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These Arkansas trivia questions come in four rounds: the name and how to say it, explorers, territory and statehood, the highlands, the Delta and the rivers, and roads, towns and places to visit.
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Arkansas trivia questions and answers, starting with the name
The name and how to say it covers the silent s, the spelling Arkansaw and the possessive the legislature chose in 2007. Explorers, territory and statehood has 700 hogs, a 25-hour session of Congress and a Confederate capital called Washington.
Then the map
Highlands, Delta and rivers and Roads, towns and places to visit run from Crowley's Ridge to Texarkana. Tap a choice to see the answer, a reason and the article it was read in.
Questions and answers
What are some easy questions in this pack?
What did the name Arkansas belong to first? Which river divides the Ozarks from the Ouachitas? In which city is the University of Arkansas? The answers are a river, the Arkansas River and Fayetteville.
How do you pronounce Arkansas?
With the final s silent. The legislature settled it in 1881, after the state's two senators disagreed, and called for three syllables as the French had written the name.
Is it Arkansas' or Arkansas's?
Arkansas's. In 2007 the legislature passed a non-binding resolution declaring that to be the possessive form of the state's name.
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 3, 2026 in the Wikipedia article Arkansas, linked under the question. That article's text names one state symbol, the white-tailed deer, so no other symbols are asked.