Q 01/05

Savannah holds what distinction among the cities of its state?

A) Oldest city

B) Largest city

C) Highest city

D) Newest city

Answer · why

A) Oldest city

Founded in 1733, it was the colonial capital and then the first state capital before Augusta took over.

Q 02/05

Which British general landed at Yamacraw Bluff with the first settlers on 12 February 1733?

A) Edward Braddock

B) James Oglethorpe

C) James Wolfe

D) John Burgoyne

Answer · why

B) James Oglethorpe

He was greeted by the Yamacraw chief Tomochichi and the traders John and Mary Musgrove.

Q 03/05

What was the name of the ship that carried Oglethorpe and the first colonists to Savannah?

A) The Mayflower

B) The Susan Constant

C) The Anne

D) The Georgia

Answer · why

C) The Anne

The colony's founder had chaired a Parliamentary committee on debtors' prisons and hoped to resettle Britain's 'worthy poor'.

Q 04/05

As a colonial administrator, Oglethorpe instituted a ban on slavery and on what else in early Georgia?

A) Tobacco

B) Lawyers

C) Horses

D) Alcohol

Answer · why

D) Alcohol

Both bans were lifted within a couple of decades as the colony's economy shifted toward plantations.

Q 05/05

How many of Savannah's original public squares survive in its Historic District?

A) 12

B) 18

C) 30

D) 22

Answer · why

D) 22

The layout, known as the Oglethorpe Plan, arranged each ward around a central square with four residential and four civic blocks.