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Nov. 3, 2008: What famous Georgian was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1914; the first of 26 consecutive times he would be elected for the same post? Carl Vinson

Nov. 4, 2008: Jimmy Carter was defeated in the presidential election on this date in 1980 by whom? Ronald Reagan

Nov. 5, 2008: Who became the first Republican governor of Georgia in over 130 years in 2002? Sonny Perdue

Nov. 6, 2008: On this date in 1977 an earthen dam burst, the resulting flood killed 39 students and faculty at what small Georgia college? Toccoa Falls College

Nov. 7, 2008: What Georgia musicians won the award for Vocal Duo of the Year at the Country Music Association awards ceremony in 2007? Sugarland

Nov. 10, 2008: Who was the only Confederate hanged for his role in the Civil War - as commander of the Andersonville prison in Georgia? Henry Wirz

Nov. 11, 2008: Atlanta Braves pitcher Greg Maddux had won four consecutive Cy Young Awards before one of his Atlanta teammates won the award in 1996 - who? John Smoltz

Nov. 12, 2008: Disney's Song of the South had its world premier at Atlanta's Fox Theatre on this date in 1946; it was based on the works of what Georgia author? Joel Chandler Harris

Nov. 13, 2008: Construction of what notable Georgia building began on this date in 1884? Georgia State Capitol

Nov. 14, 2008: Who was the supervisor of the National Pencil Factory convicted (likely falsely) of killing a young woman in 1913, then lynched in 1915? Leo Frank

Nov. 17, 2008: What was the name of the ship that brought the first group of colonists to Georgia? Anne

Nov. 18, 2008: Who broke major league baseball's color barrier in 1947, then went on to be named National League Most Valuable Player in 1949? Jackie Robinson

Nov. 19, 2008: What famous Georgia media mogul was born on this date in 1938? Ted Turner

Nov. 20, 2008: What movie, filmed in Savannah and based an a book about an event in Savannah, premiered in Savannah on this date in 1997? Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Nov. 21, 2008: Who was the first woman to serve in the United States Senate? Rebecca Latimer Felton

Nov. 24, 2008: What building on the grounds at Warm Springs was dedicated on this date in 1933? Georgia Hall see also text of FDR speech

Nov. 25, 2008: What battle occurred on this date in 1863, effectively beginning the Union invasion of Georgia during the Civil War? Battle of Missionary Ridge

Dec. 1, 2008: The presidential election of 1824 was contested between John Quincy Adams (eventual winner), Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, and what native Georgian - the first man from Georgia to become a presidential candidate? William Harris Crawford

Dec. 2, 2008: What native Georgian was among the first group of inductees into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame? Ty Cobb

Dec. 3, 2008: What free agent baseball players signed with the Atlanta Braves on this date in 1991; he would go on to win an MVP award and help start the Braves on a 14 year division title winning streak; he now serves as their hitting coach? Terry Pendleton

Dec. 4, 2008: Who won the Heisman Trophy as college football's most outstanding player on this date in 1982? Herschel Walker

Dec. 5, 2008: Richard Penniman was born on this date in 1932; under what name did he become a famous musician? Little Richard

Dec. 8, 2008: What Georgia politician was known as the "Wild Man from Sugar Creek?" Eugene Talmadge

Dec. 9, 2008: On this date in 1865 Georgia ratified the 13th Amendment; what did this amendment do? Abolish Slavery in the United States

Dec. 10, 2008: What document was adopted by the Georgia General Assembly in 1850, accepting the Compromise of 1850? Georgia Platform

Dec. 11, 2008: Brenda Mae Tarpley was born in Georgia on this date in 1944; under what name would she achieve fame? Brenda Lee

Dec. 12, 2008: On this date in 1912, railroad workers discovered six skeletons near the home site of what famous Georgia heroine, perhaps lending credence to her legend of killing and capturing six Tories during the American Revolution? Nancy Hart

Dec. 15, 2008: Two movies with Georgia ties premiered on this date, one in 1939 and one in 1989 - can you name them? 1939 - Gone with the Wind, 1989 - Glory

Dec. 16, 2008: What was Webster County originally named; the inhabitants wanted it changed simply because they didn't like the sound of the original name? Kinchafoonee County

Dec. 17, 2008: What Georgia author is noted for his Depression-era novels Tobbaco Road and God's Little Acre? Erskine Caldwell

Dec. 18, 2008: What famous African-American actor was born in Cogdell, Georgia? Ossie Davis

Dec. 19, 2008: James L. Pierpont was a musical director at a Savannah church in the 1850s; he wrote many songs, but which one is world famous as a holiday song today? Jingle Bells

Jan. 5, 2009: The Atlanta Falcons won an NFL playoff game on this date in 2003; it was the first time the opponent had lost a playoff game on their home field. Who was that opponent? Green Bay Packers

Jan. 6, 2009: What Atlanta Brave was elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame on this date in 1997? Phil Niekro

Jan. 7, 2009: In 1795 the Georgia Legislature passed the following act: "An Act supplementary to an Act entitled 'An Act for appropriating a part of the unlocated territory of this state for the payment of the late state troops, and for other purposes therein mentioned, declaring the right of this State to the unappropriated territory thereof, for the protection and support of the frontiers of this State, and for other purposes." What infamous episode in Georgia history did this act launch? Yazoo Land Fraud

Jan. 8, 2009: From what German city did three shiploads of colonists come to Georgia, the first in 1734? Salzburg

Jan. 9, 2009: What famous almanac publisher was born in Wilkes County, Georgia? Robert Grier

Jan. 12, 2009: What native Georgian defeated the great Joe Louis to become World Heavyweight Boxing Champion in 1950? Ezzard Charles

Jan. 13, 2009: In what city did James Ogelthorpe and the first Georgia colonists land before proceeding to Georgia? Charles Town

Jan. 14, 2009: What book and movie were based on a famous murder case in Savannah? Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Jan. 15, 2009: What famous Georgian was born on this date in 1929? Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jan. 16, 2009: Who was Georgia's first African-American congressman? Jefferson Franklin Long

Jan. 20, 2009: What Georgia-born actor played in the orginal Star Trek television series and movies? DeForest Kelley

Jan. 21, 2009: What is the name given to the Civil War diary kept by Eliza Frances Andrews and published in 1908; it remains one of the best primary sources on the effect of the Civil War on families in Georgia? The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl

Jan. 22, 2009: At Georgia's Secession Convention in 1861, the decision to secede from the Union was not unanimous; how many delegates signed a protest to the Ordinance of Secession? Six

Jan. 23, 2009: What two native Georgians were among the first group of musicians inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? James Brown and Ray Charles

Jan. 24, 2009: What was the name of the orphan home George Whitfield had constructed in colonial Georgia in 1740? Bethesda

Jan. 27, 2009: The University of Georgia was chartered on this date in 1785 (the oldest state chartered University in the nation). Who wrote the original charter? Abraham Baldwin

Jan. 28, 2009: On this date in 1943 an amendment was approved creating the Board of Regents to operate the Unversity System of Georgia. Why was this necessary? Cocking Affair

Jan. 29, 2009: What Royston, Georgia native was among the first five inductees into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame? Ty Cobb

Jan. 30, 2009: The Super Bowl has been played in the Georgia Dome twice, in 1994 and 2000. Who played in these two games? 1994 - Dallas Cowboys defeated the Buffalo Bills, 2000 - St. Louis Rams defeated the Tennessee Titans

Feb. 2, 2009: Who was the famous Zoo Atlanta gorilla who died on this date in 2000? Willie B

Feb. 3, 2009: Who was the famous Georgia poet who wrote "The Marshes of Glynn?" Sidney Lanier

Feb. 4, 2009: What Georgian was chosen convention president at the Confederate States of America convention in Montgomery, AL in 1861? Howell Cobb

Feb. 5, 2009: What were Georgia's first eight counties? Burke, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Richmond, Wilkes

Feb. 6, 2009: What former Confederate general served as both a U.S. Senator (twice) and as governor of Georgia from 1886-1890? John B. Gordon

Feb. 9, 2009: What native Georgian was chosen as Vice-President of the Confederate States of America? Alexander Stephens

Feb. 10, 2009: Of Georgia's six commissioners to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, which one had also signed the Declaration of Independence? George Walton

Feb. 11, 2009: Who was born on this date in 1936 in Waycross, Georgia; he went on to become a famous actor and director? Burt Reynolds

Feb. 12, 2009: What was the name given to the Georgia colonists who opposed the Trustees' regulations and James Oglethorpe's operation of the colony? Malcontents

Feb. 13, 2009: James Ogelthorpe's dream for the colony of Georgia was for it to be a haven for whom? Poor Debtors in English Prisons

Feb. 16, 2009: James Wright was Georgia's last - and best - royal governor, but who were the first two? John Reynolds and Henry Ellis

Feb. 17, 2009: What NFL Hall of Fame player was born on St. Simons in 1936? Jim Brown

Feb. 18, 2009: What person involved with Georgia football was born on this date in 1960? Mark Richt

Feb. 19, 2009: Who became the first Jewish person to serve as governor of a state (Georgia) in 1801? David Emanuel

Feb. 20, 2009: Who was the first Georgian to build and fly an airplane? Ben Epps

Feb. 23, 2009: What child actress was born on this date in Conyers, Georgia in 1994? Dakota Fanning

Feb. 24, 2009: What Atlanta Symphony orchestra conductor won Grammy Awards for best classical album and best choral performance one month after his death in 1999? Robert Shaw

