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Atlanta is the capital and largest city of the state of Georgia, and a major center of the American South. It is known for its rich history, diverse culture and its rapidly growing economy. The city played a significant role in the Civil War and Civil Rights Movement. It was also the birthplace of the Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and the location of many key events of the movement.
Atlanta is known for its dynamic downtown, with a mix of skyscrapers and historic buildings, such as the Georgia State Capitol and the Atlanta City Hall. The city is also home to many parks and green spaces, including Piedmont Park and the Atlanta Botanical Garden, which offer a respite from the hustle and bustle of the city. The city also has a thriving arts scene, with many museums and theaters showcasing local and national artists.
Atlanta is known for its diverse neighborhoods, each with its own unique character and charm. The city is home to Little Five Points, known for its bohemian vibe and independent shops and restaurants, and Buckhead, a upscale neighborhood with luxury shopping and dining options. The city also has a large and vibrant African American community, and is known for its contributions to African American culture and history, through its music, arts and food. From its rich history to its diverse neighborhoods and cultural attractions, Atlanta is a city that offers something for everyone.
1. The plan for what Atlantan object was developed in 1999 as a master's thesis by Georgia Tech student Ryan Gravel? This thing links city parks and neighborhoods and received a federal grant of $18 million to develop its southwest corridor.
Answer: BeltLine
2. Looking for a vacation after his tiring journey around the world, Old Saint Nick heads to the U.S. city with the busiest airport so he can dine at the Waffle House world headquarters! Title: Santa in WHERE?
Answer: Atlanta
3. Pro-war politicos, swooping Eli Moscowitz on "Cobra Kai," and Atlanta's NBA team share the distinction of being referred to by what four-letter bird of prey?
Answer: Hawk
4. What famous man was baptized at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on May 3, 1936?
Answer: Martin Luther King Jr
5. Outside what sports venue in Atlanta would you find “Rise Up,” the world’s largest freestanding sculpture of a bird?
Answer: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of the Atlanta Falcons
6. The "M" in "MARTA" stands for "Metropolitan," but the "A" stands for what city, for which MARTA provides rapid transit and bus service?
Answer: Atlanta
7. Debuting in spring 2022, "Kandi & the Gang" is a spinoff reality series starring Kandi Burruss, one of the Real Housewives of what state capital city?
Answer: Atlanta
8. He attended the University of Georgia and owned several agribusinesses before entering politics. He has served as the Secretary of State in his home state while in the midst of an extremely close governorship election. He received national attention when his state was one of the first to start the "re-opening" process during the COVID-19 pandemic. Who is this man?
Answer: Brian Kemp
9. In what Southern city would you find the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the David J. Sencer CDC Museum?
Answer: Atlanta
10. An official sponsor since 1978 with stadium advertising at every World Cup match since 1950, which Atlanta-based soft drink company will celebrate “the magic” of the competition with their ad campaigns this year?
Answer: Coca-Cola
11. Including both his childhood home and the church where he and his father both served as pastors, what national historic park was first established in Atlanta in 1980?
Answer: Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
12. Based in the Atlanta metropolitan area, the third-largest cable television provider in the U.S. also has millions of internet subscribers. What is the name of this communications giant that shares its name with an actress from the TV show "Friends"?
Answer: Cox Communications
13. Today, there are four different area codes that can identify a phone number from Atlanta or its surrounding suburbs. However, only one of these codes was created in 1947 as one of the original numbering plan areas in North America. Initially, it covered the entire state of Georgia. What area code is it?
Answer: 404
14. The fictional Atlanta interior decoration firm of Sugarbaker and Associates was the center of the action of what sitcom of the 1980s and 1990s?
Answer: Designing Women
15. Before he worked as a consultant with Bain, Michael Murphy competed for Team Australia in diving at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and the 1996 Olympics in what American city?
Answer: Atlanta
16. In 2019, the police seized over $24M in fake tickets and merchandise related to what sporting event that took place in Atlanta?
