Q 01/05

Which city serves as Vermont's state capital?

A) Burlington

B) Montpelier

C) Rutland

D) Bennington

Answer · why

B) Montpelier

Montpelier has fewer than 9,000 people, the smallest of any US state capital; it was chosen in 1805, and its townspeople paid for the first State Hous...

Q 02/05

What is Vermont's official nickname?

A) The Green Mountain State

B) The Empire State

C) The Pine Tree State

D) The Granite State

Answer · why

A) The Green Mountain State

Vermont's nickname is The Green Mountain State; the state name itself comes from the French 'vert mont', green mountain, suggested in 1777 by Thomas Y...

Q 03/05

Which horse breed, developed in Vermont, became the official state animal in 1961?

A) Arabian Horse

B) Quarter Horse

C) Appaloosa

D) Morgan Horse

Answer · why

D) Morgan Horse

The Morgan Horse breed traces to one stallion, Figure, foaled in 1789 and handed to Justin Morgan three years later as payment of a debt; the breed to...

Q 04/05

Vermont became the 14th state in 1791; which state followed as the 15th the next year?

A) Tennessee

B) Kentucky

C) Missouri

D) Alabama

Answer · why

B) Kentucky

Kentucky won approval from Congress two weeks before Vermont did, in February 1791, but its statehood was set for June 1792, so Vermont got in first.

Q 05/05

What is the highest natural point in Vermont?

A) Mount Ellen

B) Camel's Hump

C) Killington Peak

D) Mount Mansfield

Answer · why

D) Mount Mansfield

Mount Mansfield's ridge looks like a face in profile, so its summits are called the Forehead, Nose, Chin and Adam's Apple; unlike on most faces, the C...