Alabama Trivia Quiz

What are your skill level and knowledge of Alabama trivia? How many questions can you answer without looking up the answers? Are you ready to learn a few odd facts about The State of Alabama?

What do you think you know about The State of Alabama? Take this quiz to find out just how much you know about the beautiful state of Alabama. Are you ready to test your Alabama wits?

Montgomery, Alabama became the first US city to initiate this form of transportation:
The Riverboat
The Subway
An electric streetcar system
The Automobile
Tuscumbia, Alabama is the birthplace of the first blind and deaf person to earn a college degree. Who was this person?
Elvis Presley
Helen Keller
Susan B. Anthony
Anne Sullivan
What is Alabama's most popular sport?
Football
Baseball
Track
Tennis
In 1955, this Alabama woman was arrested in Montgomery for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. She became known as "the mother of the civil rights movement". What was her name?
Helen Keller
Anne Sullivan
Rosa Parks
Natalie Cole
What city in Alabama is known as "Rocket City USA"?
Montgomery
Riverton
Birmingham
Huntsville
Mary Anderson, of Greene County, Alabama, was granted a patent for what invention in 1903?
the kitchen blender
windshield wipers
the vacuum cleaner
disc brakes
This popular event has been credited to the State of Louisiana but actually began in Mobile, Alabama. What is the name of this event?
Mardi Gras
Fat Tuesday
All Saints Day
Cinco De Mayo
Which city in The State of Alabama has the largest cast iron statue in the world, portraying the Roman god Vulcan?
Athens
Florence
Montgomery
Birmingham
What famous figure began his career as a local pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hank Williams, Sr.
Alan Jackson
Hank WIlliams, Jr.
This 26-year-old from Mobile, Alabama, holds the world record for the fastest 10-kilometer run on sand. Who is it?
Willie Mays
Marie Bader
Bear Bryant
Anne Sullivan
This Alabama city is hailed as the "World's Peanut Capital". What's the name of the city?
Athens
Dothan
Muscle Shoals
Florence
The first African-American military airmen were trained in Alabama and know as:
The Tuskegee Airmen
The Alabama Airmen
The Ozark Airmen
The Talladega Airmen
The longest NASCAR speedway can be found in what town in Alabama?
Waterloo
Tuscumbia
Tuscaloosa
Talladega
Alabama was the first state to declare what a holiday?
Easter
Independence Day
Christmas
Thanksgiving
The heaviest, tallest, and most powerful rocket used to carry people beyond Earth's atmosphere was designed and built where in Alabama?
The Kennedy Space Center, Huntsville
Wetumpka Space Center, Wetumpka
George C. Marshall Space Center, Huntsville
Grand Central Alabama Space Station, Russellville
How many US presidents were born or raised in Alabama?
0
1
2
3
What Alabama town is known for producing music with a very distinctive sound?
Florence
Athens
Mobile
Muscle Shoals
What is the oldest consistently populated town in The State of Alabama?
Childersburg
Mobile
Hueytown
Mooresville
What food is Alabama's official dish?
Fried Catfish and Hushpuppies
Fried Chicken and Biscuits
Shrimp and Grits
Bacon and Grits
What is Alabama's biggest tourist attraction?
The Birmingham Zoo
Point Mallard Water Park
Lookout Mountain
Huntsville Space and Rocket Center