Welcome to our page of Georgia trivia questions! Georgia is a state known for its rich history, diverse culture, and southern charm, making it a fascinating destination for trivia enthusiasts. Our selection of questions covers a wide range of topics including the state's history, culture, geography, and landmarks. Whether you're a native of Georgia or just a curious learner, our trivia questions will help you discover new and exciting information about this great state.
For those interested in the history of Georgia, our trivia questions will take you through the state's past, from its early days as a British colony to the present. We also cover the state's famous landmarks such as the Okefenokee Swamp, the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum. Culture enthusiasts can learn about the state's southern culture, traditional customs, and local art forms.
Georgia's geography and wildlife are also an important part of the state's identity, and our questions cover information about the state's natural wonders like the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Chattahoochee River and the unique wildlife such as the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake and the state bird, the Brown Thrasher.
Our trivia questions are designed to be challenging yet entertaining, making them perfect for individuals, families, or groups of friends. Whether you're looking for a fun way to pass the time or you want to test your knowledge of Georgia, our trivia questions are sure to provide hours of entertainment.
105 Georgia Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated for 2024)
- Florida shares a land border with what state that also immediately follows it on an alphabetical list of the U.S. states?
Answer: Georgia
- The plan for what Atlantan object was developed in 1999 as a master's thesis by Georgia Tech student Ryan Gravel? This thing links city parks and neighborhoods and received a federal grant of $18 million to develop its southwest corridor.
Answer: BeltLine
- What port city on an eponymous river was the original capital of the state of Georgia?
Answer: Savannah
- What famous man was baptized at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on May 3, 1936?
Answer: Martin Luther King Jr
- Outside what sports venue would you find “Rise Up,” the world’s largest freestanding sculpture of a bird?
Answer: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of the Atlanta Falcons
- The "M" in "MARTA" stands for "Metropolitan," but the "A" stands for what city, for which MARTA provides rapid transit and bus service?
Answer: Atlanta
- Uga is the name of a popularly known animal in the state of Georgia. What type of animal is Uga?
Answer: Bulldog
- Debuting in spring 2022, "Kandi & the Gang" is a spinoff reality series starring Kandi Burruss, one of the Real Housewives of what state capital city?
Answer: Atlanta
- He attended the University of Georgia and owned several agribusinesses before entering politics. He has served as the Secretary of State in his home state while in the midst of an extremely close governorship election. He received national attention when his state was one of the first to start the "re-opening" process during the COVID-19 pandemic. Who is this man?
Answer: Brian Kemp
- With 159, Georgia has the second most of what amongst the U.S. states? Texas has the most with 254, and two states (Louisiana and Alaska) technically have zero because they use different terms for this concept.
Answer: Counties
- In which peachy southern state will you find The Home Depot headquarters?
Answer: Georgia
- After losing the presidency in 1980, Jimmy Carter started the Carter Center, an organization aiming to end human suffering, in connection with what “E” private research University in Atlanta, Georgia?
Answer: Emory University
- Including both his childhood home and the church where he and his father both served as pastors, what national historic park was first established in Atlanta in 1980?
Answer: Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
- Today, there are four different area codes that can identify a phone number from Atlanta or its surrounding suburbs. However, only one of these codes was created in 1947 as one the original numbering plan areas in North America, and it originally covered the entire state of Georgia. What is this area code?
Answer: 404
- If you look at a list of the 10 largest cities in Georgia by population, 3 of them have 2-word names but only one of them has an alliterative 2-word name. What is this city, located in Fulton Country?
Answer: Sandy Springs
- Which airline based in Georgia, one of the oldest in operation, pioneered the transport hub-and-spoke system that is now used by airlines around the world?
Answer: Delta
- In 2019 the police seized over $24mm in fake tickets and merchandise related to what sporting event that took place in Atlanta, Georgia?
