Kentucky - Quiz
Kentucky
  • 1. What percentage of Kentucky residents five years and older spoke only English at home in 2000?
A) 96%
B) 92%
C) 90%
D) 98%
  • 2. Which language is the second-most-spoken in Kentucky?
A) Chinese
B) Spanish
C) French
D) German
  • 3. In southern Kentucky, what term is commonly used for earthworms?
A) ground crawlers
B) earth snakes
C) redworms
D) soil worms
  • 4. What is a burlap bag known as in Kentucky?
A) tow sack
B) feed sleeve
C) hemp pouch
D) grain pocket
  • 5. What percentage of Kentucky residents were not affiliated with any religious group as of 2010?
A) 42%
B) 8.3%
C) 33%
D) 48%
  • 6. Where is the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary located?
A) Louisville
B) Lexington
C) Georgetown
D) Wilmore
  • 7. Which seminary is located in Wilmore?
A) Baptist Seminary of Kentucky
B) Asbury Theological Seminary
C) Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
D) Lexington Theological Seminary
  • 8. What is the primary affiliation of Transylvania University?
A) Roman Catholic
B) United Methodist
C) Baptist
D) Disciples of Christ
  • 9. What is the name of the interfaith festival established in 1996 in Kentucky?
A) Interfaith Harmony Days
B) Festival of Faiths
C) Unity Celebration
D) The Kentucky Spirit Festival
  • 10. Where is the Creation Museum and Answers in Genesis headquartered?
A) Paducah
B) Petersburg
C) Lexington
D) Louisville
  • 11. What was Kentucky's total gross state product in 2025?
A) $410.2 billion
B) $306.8 billion
C) $195.4 billion
D) $250.5 billion
  • 12. What percentage of businesses in Kentucky were small businesses in 2025?
A) 85.5%
B) 99.3%
C) 92.1%
D) 97.8%
  • 13. Where was the first commercial winery in the United States started?
A) Fayette County
B) Jefferson County
C) Jessamine County
D) Pike County
  • 14. What percentage of the world's bourbon whiskey supply is produced in Kentucky?
A) 99%
B) 75%
C) 95%
D) 85%
  • 15. What is the United States Bullion Depository best known as?
A) Federal Reserve Kentucky
B) The Bullion Bank
C) Fort Knox
D) The Golden Vault
  • 16. Which city is home to the USP Big Sandy federal penitentiary?
A) Paducah
B) Louisville
C) Inez
D) Lexington
  • 17. How many federal penitentiaries are located in Kentucky?
A) 5
B) 3
C) 1
D) 2
  • 18. What entity is developing the $100 billion AI data center campus in Paducah?
A) Amazon
B) A consortium led by Brookfield Asset Management and NextEra Energy
C) Apple
D) Google
  • 19. In which county is the massive data center development in Hawesville located?
A) Jefferson County
B) McCreary County
C) Martin County
D) Hancock County
  • 20. How many known species are endemic to Kentucky?
A) 150
B) 82
C) 102
D) 90
  • 21. Which region of Kentucky was described by E. Lucy Braun as having 'anomalous' plant life?
A) The Appalachian region
B) The woodland plains
C) The eastern counties
D) The Bluegrass region
  • 22. What type of plant, a species of bamboo, was abundant in the Bluegrass region?
A) Wild oak
B) River cane
C) Bluegrass
D) Tall wheat
  • 23. How many national parks are located in Kentucky?
A) One
B) Three
C) Two
D) Five
  • 24. How many state parks are in Kentucky?
A) 102
B) 37
C) 82
D) 45
  • 25. How many wildlife management areas does Kentucky have?
A) 200
B) 45
C) 10
D) 82
  • 26. In what year did the re-stocking of elk begin in Kentucky?
A) 1991
B) 1950
C) 2009
D) 1997
  • 27. How long had elk been extirpated from Kentucky before the 1997 reintroduction?
A) Over 200 years
B) Over 150 years
C) Over 100 years
D) Over 50 years
  • 28. What was the population goal for the Kentucky elk herd reached by 2009?
