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Exploring Atlanta: A Quiz on the City’s Landmarks and History

This quiz tests your knowledge of notable landmarks and historical sites in Atlanta, Georgia, including cultural institutions, public transportation, and significant historical events.

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1 What does the following picture show?  North Avenue Presbyterian Church, on the southeast corner of North Avenue and Peachtree Street   Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority provides public transportation in Atlanta   In 1907, Peachtree Street, the main street of Atlanta, was busy with streetcars and automobiles.   Delta Air Lines headquarters

2 What does the following picture show?  Federal Reserve Bank in Midtown Atlanta.   Atlanta City Hall   Atlanta's Piedmont Park is the city's largest park. A portion of the park is seen here with the Midtown Atlanta Skyline.   CNN Center

3 What does the following picture show?  Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Corretta Scott King Tomb in the Sweet Auburn district, preserved as the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site.   Battle of Atlanta during US Civil War, 1864   In 1907, Peachtree Street, the main street of Atlanta, was busy with streetcars and automobiles.   Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority provides public transportation in Atlanta

4 What does the following picture show?  Main Quad on Emory University's Druid Hills Campus   The World of Coca-Cola museum reopened at a new location near the Georgia Aquarium on May 26, 2007.

5 What does the following picture show?  The World of Coca-Cola museum reopened at a new location near the Georgia Aquarium on May 26, 2007.   Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority provides public transportation in Atlanta   The Fox Theatre   Atlanta City Hall

6 What does the following picture show?  Main Quad on Emory University's Druid Hills Campus   The Downtown Connector   The Varsity has been an Atlanta landmark for over 75 years.

7 What does the following picture show?  Delta Air Lines headquarters   Delta Air Lines headquarters   The Varsity has been an Atlanta landmark for over 75 years.   Main Quad on Emory University's Druid Hills Campus

8 What does the following picture show?  The Downtown Connector   Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority provides public transportation in Atlanta   The High Museum of Art, a division of the Woodruff Arts Center in Midtown Atlanta

9 What does the following picture show?  Atlanta's Piedmont Park is the city's largest park. A portion of the park is seen here with the Midtown Atlanta Skyline.   Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Corretta Scott King Tomb in the Sweet Auburn district, preserved as the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site.   High rise residential units in the "Midtown Mile"   The Fox Theatre

10 What does the following picture show?  Interior of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Sweet Auburn   Atlanta's Midtown West   CNN Center   The Varsity has been an Atlanta landmark for over 75 years.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Peachtree Road Race, held annually on July 4 (U.S. Independence Day) in Atlanta, Georgia, is the world's largest 10 kilometer road race with 55,000 runners participating in 2007.
  • the first modern time capsule was Thornwell Jacobs’ Crypt of Civilization at Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia, due to be opened May 28, 8113.
  • the metal finishing on more than 10,000 Olympic torches used in the torch relay for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia was done by the Erie Plating Company.
  • in November 1931, American country blues harmonicist Eddie Mapp was found stabbed to death at the age of 20 on an Atlanta, Georgia, street corner.
  • Joshua Packwood is the first white man to graduate as valedictorian of the all-male HBCU, Morehouse College, an overwhelmingly African American university in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Kelbessa Negewo was charged with murder in his home country of Ethiopia after one of the women who claims he tortured her discovered him working as a bellhop in an Atlanta, Georgia hotel elevator.
  • Alliance for Labor Action launched a $4 million organizing drive targeting African American workers in Atlanta, Georgia, in the fall of 1969.
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