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1. Where does Arkansas rank compared to the rest of the states in size?
Answer- It’s the 29th largest.
2. Arkansas borders what state to the south?
Answer- Louisiana.
3. What is the capital city of Arkansas?
Answer- Little Rock.
4. What is the official Arkansas state nickname?
Answer- The Natural State.
5. What city in Arkansas has the most people?
Answer- La Petite Roche
6. What is the predominant religion?
Answer- Protestant.
7. On what date did the Territory of Arkansas get admitted to the Union?
Answer- June 15, 1836.
8. The name Arkansas is derived from the same root as the name for what other state?
Answer- Kansas
9. The pronunciation of Arkansas with the final “s” being silent was made official in 1881, by the state legislature after a dispute arose between Arkansas’s what?
Answer- Two U.S. senators.
10. The Mississippi River forms most of Arkansas’s what?
Answer- Eastern border.
11. Arkansas, like most other Southern states, is part of the what?
Answer- Bible Belt.
12. The Mississippi River has major tributaries that include the Arkansas River, the White River, and what?
Answer- The St. Francis River.
13. A US Forest Service survey found that 56% of Arkansas’s total land area is what?
Answer- Forestland.
14. Before the arrival of the white man, Arkansas was inhabited by what tribes?
Answer- The Caddo, Osage, and Quapaw.
15. What famous explorer visited the state in 1541?
Answer- Hernando de Soto.
16. Napoleon Bonaparte sold Louisiana to the US in the year 1803, which included Arkansas, in a purchase known today as the what?
Answer- Louisiana Purchase.
17. When Arkansas applied for statehood, what issue was raised in Washington DC?
Answer- The slavery issue.
18. Where was Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, born?
Answer- In Hope, Arkansas.
19. European Americans are found mainly in the northwestern Ozarks and the central part of the state while African Americans live mainly in what parts of the state?
Answer- The southern and eastern parts.
20. What percentage of the population is employed in the agricultural sector in the state?
Answer- About 3%.
21. How many state parks does Arkansas have?
Answer- 52 state parks.
22. What is one of the oldest sports in Arkansas?
Answer- Hunting.
23. In 1915 the state created what to regulate and enforce hunting.?
Answer- The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
24. What is the Arkansas State Beverage?
Answer- Milk
25. What has the highest elevation in Arkansas?
Answer- Mount Magazine
26. How many airports with commercial service does Arkansas have?
Answer- 8 ( As of the time writing this content)
27. What is the Arkansas State Flower?
Answer- Apple Blossom
28. Arkansas borders which US State to the west?
Answer- Oklahoma
29. What is the Arkansas State Bird?
Answer- Mockingbird
30. What is Arkansas’ state motto?
Answer- Regnat Populus
31. What is known as the longest river in Arkansas?
Answer- Mississippi River
32. What is the all-time record high temperature for Arkansas?
Answer- 120°
33. Arkansas have ________ counties?
Answer- 75
34. Name Arkansas’ state Musical Instrument.
Answer- Fiddle
35. How many Fortune 500 companies are based in Arkansas, including Walmart?
Answer- Six.
36. Arkansas is the only US State that produces ______________?
Answer- Diamond
37. Name a U.S. President who was born in Arkansas.
Answer- William Jefferson Clinton
38. In Arkansas, It’s illegal in to honk your horn at a sandwich shop after 9 pm.
Answer- True
39. What did Arkansas vote to do when the Gulf states seceded from the Union in early 1861?
Answer- Arkansas voted to remain in the Union.
40. What do the three stars, below the word “ARKANSAS” on the Arkansas State flag, represent?
Answer- The three countries that the territory belonged to
41. Arkansas seceded after President Lincoln demanded Arkansas troops be sent to where?
Answer- Fort Sumter.
42. In what land region are the Arkansas Boston Mountains found?
Answer- The Ozark Plateau
43. Which famous baseball player was born in Lucas, Arkansas?
Answer- Jay Hanna (Dizzy) Dean
44. what is the Arkansas police department called?
Answer- the Arkansas Department of Public Safety
45. The all-time leading Arkansas quarterback with regard to career passing yards is:
Answer- Tyler Wilson
46. what is the second most populous city in Arkansas
Answer- Fayetteville
47. What is the most common tree plant in Arkansas
Answer- oaks,
48. What is Arkansas’s favorite music
Answer- country music
49. Is abortion legal in Arkansas?
Answer- False
50. What is the Arkansas governor’s house called?
Answer- Arkansas Governor’s Mansion.
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