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158 free FFA trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
50 free FFA trivia questions with answers. Thirty-three delegates in a Kansas City hotel in 1928 started what is now a million-member organisation. This FFA trivia quiz covers the National FFA Organization from the Future Farmers of Virginia and the Smith-Hughes Act through the emblem (corn, sun, plow, eagle, owl), the motto, national blue and corn gold, E. M. Tiffany's Creed, the Fredericktown jacket, official dress and pins, and the officer stations from the rising sun to the door. It also covers the milestones members recite: the 1950 federal charter, the 1965 NFA merger, women in 1969, the 1988 name change, the move to Indianapolis, degrees from Discovery to American, SAEs and CDEs, and the alumni who wore the jacket, from Jimmy Carter and Jim Ross to Taylor Swift and astronaut Ellison Onizuka. About a third of the questions are for any Greenhand, a third for chapter officers, and the rest for advisors who know who won the first Star Farmer. Every answer is checked against a cited source, mostly ffa.org and Wikipedia, shown under the question.
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Q 01In what year was FFA founded?
1928
1928 is the founding year: Future Farmers of America was established in Kansas City on November 20 at the first National FFA Convention, and the New Farmers of America for Black students followed nationally in 1935.
Q 02Where was FFA founded, and where did it hold its convention through 1998?
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri hosted the founding meeting in 1928 and every National FFA Convention for the next seventy years, through 1998.
Q 03How many delegates attended the first National FFA Convention in 1928?
33
33 delegates from 18 states met at Kansas City's Baltimore Hotel on November 20, 1928 to organize the Future Farmers of America.
Q 04Who was the first national FFA president?
Leslie Applegate
Leslie Applegate of New Jersey was elected the first national FFA president at the founding convention in Kansas City in 1928.
Q 05FFA was modelled on an organisation founded in 1925 in which state?
Virginia
Henry Groseclose and three colleagues at Virginia Tech organised the Future Farmers of Virginia for boys in agriculture classes.
Q 06Which 1917 federal law established vocational agriculture courses, laying the groundwork for FFA?
The Smith-Hughes Act
The Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 funded vocational agriculture classes in public high schools; its sponsors, Senator Hoke Smith and Representative Dudley Hughes, were both Georgians.
Q 07What is the FFA motto?
Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve
Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve is the FFA motto; Head, Heart, Hands and Health comes from the 4-H pledge.
Q 08What are the official FFA colors?
National blue and corn gold
National blue and corn gold represent the blue field of the U.S. flag and golden fields of ripened corn.
Q 09The famous FFA jacket is made of what fabric?
Blue corduroy
Blue corduroy jackets were first made in 1933 for an Ohio chapter band by Dr. Gus Lintner and adopted as official dress at that year's national convention.
Q 10The FFA jacket originated with a chapter band in which Ohio town?
Fredericktown
Fredericktown's chapter band wore the first blue corduroy jackets in 1933; Van Wert later became home to the jacket maker, Universal Lettering Company.
Q 11On the FFA emblem, alongside the sun, plow, eagle and owl, what does the cross section of an ear of corn represent?
Unity
Unity is the meaning of the corn cross section: corn is grown in every state, so it stands for the common interest of all members.
Q 12On the FFA emblem, what does the owl represent?
Knowledge
Knowledge is the owl's meaning on the emblem, the wisdom an agricultural education is meant to provide.
Q 13What does the rising sun on the emblem signify?
Progress
Progress is what the rising sun signifies, with its promise that tomorrow brings 'a new day glowing with opportunity'.
Q 21The FFA treasurer is stationed by an emblem of which historical figure?
George Washington
Because Washington kept his farm accounts carefully and accurately; National FFA Week falls around his birthday.
Q 22Which officer is stationed by the door?
Sentinel
The Sentinel is stationed by the door to ensure it is open to all and to help the president keep order in meetings.
Q 23The secretary is stationed by which emblem?
The ear of corn
The ear of corn is the secretary's station, to keep records and 'correspond with other secretaries wherever corn is grown and FFA members meet'.
Q 14What does the eagle on the emblem symbolise?
Freedom
Freedom is the eagle's meaning, a national symbol of FFA's scope and members' ability to explore new horizons.
Q 15Who wrote the FFA Creed?
E. M. Tiffany
E. M. Tiffany wrote the FFA Creed, which opens 'I believe in the future of agriculture, with a faith born not of words but of deeds'.
Q 16Reciting the Creed from memory is required to earn which degree?
Greenhand
The Greenhand Degree requires the FFA Creed memorised and recited; the degrees climb from Discovery through Greenhand, Chapter and State to the American FFA Degree.
Q 17Which FFA award level was approved in 2000 for middle-school students?
Discovery
The Discovery FFA Degree, approved by convention delegates in 2000, recognizes seventh and eighth graders, who had been eligible to join since 1988.
Q 18What does SAE stand for in FFA?
Supervised Agricultural Experience
Supervised Agricultural Experience is the SAE, a hands-on project outside class; types include ownership, placement, research, school-based enterprise and service learning.
Q 19What are the competitions like meat evaluation, land judging and tractor driving called?
Career Development Events
Career Development Events (CDEs) test skills such as livestock and meat evaluation, land judging and agricultural mechanics from chapter up to national level.
Q 20Which FFA officer is stationed by the plow?
Vice president
The vice president is stationed by the plow, symbol of labor and tillage, and presides whenever the president is absent.
Q 24In what year were female students first admitted to FFA?
1969
1969 is when convention delegates voted to admit girls nationally; Julie Smiley of Washington became the first woman national officer in 1976.
Q 25Which organisation for Black agriculture students merged into FFA in 1965?
New Farmers of America
New Farmers of America, the parallel organization for Black students in segregated schools, merged into FFA in 1965 after the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Q 26Why did the organisation change its name to the National FFA Organization in 1988?
To reflect agriculture's diversity
To reflect agriculture's diversity: delegates in 1988 renamed it the National FFA Organization because members were pursuing careers well beyond production farming.
Q 27Which president signed the bill granting FFA a federal charter in 1950?
Harry Truman
Harry Truman signed Public Law 81-740 on August 30, 1950, granting FFA a federal charter from the 81st Congress.
Q 28Who was the first sitting U.S. president to speak at a National FFA Convention?
Dwight Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower addressed the National FFA Convention in Kansas City in October 1953, during FFA's 25th-anniversary year.
Q 29Which future president was a member of the Plains, Georgia FFA chapter?
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter was a Plains FFA member; he addressed the convention as former Georgia governor in 1975 and as president in 1978.
Q 30Where is the National FFA Center, dedicated in 1998?
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis has housed the National FFA Center since its 1998 dedication; the previous headquarters near Alexandria, Virginia sat on land once part of George Washington's estate.