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Vermont History Trivia

Vermont History Trivia Quizzes

Vermont History

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A test of your knowledge about the 14th state.

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Vermont History Trivia Questions

1. How many counties are there in Vermont?

From Quiz Vermont History

Answer: 14

There are 14 counties in the 14th state.

2. What is Vermont's nickname?

From Quiz Vermont History

Answer: The Green Mountain State

Maine is the Pine Tree State, New Jersey is the Garden State and New Hampshire is the Granite State.

3. During the American Revolutionary War, Vermont had a militia known as "The Green Mountain Boys." Who was its leader?

From Quiz Vermont History

Answer: Ethan Allen

Seth Warner was a colonel in "The Green Mountain Boys." Remember Baker was a captain. Richard Snelling was a 20th century Vermont governor.

4. A turning-point in the American Revolution was the Battle of Bennington (VT). Where did the battle actually occur?

From Quiz Vermont History

Answer: Walloomsac, NY

Old Vermonters will tell you that the battle was fought in New York so good Vermont farmland didn't get torn up.

5. Why didn't Vermont immediately join the Union after the signing of the Declaration of Independence?

From Quiz Vermont History

Answer: It was an independent republic until 1791.

While New York and New Hampshire both claimed parts of Vermont under English law, these claims were abandoned after the U.S. declared independence.

6. The northernmost land action of the American Civil War took place in which Vermont town?

From Quiz Vermont History

Answer: St. Albans

Confederate soldier Bennett H. Young was a prisoner of war who escaped to Canada from Ohio. He proposed raids on the Union from Canada to get money for the Confederate treasury. On October 19, 1864, he and a group of twenty robbed the three St. Albans banks of a total of $208,000. They escaped to Canada where they were captured by Canadian authorities.

7. What is the Vermont state bird?

From Quiz Vermont History

Answer: Hermit Thrush

The Black-Capped Chickadee is the state bird of Maine; the Purple Finch is the state bird of New Hampshire. No state claims the Pine Siskin.

8. Philip H. Hoff was elected Governor of Vermont in 1962. He was the first governor from the Democratic Party in how many years?

From Quiz Vermont History

Answer: 108

The last Democratic governor before Hoff was John S. Robinson from 1853 to 1854.

9. Vermont has a quarterly magazine dedicated to showcasing Vermont's attractions and beauty. What is it's name?

From Quiz Vermont History

Answer: Vermont Life

"Vermont Life" was founded in 1946.

10. Who swore in Calvin Coolidge as the 30th president of the United States for his first term?

From Quiz Vermont History

Answer: His father

Coolidge was Vice-President of the United States under Warren G. Harding. When Harding died in office Coolidge was visiting his family's home in Plymouth Notch, Vt. At 2:47 A.M. on August 3, 1923, Coolidge was sworn into office by his father, who was a justice of the peace.

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