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  • 1. Which district in Atlanta is known for its arts district?
A) Midtown
B) Buckhead
C) Downtown
D) Little Five Points
  • 2. Where are the city's multi-ethnic enclaves located?
A) Buford Highway
B) Peachtree Street
C) The eastside
D) Midtown
  • 3. Which venue is a historic landmark and hosts many touring Broadway acts?
A) The Alliance Theatre
B) Woodruff Arts Center
C) The High Museum
D) The Fox Theatre
  • 4. Which institution is the home of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Alliance Theatre?
A) SCAD FASH
B) The Fox Theatre
C) Woodruff Arts Center
D) High Museum of Art
  • 5. Which museum is arguably the South's leading art museum?
A) Spelman College Museum of Fine Art
B) Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
C) High Museum of Art
D) Michael C. Carlos Museum
  • 6. Which museum is the only one in the Southeast focused on design?
A) Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA)
B) SCAD FASH Museum
C) Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
D) High Museum of Art
  • 7. Which university houses the largest collection of ancient art in the Southeast?
A) Emory University
B) Savannah College of Art and Design
C) Spelman College
D) Georgia Tech
  • 8. What is unique about the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art?
A) It only features street art.
B) It is the oldest museum in the country.
C) It is the largest museum in the city.
D) It focuses on art by women of the African diaspora.
  • 9. Which museum holds the world's largest collection of paper and paper-related artifacts?
A) The High Museum of Art
B) SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film
C) The Museum of Design Atlanta
D) Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking
  • 10. What is 'The Warehouse'?
A) A historic music venue in Midtown.
B) The main campus of the Savannah College of Art and Design.
C) A converted storage facility featuring a world-class art gallery.
D) A new theater for Broadway acts.
  • 11. Which event is an annual street art conference in Atlanta?
A) Broadway at the Fox
B) Atlanta Street Art Map
C) The Outerspace Project
D) Living Walls
  • 12. What does the Outerspace Project merge?
A) Ancient artifacts and fashion design
B) Classical opera, ballet, and symphony
C) Street art and paper-making history
D) Public art, music, design, and action sports
  • 13. Where can examples of street art in Atlanta be located?
A) The Michael C. Carlos Museum
B) Atlanta Street Art Map
C) The Woodruff Arts Center
D) The Fox Theatre
  • 14. Which college provides the city's arts community with a steady stream of curators?
A) Emory University
B) Spelman College
C) Georgia Tech
D) Savannah College of Art and Design
  • 15. How much does it cost to visit the art collection at The Warehouse?
A) It is not open to the public
B) It is free
C) Ten dollars
D) Twenty dollars
  • 16. What is the total land area of Atlanta?
A) 0.85 square miles
B) 133.2 square miles
C) 347.1 square miles
D) 134.0 square miles
  • 17. What is the total water area of Atlanta?
A) 0.85 square miles
B) 2.2 square miles
C) 133.2 square miles
D) 134.0 square miles
  • 18. In what region of the United States is Atlanta located?
A) Midwest
B) New England
C) Deep South
D) Pacific Northwest
  • 19. Atlanta is situated among the foothills of which mountain range?
A) Appalachian Mountains
B) Rocky Mountains
C) Blue Ridge Mountains
D) Sierra Nevada
  • 20. What is Atlanta's elevation above mean sea level?
A) 320 feet
B) 1,100 feet
C) 1,050 feet
D) 950 feet
  • 21. Which geological feature does Atlanta straddle?
A) Appalachian Trail
B) Great Divide
C) Eastern Continental Divide
D) Mississippi River Basin
  • 22. Rainwater falling on the south and east side of the divide flows into which body of water?
A) Pacific Ocean
B) Gulf of Mexico
C) Atlantic Ocean
D) Chattahoochee River
  • 23. Atlanta developed on a ridge south of which river?
A) Mississippi River
B) Tennessee River
C) Savannah River
D) Chattahoochee River
  • 24. Which river basin is the Chattahoochee River part of?
A) ACF River Basin
B) Mississippi River Basin
C) Great Lakes Basin
D) Ohio River Basin
  • 25. How far is Atlanta from Marietta?
