History
What country does Vermont belong to?
The United States of American
What is the state bird
The Hermit Thrush
What is the state beverage?
Cows milk
What state is the leading producer of maple syrup in the entire world?
Vermont
What year was the Vermont state quarter released?
In 2001
What is the state flower?
The Red Clover
What is the state food?
Apple pie
What tree is most commonly tapped in Vermont?
The sugar maple
Who claimed the lake Champlain area in 1614?
Samuel de Champlain
What is the state fish?
The Brook Trout
What is the state rock?
(Name at least 1 out of 3)
Marble, slate, granite
The first known usage of maple syrup traces back to what year?
Around 1600
What Native American tribes inhabited Vermont?
Name at least 2 of them
The Abenaki, Mohican, pennacook, and the Pocomtuc
What is the state mammal?
The Morgan horse
What is the state gemstone?
Grossular garnet
How many gallons of sap do you need to make one gallon of syrup?
40 gallons
Where did the name Vermont come from and what did it mean?
Bonus: what language did it originate from?
It came from the words Verd Mont, meaning green mountains in French
What is the state insect?
What is the state tree?
The honey bee
The Sugar Maple
What is the state mineral?
What is the state fossil?
The state mineral is talc
The state fossil is the Beluga whale
What percent of maple sap is water?
98 %