Georgia

The world’s largest drive-in restaurant is located right in downtown Atlanta. The Varsity has been in business 75+ years and counting. A whopping 600 cars can park at one time. Every day, the Varsity makes two miles of hot dogs, 2500 pounds of potatoes, 5000 fried pies, and 300 gallons of chili from scratch. But the electrical grid has gone down in Atlanta and is threatening the Varsity to close. This can not happen, how will people eat? Unlock the Georgia locks and get that electricity back up and running. You have 30 minutes.

Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River. Georgia has two nicknames: The Peach State and the Empire State of the South.

Georgia became the 4th state on January 2, 1788. Atlanta is both the state's capital and the city with the largest population. Georgia is bordered by five other states and the Atlantic Ocean.

The state was named after King George II of Great Britain.

Two native Georgians, Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King, Jr. have received the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. The other prizes are in Chemistry, Physics, Medicine, and Literature.

The Okefenokee Swamp is located in south Georgia. It is the largest blackwater swamp in North America at 438,000 acres. The Okefenokee Swamp is considered to be one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia.

Many people visit the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge each year. About 400,000 people visit the swamp yearly. Several outfitters offer tours by motorboat, canoe, and kayak.

A blackwater river is a type of river with a deep, slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands.

Georgia is the largest producer of the peanut and the pecan in the U.S. A. Georgia is number 3 in peach production.

Georgia has had five capitals:

Savannah (1777-1785)

Augusta (1786-1789)

Louisville (1789-1807)

Milledgeville (1807-1867)

Atlanta (1868-present)


Georgia On My Mind by Stuart Gorrell and Hoagy Carmichael

The version by Ray Charles was officially adopted as the state song of Georgia in 1979.

Georgia is home base for two world-famous businesses.

Coca-Cola is one of the most popular and biggest-selling soft drink company in the world. Coke was created in 1886 in Atlanta, Georgia, by Dr. John S. Pemberton.

To quench your thirst try one of these 6 Coke products: Sprite, Fanta Orange, Diet Coke, Cherry Coke, Coke Zero, or just the original Coke.

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