A) 147 miles
B) 146 miles
C) 27 miles
D) 21 miles
  • 26. How far is Atlanta from Alpharetta?
A) 245 miles
B) 147 miles
C) 21 miles
D) 27 miles
  • 27. How far is Atlanta from Greenville, South Carolina?
A) 245 miles
B) 147 miles
C) 146 miles
D) 21 miles
  • 28. How far is Atlanta from Birmingham, Alabama?
A) 146 miles
B) 245 miles
C) 147 miles
D) 27 miles
  • 29. How far is Atlanta from Charlotte, North Carolina?
A) 147 miles
B) 146 miles
C) 21 miles
D) 245 miles
  • 30. Atlanta has the densest urban tree coverage of any major city in which country?
A) Mexico
B) Brazil
C) Canada
D) United States
  • 31. What is the total area of Atlanta in square miles?
A) 347.1
B) 0.85
C) 134.0
D) 133.2
  • 32. Which recreation area helps preserve the natural habitat of the Chattahoochee River?
A) City Forest Preserve
B) Appalachian State Park
C) Continental Divide National Park
D) Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
  • 33. Which Summer Olympic Games were held in Atlanta?
A) 2000
B) 1996
C) 1992
D) 2004
  • 34. How many national Olympic committees sent athletes to the 1996 games?
A) 197
B) 150
C) 100
D) 271
  • 35. Who stated that the 1996 Olympic Games had a direct economic impact of at least USD 5 billion?
A) Renee Lewis Glover
B) The Mayor of Atlanta in 2019
C) James M. Cox
D) Kasim Reed
  • 36. What percentage of Atlanta's population was African American in 1990?
A) 61%
B) 40%
C) 67%
D) 54%
  • 37. What program provided funding for the mixed housing built after the demolition of public housing?
A) The Olympic Legacy Program
B) Atlanta Housing Authority Fund
C) HOPE VI
D) The Beltline Grant
  • 38. How much is the Beltline project expected to increase Atlanta's park space by?
A) 61%
B) 40%
C) 10%
D) 20%
  • 39. Which organization received $6 million from the James M. Cox Foundation in 2019?
A) High Museum of Art
B) Atlanta Housing Authority
C) Alliance Theatre
D) PATH Foundation
  • 40. When did the massive cyberattack on Atlanta begin?
A) March 2018
B) December 2019
C) 2005
D) September 2019
  • 41. Which pageant did Atlanta host in December 2019?
A) Miss USA 2019
B) Miss Universe 2019
C) Miss World 2019
D) Miss America 2019
  • 42. Which event was a watershed moment in Atlanta's history despite facing security issues?
A) The 2026 FIFA World Cup
B) The Miss Universe pageant
C) The Beltline project
D) 1996 Summer Olympic Games
  • 43. Who served as CEO of the Atlanta Housing Authority from 1994 to 2013?
A) James M. Cox
B) Renee Lewis Glover
C) Kasim Reed
D) No CEO served that long
  • 44. In what year did the Georgia General Assembly vote to build the Western and Atlantic Railroad?
A) 1836
B) 1842
C) 1847
D) 1837
  • 45. What was the original name of the settlement that later became Atlanta?
A) Thrasherville
B) Marthasville
C) New Savannah
D) Terminus
  • 46. Who was the railroad's chief engineer that predicted the settlement would only support a few buildings?
A) Wilson Lumpkin
B) William Tecumseh Sherman
C) Stephen Harriman Long
D) John Edgar Thomson
  • 47. Marthasville was named to honor the daughter of which person?
A) Henry W. Grady
B) Stephen Harriman Long
C) Wilson Lumpkin
D) John Edgar Thomson
  • 48. Who suggested renaming the town to Atlanta?
A) John Edgar Thomson
B) Stephen Harriman Long
C) James Calhoun
D) Wilson Lumpkin
  • 49. When was Atlanta officially incorporated?
A) September 2, 1864
B) January 1, 1868
C) December 29, 1847
D) December 29, 1842
  • 50. What was Atlanta's population in 1860?
