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December 21, 2010

Here is a test of your knowledge of our beloved Commonwealth from the May issue. This month’s Kentucky Kwiz is brought to you by the Kentucky Historical Society.
(Answers and a special promotion from our sponsor at the end of the Kwiz!)

Good Luck!

 

Burlington is one of two unincorporated cities that serve as county seats. The other is:




Not established until 1912, which Kentucky county does not contain a single incorporated city or town?




The AMC series The Walking Dead is based on a graphic comic book series by which Kentuckian?




Which Muhlenberg County born actor is best known for his roles in The Wild Bunch, Dillinger and Stripes?




Paul Derringer, a founding inductee into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame, was a six-time Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher, playing for the St. Louis Cardinals, the Reds and the Chicago Cubs in a career spanning from 1931 to 1945. He was from which central Kentucky city?




Credited as a major influence on author/poet Robert Penn Warren, which Kentucky author is best known for her novels The Time of Man and The Great Meadow?




The New York Times declared, “There now exists in the State of Kentucky a condition of affairs without parallel in the history of the world” in connection with what event?




Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy, the Star Trek character played by DeForest Kelley, was allegedly descended from the McCoys of the famous eastern Kentucky feud.



Paducah, supposedly named for a Chickasaw chief named Paduke, was originally called:




In the 1994 film Pulp Fiction, Uma Thurman’s character Mia Wallace orders a “Durward Kirby” burger, a tribute to the actor/announcer best known as the co-host of Candid Camera (1961-66). Kirby was born in which northern Kentucky town?






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Comments

  1. Jayme Bridges says:
    January 7, 2011 at 3:20 pm

    I would love to see you do these on a monthly bases. We all want to know as much as we can about the great commonwealth and what better way to learn……

    • Theresa M Hodge says:
      March 31, 2011 at 12:55 pm

      I would also like to see more of this Trivia in the monthly magazine it is very educational , especially after going to some places and visiting like the Bourbon Trail and Keenland is my favorit Race Track.

      HELP SUPPORT The Kentucky Historical Society !!!!
      Theresa

  2. Kentucky Monthly says:
    January 26, 2011 at 8:29 pm

    We do run a Kentucky Kwiz each month in the front of the magazine, and we are starting to offer the same kwiz online. Glad you enjoyed it. Keep checking back for next month’s installment.

  3. Bobbie Jaggers says:
    January 31, 2011 at 12:30 am

    This is great !!!

  4. Ken Gray says:
    March 2, 2011 at 8:29 pm

    Explain the answer to question #9. How are Butch Beard and Ralph Beard related? Butch played at U of L and Ralph played at UK. As far as I know that are not related.

    Thanks, enjoyed the quiz.

    Ken Gray

    • Stephen M. Vest says:
      March 2, 2011 at 9:16 pm

      Oops. The question should have read “Which combination IS related?” The correct answer would be A. the daughter-and-son combo of Clem and Clemette Haskins. As for Butch and Ralph Beard, they are both originally for Hardinsburg (as is Silver-medal winner Percy Morris Beard). None of the three is directly related as far as we can tell. We will run a correction in the magazine and fix the on-line quiz as quickly as possible. Thanks for playing and your interest in the Kwiz.

    • Joseph Layman says:
      March 8, 2011 at 1:35 pm

      Different Culture of players at different schools playing great basketball at UL and Kentucky.

  5. Bernard Nelson says:
    March 25, 2011 at 7:29 pm

    Really enjoy working the brain and my memory of events doing the Kwiz. Great Magazine for a GREAT COMMONWEALTH………KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.

  6. MJ says:
    September 13, 2011 at 6:45 pm

    I am not into sports at all, missed everyone of those questions. At least I got a coupon anyway. Thanks.

  7. Helen-Bragg Cleary says:
    November 12, 2011 at 6:08 pm

    Dear Kentucky Monthly,

    The Kentucky Kwiz is a great concept. You should ask “Who was
    Kentucky’s first United States Senator?” and “Where is his Kentucky home?”

    Helen-Bragg Cleary

  8. Diane says:
    December 2, 2011 at 8:07 pm

    This one was a challenge this month. I love doing the quiz every month.

  9. Marilyn says:
    December 18, 2011 at 5:19 pm

    I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge. Thanks.

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