Feb. 25, 2009: On this date in 1937 a resolution was signed designating what tree as the official Georgia State Tree? Live Oak

Feb. 26, 2009: What Camilla, Georgia native, knows as the "Georgia Deacon," was the first African-American to win the world middleweight boxing championship? Theodore "Tiger" Flowers

Feb. 27, 2009: What famous actress was born on this date in Thomasville, Georgia in 1930? Joanne Woodward

Mar. 3, 2009: What University of Georgia football great was born on this date in 1962, in Wrightsville, Georgia? Herschel Walker

Mar. 4, 2009: Who was the Polish nobleman who was a hero of the American Revolution; he was killed in the siege of Savannah? Casimir Pulaski

Mar. 5, 2009: Who was the "winning" participant in the duel that killed Declaration of Independence signer Button Gwinnett? Lachlan McIntosh

Mar. 6, 2009: What treaty, opposed by many Cherokee Indians, condemned them to leaving their homelands in Georgia and moving west, on what became the Trail of Tears? Treaty of New Echota

Mar. 10, 2009: Who held the position of Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1973-2002, marking the longest tenure of any such state office in the country? Tom Murphy

Mar. 11, 2009: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America was adopted on this date in 1861; where is that document now housed? Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia

Mar. 12, 2009: The Girl Scouts of America movement was begun on this date in 1912 when eighteen girls met at whose home in Savannah, Georgia? Juliette Gordon Low

Mar. 13, 2009: What Georgia native won a cruserweight boxing championship in 1986; then the heavyweight championship three times in the 1990s? Evander Holyfield

Mar. 16, 2009: What was the first commercial radio station in Georgia (and in the South)? WSB Radio

Mar. 17, 2009: What was the name of the settlement established by the Salzburgers in colonial Georgia? Ebenezer

Mar. 18, 2009: What Georgia electoral sytem was struck down by the famous Gray v Sanders ruling in 1963? County Unit System

Mar. 19, 2009: What Revolutionary War leader helped free Savannah from the British, before going on to be elected governor and to the U.S. House and Senate, finally leading the movement to clean up the Yazoo Land Fraud scandal? James Jackson

Mar. 20, 2009: What is Georgia's official state bird and state game bird? Brown Thrasher and Bobwhite Quail

Mar. 23, 2009: What Georgian won the 1997 Academy Award for best-supporting actress? Kim Basinger

Mar. 24, 2009: What is Georgia's state fish? Largemouth Bass

Mar. 25, 2009: What Georgia author wrote Wise Blood, A Good Man is Hard to Find, and The Violent Bear it Away? Flannery O'Connor

Mar. 26, 2009: Who was the third man of the "Bourbon Triumvirate" who dominated Georgia politics after the Civil War to the turn of the century, along with John B. Gordon and Joseph E. Brown? Alfred H. Colquitt

Mar. 27, 2009: Although the 19th Amendment - giving women the right to vote - was ratified by a majority of the states in 1920, Georgia did not ratify it until when? 1970

Mar. 30, 2009: Who pioneered the use of sulfuric ether as an anesthesia during surgery? Crawford Long

Mar. 31, 2009: What Hall of Fame Georgia musician topped the music charts with "Dock of the Bay" in March of 1968, despite having died in a plane crash three months earlier? Otis Redding

Apr. 1, 2009: Who was appointed military governor of five of Georgia's sea islands during Reconstruction; he went on to be elected to the Georgia Senate, and was one of the most influential African American politicians in nineteenth-century Georgia? Tunis Campbell

Apr. 2, 2009: What is Georgia's official state marine mammal? Right Whale

Apr. 3, 2009: What famous and prophetic speech did Martin Luther King, Jr. give on the evening of April 3, 1968 - the night before he was assasinated? "I've Been to the Mountaintop"

Apr. 6, 2009: Who was the first African-American Roman Catholic bishop in the U.S.; he was born in Jones County, Georgia? James Augustine Healy

Apr. 7, 2009: What was the first newspaper published in Georgia, beginning in 1763? The Georgia Gazette

Apr. 8, 2009: What sporting feat was accomplished on this date in 1974? Hank Aaron passed Babe Ruth for most home runs in a career

Apr. 9, 2009: Which of the musical duo of Sam and Dave was born in Ocilla, Georgia? Dave Prater

Apr. 10, 2009: What comedian, noted for his appearances on the TV series "Hee-Haw," was born in Cumming, Georgia? Junior Samples

Apr. 13, 2009: Who was the African-American woman who was a pioneer in establishing a liberal arts school for African-Americans in Augusta in the 1880s? Lucy Craft Laney

Apr. 14, 2009: What two future Atlanta Braves were born on this date in 1966; both would play important roles in the World Series championship of 1995? David Justice and Greg Maddux

Apr. 15, 2009: What significant event in sports history, featuring a Georgia-born player, occured on this date in 1947? Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play in a Major League baseball game

Apr. 16, 2009: What famous civil rights manifesto did Martin Luther King, Jr. write on this day, while imprisoned? Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Apr. 17, 2009: What is Georgia's official state seashell? Knobbed Whelk

Apr. 20, 2009: What character is Georgia's official state 'Possum? Pogo

Apr. 21, 2009: What happened on this date in England in 1732, that was pertinent to Georgia history? King George II signed the colony's charter

Apr. 22, 2009: Who was primarily responsible for turning Coca-Cola from a "brain tonic" into a fountain drink, and marketing it into a worldwide success? Asa Candler

Apr. 23, 2009: Yesterday's question was about Coca-Cola - continuing that theme, what product did Coca-Cola introduce on this date in 1985? New Coke

Apr. 24, 2009: The grand opening of the building hosting the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame was held on this day in 1999; in what Georgia city is it located? Macon

Apr. 26, 2009: What Columbus, Georgia-born musician is acclaimed as the "Mother of the Blues?" Gertrude "Ma" Rainey

Apr. 27, 2009: What Atlanta educator is famous for his book The Souls of Black Folk and helped found the NAACP? W.E.B. Du Bois

Apr. 28, 2009: What noted philanthropist has both a town and college named for him in north Georgia? Young Harris

Apr. 29, 2009: On this date in 1988, the U.S. Olympic Committee selected Atlanta over what city in the U.S. that would be allowed to bid on the 1996 Summer Olympics? Minneapolis-St. Paul

Apr. 30, 2009: What Georgian resigned a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court to become Assistant Secretary of War for the Confederacy? John Archibald Campbell

May 1, 2009: On this date in 1886, a statue honoring former U.S. and Confederate Senator Benjamin Hill was unveiled in Atlanta. What famous Confederate historical figure attended the dedication? Jefferson Davis Ben Hill Statue

May 2, 2009: What specialized television station, headquartered in Georgia, began broadcasting on this date in 1982? The Weather Channel

May 3, 2009: What Georgia writer won a Pulitzer Prize on this date in 1937? Margaret Mitchell for Gone with the Wind

May 5, 2009: What Georgia-born musician fronted a family group that won many awards over its forty year career, and had a #1 hit - Midnight Train to Georgia - in 1973? Gladys Knight

May 6, 2009: Two similar events occurred on this date in 2003 and 2008; what were they? Executions of convicted murderers

May 7, 2009: What future Great Awakening evangelist arrived in Georgia at age 23 after the departure of John Wesley? George Whitefield

May 8, 2009: Who was elected as Georgia's first governor in 1777? John Treutlen

May 12, 2009: What famous person visited Georgia beginning on this date in 1791? George Washington

May 13, 2009: In 1998, the Atlanta Braves tied a major league record for doing what in 25 consecutive games? Hitting a Home Run

May 14, 2009: What Civil War battle took place in Georgia on this date in 1864? Battle of Resaca

May 15, 2009: What woman born in Rome, Georgia married a future U.S. President? Ellen Axson Wilson (first wife of Woodrow Wilson)

May 16, 2009: What tragic event in Georgia history occurred on this date in 1777? Button Gwinnett/Lachlan McIntosh duel

May 18, 2009: Who was the first woman to break the sound barrier in an airplane; she spent much of her youth in Georgia? Jackie Cochran

May 19, 2009: The Button Gwinnett/Lachlan McIntosh duel had taken place on May 16, 1777; both men were injured, which one died on this date - he had also signed the Declaration of Independence? Button Gwinnett

May 20, 2009: What Revolutionary War hero attempted to establish an independent government, called the Trans-Oconee Republic, on Indian land west of the Oconee River in 1794? Elijah Clarke

May 21, 2009: What Spaniard was the first European to explore the interior of what is now Georgia, in 1540? Hernando de Soto

May 22, 2009: What Georgia-born artist is noted for her portrait miniatures? Lucy May Stanton

May 26, 2009: On this date in 1838, Georgia militia began the roundup of Cherokee Indians, launching what infamous episode in Georgia history? Trail of Tears

May 27, 2009: What Georgia cartoonist created the comic strip "Mark Trail?" Ed Dodd

May 28, 2009: What Civil War battle took place in Georgia on this date in 1864? Battle of Dallas

May 29, 2009: What Atlanta-born man won a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics, before going on to serve as a Congressman from Illinois in the 1970s? Ralph Metcalfe

May 30, 2009: What national landmark in Washington, D.C. is carved from Georgia marble? Lincoln Memorial

June 1, 2009: What Georgia-based television network began broadcasting on this date in 1980? Cable News Network

June 2, 2009: What actor was born on this date in Savannah in 1941; he has acted in more than 50 movies and numerous television shows, including a starring role as Mike Hammer? Stacy Keach

