55+ Arkansas Trivia Questions

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.

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Arkansas Trivia Questions

1. Which of these cities is not in Northwest Arkansas?

2. Which of these is not a mountain in the Ouachita Mountains?

3. Which two lakes are closest to the city of Hot Springs?

4. Which city in Arkansas is sometimes referred to as the spinach capital of the world?

5. What Arkansas city is the brick capital of the world?

6. Baum Stadium at George Cole Field is located at what Arkansas University?

7. Texarkana is in which geographic region of Arkansas?

8. Which city in Arkansas is home to Alltel Arena?

9. Arkansas State is in which city and geographical region?

10. The Great Passion Play is held in what Arkansas city?

11. Where does Arkansas rank compared to the rest of the states in size?

12. Where does Arkansas rank compared to the rest of the States in population?

13. Arkansas borders what state to the south?

14. What is Arkansas’ all-time record high temperature?

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Arkansas Geography trivia

15. What is the capital city of Arkansas?

16. What city in Arkansas has the most people?

17. What is the official Arkansas state nickname?

18. What is the predominant religion?

19. On what date did the Territory of Arkansas get admitted to the Union?

20. The name Arkansas is derived from the same root as the name for what other state?

21. 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?

22. What is the all-time record low temperature in Arkansas?

23. The legislature passed a non-binding resolution in 2007 declaring the possessive form of the state’s name to be what?

24. The Mississippi River forms most of Arkansas’s what?

25. Arkansas, like most other Southern states, is part of the what?

26. Where is the highest point in Arkansas at 2,753 feet?

27. The Mississippi River has major tributaries that include the Arkansas River, the White River, and what?

28. What State Park near Murfreesboro is the world’s only diamond-bearing area where the public can dig for diamonds?

29. Arkansas has a dozen Wilderness Areas for outdoor recreation and is open to hunting, fishing, hiking, and camping totaling how many acres?

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Arkansas facts

30. A US Forest Service survey found that 18,720,000 acres or 56% of Arkansas’s total land area is what?

31. In Little Rock Arkansas in July, high temperatures average around 93 °F with lows around what?

32. How many Fortune 500 companies are based in Arkansas, including Walmart?

33. Between 40 and 60 inches per year of “what” is typical throughout the state?

34. Before the arrival of the white man, Arkansas was inhabited by what tribes?

35. What famous explorer visited the state in 1541?

36. In 2012, what percentage of the state’s population was white?

37. Napoleon Bonaparte sold Louisiana to the US in the year 1803, which included Arkansas, in a purchase known today as the what?

38. On what date was the Territory of Arkansas organized?

39. When Arkansas applied for statehood, what issue was raised in Washington DC?

40. What did Arkansas vote to do when the Gulf states seceded from the Union in early 1861?

41. Arkansas seceded after President Lincoln demanded Arkansas troops be sent to where?

42. Battles early in the Civil War that took place included the Battle of Cane Hill, Battle of Pea Ridge, and what other battle?

43. Under the Military Reconstruction Act, on what date did Congress declare Arkansas restored to the Union?

44. Who did President Dwight D. Eisenhower send, in September 1957, to Little Rock Arkansas?

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Arkansas trivia quiz

45. Where was Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, born?

46. How many total years did Bill Clinton serve as Governor of Arkansas?

47. Arkansas’s capital city has been Little Rock since 1821 when it replaced what?

48. During the Civil War when the Union armies threatened the city in 1862 the state capitol was moved to Hot Springs and later where?

49. Arkansas has how many cities with populations above 50,000?

50. How many people did Arkansas have according to the United States Census Bureau estimates on July 1, 2012?

51. 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?

52. What percentage of the population is employed in the agricultural sector in the state?

53. How many state parks does Arkansas have?

54. What is the most popular museum, with 604,000 visitors in 2012 in its first year?

55. What is one of the oldest sports in Arkansas?

56. In 1915 the state created what to regulate and enforce hunting.

57. When did the University of Arkansas first field a football team?

58. Arkansans when compared with the rest of the US, have a high incidence of premature death, infant mortality, cardiovascular deaths, and what?

59. 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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