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ALL About Pennsylvania Trivia Quiz

This quiz is all about Pennsylvania.

A multiple-choice quiz by fireman434. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
fireman434

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
75,777

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

Plays
3478

Last 3 plays: Guest 71 (12/15), malcolm1313 (13/15), Guest 216 (11/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. What city is known as the Steel City? Hint

Altoona

Pittsburgh

Philadelphia

Johnstown

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Question 2 of 15

2. What Pennsylvanian city was the capital of the United States for 10 years? Hint

Pittsburgh

Philadelphia

Harrisburg

Johnstown

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Question 3 of 15

3. What river forms from the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers? Hint

Ohio

Youghogheny

Delaware

Mississippi

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Question 4 of 15

4. What year did Pennsylvania's first newspaper start? Hint

1815

1745

1779

1719

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Question 5 of 15

5. Where was Benjamin Franklin born? Hint

Philadelphia

New York

Pittsburgh

Boston

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Question 6 of 15

6. Ben Franklin started the first what? Hint

Volunteer Fire Company

Electric Company

Ambulance Service

Printing shop

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Question 7 of 15

7. What slave mailed himself to freedom? Hint

Joe Harvey

Henry Brown

Ben Davis

John Smith

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Question 8 of 15

8. Where was the Heinz Company started? Hint

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Johnstown

Irwin

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Question 9 of 15

9. What year did the J.Edgar Thomson Works open? Hint

1866

1875

1900

1889

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Question 10 of 15

10. What famous NFL quarterback is from Monongahela,Pennsylvania? Hint

Terry Bradshaw

Dan Marino

Joe Montana

Jim Kelly

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Question 11 of 15

11. Where was Little League Baseball started? Hint

Williamsport

Scranton

Dubois

Philadelphia

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Question 12 of 15

12. What is the capital of Pennsylvania? Hint

Pittsburgh

Harrisburg

Johnstown

Philadelphia

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Question 13 of 15

13. What college is located at State College, Pennsylvania? Hint

Penn State

Penn

Gannon

Temple

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Question 14 of 15

14. What mountain range runs through Pennsylvania? Hint

Rocky

Ouachita

Green

Appalachians

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Question 15 of 15

15. What year did Pennsylvania get statehood? Hint

1775

1787

1790

1802

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What city is known as the Steel City?

Answer: Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is located in the southwestern part of the state.

2. What Pennsylvanian city was the capital of the United States for 10 years?

Answer: Philadelphia

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

3. What river forms from the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers?

Answer: Ohio

4. What year did Pennsylvania's first newspaper start?

Answer: 1719

The first American newspaper started in 1704 in Boston.

5. Where was Benjamin Franklin born?

Answer: Boston

He ran away to Philadelphia in 1723 at the age of 17.

6. Ben Franklin started the first what?

Answer: Volunteer Fire Company

It was called the Union Fire Company.

7. What slave mailed himself to freedom?

Answer: Henry Brown

He mailed himself from Richmond,Virginia to Philadephia.

8. Where was the Heinz Company started?

Answer: Pittsburgh

9. What year did the J.Edgar Thomson Works open?

Answer: 1875

It still operates in Braddock, a suburb of Pittsburgh.

10. What famous NFL quarterback is from Monongahela,Pennsylvania?

Answer: Joe Montana

11. Where was Little League Baseball started?

Answer: Williamsport

It started in 1939.

12. What is the capital of Pennsylvania?

Answer: Harrisburg

13. What college is located at State College, Pennsylvania?

Answer: Penn State

Home of the Nittany Lions.

14. What mountain range runs through Pennsylvania?

Answer: Appalachians

15. What year did Pennsylvania get statehood?

Answer: 1787

Source: Author fireman434

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