June 3, 2009: What happened in Paris, France on this date in 1962 that had a profound effect upon Georgia? An airplane crashed, killing 115 Georgians, including 106 members of the Atlanta Art Association

June 4, 2009: John Adams was the first U.S. ambassador to Great Britain - he arrived there on this date in 1785 - who was there to greet him? James Oglethorpe

June 5, 2009: On this date in 1781, the U.S. Continental Army under Gen. Lighthorse Harry Lee, and Georgia and Carolina militia under Gen. Andrew Pickens and Col. Elijah Clarke recaptured what Georgia city from the British? Augusta

June 6, 2009: What famous Georgia-born musician was born with the name Harold Ragsdale? Ray Stevens

June 8, 2009: What two Georgians signed the U.S. Constitution? Abraham Baldwin and William Few

June 9, 2009: What former Georgia Revolutionary War leader, governor, U.S. Representative and Senator purchased and donated the land for the University of Georgia? John Milledge

June 10, 2009: What soft drink was "introduced" on this date in 1985? Coca-Cola Classic, after the failure of New Coke

June 11, 2009: Who was the first woman elected to Congress; she later moved to Georgia and founded the Georgia Peace Society? Jeannette Rankin

June 12, 2009: What native Georgian once carried the title "world's strongest man"per The Guiness Book of World Records? Paul Anderson

June 14, 2009: Who was the Georgia musician who released the first country music record - "The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane" in 1923? Fiddlin' John Carson

June 15, 2009: Charles Henry Smith was a late nineteenth century humorist who wrote a weekly syndicated column for the Atlanta Constitution and published books under what pen name? Bill Arp

June 16, 2009: The first issue of what newspaper was published on this date in 1868? Atlanta Constitution

June 17, 2009: Who was the first woman to graduate from the University of Georgia? Mary Lyndon

June 18, 2009: What United States Senator served Georgia from 1922-1957? Walter F. George

June 19, 2009: What famous character actor of the 1940s and 1950s was born in Macon? Charles Coburn

June 20, 2009: What was the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, sailing from a city of the same name? SS Savannah

June 22, 2009: What three Cherokee leaders were assasinated for their role in approving the Treaty of New Echota, which led to their removal from their lands on the Trail of Tears? Major Ridge, John Ridge, Elias Boudinot

June 23, 2009: What Cherokee was the last Confederate general to surrender his forces ending the Civil War? Stand Watie

June 24, 2009: What pioneer in women's rights was born on this date in 1840; she was active in the Women's Christian Temperance Union and the Georgia Women's Suffrage Association? Mary Latimer McLendon

June 25, 2009: What Savannah-born songwriter is famous for penning songs like "Moon River" and "Days of Wine and Roses?" Johnny Mercer

June 26, 2009: What former slave became a successful barber in Atlanta, then founded the Atlanta Life Insurance Company? Alonzo Herndon

June 27, 2009: What Civil War battle took place in Georgia on this date in 1864? Battle of Kennesaw Mountain

June 29, 2009: The Georgia Lottery was launched on this date in 1993; who bought the first ticket (he did not win anything)? Governor Zell Miller

June 30, 2009: What major figure in Georgia history died in England on this date in 1785? James Oglethorpe

Jul. 1, 2009: What is Georgia's official agricultural museum? The Georgia Agrirama

Jul. 2, 2009: What Georgia politician worked hard to preserve the Union in the controversies of the 1840s and 1850s, only to become an ardent seccessionist by 1860, and who proudly proclaimed to be "unreconstructed" after the Civil War? Robert Toombs

July 3-5, 2009: What three Georgians signed the Declaration of Independence? Lyman Hall, George Walton, and Button Gwinnett

Jul. 6, 2009: What movie, filmed partially in Savannah, was released on this date in 1994? Forrest Gump

Jul. 7, 2009: What small, but important, battle took place in colonial Georgia on this date in 1742? Battle of Bloody Marsh

Jul. 8, 2009: What former Texas congressman and presidential candidate was born in Georgia and received a Ph.D. from UGA? Phil Gramm

Jul. 9, 2009: What former Atlanta Brave received the Presidential Medal of Honor on this date in 2002? Hank Aaron

Jul. 10, 2009: Who was the Georgia jurist and legislator who served on the Georgia Supreme Court, advocated secession, served as a Confederate general, and ultimately had a U.S. Army base named in his honor? Henry L. Benning

Jul. 12, 2009: What colonial Georgia Trustee had worked closely with James Oglethorpe in Parliament, and kept a diary and journal of the Trustees' actions? John Percival, Earl of Egmont

Jul. 13, 2009: What Savannah-born man was the Republican Party's first presidential candidate, in 1856? John C. Fremont

Jul. 14, 2009: What Georgia-born golfer won the "Grand Slam" (four major tournaments) in 1930? Bobby Jones

Jul. 15, 2009: The "Georgia Bill" was enacted by the U.S. Congress on this date in 1870, effectively ending what period of Georgia history? Reconstruction

Jul. 16, 2009: What Georgian played a pivotal role in helping to reach a compromise on representation at the 1787 Constitutional Convention? Abraham Baldwin

Jul. 17, 2009: What half Creek, half English woman acted as an interpreter in early meetings between the Georgia colonists and Indians? Mary Musgrove

Jul. 19, 2009: What special sporting event began on this day in 1996? The Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta

Jul. 20, 2009: To what acts does the following excerpt from the Georgia Gazette in 1774 refer? "The critical situation to which the British Colonies in America are likely to be reduced, from the arbitrary and alarming imposition of the late acts of the British Parliament respecting the town of Boston, as well as the acts that at present exist, tending to the raising of a perpetual revenue without the consent of the people or their representatives, is considered an object extremely important at this juncture, and particularly calculated to deprive the American subjects of their constitutional rights and liberties, as a part of the British Empire. It is therefore requested that all persons with the limits of this Province do attend at Savannah, on Wednesday, the 27th of July, in order that the said matters may be taken into consideration, and such other constitutional measures pursued as may appear most eligible. Signed, Noble W. Jones, Archibald Bulloch, John Houstoun, John Walton. 14th July, 1774." Intolerable Acts

Jul. 21, 2009: The Democratic National Covention was held in Atlant in 1988; who was the nominee for President? Michael Dukakis

Jul. 22, 2009: What 1964 Supreme Court case, begun in Georgia, ruled that black customers must be served by virtue of the public accommodations provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States

Jul. 23, 2009: What new soft drink did Coca-Cola introduce in 1982? Diet Coke

Jul. 24, 2009: The 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was passed in 1919 and ratified by a majority of the states (thus becoming law) in 1920? Georgia, however, was not one of the states who ratified the amendment in 1920, in what year did Georgia finally do so? 1970

Jul. 26, 2009: What was the capital of the Cherokee Nation, established in 1825? New Echota

Jul. 27, 2009: What south Georgia city was the site of a major civil rights movement in 1961-1962? Albany

Jul. 28, 2009: What famous - or infamous - trial began on this date in 1913? Trial of Leo Frank

Jul. 29, 2009: What Georgia religious leader founded the Koinonia Farm and authored the "Cotton Patch" gospels? Clarence Jordan

Jul. 30, 2009: In what Georgia city is this (http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/statues/romulus.jpg) statue located? Rome

Jul. 31, 2009: What Georgia politician issue a call for a New South fifteen years before Henry Grady's famous speech? Benjamin Hill

Aug. 1-2: Weekend Edition: What is this feature in Stewart County, Georgia? Providence Canyon See also: Providence Canyon State Park

Aug. 3, 2009: What former Atlanta Brave was inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame on this date in 1997? Phil Niekro

Aug. 4, 2009: What special sporting event ended on this date in 1996? The Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta

Aug. 5, 2009: What Pultitzer prize winning poet was born in Savannah in 1889; his autobiography was titled Ushant? Conrad Aiken

Aug. 6, 2009: The first recorded mass murder in Georgia history took place in Bibb County on this date in 1887; what family lost nine members on that day? Woolfolk Family

Aug. 7, 2009: What Revolutionary War hero was granted a plantation near Savannah, where his wife hired Eli Whitney to tutor her children? Nathanael Greene

Aug. 8-9: Where in Georgia is this? Elephant Marker Image Moultrie Moultrie (NGE)

Aug. 10, 2009: What famous document was read to the citizens of Savannah on this date in 1776? Declaration of Independence

Aug. 11, 2009: Terry Bollea was born in Augusta on this date in 1953; under what name did he achieve fame? Hulk Hogan

Aug. 12, 2009: Between 1915 and 1923, what caused cotton production in Georgia to be cut in half? Boll Weevil

Aug. 13, 2009: What Georgia-born woman was known as the "Poppy Lady" for selling memorial poppies to fund the care of disabled soldiers during World War I? Moina Michael

Aug. 14, 2009: What famous figure from the American West was born in Griffin, Georgia? John H. "Doc" Holliday

Aug. 15-16: Where in Georgia is this? George Washington Image Sandersville

Aug. 17, 2009: Leo Frank, likely wrongly convicted of killing Mary Phagan in 1913, was kidnapped from the Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville in 1915; what happened to him on this date? He was lynched in Marietta

Aug. 18, 2009: What is Georgia's State Flower? Cherokee Rose

Aug. 19, 2009: What was the first major Civil War battle was fought in Georgia - in September of 1863? Battle of Chickamauga

Aug. 20, 2009: What bar in Savannah was the hotspot for much of the Revolutionary activity in colonial Georgia? Tondee's Tavern

Aug. 21, 2009: What recreation was banned on Sundays in Georgia in 1907 (Hint - it did not involve alcohol)? Fishing! The Prohibition on Fishing did not last.