A) 18,000
B) 9,554
C) 800,000
D) 30
  • 51. Who was the Union General that besieged Atlanta in 1864?
A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) William Tecumseh Sherman
C) George McClellan
D) John Bell Hood
  • 52. Which Confederate General ordered the destruction of public buildings before retreating from Atlanta?
A) James Calhoun
B) Robert E. Lee
C) William Tecumseh Sherman
D) John Bell Hood
  • 53. Who surrendered Atlanta to the Union Army on September 2, 1864?
A) John Bell Hood
B) Henry W. Grady
C) Wilson Lumpkin
D) James Calhoun
  • 54. In what year was the state capital moved from Milledgeville to Atlanta?
A) 1895
B) 1864
C) 1880
D) 1868
  • 55. Who was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution that promoted the 'New South'?
A) Henry W. Grady
B) Wilson Lumpkin
C) Stephen Harriman Long
D) John Edgar Thomson
  • 56. Which county seat is Atlanta the home of?
A) Gwinnett County
B) DeKalb County
C) Fulton County
D) Cobb County
  • 57. What was the population of Atlanta at the 2020 census?
A) 6.4 million
B) 473,000
C) 498,715
D) 529,110
  • 58. How is Atlanta classified as a global city?
A) Beta+
B) Gamma
C) Beta-
D) Alpha
  • 59. In what year was Atlanta captured during the Civil War?
A) 1864
B) 1861
C) 1870
D) 1865
  • 60. Who was a prominent civil rights leader in Atlanta during the 1950s and 1960s?
A) W.E.B. Du Bois
B) Martin Luther King Jr.
C) Booker T. Washington
D) Frederick Douglass
  • 61. What airport became the world's busiest in 1998?
A) Cobb County Airport
B) Hartsfield-Jackson
C) DeKalb-Peachtree
D) Atlanta Metropolitan Airport
  • 62. Which Native American group inhabited the area prior to European settlers?
A) Apache
B) Seminole
C) Navajo
D) Creek
  • 63. What was the name of the Creek village near the Chattahoochee River?
A) Standing Peachtree
B) Chattahoochee Post
C) Atlanta Village
D) Fulton Landing
  • 64. In what year were the Creek people forced to leave the Atlanta area?
A) 1825
B) 1821
C) 1802
D) 1864
  • 65. What is the estimated population of the Atlanta metropolitan area?
A) Over 10 million
B) Over 6.4 million
C) Under 500,000
D) Approximately 2 million
  • 66. Which sector is NOT listed as a dominant part of Atlanta's economy?
A) Film and television production
B) Aerospace
C) Agriculture
D) Biomedical research
  • 67. Which area emerged as a center of Black commerce during the early 20th century in Atlanta?
A) Cascade Heights
B) Downtown
C) Sweet Auburn
D) Old Fourth Ward
  • 68. In what year did the Atlanta Race Riot occur?
A) 1906
B) 1913
C) 1939
D) 1917
  • 69. What was the profession of Leo Frank?
A) Factory superintendent
B) Journalist
C) Mayor
D) Governor
  • 70. Who wrote the novel 'Gone with the Wind'?
A) Hattie McDaniel
B) Margaret Mitchell
C) David O. Selznick
D) Blake Van Leer
  • 71. Why was Hattie McDaniel barred from the 'Gone with the Wind' premiere?
A) Racial segregation laws
B) She was not invited
C) The theater was full
D) She was sick
  • 72. Who was the president of Georgia Tech during World War II?
A) Ralph Abernathy
B) Marvin Griffin
C) Blake Van Leer
D) Maynard Jackson
  • 73. What year were the first eight African-American police officers hired in Atlanta?
A) 1973
B) 1961
C) 1948
D) 1956
  • 74. Which university was involved in the 1956 Sugar Bowl controversy?
A) MIT
B) Georgia Tech
C) University of Georgia
D) Southern Polytechnic
  • 75. Who was the first Black mayor of Atlanta elected in 1973?
A) Maynard Jackson
B) Blake Van Leer
C) Martin Luther King Jr.
