Arkansas, the Natural State. Home of the Hogs, rice and cotton. Maybe there are a few questions in the quiz below you might not know. Give it a try…
1. What Arkansas site saw the biggest Civil War battle west of the Mississippi? Blanchard Springs; Prairie Grove; Pea Ridge; Crowley’s Ridge.
2. While driving along Route 187 to Eureka Springs, you’ll pass a tree decorated with hundreds of _______. Ribbons; Shoes; Pinwheels; Cabbage Patch Dolls.
3. In Douglas MacArthur Park in Little Rock, a monument marks the spot of the first __________ in Arkansas. Hanging; Human dissection; Post office; European settlement
4. Which of the following has NOT been a nickname of Arkansas? Land of Enchantment; The Natural State; The Bear State; The Wonder State.
5. What’s unusual about Eureka Springs’ St. Elizabeth’s Chapel, which is featured in “Ripley’s Believe It or Not?” You enter the church through the bell tower; It’s built of seashells; It’s underground.
6. Which of these is not a mountain in the Ouachita Mountains? Black Stone Mt.; White Rock Mt; Rich Mt.; Petit Jean.
7. Which city in Arkansas is considered the spinach capital of the world? Clarksville; Alma; Atkins; Arkadelphia.
8. Texarkana is in which geographic region of Arkansas? Crowley’s Ridge; Ozark Plateau; Ouachita Mountains; Gulf Coastal Plains.
9. Born in Little Rock, Ark., which of these actors is regarded as the world’s first cowboy movie star? Yakima Cannut; Broncho Billy Anderson; Randolph Scott; Jackson Sundown.
10. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, there were Japanese-American Relocation camps established in two tiny Arkansas towns. Do you know which ones? Rohwer & Jerome; Cove & Abbott; Tillar & Elaine; Rowell & Pansy.
ANSWERS
1. Pea Ridge. The Union won this battle in March 1862. 2. Filled with about 500 pairs of shoes, the Shoe Tree is a local landmark. The locals aren’t exactly sure what prompted the first person to throw their shoes into the tree. 3. A memorial was erected by the Arkansas Medical Society in 1927 to commemorate the state’s first human dissection at the spot in 1874. 4. Land of Enchantment, which is New Mexico. 5. Built in 1904, you enter the church through the bell tower. The bell tower was built over the entrance to the grounds; it’s not even attached to the chapel. 6. White Rock Mt. White Rock is in the Boston Mountains deep in the Ozark Highlands. The other three peaks soar high in the Ouachitas. 7. Alma, about 20 miles east of Fort Smith, has been featured on several television programs because of its spinach. 8. Gulf Coastal Plains. Texarkana, Ark., borders Texarkana, Texas in the Gulf Coastal Plains. 9. Broncho Billy Anderson. Given the name Max Aronson at birth, Broncho Billy Anderson claimed Pine Bluff as his hometown. He began his acting career in theatre and vaudeville in Little Rock as well as St. Louis. After moving to New York, he appeared in many films, but it was playing in 148 short westerns as Broncho Billy that established him as a star. 10. Rohwer & Jerome. This is a little known part of Arkansas history. Though nothing remains of the camps, there are historical markers at both locations in the far southeast part of the state. George “Mr. Sulu” Takei of Star Trek fame and his family were held at that Rohwer camp from 1942 to 1946.