Aug. 22-23, 2009: Where in Georgia is this? http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/trivia/brantleyrrcrossing2.jpg Brantley County

Aug. 24, 2009: What former president and chancellor of the University of Georgia is the current football stadium named for? Steadman V. Sanford

Aug. 25, 2009: What famous Georgia-based cartoon character was created by Walt Kelly? Pogo

Aug. 26, 2009: What Georgia writer is famous for the novel Lamb in His Bosom? Caroline Miller

Aug. 27, 2009: What natural event took place twice on this date in Georgia history, once in 1881 and again in 1893? Hurricanes hit the Georgia coast

Aug. 28: What Atlanta Constitition editor was famous for promoting a "New South" after the Civil War? Henry Grady

Aug. 29-30: Where in Georgia is this? brerrabbit.jpg Eatonton

Aug. 31, 2009: What Civil War battle began on this date in 1864? Battle of Jonesboro

Sept. 1, 2009: What noted singer, songwriter, and actor died on this date in 2008? Jerry Reed

Sept. 2, 2009: What man was a publisher of the Atlanta Journal before moving on to politics, leading Georgia's Progressive movement as both governor and U.S. Senator? Hoke Smith

Sept. 3, 2009: The Georgia Music Hall of Fame and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame are both located in what Georgia city? Macon

Sept. 4, 2009: What coach led the University of Georgia to a national championship in 1980, before becoming athletic director? Vince Dooley

Sept. 5-7: Where in Georgia is this? thomasjefferson.jpg Decatur in DeKalb County

Sept. 8, 2009: What Georgian, born into slavery, became the most respected bridge builder in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi? Horace King

Sept. 9, 2009: What is Georgia's largest county by area? Ware County

Sept. 10, 2009: Who was the 1995 Entertainer of the Year at the Country Music Association's award ceremony in Nashville? Alan Jackson

Sept. 11, 2009: What is the highest waterfall in Georgia (and highest east of the Mississippi River)? Amicalola Falls

Sept. 12-13: Can you identify the buidling in this picture? http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/LWH200710.jpg Little White House

Sept. 14, 2009: What famous Georgia poet was born in Union County in 1917, and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for Bow Down in Jericho? Byron Herbert Reece

Sept. 15, 2009: Who was the first Georgian to run for the presidency, in 1816 and 1824? William Harris Crawford

Sept. 16, 2009: Lincoln County, Georgia was not named for Abraham Lincoln, but for whom? Revolutionary War General Benjamin Lincoln

Sept. 17, 2009: What future Georgia governor was born in Scotland, participated in the Revolutionary movement, and signed the Articles of Confederation? Edward Telfair

Sept. 18, 2009: What huge event in Atlanta was officially opened by President Grover Cleveland (by pressing a button in Massachusetts) on this date in 1895? Cotton States and International Exposition

Sept. 19-20, 2009: Where in Georgia is this? http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/cumberland/horsesonbeach1.jpg Cumberland Island

Sept. 21, 2009: What famous Georgia artist has the UGA School of Art named for him? Lamar Dodd

Sept. 22, 2009: What early Georgia writer is most noted for his work Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, Etc. in the First Half Century of the Republic? Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

Sept. 23, 2009: What Georgia musician was born on this date in 1930, as Ray Robinson? Ray Charles

Sept. 24, 2009: Who was the Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year in both 1997 and 1998? Trisha Yearwood

Sept. 25, 2009: What Georgia writer was the first African-American to write a best-selling novel and to have a book purchased by a Hollywood studio? Frank Yerby

Sept. 26-27, 2009: Can you identify this Georgia geographical feature? http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/photogallery/images/tallulahgorge1.jpg Tallulah Gorge

Sept. 28, 2009: What Atlanta Brave won the National League batting title in 2008? Chipper Jones

Sept. 29, 2009: What Georgia writer is best known for her novel The Heart is a Lonely Hunter? Carson McCullers

Sept. 30, 2009: What former Georgia governor ran for President as an independent in 1976, opposing another former Georgia governor, Jimmy Carter? Lester Maddox

Oct. 1, 2009: What native Georgian (born on October 1, 1914) authored the three-volume The Americans series: The Colonial Experience (1958), The National Experience (1965), and The Democratic Experience (1973), which won the 1974 Pulitzer Prize? He also served as Librarian of Congress. Daniel Boorstin

Oct. 2, 2009: What doctor served as a U.S. Representative and Senator from Georgia, then moved to Alabama and became that state's first elected governor? William Wyatt Bibb

Oct. 3-4, 2009: Where in Georgia is this? statueofliberty.jpg Answer: State Capitol in Atlanta: statuecapitol.jpg

Oct. 5, 2009: What notable Indian leader and friend of James Oglethorpe died on October 5, 1739? Tomochichi

Oct. 6, 2009: What important event in the presidential campaign occurred on October 6, 1976? Second Carter/Ford debate

Oct. 7, 2009: What famous African-American leader was born in Sandersville, Georgia Oct. 7, 1897? Elijah Poole (Muhammad)

Oct. 8, 2009: What American icon arrived in Atlanta on Oct. 8, 1895 to be displayed at the Cotton States and International Exposition? The Liberty Bell

Oct. 9, 2009: What song by Georgian Ray Charles topped the Billboard Top 100 music chart in Oct., 1961? Hit the Road Jack

Oct. 10-11: What Georgia geographical feature is pictured here? http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/photogallery/images/okefenokee5.jpg Okefenokee Swamp

Oct. 12, 2009: The University of Georgia's Sanford Stadium was dedicated on this date in 1929. Who was the opponent for the inaugural game? Yale

Oct. 13, 2009: What newspaper columnist won a Pulitzer Prize for his editorials condemning school and church bombings in 1958? Ralph McGill

Oct. 14, 2009: What brothers joined James Oglethorpe in sailing for Georgia in 1735, one as a minister and one as Oglethorpe's secretary? John and Charles Wesley

Oct. 15, 2098: What native Georgian was appointed to the United States Supreme Court in 1991? Clarence Thomas

Oct. 16, 2009: Who was the first African-American mayor of a major southern city? Maynard Jackson

Oct. 17-18, 2009: Who is the man in this statue? http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/KnobStatue1.jpg Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Oct. 19, 2009: What famous department store was the target of sit-in in 1960, led by Martin Luther King Jr.? Rich's Department Store

Oct. 20, 2009: What Georgia-born National Football League running back set a single season rushing record in 1963? Jim Brown

Oct. 21, 2009: In 1964 it was announced that the Braves major league baseball franchise would be moving to Atlanta from what city? Milwaukee

Oct. 22, 2009: President Grover Cleveland arrived in Atlanta on this date in 1895; what special event was he there to attend? Cotton States and International Exposition

Oct. 23, 2009: Coca-Cola launched one of its most memorable ad camapigns in 1971; what song was featured in the campaign? I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing

Oct. 24-25, 2009: Who is this man; a very important figure in Georgia history? http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/trivia/jo88.jpg James Oglethorpe at Age 88

Oct. 26, 2009: What Atlanta-based airline was launched on this day in 1993? ValuJet, now AirTran

Oct. 27, 2009: Near what present day city was gold discovered in Georgia in 1828, beginning America's first gold rush? Dahlonega

Oct. 28, 2009: Why is this date in 1995 significant in Atlanta Braves baseball history? They won their only World Series title in 1995

Oct. 29, 2009: What Georgia musician died in Macon, GA from a motorcyle accident on this day in 1971? Duane Allman

Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2009: Can you identify this football player, and why he is important to UGA football history? http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/trivia/vgtrivia.jpg Von Gammon

Nov. 2, 2009: Jimmy Carter was elected President of the United States on this date in 1976; who did he defeat? Gerald Ford

Nov. 3, 2009: What two men were the first two African-Americans in the history of Georgia to be elected to statewide office in the executive branch of state government, in 1998? Thurbert Baker (Attorney General) and Michael Thurmond (Commissioner of Labor)

Nov. 4, 2009: Who was governor of Georgia during the infamous Trail of Tears episode in Georgia history? George R. Gilmer

Nov. 5, 2009: What Georgian won three awards at the Country Music Association's annual awards presentation in 2003 - Male Vocalist of the Year, Entertainer of the Year, and Vocal Event of the Year? Alan Jackson

Nov. 6, 2009: Who was governor of Georgia during the Civil War? Joseph E. Brown

Nov. 7-8, 2009: Where in Georgia is this - showing our state's diversity? lattrivia.jpg Clayton County

Nov. 9, 2009: What Georgia-born woman is noted as the "Poppy Lady" for her idea of selling poppies to assist disabled war veterans after Worl War I? Moina Michael

Nov. 10, 2009: Who was the last governor of Georgia born outside the United States, and may have been the first Jewish governor in the U.S. (this last point has not been firmly established)? David B. Mitchell

Nov. 11, 2009: Who served as Georgia governor from 1894-1898, his gubernatorial terms showed the declining influence of the old Confederate Redeemers? William Y. Atkinson

Nov. 12, 2009: What Georgia musical duo won the Country Music Association award for Vocal Duo of the Year in 2007,2008, and 2009? Sugarland

Nov. 13, 2009: On this date in 2006, groundbreaking ceremonies were held in Washington, D.C. for a memorial to what famous Georgian? Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nov. 14-15: Where is this collage devoted to Georgia's peanut industry located (hint, not in Plains)? peanuttrivia.jpg State Farmers' Market in Forest Park