Answer: The Super Bowl
17. What supply chain management company began life as the American Messenger Company in 1907, providing telegraphs? The Atlanta company is now one of the country’s largest shipping couriers with a new three-letter acronym.
Answer: UPS
18. What Black-owned Atlanta tech company, whose signature product helps people schedule meetings by selecting the times that best work for them, closed a $350-million investment in 2022 at a valuation of $3 billion?
Answer: Calendly
19. Inspired by the actual HBCU North Carolina A&T, the fictitious institution Atlanta A&T University was the central setting for what 2002 film starring Nick Cannon portraying an aspiring college marching band percussionist?
Answer: Drumline
20. Which president has their presidential library located in Atlanta in a facility that features a replica of the Oval Office?
Answer: Jimmy Carter
21. Cobb County's Truist Park is the home stadium for what Major League Baseball team that anagrams to NAVAL BASE TART?
Answer: Atlanta Braves
22. What sport’s national championship for men was held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on April 6, 2020?
Answer: Men's basketball
23. Created by Atlanta resident in 1992, what television network premiered with programming that consisted exclusively of reruns of Warner Bros. cartoons?
Answer: Cartoon Network
24. Which company, based in Atlanta, was ranked by Forbes magazine as the world’s largest warehouse automation provider in 2021?
Answer: Dematic
25. After losing the presidency in 1980, Jimmy Carter started the Carter Center, an organization aiming to end human suffering, in connection with what “E” private research University in Atlanta?
Answer: Emory University
26. Played by Brian Tyree Henry, Paper Boi is a rapper who also sells cannabis on the side on which FX series named after a state capital?
Answer: Atlanta
27. After Dayton, Ohio, served as its home for 125 years, electronics company NCR relocated to Duluth, Georgia, in 2009. What do the initials stand for? The company grew by selling the value proposition that their product would help stores deter theft from retail clerks, and they were the first to sell the mechanical version of their flagship product.
Answer: National Cash Register
28. "The Celebration of the Century" was the official motto for what 20th-century event held in Georgia?
Answer: 1996 Olympics
29. What Major League Baseball team won the 1914 World Series while in Boston, before moving to Milwaukee in 1953, and then further south in 1966, where they play today?
Answer: Braves
30. The first African-American female major-party gubernatorial nominee in the United States occurred in Atlanta during the 2018 election. What is this woman's name?
Answer: Stacey Abrams
31. Arthur Blank, co-founder of The Home Depot and owner of the Atlanta Falcons, also owns another sports franchise—Atlanta United FC, which competes in what sport?
Answer: Soccer
32. Toronto Blue Jays were the first non-U.S. team to win the World Series, but which baseball team from the Deep South did they courageously defeat in October 1992 to claim their first title?
Answer: The Atlanta Braves
33. Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport is named after two former mayors of the city. Who were they?
Answer: William Hartsfield, Maynard Jackson
34. In the 2019 Minor League Baseball season, the Gwinnett Stripers and the Florida Fire Frogs were both affiliates of what Major League team from Atlanta? The former was a Triple-A team and the latter a Class A team.
Answer: Atlanta Braves
35. In what Georgia county would you find a starting point (or ending point) for the Appalachian Trail?
Answer: Fannin County
36. T.I. recently gave Insta a sneak peek at an affordable housing development he's building in what peachy city whose music scene also gave us Outkast, Ludacris, and TLC?
Answer: Atlanta
37. Among the airlines that quickly dropped mask mandates following a federal judge's ruling in April 2022 was which Atlanta-based carrier whose name is a Greek letter?
Answer: Delta
38. A center in Atlanta has a "Democracy Program" which, among other things, monitors elections around the world. What former president and his wife founded the center in 1982?