Answer: The Super Bowl
- 50/50 Golf/Disc Golf analogy! Florida is to PGA Headquarters, as what neighboring state is to the headquarters of the PDGA, or Professional Disc Golf Association?
Answer: Georgia
- Savannah International Airport in Georgia is thought to be home to the only runway in the US which includes what two objects within the runway? These objects were discovered during construction and federal law generally prohibits the moving of these objects without permission of next of kin.
Answer: Marked gravestones
- Which president has their presidential library located in Atlanta, Georgia in a facility that features a replica of the oval office?
Answer: Jimmy Carter
- Savannah State University, Albany State University, and Fort Valley State University are three HBCUs in the state of Georgia. What does HBCU stand for?
Answer: Historically black colleges and universities
- The miners who first found gold at the base of the Rockies, thus starting the Colorado Gold Rush and what would become the city of Denver, were from what U.S. state that also gave us Coca-Cola and OutKast?
Answer: Georgia
- Which major U.S. airline got its start in 1925 as a crop-dusting operation in Georgia called Huff Daland Dusters? (Hint: As a passenger airline, it’s modern name came from the South—specifically, the region between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers).
Answer: Delta
- Created by Atlanta resident in 1992, what television network premiered with programming that consisted exclusively of reruns of Warner Bros. cartoons?
Answer: Cartoon Network
- While it is known as the Peach State, Georgia is also the nation's largest producer of what legume that is also the state crop?
Answer: Peanut
- In 2015, what Atlanta-based retailer was No. 4 on the National Retail Federation's list of largest retail chains by revenue?
Answer: The Home Depot
- What U.S. President signed the "Indian Removal Act" which sent many eastern Native American nations (including all of Georgia's tribes) to reservations in present-day Oklahoma?
Answer: Andrew Jackson
- Which company, based in Atlanta, Georgia was ranked by Forbes magazine as the world’s largest warehouse automation provider in 2021?
Answer: Dematic
- What Georgian city merged with Bibb County after residents voted to consolidate the two governments in a 2012 referendum? This city is also nicknamed "the Heart of Georgia" due to its central location in the state.
Answer: Macon
- Despite her first name being found within the names of two other states, what former child actress was actually born in Georgia in 1994?
Answer: Dakota Fanning
- The Fanning sisters are both Georgia-born actresses that reached stardom before they were teenagers. Name BOTH of them. As a hint, one has a stately name and the other a zine-friendly name.
Answer: Dakota and Elle
- Before he became the 39th POTUS, who spent the better part of his young, pre-political life running his family’s peanut farm in Georgia?
Answer: Jimmy Carter
- Selected in 1916 as Georgia's state floral emblem (essentially the state flower), the common name for the Rosa laevigata includes the name of what Native American group?
Answer: Cherokee rose
- Named for a signer of the Declaration of Independence, what is the name of the second-most populous county in Georgia? As a clue, Lawrenceville is the county seat.
Answer: Gwinnett County
- Technically a quartz monzonite dome monadnock, and the largest bas-relief in the world, what Georgian landmark attracts over 4 million tourists per year?
Answer: Stone Mountain
- Although he was born in Ohio, this man moved to Savannah at the age of nine with his family and became associated with Georgia for much of his life as he founded, grew, bought, and sold multiple businesses, including the state's MLB baseball team. Who is this Co-Chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative?
Answer: Ted Turner
- If you had tickets for professional sporting events in Mercedes-Benz Arena, SunTrust Park, and State Farm Arena you would almost certainly be in what US state?
Answer: Georgia
- What Athens, Georgia band allegedly inspired John Lennon to return to his musical career in the late 1970s? The group's self-titled debut album included smash single "Rock Lobster."
Answer: B-52s
- After Dayton, Ohio served as home for 125 years, the electronics company NCR relocated to Duluth, Georgia in 2009. What do these initials stand for? The company grew by selling the value proposition that their product would help stores deter theft from retail clerks, and they were the first to sell the mechanical version of their flagship product.