A) 5,000
B) 1,000
C) 20,000
D) 10,000
  • 29. The Kentucky elk herd is the largest east of which river?
A) Tennessee River
B) Mississippi River
C) Ohio River
D) Kentucky River
  • 30. In which decade did Kentucky begin stocking wild turkeys?
A) 1950s
B) 1940s
C) 1980s
D) 1990s
  • 31. Approximately how many wild turkeys were reportedly in Kentucky before the stocking program?
A) Fewer than 2,000
B) Fewer than 100
C) Fewer than 900
D) Fewer than 5,000
  • 32. How many wild turkeys were reported taken by hunters in the spring of 2009?
A) 10,000
B) 37,896
C) 15,500
D) 29,006
  • 33. Which program was partnered with the Land Between the Lakes in 1991?
A) Bluegrass Restoration Project
B) Red Wolf Recovery Program
C) Elk Reintroduction Project
D) Wild Turkey Conservation Plan
  • 34. What type of program was the Red Wolf Recovery Program?
A) Wildlife management area
B) Captive breeding program
C) Farmland conversion project
D) National park expansion
  • 35. How many acres of state forest does Kentucky have?
A) 37,896
B) 29,006
C) 45,000
D) 10,000
  • 36. What is the primary climate classification for most of Kentucky?
A) Humid subtropical
B) Arid desert
C) Tundra
D) Tropical rainforest
  • 37. What type of climate is found in the Appalachian highland areas of southeastern Kentucky?
A) Oceanic
B) Semi-arid
C) Continental
D) Mediterranean
  • 38. What is the average annual precipitation in Kentucky?
A) 35 inches
B) 46 inches
C) 60 inches
D) 25 inches
  • 39. Where was Kentucky's highest recorded temperature of 114 °F measured?
A) Covington
B) Greensburg
C) Somerset
D) Shelbyville
  • 40. In what year did Kentucky record its lowest temperature of -37 °F?
A) 1930
B) 1994
C) 1988
D) 1955
  • 41. How do northern parts of Kentucky compare in temperature to the western parts?
A) Five degrees cooler
B) Five degrees warmer
C) Identical
D) Ten degrees warmer
  • 42. Which city receives ten more inches of rain per year than Covington?
A) Somerset
B) Greensburg
C) Louisville
D) Shelbyville
  • 43. What is the average annual temperature in the extreme southwest of Kentucky?
A) 55 °F
B) 50 °F
C) 60 °F
D) 65 °F
  • 44. What is the largest artificial lake in the eastern United States by water volume?
A) Kentucky Lake
B) Green River Lake
C) Lake Cumberland
D) Barren River Lake
  • 45. What is the largest artificial lake in the eastern United States by surface area?
A) Licking River Lake
B) Kentucky Lake
C) Tennessee River Lake
D) Lake Cumberland
  • 46. Which region of the United States is Kentucky situated in?
A) Deep South
B) Pacific Northwest
C) New England
D) Upland South
  • 47. How many states border Kentucky?
A) Nine
B) Seven
C) Six
D) Eight
  • 48. What caused the Kentucky Bend according to the text?
A) A change in the Mississippi River course
B) The New Madrid earthquakes
C) A surveying error
D) A political treaty
  • 49. What is the alternative name for the western part of the Pennyroyal Plateau?
A) Bluegrass
B) Pennyrile
C) Eden Shale
D) The Knobs
  • 50. Which region is described as the northernmost extension of the Mississippian Embayment?
A) Inner Bluegrass
B) Outer Bluegrass
C) Cumberland Plateau
D) Jackson Purchase
  • 51. Which state lies to the northeast of Kentucky?
A) West Virginia
B) Illinois
C) Missouri
D) Tennessee
  • 52. What is the name of the thoroughbred racetrack located in the small piece of Kentucky north of the Ohio River?
A) Ellis Park
B) Keeneland
C) Bluegrass Downs
D) Churchill Downs
  • 53. What was Kentucky's official status at the start of the Civil War?
