the what?

Show AnswerAmerican Civil War

54 What is the Vermont State Fossil?

Show AnswerWhite Whale (Beluga Whale)

55 On July 7, 1777, the Battle of Hubbardton was the only “what” that took place in present day Vermont?

Show AnswerRevolutionary battle

56 For how many years did Vermont govern itself as a sovereign entity based in the eastern town of Windsor?

Show AnswerFor 14 years

57 In the 1860 elections, Vermont  voted for who for US President and providing him the biggest margin of victory of any state?

Show AnswerAbraham Lincoln

58 During the Civil War, how many troops did Vermont provide for the war effort?

Show Answer34,000

59 Of the 34,000 men that Vermont provided the military during the Civil War, how many were killed or mortally wounded in action or died of disease?

Show Answer5,200

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Vermont trivia quiz

61 In July 2000 what was the state of Vermont the first state to introduce?

Show AnswerCivil unions

62 Vermont became the first state to legislate same-sex marriage, unforced by court challenge or ruling in what year?

Show AnswerIn 2009

63 What is the Vermont State Fruit?

Show AnswerApple

64 As of 2012, Vermont is the least religious state in the Union with only what percentage of the people considering themselves “very religious”?

Show Answer23%

65 The first two leaders of the Mormon church were both born in Vermont. What are their names?

Show AnswerJoseph Smith, Jr. and Brigham Young

66 What is the Vermont State song?

Show AnswerThese Green Mountains

67 What type of farming is the primary source of agricultural income in the state of Vermont?

Show AnswerDairy farming

68 In 2001 Vermont produced 275,000 gallons of maple syrup, and by 2009 the production was how much?

Show Answer920,000 gallons

69 As of the year 2007, how many wineries were there in Vermont?

Show AnswerThere were 14 wineries

70 In 2011, how much money did the state of Vermont earned in taxes and fees from tourism?

Show Answer$274 million

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