Statistics for State Quiz - Virginia

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Capital city	Richmond	93%
Virginia is the birthplace of eight _______, the most of any state	U.S. Presidents	90%
Historically Virginia's most important cash crop	Tobacco	82%
First permanent English colony in the New World	Jamestown	76%
River that separates Arlington County from Washington D.C.	Potomac	75%
Leader of the above colony - supposedly saved by Pocahontas	John Smith	73%
Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia	Robert E. Lee	72%
University of Virginia founder	Thomas Jefferson	71%
Person for whom the state is named	Queen Elizabeth	70%
Most populous city (city proper)	Virginia Beach	68%
Slogan	Virginia is for {Lovers}	68%
Bay between the Delmarva Peninsula and the rest of the state	Chesapeake	66%
George Washington's estate	Mount Vernon	63%
City with a "colonial" historical district	Williamsburg	56%
City home to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet	Norfolk	54%
Virginian who said "Give me liberty, or give me death!"	Patrick Henry	52%
University in that town - the second oldest in the United States	William & Mary	52%
Town where Cornwallis surrendered	Yorktown	46%
Nickname of Virginia	The Old {Dominion}	45%
Appalachian mountain pass	{Cumberland} Gap	44%
Virginia's state motto	Sic Semper {Tyrannis}	42%