D) Ralph Abernathy
  • 76. In what year did rail service for Atlanta's subway system commence?
A) 1976
B) 1975
C) 1973
D) 1979
  • 77. How many officially defined neighborhoods are in Atlanta?
A) 300
B) 212
C) 150
D) 242
  • 78. Which district contains the most office space in the Atlanta metro area?
A) West Midtown
B) Midtown
C) Downtown
D) Buckhead
  • 79. What type of home is dominant in the low- and medium-density neighborhoods of Atlanta?
A) High-rise apartment
B) Craftsman bungalow
C) Row house
D) Victorian mansion
  • 80. Which neighborhood is described as Victorian?
A) Inman Park
B) Whittier Mill
C) West End
D) Collier Heights
  • 81. Which of the following is considered a Landmark Historical Neighborhood?
A) Vine City
B) Old Fourth Ward
C) Midtown
D) Whittier Mill
  • 82. When did the gentrification of Atlanta originate?
A) 1970s
B) 1990s
C) 2000s
D) 1950s
  • 83. What type of entities occupy much of the office space in Downtown?
A) Government entities
B) Law firms
C) Manufacturing plants
D) Art galleries
  • 84. What kind of neighborhoods are found in the eastside of Atlanta?
A) Industrial warehouse districts
B) Postwar suburban layouts
C) Historic streetcar suburbs
D) High-density uptown cores
  • 85. What factor was crucial in preventing two freeways from being built through the east side in 1975?
A) Environmental regulations
B) Olympic Games planning
C) Neighborhood opposition
D) Budgetary constraints
  • 86. What major event destroyed a large portion of Atlanta's historic architecture?
A) The 1996 Summer Olympics construction
B) The American Civil War
C) The Great Fire of 1917
D) A massive tornado in 1908
  • 87. Atlanta originated primarily as what type of town?
A) Railroad town
B) Manufacturing hub
C) Southern seaport
D) Agricultural planter village
  • 88. What is the Köppen climate classification for Atlanta?
A) Humid subtropical
B) Tropical savanna
C) Humid continental
D) Mediterranean
  • 89. What was the record high temperature in Atlanta recorded on June 30, 2012?
A) 100 °F
B) 110 °F
C) 102 °F
D) 106 °F
  • 90. What weather phenomenon generally causes more problems in Atlanta than snowfall?
A) Wildfires
B) Ice storms
C) Hurricanes
D) Drought
  • 91. What phenomenon occurred in the 1990s where African Americans began moving out of the city of Atlanta?
A) Urban renewal
B) Black flight
C) White flight
D) Gentrification
  • 92. Which group of people recently had their population grow in the city, rebounding after decades of decline?
A) Native Americans
B) Italian immigrants
C) Non-Hispanic Whites
D) Greek immigrants
  • 93. What is the most commonly spoken language in Atlanta homes besides English?
A) French
B) German
C) Spanish
D) Vietnamese
  • 94. Which architect designed the Atlanta-Fulton Central Library?
A) Philip Johnson
B) Marcel Breuer
C) John Portman
D) Frank Gehry
  • 95. In the 2006 Williams Institute survey, what percentage of Atlanta's population identified as LGB?
A) 9.9%
B) 12.8%
C) 10.5%
D) 15.2%
  • 96. What percentage of the population identified as Protestant in Atlanta according to a 2014 Pew Research Center study?
A) 73%
B) 40%
C) 50%
D) 63%
  • 97. According to the 2020 Public Religion Research Institute data, what percentage of the population identifies with Christianity?
A) 73%
B) 55%
C) 80%
D) 63%
  • 98. What is the global economic ranking of the Atlanta metropolitan area?
A) 8th
B) 10th
C) 15th
D) 20th
  • 99. With which city is Atlanta tied for the third-largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies?
A) Los Angeles
B) Chicago
C) Houston
D) New York
  • 100. What percentage of adults aged 25 or older in Atlanta held at least a four-year college degree as of 2014?
A) 45%
B) 35%
C) 52%
D) 28%
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