Answer: Jimmy Carter
39. Created by the Root Glass Company in Terra Haute, Indiana, the “perfect liquid wrapper” is how industrial designer Raymond Loewy described the iconic bottle shape of which famously branded soda that was invented in 1886 by a pharmacist in Atlanta?
Answer: Coca-Cola
40. The first U.S. presidential debate in 2024 took place in which southern-state city?
Answer: Atlanta
41. In 1996, which U.S. city held the Summer Olympics, which was also the Centennial Olympic Games (the 100th anniversary of the first modern summer version)? Tragically, the games were interrupted by a pipe bomb explosion.
Answer: Atlanta
42. What American soul duo originated in Atlanta in 2003 and soon reached international fame as CeeLo Green and Danger Mouse's breakout hit "Crazy" topped the charts in multiple countries?
Answer: Gnarls Barkley
43. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. graduated in 1948 from what historically Black Atlanta college, whose other famous alumni include director Spike Lee and sprinter Edwin Moses?
Answer: Morehouse
44. What major American city was the site of most of the principal photography for "Black Panther?"
Answer: Atlanta
45. Throughout his 17 seasons in the league playing for the Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons, Pro Football Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez spent the entirety of his NFL career playing in what offensive position?
Answer: Tight End
46. What other state capital is closest to Atlanta?
Answer: Montgomery
47. Kelly Loeffler lost her run-off election and her U.S. Senate seat in Georgia after a vote in 2021. Emblematic of her momentum, members of what Atlanta WNBA franchise, which she co-owned at the time, spoke out against her campaign? You might say the moment felt very unreal…
Answer: Atlanta Dream
48. The Discovery Channel reality series "Auction Kings" is centered on Gallery 63, an auction house in Sandy Springs, a suburb of what state capital city?
Answer: Atlanta
49. Sweet Auburn, a Black neighborhood that was a centerpiece for the Civil Rights movement and where Martin Luther King Jr. was born, is located in what Southern city? Part of Sweet Auburn was designated as a National Historic Landmark District in 1976.
Answer: Atlanta
50. The first two Home Depot stores were built in 1979 in Atlanta in real estate leased from what major department store chain?
Answer: J.C. Penney
51. What is the name of the private, all-male HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) located in Atlanta? It’s the largest men's liberal arts college in the U.S. and is the alma mater of Martin Luther King Jr., Spike Lee, and Edwin Moses.
Answer: Morehouse College
52. Eretmochelys imbricata is the scientific name of a critically endangered sea turtle species that is more commonly named after the bill of what species of bird, popular amongst Atlanta basketball fans?
Answer: Hawk (Hawksbill sea turtle)
53. African American track star Ralph Metcalfe was born in Atlanta in 1910. After holding the world records for the 100m and 200m races and racking up Olympic medals, he became a politician. In Congress, he helped create what three-lettered group that aims to "achieve greater equity for persons of African descent?"
Answer: Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)
54. According to a 2015 analysis, Peachtree is not, in fact, the most common street name in Georgia despite its frequent usage throughout the Atlanta area. Instead, a different tree claims the top spot. What 7-letter, compound word is the most common street name in Georgia?
Answer: Dogwood
55. The Big Three was a group of three starting pitchers for the Atlanta Braves from 1993 to 2002. Greg Maddux and John Smoltz were two of the pitchers. Who was the third? He was the MVP of the 1995 World Series.
Answer: Tom Glavine
56. The official state bird of Georgia was the mascot for what Atlanta NHL hockey team that played from 1999 until 2011?
Answer: Thrashers
57. Trader's Alley and Boundless Budgies are both exhibits that have been found at what Georgian cultural institution in the past decade?
Answer: Zoo Atlanta
58. What five-letter woman's name is also the abbreviation used for the Atlanta area's mass transit system?
Answer: MARTA
59. A much-memed image of Lil Durk and what Atlanta rapper, born Jeffrey Lamar Williams, Jr., sees the pair working intently on a desktop computer?
Answer: Young Thug
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