Nov. 16, 2009: What south Georgia city was the center of an important civil rights movement beginning in 1961? Albany see also CRDL page on Albany Movement and NGE article on Albany Movement

Nov. 17, 2009: What Atlanta Brave won the National Leage Most Valuable Player award in 1999? Chipper Jones

Nov. 18, 2009: Who was the first African-American elected to Congress from Georgia since Reconstruction, in 1972? Andrew Young

Nov. 19, 2009: What famous Georgia advertising and television mogul was born on this date in 1938? Ted Turner

Nov. 20, 2009: What famous guitarist was born on this date in 1946? Duane Allman

Nov. 21-22, 2009: Two small freshwater springs from White County are pictured below; these and several other springs form the headwaters of what major Georgia river? Chattahoochee River

Nov. 23, 2009: What canal system began operation in Georgia in 1846? Augusta Canal

Nov. 24, 2009: What Georgia writer authored the best sellers Sharky's Machine and Primal Fear? William Diehl

Nov. 25-29, 2009: What historic event occurred at the site pictured here? savannahriver.jpg James Oglethorpe first landed at Yamacraw Bluff to establish the colony of Georgia

Nov. 30, 2009: The University of Georgia defeated rival Georgia Tech by the largest margin in the history of the series on this date in 2002; what was the final score? 51-7

Dec. 1, 2009: What Georgia governor presided over the "Little New Deal?" E.D. Rivers

Dec. 2, 2009: What movie filmed largely in Royston, Georgia - and about a Royston native - was released on this date in 1994? Cobb

Dec. 3, 2009: What prominent political and business leader of the antebellum era served Georgia as both a U.S. Representative and Senator, and as governor; he also helped survey Georgia's boundaries and created the Western and Atlantic Railroad? Wilson Lumpkin

Dec. 4, 2009: Who won the Heisman Trophy as college football's most outstanding player on this date in 1982? Herschel Walker

Dec. 5-6, 2009: Where is this statue of Brer Rabbit located? brerrabbit.jpg Eatonton, birthplace of Joel Chandler Harris

Dec. 7, 2009: In 1861, Georgia's Cass County was renamed Bartow County - why? Lewis Cass's lack of support for the Civil War

Dec. 8, 2009: Who was born on this date in 1765, in Massachusetts; he spent a relatively short time in Georgia, but his work had a lasting effect on the entire South? Eli Whitney

Dec. 9, 2009: What native Georgian is famous for writing the Uncle Remus stories? Joel Chandler Harris

Dec. 10, 2009: What two Georgians were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on this date, one in 1964, the other in 2002? Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jimmy Carter

Dec. 11, 2009: What famous Atlanta landmark opened on Christmas day in 1929? Fox Theatre

Dec. 12-13, 2009: What is the highest point in Georgia, pictured below? brasstownbald.jpg Brasstown Bald

Dec. 14, 2009: What U.S. President addressed a joint session of the Georgia General Assembly as part of a celebration over the American victory in the Spanish-American War? William McKinley

Dec. 15, 2009: What movie, filmed largely in Fayetteville, Juliette, Zebulon, and Senoia - premiered on this date in December of 1991? Fried Green Tomatoes

Dec. 16, 2009: What 19th century Georgia religious leader has a University in Macon named for him? Jesse Mercer

Dec. 17, 2009: What actor and long time Miss America host was born in Georgia? Bert Parks

Dec. 18, 2009: Who was John Wesley's brother, who came to Georgia with him (serving as James Oglethorpe's secretary); he later was active in the Methodist movement and wrote many hymns? Charles Wesley

Dec. 19-20, 2009: What Georgia river, pictured below, forms the largest freshwater river system east of the Mississippi River? altamahriver.jpg Altamaha River

Dec. 21, 2009: What three men all claimed to be governor in Georgia's infamous Three Governorns Affair? Melvin Thompson, Herman Talmadge, Ellis Arnall

Dec. 22, 2009: What Georgia city was initially named Terminus, then Marthasville, before obtaining its current name? Atlanta

Dec. 23, 2009: Who was the first Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court? Joseph Henry Lumpkin

Dec. 24, 2009-January 4, 2010: Tis the season! In what county is the city of Santa Claus, Georgia located? santaclaus.jpg Toombs County

Jan. 5, 2010: What Atlanta homeless advocate was born on this date in 1929? Hosea Williams

Jan. 6, 2010: Who was elected governor of Georgia on this date in 1785; he served in the Continental Army and was present at the historic American victory at Yorktown, and had a northeast Georgia county named in his honor? Samuel Elbert

Jan. 7, 2010: What future major league baseball hall of famer was born on this date in 1913 in Demorest, Georgia; his nickname was "the Big Cat?" Johnny Mize

Jan. 8, 2010: What future Civil War general was born on this date in 1821; he played a pivotal role at the Battle of Chickamauga? James Longstreet

Jan.9-10, 2010: Where in Georgia is this? rhodeshall.jpg Rhodes Hall This is one scene from a set of stained glass windows in Rhodes Hall telling the story of the Civil War--from the firing on Fort Sumter to Lee's surrender--with some selected scenes portraying Georgia leaders during the war. The stained glass windows are situated along the round stairway from the first floor to the second. Rhodes Hall, located on Peachtree St in Atlanta, used to be the State Archives. After a new archives was built, it became the home of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation.

Jan. 11, 2010: What disaster struck Savannah on this date in 1820? A Fire Left two-thirds of the Population Homeless

Jan. 12, 2010: On this date in 1896, a delegation of citizens from Rhode Island arrived in Georgia to honor what Revolutionary War hero? General Nathanael Greene

Jan. 13, 2010: What native Georgian was honored on a postage stamp issued on this date in 1979? Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jan. 14, 2010: What is Georgia's state crop? Peanut

Jan. 15, 2010: Who was inaugurated as governor of Georgia on this date in 1963? Carl Sanders

Jan. 16-18, 2010: Where is Georgia is this house and why is it significant? mlkhome.jpg Atlanta - Boyhood Home of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jan. 19, 2010: What ominous action did the state of Georgia take on this date in 1861? Seceded from the Union

Jan. 20, 2010: What was the name of the ship that brough the first permanent group of colonists to Georgia in 1733? Anne

Jan. 21, 2010: On this date in 1977, President Jimmy Carter issued a blanket pardon to what group of people? Vietnam War resisitors

Jan. 22, 2010: What site on the Savannah River did James Ogelthorpe select to settle and establish the colony of Georgia? Yamacraw Bluff

Jan. 23-24, 2010: What is this, and where in Georgia is it located? ironhorse.jpg Iron Horse in Greene County

Jan. 25, 2010: From where in Georgia was the first transcontinental telephone called placed on this date in 1915? Jekyll Island

Jan. 26, 2010: Who was the first head coach of the Atlanta Falcons? Norb Hecker

Jan. 27, 2010: Otis Redding had died in a plane crash seven weeks earlier; on this day which of his songs was released; it would hit #1 on the music charts? Dock of the Bay

Jan. 28, 2010: What early Georgia governor was also a successful merchant, and an active participant in the American Revolution who served under George Washington at Yorktown? Samuel Elbert

Jan. 29, 2010: What famous Georgia politician was born on this date in in 1878; he would serve in the U.S. Senate from 1922-1957? Walter F. George

Jan. 30-31, 2010: Where in Georgia is this, and what is it? henrycowelcomecenter.jpg McDonough Welcome Center

Feb. 1, 2010: Who was Georgia's first African-American congressman? Jefferson Franklin Long

Feb. 2, 2010: What Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence died on this date in 1804? George Walton

Feb. 3, 2010: What attempt to end the Civil War, undertaken by Georgia and Confederate Vice-President Alexander Stephens, took place on this date in 1865? Hampton Roads Peace Conference

Feb. 4, 2010: What actor, borm in Cogdell, Georgia, died on this date in 2005? Ossie Davis

Feb. 5, 2010: What brothers arrived in colonial Georgia on this date in 1736? John and Charles Wesley

Feb. 6-7, 2010: Where in Georgia is this statue, and who is it? sequoya.jpg. Calhoun, Sequoyah

Feb. 8, 2010: Who was born on this date in Ohio in 1820; he would have a lasting impact on Georgia? William Tecumseh Sherman

Feb. 9, 2010: What Georgia writer, most noted for The Color Purple, was born on this date in 1944? Alice Walker

Feb. 10, 2010: Who was the first African-American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly? Grace Towns Hamilton

Feb. 11, 2010: What is Georgia's state motto? "Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation"

Feb. 12, 2010: What treaty, signed on this date in 1825, ceded all Creek Indian lands in Georgia, and led to the assasination of the man who signed the treaty for the Creeks? Treaty of Indian Springs

Feb. 13-14, 2010: Where in Georgia is this? botgardens.jpg. State Botanical Garden of Georgia in Athens

Feb. 15, 2010: How was the infamous Yazoo Act, which launched the Yazoo Land Fraud, finally destroyed? "Fire from Heaven" (using a magnifying glass to ignite it)

Feb. 16, 2010: What is Georgia's official state butterfly? Tiger Swallowtail

Feb. 17, 2010: What Georgia congressman was primarily responsible for establishing Rural Free Delivery of U.S. Mail in 1893? Tom Watson

Feb. 18, 2010: Who were the first two African-American students to enroll at the University of Georgia? Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes

Feb. 19, 2010: What female Georgia writer was born on in Columbus this date in 1917? Carson McCullers