Answer: National Cash Register
- "The Celebration of the Century" was the official motto for what 20th century event held in Georgia?
Answer: 1996 Olympics
- "Helen to the Atlantic," "Sky High," and "Celebrate America" are three festivals hosted in Georgia dedicated to what type of buoyant transportation device?
Answer: Hot air balloon
- The first African American female major-party gubernatorial nominee in the United States occurred during the 2018 election. What is this woman's name? Note, we are looking for the woman's name, not the name of the state where she (unsuccessfully) ran.
Answer: Stacey Abrams
- Arthur Blank, co-founder of The Home Depot and owner of the Atlanta Falcons, owns one other sports franchise. The franchise was founded in 2014 and competes in what sport?
Answer: Soccer
- James Edward Oglethorpe was the founder of the colony of Georgia in 1732. He was also a soldier, public servant, and philanthropist. What nationality was Oglethorpe?
Answer: British
- What Georgia-born wrestler is known as the most famous wrestler of the 1980s, has 13 world championship belts, and began pivoting his career towards acting with an appearance in Rocky III as a heel?
Answer: Hulk Hoga
- In 1819, the SS Savannah set sail from Georgia and later became the first steamship to successfully cross the Atlantic when it finished its voyage in what British port town? Hint: the port town's famous soccer team proudly claims, "You'll Never Walk Alone."
Answer: Liverpool
- ATL is of course the code for the busiest airport in the state of Georgia with more than 50 million commercial passenger enplanements in 2016. What is the three-letter code for the second-busiest airport in the state? This airport had just over one million commercial passenger enplanements in 2016.
Answer: SAV
- As of the most recent 2018 estimates, what is Georgia's rank among U.S. states by population? For example, if you think Georgia is the most populous state submit 1, and if you think it's the least populous state submit 50. We'll give you a margin of error of +/- 2.
Answer: 8th
- The richest man in Georgia is the Chairman of what conglomerate that contains a cable television business, a media business, and an automotive-related business?
Answer: Cox Enterprises
- Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport is named after two former mayors of the city. With one guess, name either of their first names.
Answer: William Hartsfield or Maynard Jackson
- Although the most northern part of Georgia's border with South Carolina is formed by the Chattooga River, what other river forms the majority of the border that the two states share?
Answer: Savannah River
- In what Georgia county would you find a starting point (or ending point) for the Appalachian Trail?
Answer: Fannin County
- On what landmass would you find the Georgia Sea Turtle Center, a rehabilitation and educational facility?
Answer: Jekyll Island
- In January 2021, what state held runoff elections to fill both of its U.S. Senate seats, with Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock winning?
Answer: Georgia
- What online car marketplace, owned by Cox Automotive, was founded in 1997 by Chip Perry in Atlanta, Georgia?
Answer: Autotrader.com
- Delaware's official state dessert is a pie made with what fruit that's more commonly associated with Georgia?
Answer: Peach
- T.I. recently gave Insta a sneak peek at an affordable housing development he's building in what peachy city whose music scene also gave us Outkast, Ludakris, and TLC?
Answer: Atlanta
- Dan Levy was inspired to create "Schitt's Creek" in part because of a story he read about what actress, who won an Oscar for her role in "L.A. Confidential," buying a town in Georgia?
Answer: Kim Basinger
- President Joe Biden called what U.S. state's Election Integrity Act, which was signed into law in March 2021, "Jim Crow in the 21st century?"
Answer: Georgia
- What “M” woman, the 18th-century daughter of an American trader and a Muscogee Creek mother was a key figure in negotiations between Native Americans and settlers in Georgia?
Answer: Mary Musgrove
- In July 2018, what country that shares its name with a U.S. state became the first former Soviet republic to legalize the consumption of marijuana?
