Kentucky History
All Around Our State
Kentucky Geography
Famous Kentuckians
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The "Father of Bluegrass Music"
Who is Bill Monroe?
100

With over 400 miles of surveyed passageways, this massive national park in Kentucky is home to the world's longest known cave system.

What is Mammoth Cave?

100

Born at Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville in 1809, this future 16th U.S. President spent his early childhood in Kentucky.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

100

The Kentucky state capital

What is Frankfort?

200

Home to the General Motors Corvette Assembly Plant

What is Bowling Green?

200

This Country music icon famously grew up in "Butcher Hollow" (or Butcher Holler), a rural Appalachian coal-mining community 

Who is Loretta Lynn?

200

The Kentucky state song

What is "My Old Kentucky Home"?

300
The date when Kentucky became a state
What is June 1, 1792?
300
Race course in Louisville that is home to the Kentucky Derby
What is Churchill Downs?
300

Kentucky forms its entire northern border along this winding major river

What is the Ohio River?

300

Born Cassius Clay in Louisville, this legendary three-time heavyweight boxing champion proudly repped his Kentucky roots throughout his life.

Who is Muhammad Ali?

300

The Kentucky state bird

What is the Northern Cardinal?

400

The name given to Boone's settlement on the Kentucky River

What was Boonesborough?

400
Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are all officially called this
What is a commonwealth?
400
Located between Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley
What is the Land Between the Lakes?
400

This legendary 18th-century pioneer and woodsman famously blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap, opening settlement into Kentucky.

Who is Daniel Boone?

400

The Kentucky state motto (on our flag)

What is ‘United We Stand, Divided We Fall’?

500
A group of Native Americans that admired Boone's courage and invited him to join their tribe
Who were the Shawnee?
500
The most frequently sung song in the U.S. that was written by two Louisville sisters in 1893
What is "Happy Birthday to You"?
500

The only place in Kentucky where a "moonbow" can be seen

What is Cumberland Falls?

500

This versatile actor famous for playing Captain Jack Sparrow and Scissorhands was born in Owensboro, Kentucky.

Who is Johnny Depp?

500

The Kentucky state flower

What is the Goldenrod?

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