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Exploring Arkansas: A Quiz on the Natural and Historical Landmarks

Test your knowledge about Arkansas with this engaging quiz covering its geography, history, and notable figures.

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1 Arkansas is home to many areas protected by the ________.

2 How many metres above sea level is the lowest point in Arkansas?

3 Some evidence suggests ________ and his compatriots planned the revolt in a tavern at Washington in 1834.

4 Who played centre in the Arkansas?

5 How long is Arkansas?

6 What is the motto of Arkansas?

7 Governor ________ ordered the Arkansas National Guard to aid segregationists in preventing nine African-American students from enrolling at Little Rock's Central High School.

8 Who is the governor of Arkansas?

9 Ancestors of the Irish in the Ozarks were chiefly Scotch-Irish, Protestants from ________ and the Scottish lowlands, part of the largest group of immigrants from Great Britain and Ireland before the American Revolution.

10 In terms of elevation, what is the lowest place in Arkansas?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • in his clemency application to Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, Maurice Clemmons claimed to have learned "to appreciate and respect the right of others".
  • the 122 miles (196 km) Dorcheat Bayou in Arkansas and Louisiana was once navigable for several months a year to access the Red River.
  • in 2006, National Park Community College received the largest cash donation in the history of Arkansas community colleges.
  • in 1976, Arkansas Republicans nominated for governor an unknown plumber, Leon Griffith of Pine Bluff, after a Minnesota Vikings football player declined the party's offer of support.
  • from 1995 to 2003, an Arkansas radio station now called KZTD shared its "KBBL" call sign with the fictional radio station on The Simpsons.
  • the Arkansas Democratic politician Hayes McClerkin in 1970 challenged Governor Winthrop Rockefeller's "list" of militants disrupting college and university campuses.
  • the Gazette Building in Little Rock, Arkansas served as headquarters for the 1992 Bill Clinton presidential campaign.
  • the town of Marche, Arkansas, was founded by a Polish count who wanted to restore the agricultural environment familiar to most Poles before their arrival in America.
  • the retired Texas A&M University historian Garland E. Bayliss researched the 19th century origins of the Arkansas state penitentiary.
  • the recently announced Marianna Fault in Arkansas was discovered due to the stretches of fine sand in otherwise fertile soil.
  • the Ouachita Madtom is a rare species of miniature catfish found only in central Arkansas.
  • during World War II, the Arkansas politician Jefferson W. Speck was a POW transported on the Japanese Hell ship, the Oryoku Maru.
  • as early as 1978 the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Arkansas, Lynn Lowe accused Bill Clinton of having been a draft dodger during the Vietnam War.
  • Fay Boozman, as the state health director under Governor Mike Huckabee, managed the "Healthy Arkansas" initiative, including the fight against obesity.
  • Devil's Den State Park in Arkansas is recognized as one of the best preserved Civilian Conservation Corps projects in the United States.
  • dozens of tornadoes were produced during a two-day tornado outbreak in 1997, killing at least 27 people in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, USA.
  • Arlie Metheny, as public information officer in 1958 at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, handled media inquiries relating to the induction of Elvis Presley into the Army.
  • Guido Verbeck, a Dutch-born foreign advisor in the Meiji government of Japan from 1859-1898 arrived as a missionary after almost dying of cholera while working as a civil engineer in Arkansas.
  • Historic Washington State Park near Hope includes the Block-Catts House, the oldest still-standing two-story residence in Arkansas.
  • as a state senator in 1995, Jim Keet, the 2010 Arkansas Republican gubernatorial nominee, co-sponsored a law to raise safety standards for boating.
  • after Harry Ashmore won the Pulitzer Prize in 1958, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus vetoed a resolution to rename Toad Suck Ferry to Ashmore Landing on the grounds that the name change would defame a well known landing.
  • Pelton's Rose Gentian was recently discovered by a retired mechanic and is only found in a single county in Arkansas.
  • Lynn A. Davis stopped illegal gambling in Hot Springs in a 128-day career as head of the Arkansas state police.
  • Arkansas State Senator Kim Hendren authored a failed bill to require motorcyclists to wear helmets or offer proof of health insurance.
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