Answer: Georgia
- A center in Atlanta, Georgia has a "Democracy Program," which among other things monitors elections around the world. What former president and his wife founded the center in 1982?
Answer: Jimmy Carter
- What brand of Coca-Cola coffee drinks, which was first introduced in Japan and has since been expanded to other Asian markets, is named for the company's U.S. home locale?
Answer: Georgia
- What famous 20th century American painter had a home base on a ranch in New Mexico? Many of the artist's most famous works are now displayed at a museum in Santa Fe despite her growing up near Madison, Wisconsin with her family.
Answer: Georgia O'Keeffe
- St Andrew's Picnic Area, Horton House, and a water park named Summer Waves are three of the many attractions that draw tourists to what island off the coast of Georgia in Glynn County? The island was named for a British knight, not a Robert Louis Stevenson character.
Answer: Jekyll Island
- What American soul duo originated in Atlanta in 2003 and soon reached international fame as CeeLo Green and Danger Mouse's breakout hit "Crazy" topped the charts in multiple countries?
Answer: Gnarls Barkley
- What 8th-largest city in Georgia is bordered by Milton, Alpharetta, Johns Creek, and Sandy Springs?
Answer: Roswell
- With a population under 40,000, the largest city in Northwest Georgia isn't all that large, but the name of the city itself is very well-known because it shares its name with a European capital. What is this city?
Answer: Rome
- During what decade of the 20th century did Georgia's population grow the fastest? The population grew by over 26% in this decade and no other decade even cracked 20%.
Answer: 1990s
- Founded in Columbus, Georgia 1955, the company Aflac's name was initially an acronym standing for WHAT WHAT Life Assurance Company?
Answer: American Family
- "Earn" Marks and "Paper Boi" Miles are two of the many characters in the TV series directed and written by what artist raised in Georgia?
Answer: Donald Glover
- What tiny pest ravaged Georgia's cotton economy during the Great Depression of the 1930s and has been immortalized in the title of a classic blues song?
Answer: Boll Weevil
- Atlanta is the state capital of Georgia. What other capital of a U.S. state is closest in distance to Atlanta?
Answer: Montgomery
- What Georgia city is known as the "sweet onion capital of the world?"
Answer: Vidalia
- Kelly Loeffler lost her run-off election and her US Senate seat in Georgia after a vote in 2021. Emblematic of her momentum, members of what Atlanta WNBA franchise, which she co-owned at the time, spoke out against her campaign? The moment felt very unreal.
Answer: Atlanta Dream
- The Discovery Channel reality series "Auction Kings" centered on Gallery 63, an auction house in Sandy Springs, a suburb of what state capital city?
Answer: Atlanta
- Sweet Auburn, a Black neighborhood that was a centerpiece for the Civil Rights movement and where Martin Luther King was born, is located in what Southern city? Part of Sweet Auburn was designated as a National Historic Landmark District in 1976.
Answer: Atlanta
- What is the name of the private, all-male HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) located in Atlanta, Georgia which is the largest men's liberal arts college in the U.S. and is the alma matter of Martin Luther King Jr., Spike Lee and Edwin Moses?
Answer: Morehouse College
- Lilly “Shug” Avery is the free-spirited singer known for both her beautiful voice and scandalous lifestyle for the 1930s American South (specifically, Georgia) in what award-winning epistolary novel by writer Alice Walker?
Answer: The Color Purple
- Native Georgian Jimmy Carter served as President for one term. Who was his Vice President during this term?
Answer: Walter Mondale
- As of the 2010 U.S. Census, English was, unsurprisingly, the most common language spoken in homes in the state of Georgia. In second place was Spanish, at ~7% of the state's population. What Asian language was third?
Answer: Korean
- The house at 501 Auburn Avenue and the religious establishment where its residents practiced are both part of a National Historic Park named for what man?
Answer: Martin Luther King Jr
- What large Georgia city is home to the major U.S. Army base Fort Gordon?
