Fast Facts
This is the nickname of Pennsylvania
What is "The Keystone State"?
Pennsylvania was on this side of the Civil War
What is the Union?
These states border Pennsylvania
What is New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia?
Four mammals native to Pennsylvania
What are black bears, elk, red foxes, and white-tailed deer?
The background color of the flag
What is blue?
This is the abbreviation for the state of Pennsylvania
What is PA?
This is the name of the important battle that took place in Pennsylvania during the Civil War
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This is the Great Lake that Pennsylvania borders
What is Lake Erie?
Three birds native to Pennsylvania
What are golden eagles, peregrine falcons, and redheaded woodpeckers?
The two species of animals present on the flag
What is a horse and bald eagle?
This is the state bird of Pennsylvania
What is ruffed grouse?
This was the year in which Philadelphia, Pennsylvania held the second Continental Congress. This was when representatives from each of the colonies met for the second time after deciding to go to war with Britain
What is 1775?
This is the first urban wildlife refuge in the United States
What is Tinicum Marsh?
Three reptiles native to Pennsylvania
What are eastern spiny softshell turtles, northern coal skinks, and eastern Massasaugua rattlesnakes?
The only U.S. president born in Pennsylvania
Who is James Buchanan?
This is the capital of Pennsylvania
What is Harrisburg?
This is the name for the descendants and language of the original German immigrants to the region
What is the Pennsylvania Dutch?
This is the National Forest located within the Appalachian Plateaus region of Pennsylvania
What is Allegheny National Forest?
The state tree of Pennsylvania
What is eastern hemlock?
The "blank" of Pennsylvania. An old term meaning the well-being of the public and the official name of the state
What is the commonwealth?
Daily double!
Native Americans inhabited Pennsylvania for at least this many years before the British colony of Pennsylvania was founded
What is 19056?
2025-1681=344
19400-344=19056
This region of Pennsylvania has stereotypical rolling hills, along with ridges, tower-shaped rocks, caves, and sinkholes
Pennsylvania has the largest reserve of this type of very hard and pure coal in the nation
What is anthracite coal?
This famous flag maker was from Pennsylvania
Who is Betsy Ross?