History
Maine became a state in what year?
1820
What is the population of Maine?
1.3 million
(1,300,000)
Maine is the United States' largest producer of what?
Blueberries
Which Pulitzer Prize winning poet came from Rockland, Maine?
Edna St. Vincent Millay
In Maine, what is the largest lake located entirely in New England?
Moosehead Lake
Before Becoming a state, Maine was a part of which state?
Massachusetts
What is the Capitol of Maine?
Augusta
Maine is famous for what crustacean?
Lobster
Who won the 1984 Women's Olympic marathon?
Joan Benoit Samuelson
5% of Mainer's speak what language?
French
Maine became the first state to enact what in 1851?
Prohibition
What is the largest city in Maine? How many people live there?
Portland, 66,000
Name two semi-pro, amateur, or independent sports teams in Maine.
Answers may vary... Portland Sea Dogs (baseball), Portland Red Claws (basketball), Maine Mariners (hockey), Portland RFC (rugby), Portland Sabers (football), Sanford Mainers (baseball),Maine Tide (women's soccer),GPS Portland Phoenix (men's soccer),...
Which famous poet was born in Portland in 1807 and educated at Bowdoin College.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
How much of Maine's land is covered by forest?
83%
What was the original state capital of Maine?
(Before it was moved to Augusta in 1832)
Portland
Maine is, roughly, the size of what European country?
Portugal
Many tourists come to Maine in the autumn to see what?
foliage
Which Maine Senator came to national attention in 1950, when she became the first member of the Senate to denounce McCarthyism, in what has become known as her “Declaration of Conscience” speech.
Margaret Chase Smith
What Mainer known as "The Lily of the North", was born in Farmington in 1859, and was one of the leading opera singers of her time.
Lillian Nordica
Where is the oldest consecutive state fair in the US?
(It is held in Maine, and recently celebrate it's 200th anniversary)
Skowhegan State Fair
What is Maine's rank in terms of population among US states?
(E.G. California is first because it has the most people)
42nd
What is Maine's state animal
The moose.
What man from Maine served as Abraham Lincoln's Vice President, Maine governor, U.S. Senator, and Ambassador to Spain?
Hannibal Hamlin
What is the Maine state Motto?
(Hint: it can be found on the flag)
Dirigo= Latin for "I lead"