The United States Mint 50 States Quarter Program

In 1999, the US Mint issued quarters celebrating the first five states to join the union: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia and Connecticut. In 2000, five new quarters will be released celebrating the states of Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New

Hampshire and Virginia. The first quarter to be issued in 2001 will celebrate New York, then there will be a quarter celebrating North Carolina and Rhode Island. New quarters will

Test your grammar and general knowledge with this quiz about the state of Kentucky.
be issued every year until 2008. As of November 2000, the newest quarter in circulation was the Virginia quarter.

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    Did you know that...

    ...a common joke about Kentucky is to ask whether the name of the capital of Kentucky is pronounced [lóo i vil] or [lóo ee vìl]?

    This looks like a question on pronunciation. The trick is that Louisville is NOT the capital of Kentucky... Answer question 3 and find out what the capital is.


    • 1) Kentucky was the ___________ new state admitted after the nation's founding by the 13 original states.
    First
    Second
    Third
    Last

    2) The name of the state is derived from a Cherokee name for the area south of the Ohio River and it is believed to mean _______________.
    meadowland
    land by the dirty waters
    land of the Cherokee
    green land

    3) The capital of Kentucky is ________________.
    Louisville
    Paducah
    Frankfort
    Ashland

    4) The largest city in Kentucky is ________________.
    Louisville
    Paducah
    Frankfort
    Ashland

    5) Kentucky is one of the four states that bear the name _______________, therefore the official state name is the ______________ of Kentucky.
    union - Union
    unified state - Unified State
    united state - United State
    commonwealth - Commonwealth

    6) Kentucky's official nickname is the Bluegrass State, which is derived from the famed ________________.
    Bluegrass Albert, a famous musician from Kentucky.
    bluegrass music, a music style widely appreciated in the state
    bluegrass grown in pastures in Central Kentucky.
    None of the above.

    7) Because the state's borders are in part formed by three rivers which often adjust their course, the state's boundaries are somewhat indeterminate. Which is NOT one of those three rivers?
    The Kentucky River
    The Ohio River
    The Mississippi River
    The Illinois River

    8) There are ______ large natural lakes in Kentucky.
    lots
    no
    much
    little


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