Basic Facts
What is the capital of Alabama?
Montgomery
Who refused to give up their seat on the bus?
Rosa Parks
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American civil rights activist. She is best known for her 1955 refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racial segregation laws, which sparked the Montgomery bus boycott. She is sometimes known as the "mother of the civil rights movement"
What famous movement started in Montgomery Alabama?
The Civil Rights Movement
The American civil rights movement was a mass social campaign primarily during the 1950s and 1960s aimed at abolishing legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement for Black Americans. Through nonviolent civil disobedience, the movement successfully dismantled the Jim Crow system and secured landmark federal protections
Alabama has the largest museum of what mode of transportation?
Motorcycles
Over 1,900 total motorcycles (with nearly 1,000 on display at any given time) spanning over 100 years of production, alongside the world's largest collection of Lotus race cars
Alabama was the first to use what phone call?
The number that was dialed
911
What is the largest city?
Birmingham
What famous singer is from Alabama?
Nat King Cole
Lionel Richie
Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles, known as Nat King Cole, was a singer, pianist, actor, and civil rights advocate who left a lasting mark on jazz and popular music. Born in 1919 in Montgomery, Alabama, Cole taught himself piano by age four and found fame in the 1940s with his trio that blended jazz and pop. His smooth baritone and flawless phrasing made him a commercial success, with hits like "Straighten Up and Fly Right" and "The Christmas Song".
In 2015, it became a felony to wrestle what type of animal?
bear
lion
a bear
Alabama is known as the _______capital of the world?
Its what George Washington Carver found many uses for
Peanut
What medical procedure was first successful in Alabama?
Open Heart Surgery
Lung Transplant
Open Heart Surgery
Dr. Luther Leonidas Hill Jr. was an Alabama doctor who was the first to successfully operate on a heart injury
What number state is Alabama?
20
22
22
Alabama is the 22nd state of the United States, having been admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819
What scientist, famous for finding uses for the Peanut, was from Alabama?
"George Washington Ca___??
Give the Last Name
George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century
What did people boycott as a result of Rosa Parks?
Its a company
The Bus company
What are two inventions made in Alabama?
RocketShips and Windshield wipers
Peanuts and Boats
Rocket Ships and Windshield Wipers
Alabama is the first state to have an unofficial anthem. The name of the song is?
____ ____ Alabama
Sweet Home Alabama
"Sweet Home Alabama" was originally released by the American southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. It was written by band members Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington, and Ed King, and first appeared on their 1974 album Second Helping
What is the state bird?
Finch
Yellowhammer
The Yellowhammer
What preacher and activist is from Alabama?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968
What war began in Alabama?
Civil War
WW2
Civil War
Alabama was a central pillar of the Confederacy, seceding in January 1861 and initially hosting the Confederate capital in Montgomery. While geographically removed from early major eastern land battles, the state was strategically critical due to its iron production, railways, and the pivotal Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864
What are the states that border Alabama?
Tennessee
Mississippi
Florida
Georgia
What holiday was first recognized by Alabama?
Christmas
Halloween
Christmas
Christmas was famously recognized as the first state holiday by Alabama in 1836, though state archivists note that official legislative records point closer to 1848 for early bank and office holiday recognitions
What is the state motto?
"We Dare to Defend our ____?
We Dare to Defend Our Rights
What Alabama baseball player is known for playing for the Braves?
Willie Mays
Hank Aaron
Hank Aaron
Hank Aaron, the Major League Baseball player, was born on Monday, February 5, 1934, in Mobile, Alabama. Aaron was 20 years old when he broke into the major leagues on April 13, 1954, with the Milwaukee Braves
How does Magnolia Springs get its mail?
by river?
by train?
by river boat on the water
What are the three nicknames of Alabama?
"The Heart of ___"
"The Cotton ___"
"The Yellowhammer ___"
The Heart of Dixie
The Cotton State
The Yellowhammer State
Alabama was the first and only state to declare what kind of drink as the state drink?
Alcoholic
Fruity
Alcoholic