Feb. 20-21, 2010: Where in Georgia is this? museumaviation.jpg Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins

Feb. 22, 2010: What three native Georgians have won the Masters Golf Tournament? Claude Harmon (1948), Tommy Aaron (1973), Larry Mize (1987)

Feb. 23, 2010: What civil rights activist taught for many years at Atlanta University before founding the Niagra Movement and helping to start the NAACP? W.E.B. Du Bois

Feb. 24, 2010: What future Georgia governor was born on this date in 1932, in the mountain town of Young Harris, GA? Zell Miller

Feb. 25, 2010: What Atlanta artist worked for the Forest Service and created the enduring image of Smokey Bear? Harry Rossoll

Feb. 26, 2010: The 1995 Atlanta Braves won the World Series; how were they honored for this accomplishment on this date in 1996? Visited the White House with President Bill Clinton

Feb. 27-28, 2010: Where in Georgia is this? wildertower.jpg Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

March 1, 2010: Mar. 1, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? jackiecochran2.jpg Jackie Cochran

Mar. 2, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? trishayearwood.jpg Trisha Yearwood

Mar. 3, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? mattiwildadobbs.jpg Mattiwilda Dobbs

Mar. 4, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? ellenlawilson.jpg Ellen Louise Axson Wilson (wife of President Woodrow Wilson)

Mar. 5, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? gthamilton.jpg Grace Towns Hamilton

Mar. 6-8, 2010: Who are these famous Georgia women? alicewalker2.jpg Alice Walker and jglow.jpg Juliette Gordon Low hunterh.jpg Holly Hunter

Mar. 9, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? jeannetterankin.jpg Jeannette Rankin

Mar. 10, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? gladysknight.jpg Gladys Knight

Mar. 11, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? carsonmccullers.jpg Carson McCullers

Mar. 12, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? amygrant.jpg Amy Grant

Mar. 13-14, 2010: Who are these famous Georgia women? marainey2.jpg Gertrude "Ma" Rainey and kimbasinger.jpg Kim Basinger

Mar. 15, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? wyomiatyus.jpg Wyomia Tyus

Mar. 16, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? corraharris.jpg Corra Harris

Mar. 17, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? leahwardsears.jpg Leah Ward Sears

Mar. 18, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? lenahorne.jpg Lena Horne

Mar. 19, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? juliaroberts.jpg Julia Roberts

Mar. 20-21, 2010: Who are these famous Georgia women? brendalee.jpg Brenda Lee and teresaedwards.jpg Teresa Edwards

Mar. 22, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? moinamichael.jpg Moina Michael

Mar. 23, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? tonibraxton.jpg Toni Braxton

Mar. 24, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? joannewoodward.jpg Joanne Woodward

Mar. 25, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? butterflymcqueen.jpg Butterfly McQueen

Mar. 26, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? nancyhart2.jpg Nancy Hart

Mar. 27-28, 2010: Who are these famous Georgia women? hdmankin.jpg Helen Douglas Mankin and jessyenorman.jpg Jessye Norman

Mar. 29, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? louisesuggs.jpg Louise Suggs

Mar. 30, 2010: Who is this famous Georgia woman? ellencraft.jpg Ellen Craft

Mar. 31, 2010: Who are these famous Georgia women? csking.jpg rcarter2.jpg Coretta Scott King and Rosalynn Carter

Apr. 1, 2010: What future Hall of Fame pitcher for the Atlant Braves was born in Ohio on this date in 1939? Phil Niekro

Apr. 2, 2010: What Civil War-era politician, and later a general in the war, has an army based named for him near Columbus, Georgia? Henry Lewis Benning

Apr. 3-4, 2010: Where in Georgia is this, and what is it? johnrosshouse2.jpg Rossville, John Ross House

Apr. 5, 2010: What Atlanta Constitution editor wrote the following on the assasination of Martin Luther King, Jr.? "White slaves killed Martin Luther King in Memphis. At the moment the triggerman fired, Martin Luther King was the free man. The white killer (or killers) was a slave to fear, a slave to his own sense of inferiority, a slave to hatred, a slave to all bloody instincts that surge in a brain when a human being decides to become a beast." Ralph McGill

Apr. 6, 2010: What Georgia city was struck by a tornado on this date in 1936, killing 187 people? Gainesville

Apr. 7, 2010: What item, for which Georgia is famous, became on official state symbol on this date in 1995? Peach

Apr. 8, 2010: What is Georgia's official state vegetable? Vidalia Onion

Apr. 9, 2010: What native Georgian won the Masters golf tournament on this date in 1973? Tommy Aaron

Apr. 10-11, 2010: Where in Georgia is this, and what is it? learningisfun.jpg, Pickens County Courthouse Square, "Learning is Fun" Sculpture

Apr. 12, 2010: Who died in Georgia on this date in 1945? President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Apr. 13, 2010: What President visited Augusta National to play golf twenty-nine times during his terms in office, and forty-five times overall? Dwight D. Eisenhower

Apr. 14, 2010: What is the only Georgia county named for a woman? Hart County

Apr. 15, 2010: Who was the military aide to Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft who died on the Titanic; he was a native of Augusta, Georgia? Archibald Butt

Apr. 16-18, 2010: What is the northernmost of Georgia's coastal islands; it's lighthouse is pictured below? tybeelighthouse.jpg Tybee Island

Apr. 19, 2010: What was the following journal entry from colonial Georgia referring to? "...the attendance on them at present was in providing for their Commodious Spinning. Such people as had employ'd themselves in propagating that Manufacture began to bring in what Balls they had got; before after the frequent Notice before taken by me of the backwardness I found among too many to take any thought about it, and giving their Reasons Why, it was not now to be expected we should see great matters arise, where little was done towards it. The People of Ebenezer and our Orphan house have best shewn [sic] their good Will to it by their Works, and delivered already an handsome Quantity..." Silkworm Production

Apr. 20, 2010: Who was the Lutheran minister who, with fellow Salzburgers from Germany, established the community of Ebenezer in colonial Georgia, and kept a journal of their daily activities? Johann Martin Boltzius

Apr. 21, 2010: What man, born in Georgia, became one of the heroes of the Texas independence movement, and led his forces to a military victory on this day in 1836? Mirabeau Lamar

Apr. 22, 2010: What is Georgia's westernmost county? Dade County

Apr. 23, 2010: What famous Georgian was born on this date in 1823; he would compose a digest of Georgia laws, found a school for girls, and die in the Battle of Fredericksburg? T.R.R. Cobb

Apr. 24-25, 2010: What is the effigy mound, likely built by Woodland Indians, in Putnam County? It is pictured below. rockeagle.jpg Rock Eagle

Apr. 26, 2010: What crime happened on this date in 1913, beginning one of the most infamous investigations/trials in Southern history? Mary Phagan was murdered

Apr. 27, 2010: What famous contemporary Christian singer was born in Augusta, Georgia, and is married to country music star Vince Gill? Amy Grant

Apr. 28, 2010: What Georgia based work of fiction won an American Book Award on this date in 1983? The Color Purple

Apr. 29, 2010: What famous Georgia politician was born on this date in 1824; he would serve as Georgia's governor and in both houses of Congress from 1876-1894? Alfred H. Colquitt

Apr. 30 - May 2, 2010: What famous orphan house was established in Savannah in 1740; today's version is pictured below? bethesda2.jpg Bethesda

May 3, 2010: What Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Georgia Music Hall of Fame performer was born on this date in 1933? James Brown

May 4, 2010: What British Rock and Roll group opened the largest tour in the history of the U.S. (up to that time) on this date in 1973 - at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium? Led Zeppelin

May 5, 2010: What Civil War campaign began on this date in 1864? Atlanta Campaign

May 6, 2010: What Georgian founded the Chick-Fil-A restaurant chain? Truett Cathy

May 7, 2010: What is Georgia's southernmost county? Charlton County

May 8-9, 2010: What singer - famous for the hits "Dizzy," "Sheila," and "Sweet Pea" - was born in Atlanta? Tommy Roe

May 10, 2010: What news reached Savannah on this date in 1775, touching off celebrations? Battles of Lexington and Concord

May 11, 2010: Georgia governor John Milledge signed an act on this date in 1803, which set what precedent for distrubuting public lands? Land Lottery

May 12: What Savannah-born writer won a Pulitzer Prize for a book of poetry on this date in 1930? Conrad Aiken

May 13: Who was appointed royal governor of the colony of Georgia on this date in 1760? James Wright

May 14: What Georgia city became a Confederate military post on this date in 1862? Atlanta

May 15-16: Where in Georgia is this? rockcity.jpg Rock City

May 17, 2010: What Georgia writer is famous for works such as The Circuit Rider's Wife? Corra Harris

May 18: What actor, noted for his roles in "Bonanza" and "Trapper John, M.D.," was born in Waycross, GA on this date in 1930? Pernell Roberts

May 19: What movie, filmed in Georgia, was released on this date in 1977; it starred Georgia-born Burt Reynolds? Smokey and the Bandit

May 20: What is the Georgia geographical feature that means "Land of the Trembling Earth?" Okefenokee Swamp

May 21: What Atlanta Braves manager was born on this date in 1941, in Tulsa, OK? Bobby Cox

May 22-23, 2010: What famous female Atlanta Constitition columnist wrote for the paper from 1941-1999, also publishing numerous books? Celestine Sibley

May 24, 2010: What famous Georgia journalist was born in Athens, GA on this date in 1850? Henry Grady

