History of Alabama - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
Who refused to give up her bus seat in 1955? Rosa Parks
98%
What was Alabama's most important crop before the Civil War? Cotton
93%
What country controlled the coasts of Alabama much of the years between 1513–1821? Spain
90%
Who was history's first deaf-blind college graduate? Helen Keller
83%
What fictional Alabaman travelled the world and said "life is like a box of chocolates"? Forrest Gump
81%
What Harper Lee novel that tells the story of a right-doing lawyer and his family? To Kill a Mockingbird
77%
What rock band made the song "Sweet Home Alabama"? Lynyrd Skynyrd
71%
What "fat" celebration first took place in Alabama's city of Mobile in 1703? Mardi Gras
64%
In what city did three civil rights marches begin in 1965? Selma
61%
What black college trained the first African-American flying unit in the United States? Tuskegee
59%
What holiday was Alabama the first state to recognize in 1836? Christmas
51%
What is the name of the sports teams of the University of Alabama, whose football rivalrywith Auburn University has been called the "Iron Bowl"? Crimson Tide
49%
In what city were NASA rockets developed? Huntsville
46%
What rocket sent the first Americans to moon - and was built in the city above? {Saturn} V
43%
What governor wanted "segregation forever" (but later recanted)? George Wallace
42%
What number in the United States was first called in Haleyville, Alabama in 1968? 911
41%
What scientist was dubbed the "Black Leonardo" by Time magazine in 1941? George Washington Carver
35%
What type of weed was introduced to the United States and "ate the South"? Kudzu
30%
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