Q 01/05

Which 1939 Hollywood epic shows the Old Mill, a park landmark across the river from Little Rock, in its opening credits?

A) The Wizard of Oz

B) The Hunchback of Notre Dame

C) Gone with the Wind

D) Wuthering Heights

Answer · why

C) Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind shows a mill that was only ever scenery. It was built in 1933 as a tourist attraction, with concrete sculpted to pass for old wood.

Q 02/05

Which 1980s sitcom set in Atlanta used Little Rock's Villa Marre as the exterior of the Sugarbaker sisters' firm?

A) Designing Women

B) The Golden Girls

C) Night Court

D) Kate & Allie

Answer · why

A) Designing Women

Designing Women borrowed a second Little Rock address too: the Arkansas Governor's Mansion appeared on screen as the home of Suzanne Sugarbaker.

Q 03/05

Which World War II general was born at a Little Rock army arsenal whose last building is now a military museum?

A) George S. Patton

B) Douglas MacArthur

C) Omar Bradley

D) George C. Marshall

Answer · why

B) Douglas MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur was born there in 1880 while his father, a Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, was posted to the barracks. The park around the museu...

Q 04/05

Which US president sent 101st Airborne paratroopers to Little Rock in 1957 so nine Black students could enter school?

A) Harry S. Truman

B) Franklin D. Roosevelt

C) John F. Kennedy

D) Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer · why

D) Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower also took the 10,000-strong Arkansas National Guard under federal command, so troops who had been used to block the students ende...

Q 05/05

Which rock band was formed after Amy Lee and Ben Moody met as teenagers at a youth camp in Little Rock?

A) Evanescence

B) Three Days Grace

C) Paramore

D) Halestorm

Answer · why

A) Evanescence

Evanescence started out playing acoustic sets in Little Rock bookstores and coffee houses. The album Fallen then sold more than four million copies in...