Pennsylvania Trivia

1. P: Which major Pennsylvania city is bisected by the Schuylkill and bordered by the Delaware River?

From Quiz Pennsylvania Places P to A

Answer: Philadelphia

Philadelphia, on the Delaware River, is by far the largest city in the state, with a 2010 population of over one and a half million. It was founded in 1682 by William Penn. Rich in history, it was the largest and busiest city in the country into the 19th century, and was where both the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution were drafted and signed. "Schuylkill" means "hidden river" in Dutch, so use of "river" after the name is redundant. The river originates in the Pocono Mountains, is 135 miles long, and is the largest tributary of the Delaware.

From Quiz Pennsylvania, the "Keystone State"

Answer: six

New York lies to the north, New Jersey lies directly east, Delaware lies southeast, Maryland and West Virginia lie south and southwest respectively, and Ohio is west of the state.

From Quiz Quirky Place Names - Pennsylvania

Answer: King of Prussia

The King of Prussia Inn was one of the major stopping places on the road to Lancaster and westward in colonial times. Urban growth left the inn high and dry on the median of a major highway for years. In 2000 it was moved and now is open to the public again.

From Quiz Pennsylvanian Counties

Answer: Forest County

For this quiz, all population figures are based on the 2000 US Census. Forest County is located in northwestern Pennsylvania. It has a population of 4,946 people and is quite rural. The county seat of Forest County is Tionesta. Cameron County is in the north central part of Pennsylvania, and is also in a very rural area. Its 2000 population is 5,975, and its county seat is Emporium. Juniata County is in central Pennsylvania. Juniata is often mispronounces as "Juanita," while in reality it is pronounced joo-nee-at-ah (sometimes the 'J' is silent, leading to the pronunciation of you-nee-at-ah). It has a population of 22,821 and its county seat is Mifflintown. Northampton is the least rural of the counties listed. Its population is 267,066. It is on the far eastern part of the state (bordering New Jersey). It is located in the Lehigh Valley, which is the location of Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton (Easton being the county seat).

From Quiz Central Pennsylvania Towns

Answer: Harrisburg

Harrisburg was founded by John Harris in the late 1700s, and soon became Pennsylvania's capital city. Mark Twain visited Harrisburg in the 1830s-1840s, and found it to be one of the best cities he had visited in the United States!

From Quiz Weird Pennsylvania 1

Answer: Rosicrucians

They belong to the Rosicrucians, otherwise known as the Fraternitas Rosae Crusis. Ben Franklin was even a member!

From Quiz Pennsylvania

Answer: Secretary of Homeland Security

After the attacks of September 11, 2001 President Bush founded the Department of Homeland Security. Ridge accepted Bush's invitation to head the Department. The Secretary of State at the time was Colin Powell. When George W. Bush ran for President in 2000 Ridge was considered as an option for Bush's running mate. Dick Cheney ended up being Bush's running mate, and he became Vice President when Bush was inaugurated.

From Quiz Mother Cumberland

Answer: Carlisle

Shippensburg was the county seat until 1751, when Carlisle, then known as LeTort's Spring, was chosen over Newville for the permanent site of the county seat. The Old Court House in Shippensburg is still standing on the corner of King and Queen Streets. In Carlisle, the original courthouse still stands across from the new courthouse on the corner of High and Hanover Streets.

From Quiz The City of Brotherly Love

Answer: The Italian Market

The Italian Market is an open-air shopping area in South Philly where you can buy everything from produce to clothes. And if you're Rocky Balboa, someone is bound to toss you some fruit as you jog by.

From Quiz North Central Pennsylvania

Answer: Grand Army of the Republic Highway

There is at least one sign proclaiming it as so in each county Route 6 runs through. Also, Route 6 is not mentioned on Mapquest.com, only Grand Army of the Republic Highway.

From Quiz Caves of Pennsylvania

Answer: Stalactites

Stalagmites grow from the floor up.

From Quiz ALL About Pennsylvania

Answer: Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is located in the southwestern part of the state.

From Quiz Philadelphia

Answer: Temple University

Temple University was founded in 1884, and its mascot is the owl, relating to the college's early days as a night school. Since 2013, Temple's sports teams have been members of the American Athletic Conference. Drexel are known as the Dragons, Pennsylvania are the Quakers and Villanova are the Wildcats.

From Quiz Erie, Pennsylvania

Answer: Presque Isle State Park

Presque Isle State Park stretches out into the waters of the lake and provides residents with recreational walkways, 13 beaches and a marina. Boating, swimming and bird watching are common pursuits. The peninsula was formed by glacial action thousands of years ago.

From Quiz Pennsylvania

Answer: Tom Ridge

Rudy Giuliani was a mayor of New York and Jesse Ventura was the governor of Minnesota. Janet Reno was the Attorney General of the US from 1993-2001.

From Quiz All About Philadelphia

Answer: Cheese Steaks

The cheese steak is very popular in Philadelphia. It has onions and melting cheese in it. The other answers also exist in Philly but none is the food product it's famous for.

