KENTUCKY
Kwiz
Test your knowledge of our beloved Commonwealth. To find out how you fared, see the bottom of Vested Interest or take the Kwiz online at kentuckymonthly.com. 1. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s depiction of a slave auction in Uncle Tom’s Cabin comes from her 1833 eyewitness account of such an event in Washington, then the county seat of which northern Kentucky county? A. Kenton B. Mason C. Boone 2. Alexander Doniphan, a native of Maysville and a graduate of Augusta College, as a colonel in the Mexican War led his men on a 5,500-mile march. If not for him, there might not be any of what today? A. Budweiser B. Potawatomi C. Mormons 3. Benjamin Holladay of Nicholas County is credited with creating which transportation route?
A. Louise Jefferson B. Clair Huxtable C. Julia Sugarbaker 7. Sometimes called “Little Niagara” or the “Niagara of the South,” Cumberland Falls measures how tall from the river below to the top of the falls? A. 68 feet B. 168 feet C. 268 feet 8. Years before she became Kentucky’s 56th governor, Shelby County native Martha Layne Collins held which other coveted title? A. Mountain Laurel Festival Queen B. Queen of the Horse C. Tobacco Festival Queen 9. Choosy moms choose Jif, and Jif’s founder, W.T. Young, chose which city for the world’s largest peanut butter plant? A. Fulton B. Lexington C. Winchester
B. Overland Stage Route
10. Henry Bain created his worldfamous meat condiment while working as the head waiter at which Kentucky landmark?
C. Oregon Trail
A. Beaumont Inn
A. Santa Fe Trail
4. Irish Hill, a neighborhood east of downtown Louisville and west of the Highlands, was originally known by which other moniker?
B. Boone Tavern C. The Pendennis Club
A. Workhouse Hill B. Shamrock Hill C. Billy Goat Hill
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5. During the Civil War, the Purchase Area of Kentucky was pro-Confederate and often was called the Kentucky version of which other state?
6. Mayfield artist Ellis Wilson, a reallife member of the Harlem Artist Guild, became a part of pop culture when his fictional granddaughter bought one of his paintings at a New York art auction. Who was she?
Celebrating the best of our Commonwealth
Black -and-white copy of Ellis Wilson’s painting Old Charleston Houses