A) Confederate
B) Neutral
C) Unionist
D) Secessionist
  • 54. Which U.S. President worked hard to honor Kentucky's neutrality?
A) John C. Breckinridge
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Jefferson Davis
D) William Goebel
  • 55. Who attempted to take Kentucky for the Confederacy, leading to a request for Union aid?
A) John C. Breckinridge
B) Augustus E. Willson
C) William S. Taylor
D) Leonidas Polk
  • 56. Where did the convention meet to pass an Ordinance of Secession in 1861?
A) Frankfort
B) Lexington
C) Bowling Green
D) Russellville
  • 57. What was the capital of the Confederate government of Kentucky?
A) Lexington
B) Frankfort
C) Bowling Green
D) Russellville
  • 58. Who was the 14th and youngest-ever U.S. Vice President born in Kentucky?
A) William Goebel
B) John C. Breckinridge
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) Jefferson Davis
  • 59. Why was John C. Breckinridge expelled from the U.S. Senate?
A) He accepted a commission in the Confederate Army
B) He led the Night Riders
C) He was involved in the assassination of a governor
D) He lost the 1860 presidential election
  • 60. Who was the only U.S. state governor assassinated while in office?
A) William Goebel
B) J. C. W. Beckham
C) Augustus E. Willson
D) William S. Taylor
  • 61. Which governor was involved in a legal dispute over the 1899 election before fleeing to Indiana?
A) Augustus E. Willson
B) William S. Taylor
C) William Goebel
D) J. C. W. Beckham
  • 62. What was the cause of the Black Patch Tobacco Wars?
A) A shortage of tobacco crops
B) Disputes over secession
C) Tobacco industry monopoly
D) Political corruption in Frankfort
  • 63. What was the name of the vigilante wing that terrorized farmers during the Tobacco Wars?
A) Unionists
B) The Convention of the People
C) Night Riders
D) Confederate shadow government
  • 64. How did Governor Augustus E. Willson end the Black Patch Tobacco Wars?
A) Ordered the arrest of William S. Taylor
B) Negotiated with the tobacco monopoly
C) Declared martial law
D) Relocated the state capital
  • 65. In which city did the Association meeting occur that formed the Night Riders?
A) Frankfort
B) Lexington
C) Bowling Green
D) Guthrie
  • 66. When did European explorers possibly arrive in Kentucky?
A) 1701
B) 1680
C) 1671
D) 1665
  • 67. Who founded Harrod's Town in 1774?
A) Daniel Boone
B) Richard Henderson
C) James Harrod
D) Christopher Gist
  • 68. What was the first permanent European settlement in Kentucky?
A) Logan's Fort
B) Lexington
C) Boone's Station
D) Harrod's Town
  • 69. When was Harrod's Town resettled after being abandoned during Dunmore's War?
A) December 1776
B) January 1777
C) June 1774
D) March 1775
  • 70. During what years did Daniel Boone conduct his legendary expeditions?
A) 1767 onwards
B) 1774-1775
C) 1750-1751
D) 1780-1785
  • 71. Who was the speculator involved in the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals?
A) Christopher Gist
B) Thomas Walker
C) Richard Henderson
D) James Harrod
  • 72. When was the county of Kentucky officially created?
A) January 1, 1790
B) March 15, 1775
C) December 31, 1776
D) June 16, 1774
  • 73. What name was Harrod's Town known by at the time the county of Kentucky was formed?
A) Boone's Landing
B) Harrodsburg
C) Oldtown
D) New Town
  • 74. What is the capital city of Kentucky?
A) Louisville
B) Lexington
C) Bowling Green
D) Frankfort
  • 75. What is the approximate population of Kentucky as of 2024?
A) 9.2 million
B) 4.6 million
C) 2.1 million
D) 6.8 million
  • 76. The etymology of the name 'Kentucky' is uncertain, but one theory links it to an Iroquoian name meaning what?