From Quiz Pennsylvania Places P to A

Answer: New Hope

New Hope is a charming and scenic hamlet less than an hour north of Philadelphia along the Delaware River; it's a true haven for the arts. The Bucks County Playhouse stages productions in an old mill dating to the 1780s. There are numerous music venues and art shows, and the restaurant scene is vibrant. The town, originally called Coryell's Ferry, got its name when a fire razed many of the mills and the residents rebuilt them, providing "new hope". A few miles north of New Hope, Washington made his daring crossing of the Delaware on Christmas night of 1776, preceding his surprise attack on British forces in Trenton, New Jersey. Tourism is the area's bread and butter, with an unparalleled Christmas display each winter and tubing on the river in the summer adding to the festivities.

From Quiz Pennsylvania, the "Keystone State"

Answer: Appalachian

The Appalachian mountain range lies mostly within the U.S. but also extends northward into southeastern Canada. The 2,175-mile Appalachian Trail is a hiking trail that passes over most of the Appalachians. It begins in Maine and extends south into Georgia.

From Quiz Pennsylvanian Counties

Answer: Crawford County

Crawford County is located in northwestern Pennsylvania. The lake is Conneaut Lake. The key parts of this question are natural and entirely within Pennsylvania. Huntingdon County, in south-central Pennsylvania, is home to Raystown Lake the largest lake in Pennsylvania. Raystown, however, is a man-made lake, created by the damming of the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River. The largest natural lake with some part of it in Pennsylvania is Lake Erie, but Pennsylvania also shares Lake Erie with New York, Ohio, Michigan, and Ontario, Canada. Pennsylvania's only access to Lake Erie is in Erie County, PA (Ohio and New York also have Erie Counties, however, none of them touch one another). Westmoreland County is east of Pittsburgh, and while it does have some lakes, these are not major bodies of water.

From Quiz Central Pennsylvania Towns

Answer: Carlisle

Dickinson Law College was named after the Declaration of Independence signer John Dickinson. It is now part of The Pennsylvania State University.

From Quiz Pennsylvania Here and There

Answer: Bellefonte

Bellefonte, pronounced bell-font, has been home to seven US state governors. James Beaver, Andrew Curtin, Daniel Hastings, William Bigler, and William Packer were Governor of Pennsylvania, while John Bigler governed California and Robert Walker Kansas. Students at nearby Penn State University in State College, PA are familiar with all of those last names as building names on campus. Bellefonte is the county seat of Centre County and has many Victorian Era homes in the downtown areas. The Mills Brothers singing group lived here for many years. The name Bellefonte is derived from the French for "beautiful fountain". Its Big Spring flowing into Spring Creek is the basis for the name.

From Quiz Weird Pennsylvania 1

Answer: 16

Taking place in towns including Altoona, Allentown, Juniata, and Pottstown, the reports occurred over a series of 14 years. However, the 16 reports did not include Pennsylvania's own Roswell, the Kecksburg UFO crash.

From Quiz Pennsylvania

Answer: William Penn

Penn founded Pennsylvania in 1681. Penn was a Quaker who got the land in a grant from the King of England. Penn created Pennsylvania for Quakers, but he allowed for the freedom of worship. Penn formed Philadelphia as the capital of the colony. "Pennsylvania" is a Latin phrase meaning "Penn's Woodlands." George Calvert was the first Lord Baltimore, and he founded Maryland in 1634 as a haven for Catholics. Oglethorpe founded Georgia in 1733, the last of the Thirteen Original Colonies to be founded. I am sure that "Michael Sylvan" was a real person, but I made up his name for this quiz.

From Quiz What do you know about Scranton, PA?

Answer: Jason Miller

Jason Miller was reared on the edge of Scranton. He worked as a waiter, truck driver, and welfare investigator before breaking into acting professionally. Jason Miller was married to Linda Gleason (daughter of Jackie) from 1963-1973. Their son is actor Jason Patric. Jason Miller died in May, 2001. He was 62. He is buried in Scranton.

From Quiz Another Trip To Amish Country PA

Answer: males are buried on one side and females on the other

Plots are given out in order of death. Males are buried on one side and females on the other. Families are not buried together, unless death has occurred at the same time, then the males would be buried next to each other and the females next to one another.

From Quiz Pennsylvania-The Keystone State

Answer: Brook Trout

The brook trout is the only species of trout native to Pennsylvania. The state fish was adopted in 1970.

From Quiz North Central Pennsylvania

Answer: Wellsboro

The Laurel Festival has been celebrated for decades and is always the second full week of June. It will soon be outdone by Dickens of a Christmas, also held in Wellsboro on the first Saturday in December.

From Quiz ALL About Pennsylvania

Answer: Philadelphia

Philadelphia was capital of the United States from 1790 to 1800.

From Quiz Philadelphia

Answer: Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is located on Benjamin Franklin Parkway and was opened in 1876. There are 72 steps leading up to the entrance and "Rocky" ran up them in the 1976 film of that name. Many (presumably young and fit) visitors can be seen trying to imitate this on a regular basis.

From Quiz Erie, Pennsylvania

Answer: Lawrence

The Lawrence was sunk by the British during the war.

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