May 25, 2010: Who was the famous nineteenth century Georgia musician who was born into slavery and born blind? Thomas Greene Bethune, aka Blind Tom

May 26, 2010: What Marietta, Georgia-born general originated the Berlin airlift after World War II? Lucius D. Clay

May 27, 2010: What Civil War battle ended in a Confederate victory in Georgia on this date in 1864? Battle of Pickett's Mill

May 28, 2010: What noted woman historical fiction and inspirational writer died on this date in 1996; she is buried on St. Simons Island? Eugenia Price

May 29-31, 2010: What happened on May 31, 1804 at the University of Georgia? First Graduation Ceremonies

June 1: Who served as Georgia's colonial agent to England in 1768; he would go on to become one of the most famous of the Founding Fathers? Benjamin Franklin

June 2: What Georgia-born woman was the first female to break the sound barrier in an airplane? Jackie Cochran

June 3: Hunter Drive, Mozley Drive, and Gordon Road in Atlanta all received a new name on this date in 1976; what was it? Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive

June 4: What world famous track star and two time gold medal winner in the high hurdles was a graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta? Edwin Moses

June 5-6: Where in Georgia is this? doublecannon.jpg Athens - Double-Barrelled Cannon

June 7, 2010: A man wrote the following in his diary on this date in 1862: "A man was hung here today; the leader of the band that stole the engine and cars on the State R Road lately. His name was Andrews and he was executed as a spy by military authority -- poor fellow he ought to have engaged in better business . . . ." To whom was he referring and what was the event that caused the man to be hung? James Andrews and the Great Locomotive Chase

June 8, 2010: Martin Luther King, Jr. received his B.A. on this day in 1948; what was his alma mater? Morehouse College

June 9, 2010: What historical document important to Georgia was witnessed on this date in 1732 "by Writ of Privy Seal?" Georgia's Royal Charter

June 10, 2010: What famous Georgia musician died on this date in 2004? Ray Charles

June 11, 2010: Who was the solicitor general (prosecuting attorney) in the Leo Frank trial of 1913; he would eventually be elected governor? Hugh Dorsey

June 12-13, 2010: Who is this Country Music Hall of Fame member from Georgia? billanderson.jpg Bill Anderson

June 14, 2010: What Confederate general, also on Episcopal bishop, was killed on Pine Mountain near Marietta on this day in 1864? Leonidas Polk

June 15, 2010: What Georgian became the first African-American graduate of West Point on this date in 1877? Henry O. Flipper

June 16, 2010: What now famous amusement park opened in Georgia on this date in 1967? Six Flags over Georgia Note: Admission was $3.95 for adults and $2.95 for children

June 17, 2010: What African-American lawyer, lyricist, U.S. diplomat, civil rights activist, novelist, poet, and educator attended Atlanta University and is noted for composing "Lift Every Voice and Sing?" James Weldon Johnson

June 18, 2010: What Harlem, Georgia native was part of a world famous comic duo from the 1920s-1950s? Oliver Hardy

June 19-20: Where in Georgia is this? ftpulaski.jpg Fort Pulaski

June 21, 2010: Who was the Georgia governor who commuted Leo Frank's sentence from death to life in prison the day before his term ended? John Slaton

June 22, 2010: What clergyman spent a short, unsuccessful time in Georgia before going on to found the Methodist movement? John Wesley

June 23, 2010: What geographical feature divides Georgia's two largest geographical regions? Fall Line

June 24, 2010: What is the official State Prepared Food of Georgia? Grits

June 25, 2010: What professional sports franchise was awarded to Atlanta on this date in 1997? Atlanta Thrashers (Hockey)

June 26-27, 2010: Where in Georgia is this? newechotavanntavern.jpg New Echota Historic Site

June 28, 2010: What current Supreme Court justice was born in Savannah on this date in 1948? Clarence Thomas

June 29, 2010: In a court martial trial held at Fort Benning in Columbus, what army officer was convicted of killing twenty-two Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre on March 16, 1968? William Calley

June 30, 2010: What new means of selling tickets was used for the Olympic Games held in Atlanta in 1996? The Internet

July 1, 2010: What 1794 invention, in Georgia, changed the course of the southern economy and southern history itself? Eli Whitney and his cotton gin

July 2, 2010: Georgia native Alice Walker won a Pulitzer Prize 1983, for what work? The Color Purple

Jul. 3-5, 2010: What famous Georgia building was formally dedicated on July 3, 1889? State Capitol

July 6, 2010: In 1972, Georgia governor Jimmy Carter signed into law a proposal mandating open meetings of state boards and commissions; what was this law called? Sunshine Law

July 7, 2010: Who was appointed "Principal Temporary Agent for Indian Affairs South of the Ohio River" by President George Washington; he chose to live among the Creek Indians in what is now Georgia and Alabama? Benjamin Hawkins

July 8, 2010: What was the name of the legislation passed by the Georgia General Assemby in 1956 in protest of the Supreme Court's decisions on school desegregation? Interposition Resolution

July 9, 2010: What means did Atanta students use to launch their civil rights movement in 1960? Sit Ins

Jul. 10-11, 2010: On July 11, 1977, President Jimmy Carter posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to what famous Georgian? Martin Luther King, Jr.

July 12, 2010: What is Georgia's smallest county by land area? Clarke County, home to Athens and the University of Georgia

July 13, 2010: Ellen Louise Axson, born in Rome, Georgia, was the first native of Georgia to become first lady - what future President did she marry? Woodrow Wilson

July 14, 2010: Who was the minister who led the Salzburger community in early colonial Georgia? Johann Martin Boltzius

July 15, 2010: Who was the first woman elected as cheif justice of the Georgia Supreme Court; she is also the first African-American state chief justice in the country? Leah Ward Sears

July 16, 2010: Who was the famous Zoo Atlanta gorilla Willie B named for? William B. Hartsfield

Jul. 17-18, 2010: What famous tightrope artist walked across Tallulah Gorge on July 18, 1970? Karl Wallenda (at age 65)

July 19, 2010: What "Gone With The Wind" actress won the Award for Best Supporting Actress and was the first African-American to win an Oscar? Hattie McDaniel

July 20, 2010: Who was the British actress who married Georgia plantation owner Pierce Butler, and wrote a moving account of the misery endured by the slaves she witnessed? Fanny Kemble

July 21, 2010: What was the name of the Cherokee newspaper published at New Echota beginning in 1828? Cherokee Phoenix

July 22, 2010: What Revolutionary War battle was fought in Wilkes County in 1779? Battle of Kettle Creek

July 23, 2010: Who served as head football coach at the University of Georgia from 1939-1960? James Wallace "Wally" Butts

Jul. 24-25, 2010: What special sporting event was held in Atlanta in the summer 1972? Major League Baseball All Star Game (Hank Aaron homered)

July 26, 2010: Who was the first African-American superior court judge in Georgia? Horace T. Ward

July 27, 2010: What Georgia civil rights leader was denied his seat in the Georgia House of Representatives because of his outspoken opposition to the Vietnam War; he was finally seated in 1967 after a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court? Julian Bond

July 28, 2010: What actor, born in Cedartown, Georgia, is famous as the voice of Winnie the Pooh? Sterling Holloway

July 29, 2010: In 1863 Union troops occupying Fort Pulaski near Savannah played the first recorded game (in Georgia) of what sport? Baseball

July 30, 2010: What Georgia-born musician is credited with forming the first big band orchestera in New York around 1920; he was an accomplished pianist and composer? Fletcher "Smack" Henderson

Jul. 31-Aug. 1, 2010: What Cherokee leader unsuccesfully fought to prevent the removal of the Cherokees to the west? John Ross

Aug. 2, 2010: What Atlanta landmark was destroyed on this date in 1997? Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Aug. 3, 2010: What Georgian was named Time Magazine Man of the Year in 1991? Ted Turner

Aug. 4, 2010: What native Georgian won the NAACP's Springarn Medal in 1956? Jackie Robinson

Aug. 5, 2010: Who was the first woman admitted to the Georgia bar? Stella Akin

Aug. 6, 2010: The U.S.S. Atlanta was commissioned in 1941; what Georgia writer sponsored and christened the ship? Margaret Mitchell

Aug. 7-8, 2010: What civil rights group was founded by Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1957? Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Aug. 9, 2010: What Georgia politician was one of the three claimants to the governorship in the Three Governors Affair of 1947, who subsequently was elected governor, then became a long time U.S. Senator? Herman Talmadge

Aug. 10, 2010: What native Georgian founded the Columbus Enquirer newspaper and served in the Georgia Senate, before moving to Texas and becoming vice-president, then President. of the Republic of Texas; he eventually became a Lt. Col. in the Texas Rangers? Mirabeau Lamar

Aug. 11, 2010: What Georgia politician, legal expert, and Confederate general died at the Battle of Fredericksburg? T.R.R. Cobb

Aug. 12, 2010: What Georgia author is noted for her novel Strange Fruit? Lillian Smith

Aug. 13, 2010: What Christian singer/songwriter was born in Augusta, Georgia in 1960; she is married to country star Vince Gill? Amy Grant

Aug. 14-15, 2010: Where in Georgia is this? ocmulgee.jpg Ocmulgee National Monument

Aug. 16, 2010: What pharmacist in Atlanta invented a syrup blend consisting of extracts of coca and kola for use in treating headaches, which became Coca-Cola? John Pemberton