A) At the field
B) Great river
C) Land of the cave
D) Mountainous home
  • 77. Which Native American group merged with the Shawnee?
A) Chickasaw
B) Tutelo
C) Maumee
D) Kispoko
  • 78. What was the name of the earliest archaeological evidence of human occupation in Kentucky?
A) Clovis culture
B) Mississippian culture
C) Fort Ancient culture
D) Eastern Agricultural Complex
  • 79. What major event occurred in the 1670s that led to French explorers documenting fewer tribes in Kentucky?
A) French and Indian War
B) Beaver Wars
C) Revolutionary War
D) Civil War
  • 80. According to the text, what myth is often perpetuated about Native American habitation in Kentucky?
A) That it was entirely controlled by European settlers
B) That no agricultural activity ever occurred
C) That it was only used as a hunting ground
D) That it was never inhabited by humans
  • 81. How did European diseases reach Kentucky before direct contact with Europeans occurred?
A) Through migratory birds
B) Through early military invasions
C) Through trade routes
D) Through contaminated water sources
  • 82. What does the word 'aki' mean in most Algonquian languages?
A) People
B) Spirit
C) Water
D) Land
  • 83. Where were the ten constitutional conventions held between 1784 and 1792?
A) Danville
B) Louisville
C) Lexington
D) Frankfort
  • 84. Why did the Confederation Congress decline to act on Kentucky's 1788 statehood petition?
A) The region was not populated enough
B) New Hampshire ratified the new Constitution
C) The petition was filed incorrectly
D) Virginia withdrew its consent
  • 85. Who was elected as the first Governor of Kentucky?
A) A delegate from New Hampshire
B) Isaac Shelby
C) A representative from Vermont
D) A member of the Confederation Congress
  • 86. What happened two weeks after the United States Congress approved Kentucky's petition?
A) Virginia revoked its consent
B) Isaac Shelby was elected governor
C) A new constitutional convention was held
D) Congress approved Vermont's petition
  • 87. What is the highest point of elevation in Kentucky?
A) Appalachian Mountains
B) Knobs Region
C) Black Mountain
D) Pine Mountain
  • 88. How many counties does Kentucky have?
A) 150
B) 100
C) 120
D) 85
  • 89. What is the largest municipally run forest in the United States?
A) Blanton Forest
B) Daniel Boone National Forest
C) Jefferson Memorial Forest
D) Red River Gorge
  • 90. What is the name of the legislative body of a Kentucky county?
A) County Board
B) City Council
C) Fiscal Court
D) Metro Assembly
  • 91. Which forest is the state's largest old-growth forest?
A) Daniel Boone National Forest
B) Blanton Forest
C) Red River Gorge Geological Area
D) Jefferson Memorial Forest
  • 92. What entity manages the Land Between the Lakes?
A) National Park Service
B) State Parks Commission
C) United States Forest Service
D) Kentucky Department of Natural Resources
  • 93. What is the center of population in Kentucky?
A) Willisburg
B) Louisville
C) Lexington
D) Paducah
  • 94. Which country is NOT listed among the top five countries of origin for Kentucky's immigrants?
A) Mexico
B) India
C) Cuba
D) Vietnam
  • 95. What was the largest ancestry group in Kentucky according to 2013 U.S. Census Bureau statistics?
A) Irish
B) English
C) American
D) German
  • 96. In the 1980 census, which was the largest claimed ancestry in Kentucky?
A) English
B) American
C) German
D) Irish
  • 97. How many federally recognized tribes are located in Kentucky?
A) Zero
B) Ten
C) Two
D) Five
  • 98. What was the population density of Kentucky in 2016?
A) 125 people per square mile
B) 95 people per square mile
C) 150 people per square mile
D) 110 people per square mile
  • 99. Before the Civil War, what percentage of Kentucky's population was African American?
A) 10%
B) 15%
C) 40%
D) 25%
  • 100. Which ancestry group is the largest in the urban counties of Jefferson, Oldham, Fayette, Boone, Kenton, and Campbell?
A) Irish
B) German
C) American
D) English
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