Answer: Augusta
- African American track star Ralph Metcalfe was born in Atlanta in 1910. After holding the world records for the 100m and 200m races and racking up Olympic medals, he became a politician. In Congress he helped create what three-lettered group that aims to "achieve greater equity for persons of African descent?"
Answer: Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)
- What native of Narrows, GA was nicknamed "The Georgia Peach" and still holds MLB records for career batting average and most career batting titles despite retiring nearly a century ago in 1928?
Answer: Ty Cobb
- According to a 2015 analysis, Peachtree is not in fact the most common street name in Georgia despite its frequent usage throughout the Atlanta area. Instead, a different tree claims the top spot. What 7-letter, compound word is the most common street name in Georgia?
Answer: Dogwood
- Within 2 years, what year was Georgia officially admitted into the U.S. as a state?
Answer: 1788 (1786-1790 accepted)
- Morris Communications owns the Chronicle newspaper of what “A” Georgia city, located near the South Carolina border?
Answer: Augusta Chronicle
- The Big Three was a group of three starting pitchers for the Atlanta Braves from 1993 to 2002. Greg Maddux and John Smoltz were two of the pitchers. Who was the third? This third pitcher was the MVP of the 1995 World Series.
Answer: Tom Glavine
- The Best Picture-winning film "Driving Miss Daisy," was mostly set in 1960s Georgia and featured a Best Actress performance by what English-American actress in the titular role?
Answer: Jessica Tandy
- The official state bird of Georgia was the mascot for what Atlanta NHL hockey team that played from 1999 until 2011?
Answer: Thrashers
- As of the 2010 Census, what was the most populous city in Georgia to start with the letter R? Okay, technically largest "municipality", and the population was 88,346 at the time of the Census.
Answer: Roswell
- Although it sounds like a friendless novel about a critical human organ, Carson McCullers's 1940 debut novel is actually about an isolated misfit in a Georgia town. What is the novel?
Answer: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
- What ethnic group of African-Americans in the Lowcountry region of the Carolinas and Georgia are often considered to have retained considerable African cultural influences, like cooking and folklore, because of their relative isolation?
Answer: Gullah
- Mar-a-Lago wasn't the first "Winter White House": what President spent his snowy seasons at the "Little White House" in Warm Springs, Georgia?
Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- The official state motto of Georgia is precisely three words. Name ANY of the three words.
Answer: Wisdom Justice Moderation
- The colony of Georgia in the New World was famously founded by a British social reformer hoping to resettle Britain's poor. Famously known by his unusual last name Oglethorpe, what is this man's FIRST name?
Answer: James
- Trader's Alley and Boundless Budgies are both exhibits that have been found at what Georgian cultural institution in the past decade?
Answer: Zoo Atlanta
- The winner of the 11th season of American Idol called Georgia home, specifically the cities of Albany and Leesburg. Who is this former pawn shop-employee turned professional musician?
Answer: Phillip Phillips
- What afro-seminole creole language is spoken by about 5,000 African Americans in coastal South Carolina and Georgia, including Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas?
Answer: Gullah
- Known to the native Cherokee people as Enotah, the highest point in Georgia is known today by what two-word alliterative phrase?
Answer: Brasstown Bald
- Georgia's official state 'possum is a friendly cartoon "swamp critter" who comments on politics and philosophy. What is its name?
Answer: Pogo
- Sixes, Franklin-Creighton, and Pine Mountain are all the names of locations in Georgia where what resource was formerly professionally excavated?
Answer: Gold
- “We are the Owls, and we bring the fight!” So begins the fight song of the what public research university located in Cobb County, Georgia, and whose athletic mascot is Scrappy the Owl.
Answer: Kennesaw State University
- Although born in Georgia, what woman became the first woman elected to the city council of Richmond, the city's first female mayor, a representative in the Virginia General Assembly and helped create VCU?
Answer: Eleanor Parker Sheppard
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