Pennsylvania Facts
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1. What are the state colors?
Blue & Gold
2. What is the state animal?
White tailed deer
3. What is the state flower?
Mountain laurel
4. What is the state tree?
Hemlock
5. What is the state fish?
Brook trout
6. What is the state bird?
Ruffed grouse
7. What is the state insect?
Firefly
8. What is the state beverage?
Milk
9. What is the state dog?
Great Dane
10. How many counties are in our state?
67
11. What is the state capital?
Harrisburg
12. What state is located directly
North of Pennsylvania? New York
13. What states (2) are located West
of Pennsylvania? Ohio, West Virginia
14. What is the name of the PA city that
also is the name of one of the great lakes? Erie
15. Who was the only US President from Pennsylvania?
James Buchanan
16. What is the state's most valuable
mineral? coal
17. What is the name of the river
at the state capital? Suquehanna
18. What date did PA become a state
(month, date, year) December 12, 1787
19. Who founded Pennsylvania? William
Penn
20. What does Pennsylvania mean?
Penn's Woods
21. What is Pennsylvania's nickname?
Keystone State
22. Who designed Philadelphia? William
Penn
23. Who gave Penn's Woods to William
Penn? King Charles II of England
24. What is the highest point in Pennsylvania?
Mt. Davis
25. What is the lowest point in Pennsylvania?
Deleware
26. What is the county with the least
population? Forest
27. What 2 counties have more deer
than people? Cameron & Potter
28. Name of William Penn's home?
Pennsbury Manor
29. One of the largest state parks
in Pennsylvania? Ohiopyle
30. Three mountain ranges in Pennsylvania
Appalachian -- Alleghenies -- Poconos
31. Another name for the Grand Canyon
of Pennsylvania? Pine Creek Gorge
32. PA's only woman governor? Hannah
Penn
33. Name James Buchanan's mansion
in Lancaster County Wheatland
34. Who drilled the world's first
oil well? Edwin Drake
35. What PA city was oil discovered?
Titusville
36. First type of coal found in PA?
Bituminous
37. How long is a PA governor elected
for? 4
38. "PA Dutch" really mean?
Pennsylvania German
39. What date is Ground Hog Day?
February 2
40. In PA you must be how old to vote?
18
41. Monroe County
was named after our 5th US President. His name? John Monroe
42. What is
Philadelphia sometimes called? "City of Brotherly Love"
43. What state
has the most covered bridges? Pennsylvania
44. What river
in PA flows north ? Monongahela
45. What two
rivers join to form the Ohio River? Monongahela and Allegheny
46. PA is officially called a "________"?
"Commonwealth"
47. PA climate is? "Humid Continental"
48. 3 Waterfalls in PA? Bushkill,
Winona, Silver Thread
49. Another name for the "Niagra of
PA"? Bushkill
50. Two indian nations of PA? Iroquois,
Algonquians
51. What were William Penn's laws
called? "Frame of Government"
52. State motto? Virtue, Liberty,
Independence
53. Artist who painted famous painting
"Penn & the Indians"? Ben West
54. Best-known, best loved citizen?
Ben
Franklin
55. Ben Franklin's journal? Poor
Richards Almanac
56. First white settlers in PA? Swedish,
Dutch
57. US president who retired to live
on a farm in PA? Dwight D. Eisehhower
58. Pennsylvania men who wear black
hats, long beards, and drive wagons?
Old Order Amish
59. Second largest city in PA? Pittsburgh
60. Secret hiding place of the Liberty
Bell during the Revolutionary War?
Allentown
61. Oldest street in Philadelphia?
Elfreth's
Alley
62. Robert Fulton's invention? Steamboat
63. What PA city did Washington's
soldiers spend the winter of 1777 - 78?
Valley Forge
64. Most famous battle of the Civil
War? Gettysburg
65. Slaves escaped to freedom using
this? Underground Railroad
66. PA city was the capital of the
US for one day? Lancaster
67. Where was the Declaration of Independence
& constitution signed?
Independence Hall
68. Andrew Carnegie is known for "_____"?
Steel
69. World's largest chocolate plant?
Hershey
70. Pittsburgh's football team? Steelers
71. Our country's first radio station?
KDKA
in Pittsburgh
72. Little League baseball began in
this PA city? Williamsport
73. Football star born in Beaver Falls,
PA? Joe Namath
74. PA Dutch invented? Conestoga
wagon
75. City know for its shopping outlets?
Reading
76. Nations first mahor nuclear power
plant accident? Three Mile Island
77. What international sports event
was played in Pittsburgh in 1903 for the very first
time. First World Series
78. Birthplace of coal industry? Scranton
79. Flagmaker from Philadelphia?
Betsy Ross
80. Invented the typewriter? Christopher
L. Sholes
81. After what war did England take
control of Pennsylvania? French & Indian War
82. How many Senators does PA have?
2
83. Who was the first trained forester
in U.S.? Gifford Pinchot
84. Famous golfer from Latrobe. Arnold
Palmer
85. Pa author who wrote "Little Women"
and "Little Men" Louis a May Alcott
86. How many state senators are in
PA? 50
87. Name the 2 branches of legislature?
Senate,
House of Representatives
88. Pa ranks ____rd in size 33rd
89. Name of the House at Bear Run
designed by Frank Lloyd Wright? Fallingwater
90. Name of the village near Bedford
built for the Bicentennial? Old Bedford Village
91. Famous black opera singer from
Philadelphia Marian Anderson
92. Known as the "People's Composer"
Stephen
Foster
93. Doctor who discovered the polio
vaccine in 1952 at the University of Pittsburgh?
Dr.
Jonas Salk
94. What time zone is PA locate in?
Eastern
95. Oldest ethnic day celebrated in
PA? Lithuanian Day
96 Duquesne University folk dancers?
Tamburitzans
97. Baseball player hit 5 homeruns
in the 1977 World Series Reggie Jackson
98. Shortstop in baseball nicknamed
"Flying Dutchman"? Honus Wagner
99. Renowned naturalist ? John
James Audubon
100. Recognized for improving brakes
fdor railroad cars. George Westinghouse
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