Alabama Trivia Quiz

Answer: True

Founded in the city of Tuskegee University by Booker T. Washington, the school was first known as Tuskegee Normal. It was renamed in 1937 to Tuskegee Institute, and to Tuskegee University in 1985.

The school was the first of its kind in the state, and one of the first in the country to provide higher education for African Americans.

Among the famous alumni, George Washington Carver conducted many of his famous agricultural experiments while teaching at the school.

Answer: True

The flag was designed in the state and first flown over the state capitol in 1861.

Alabama was one of the first seven states to cede from the Union prior to the U.S. Civil War.

Answer: False

Carver was a Missouri-born botanist and freed slave who did in fact teach farmers about the need to replenish nutrients in the soil.

He is famous, however, for teaching people to farm peanuts. Included in his goal to get farmers on board, he came up with more than 100 recipes on how to use peanuts that went unsold in the years that farmers needed to plant them.

Answer: False

Alabama initially joined the Union on Dec. 14, 1819 as the 22nd state. The state was fifth to leave the union and a charter member of the Confederacy when it officially began in Feb. 1861.

Answer: False

William Bibb did die in office, and Thomas Bibb did replace him. Thomas however wasn't William's son, but his brother.

Thomas wasn't picked as the replacement due to familial ties, but by state law. He was the head of the state senate at the time, and the line of succession directed him to be named the replacement for his brother.

William served in office from Nov. 1819 until his death in July 1820.

Answer: True

Alabama was the second largest (by population) state in the U.S. to not have a team in the National Basketball Association, National Hockey Association, Major League Baseball or National Football League home during the entire century.

Fans were forced to support teams from other areas, or find minor league teams to root for.

Answer: False

The body of water that borders the southern most portion of the state is the Gulf of Mexico.

The other borders of the state include Tennessee to the north, Mississippi the west and both Georgia and the panhandle of Florida to the east.

Answer: True

The song was written in direct response to Neil Young's hits "Southern Man" from 1970 and "Alabama" from 1972.

Both songs dealt with racial issues, segregation and other social hot button topics. Lyrics within the song mention Young by name.

The lyrics directly blasting young include:
"Well, I heard Mister Young sing about her
Well, I heard ol' Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A Southern man don't need him around anyhow"

Answer: False

Sitting in Dale County, the town is actually named for all of the business "enterprises" if offered settlers in the late 1800s when it was founded.

The city is home to the infamous boll weevil monument. The monument was erected to honor the history of the city, which saw a huge attack of the pests in the early 1900s.

The attack ended up causing the local farmers to switch from cotton (which the weevils attacked) to peanuts, which lead to a prosperous time for the city.

The monument depicts a woman holding a pedestal with a boll weevil perched atop it.

Answer: True

Davis was the first, and only, president of the short-lived country.

Born in Kentucky, he was a United States senator from Mississippi and owned more than 100 slaves.

Davis actually spoke out against the separatist movement prior to taking control of the newly formed country. He was a major proponent of individual states' rights.

He was imprisoned from 1865 until 1867 when he was released on bond and fled to Canada. He was given a presidential pardon in 1868, and eventually returned to the U.S. and became the president of Texas A&M University.

He died in 1889.