Aug. 17, 2010: What Georgia politician delivered the following speech opposing secession in 1860? "In my judgment, the election of no man, constitutionally chosen to that high office, is sufficient cause to justify any State to separate from the Union. It ought to stand by and aid still in maintaining the Constitution of the country. . . .I am for exhausting all that patriotism demands, before taking the last step. I would ask the same of all the other Southern States, so that if evil has got beyond our control . . . we may not be divided among ourselves, (cheers) but if possible, secure the united cooperation of the Southern States, and then in the face of the civilized world, we may justify our action, and, with the wrong all on the other side, we can appeal to the God of Battles, if it comes to that, to aid us in our cause." Alexander Stephens

Aug. 18, 2010: Who was the last, and ablest, of colonial Georgia's three royal governors? James Wright

Aug. 19, 2010: What Atlanta Brave pitcher set a franchise record by winning his 13th consecutive game on this date in 1992? Tom Glavine

Aug. 20, 2010: What city is home to Georgia's official state vegetable? Vidalia

Aug. 21-22, 2010: Can you identify this famous Georgia historical person? tomochichi.jpg Tomochichi

Aug. 23, 2010: What building served as Georgia's state capitol from 1869-1889? Kimball Opera House

Aug. 24, 2010: What Albany, Georgia-born musician was one of the greatest trumpet players of the swing era; he also led his own band and married Betty Grable? Harry James

Aug. 25, 2010: Who was Governor of Georgia during the Great Depression, and opposed many of FDR's New Deal policies? Eugene Talmadge

Aug. 26, 2010: For whom was the colony of Georgia named? King George II of England

Aug. 27, 2010: What is Georgia's official state song? Georgia on My Mind

Aug. 28-29, 2010: What Griffin, Georgia-born woman was the first person to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the 100 meter dash? Wyomia Tyus

Aug. 30, 2010: What Georgia Revolutionary leader and governor was born on this date in 1739, and died on this date in 1812? George Mathews

Aug. 31, 2010: What was Margaret Mitchell's orginal title for Gone with the Wind? Tomorrow is Another Day

Sept. 1, 2010: Construction began on an Army Air Depot base in Houston County on this date in 1941; what is this base known as today? Robins Air Force Base

Sept. 2, 2010: What city surrendered to Union forces in the Civil War on this date in 1864? Atlanta

Sept. 3, 2010: The Treaty of Paris officially ended the American Revolution on this date in 1783; at that time what was Georgia's western boundary? The Mississippi River

Sept. 4-6, 2010: What famous comedian was born in Atlanta on September 6, 1958? If you know, you might be a redneck! Jeff Foxworthy

Sept. 7, 2010: What charter member of the Ladies Professional Golf Association was born in Atlanta in 1923? Louise Suggs

Sept. 8, 2010: A future U.S. Senator was born in Perry, Georgia on this date in 1938; who is he? Sam Nunn

Sept. 9, 2010: Who was the first Georgian to hold the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives? Howell Cobb

Sept. 10, 2010: What Civil War general, born in Augusta, Georgia, was famous for having sixteen horses shot from under him - and surviving? Joseph "Fightin' Joe" Wheeler, Jr.

Sept. 11-12, 2010: Who was the first Georgia woman elected to Congress? Helen Douglas Mankin

Sept. 13, 2010: Who were the first two women elected to the Georgia General Assembly, in 1922? Viola Ross Napier and Bessie Kempton

Sept. 14, 2010: What Atlanta landmark opened on this day in 1976, with such quotes as "the most magnificent show convention facility in the world" and "a benchmark in the economic life of this city"? Georgia World Congress Center

Sept. 15, 2010: Who became the University of Georgia's head football coach on this date in 1895? Glenn "Pop" Warner

Sept. 16, 2010: What Atlanta Braves pitcher established a Major League record by winning his 17th consecutive game on the road on this date in 1996? Greg Maddux

Sept. 17, 2010: What Albany, Georgia born trumpet player became one of the most famous band leaders of the swing era, recording with a young Frank Sinatra on this day in 1939? Harry James

Sept. 18-19, 2010: What happened on September 18, 1990 that set off celebrations across Georgia, but particularly in Atlanta? Atlanta was selected to host the 1996 Summer Olympic Games

Sept. 20, 2010: What major Civil War battle was fought Sept. 19-20 in 1863; the National Battlefield was dedicated on the same date in 1895? Battle of Chickamauga

Sept. 21, 2010: Who was dean of men at the University of Georgia from 1946-1971? Dean William Tate

Sept. 22, 2010: What sitting U.S. President visited Georgia on this date in 1877; he was trying to mend North/South relations after Reconstruction? Rutherford B. Hayes

Sept. 23, 2010: What famous Georgia politician was born on this date in 1884; he would serve as Governor during much of the depression-era, and oppose many of FDR's New Deal policies? Eugene Talamdge

Sept. 24, 2010: What still-existing college opened as the Decatur Female Seminary on this date in 1889? Agnes Scott

Sept. 25-26, 2010: What Atlanta born golfer won the U.S. Women's Golf Championship on Sept. 25, 1949; she was also a charter member of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA)? Louise Suggs

Sept. 27, 2010: What Atlanta Braves pitcher set two milestones on this date, but in different years; in 1996 he won his 24th game and set a team strikeout record, then in 2002 he set a National League record with his 54th save? John Smoltz

Sept. 28, 2010: What two former Georgia counties merged with Fulton County amidst the Great Depression in 1932? Campbell and Milton

Sept. 29, 2010: What was Georgia's first television station, launched on this date in 1948? WSB-TV

Sept. 30, 2010: Who was President Jimmy Carter's press secretary, born in Cordele, Georgia on this date in 1943? Jody Powell

Oct. 1, 2010: Most of Georgia's Cherokee Indians held a final council meeting on this date in 1838, before being forced to migrate to Oklahoma. What term is used to describe this forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia? Trail of Tears

Oct. 2-3, 2010: What famous New Yorker arrived for a visit in Bullochville, Georgia on October 3, 1924? Franklin D. Roosevelt

Oct. 4, 2010: What Newnan, Georgia country music musician won the award for Enertainer of the Year on this date in 1995? Alan Jackson

Oct. 5, 2010: What Civil War battle was fought in Georgia on this date in 1864? Battle of Allatoona Pass

Oct. 6, 2010: What Georgia County is named for a former governor of Alabama? Bibb County, for William Wyatt Bibb

Oct. 7, 2010: What famous female Georgia educator was born on this date in Rome, Georgia in 1866? Martha Berry

Oct. 8, 2010: What former Atlanta Brave pitcher (and future Hall of Famer) won his 300th career game on this date in 1984, while pitching for the New York Yankees? Phil Niekro

Oct. 9-10, 2010: What National Historic Site was established in Atlanta in Oct., 1980? Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site

Oct. 11, 2010: What native Georgian was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oct., 2002? Jimmy Carter

Oct. 12, 2010: What future Civil War Confederate general was born on this date in 1815; he would write an infantry manual that used by both Confederate and Union armies? William J. Hardee

Oct. 13, 2010: In 1885 the Georgia General Assembly and governor approved an act creating what type of school? School of Technology, which became the Georgia Institute of Technology

Oct. 14, 2010: On this date in 1964 the Nobel Peace Prize Committee announced that a Georgian would receive the award for that year (he would also be the youngest person awarded this honor) ; who was he? Martin Luther King, Jr.

Oct. 15, 2010: Who was the first woman to receive a baccalaureate degree from the University of Georgia? Mary Ethel Creswell

Oct. 16-17, 2010: What Atlanta Braves pitcher shutout the Pittsburg Pirates on this date in 1991, sending the Braves to the World Series? John Smoltz

Oct. 18, 2009: What group of 135 people sailed for Georgia on this date in 1735? They would settle at the site that would become Darien, Georgia, and some would play an important role in the Battle of Bloody Marsh. Scot Highlanders

Oct. 19, 2010: What Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence died on this date in 1790? Lyman Hall

Oct. 20, 2010: What Atlanta Brave became the youngest player to hit a home run in a World Series game on this date in 1996? Andruw Jones

Oct. 21, 2010: Billy Carter, brother of then presidential candidate Jimmy Carter, gave a famous light-hearted interview on this date in 1976, in which he said this: ""I liked him the best of all the ones who came to Plains. He's from a small town and he's a beer drinker." To whom was he referring? Walter Mondale - who would be Jimmy Carter's Vice-President

Oct. 22: What famous folk artist died on this date in 2001; he had established Paradise Gardens in Summerville, Georgia? Howard Finster

Oct. 23-24, 2010: What Georgia-born musician paid to have one of his concerts recorded at the Apollo Theater in New York in 1962; the release of "Live at the Apollo" the following year launched this musician into stardom? James Brown

Oct. 25, 2010: What Atlanta native won the heavyweight boxing championship (for the first of three separate times) in 1990? Evander Holyfield

Oct. 26, 2010: What novelist famous for such works as The Prince of Tides, The Lords of Discipline and The Great Santini was born in Atlanta on this date in 1945? Pat Conroy

Oct. 27, 2010: What Georgia-born female singer reached the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - along with her brother and two cousins - for songs such as "Midnight Train to Georgia" - which reached the top of the popular music charts on this date in 1973? Gladys Knight

Oct. 28, 2010: What famous actress was born in Smyrna, Georgia on this date in 1967? Julia Roberts

Oct. 29, 2010: What African-American folk artist, famous for her quilt making, was born in Georgia on this date in 1837? Harriet Powers

Oct. 30-31, 2010: What happened on these two dates in 1897 that almost ended the football program at the University of Georgia? Death of Von Gammon (Injured Oct. 30, died Oct. 31)

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