Arkansas is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. Missouri borders it toward the north, Tennessee, and Mississippi toward the east, Louisiana toward the south, and Texas and Oklahoma toward the west. Its name is from the Osage language, a Dhegiha Siouan language, and alluded to their relatives, the Quapaw public. The state’s assorted geography ranges from the mountainous areas of the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains, which make up the U.S. Inside Highlands, to the thickly forested land in the south known as the Arkansas Timberlands, toward the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River and the Arkansas Delta.
Here we have gathered some informative Arkansas trivia questions for you to enjoy and get some information.
On what date did the Territory of Arkansas get admitted to the Union?
Answer: June 15, 1836
The name Arkansas is derived from the same root as the name for what other state?
Answer: Kansas
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
What is the all-time record low temperature in Arkansas?
Answer: -29 °F at Gravette, on February 13, 1905
The legislature passed a non-binding resolution in 2007 declaring the possessive form of the state’s name to be what?
Answer: Arkansas’s which has been followed increasingly by the state government
The Mississippi River forms most of Arkansas’s what?
Answer: Eastern border
Arkansas, like most other Southern states, is part of the what?
Answer: Bible Belt
Where is the highest point in Arkansas at 2,753 feet?
Answer: Mount Magazine in the Ouachita Mountains
The Mississippi River has major tributaries that include the Arkansas River, the White River, and what?
Answer: The St. Francis River
What State Park near Murfreesboro is the world’s only diamond-bearing area where the public can dig for diamonds?
Answer: Crater of Diamonds State Park
Arkansas has a dozen Wilderness Areas for outdoor recreation and is open to hunting, fishing, hiking, and camping totaling how many acres?
Where was Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, born?
Answer: In Hope, Arkansa
How many total years did Bill Clinton serve as Governor of Arkansas?
Answer: 12 years
Arkansas’s capital city has been Little Rock since 1821 when it replaced what?
Answer: Arkansas Post
During the Civil War when the Union armies threatened the city in 1862 the state capitol was moved to Hot Springs and later where?
Answer: Washington
Arkansas has how many cities with populations above 50,000?
Answer: Nine
How many people did Arkansas have according to the United States Census Bureau estimates on July 1, 2012?
Answer: 2,949,132
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
What percentage of the population is employed in the agricultural sector in the state?
Answer: About 3%
How many state parks does Arkansas have?
Answer: 52 state parks
What is the most popular museum, with 604,000 visitors in 2012 in its first year?
Answer: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville
What is one of the oldest sports in Arkansas?
Answer: Hunting
In 1915 the state created what to regulate and enforce hunting.
Answer: The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
When did the University of Arkansas first field a football team?
Answer: In 1894
Arkansans when compared with the rest of the US, have a high incidence of premature death, infant mortality, cardiovascular deaths, and what?
Answer: Occupational fatalities
Arkansas it typically ranked as one of the least healthy states to live in because of high obesity, smoking, and what?
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