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Title: Just the facts, Ma


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Just the facts, Maam
Georgia Trivia
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Does Georgia have a Birthday?
  • James Oglethorpe the first colonists arrived
    near present day Savannah on February 12, 1733
    therefore, February 12th is considered Georgia's
    birthday.

3
Georgia State
  • Bird Brown Thrasher
  • Fish Large Mouth Bass
  • Mineral Staurolite Fairy Cross
  • Fossil Shark Tooth
  • Insect Honey Bee
  • Tree Live Oak
  • Prepared Food - Grits
  • Flower Cherokee Rose

4
Why are there so many counties?
  • A statute was passed by the state legislature
    that a county seat could not be more than one
    days ride from another county seat, thus
    creating smaller counties.

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Georgias Capitol
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How many Capitals has Georgia had?
  • 1 Always in Atlanta
  • 2 Savannah and Atlanta
  • 3 Savannah, Atlanta and Milledgeville
  • 4 Savannah, Atlanta, Milledgeville Augusta
  • 5 Savannah, Atlanta, Milledgeville, Augusta,
    and Louisville
  • 6 Savannah, Atlanta, Milledgeville, Augusta,
    Louisville, and McDonough

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Dome Miss Freedom
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What are the other names Atlanta has had?
  • Monroe
  • Terminus
  • Marthasville
  • Washington
  • ATL

9
Atlanta or Chicago?
10
What pirate frequented the coast of Georgia?
  • Edward Teach

11
Worlds Largest Peanut
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Waffle House
14
Blind Tom Wiggins
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Friendship Monument
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Georgias Largest Magnolia
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Stone Mountain
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War Between the States
  • Georgia sent 125,000 men to serve the Confederate
    States of America almost ½ the population.
  • 75 of Georgias material wealth was lost.

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Battle of Chickamaugaor River of Death
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The Burning of Atlanta
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Missing Gold
22
Education in Georgia
  • First Public School System
  • First Kindergarten
  • First College to Grant Degrees to Women

23
First State University
24
Largest Campus in the World?
25
Olympics
Alice Coachman
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Worlds Largest Infantry Training Center
27
Presidents
28
Little White House
29
Teddy Bears
30
Woodrow Wilson
31
Opossum?
32
Questions
  • ?
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