FFA Quiz Questions
1. What are the colors of the FFA?
National blue and Corn gold
2. What is the FFA Salute?
Pledge of Allegiance
3. Who wrote the FFA Creed?
E.M. Tiffany
4. At what national convention was the creed adopted?
3rd
5. What year was the creed adopted?
1930
6. What act of Congress established vo-ag Classes in high schools?
Smiths Hughes act
7. What year was this passed?
1917
8. Who was the Father of the FFA?
Henry C. Groseclose
9. What words are on the emblem?
Agricultural Education
10. What letters are on the emblem?
FFA
11. How many symbols are on the emblem?
5
12. How many emblems are on the jacket?
2
13. How much were the first national dues?
10 cents
14. How many delegates were at the first national meeting?
33
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15. What state formed the first agriculture club?
Virginia
16. Where is the national convention held now?
Indianapolis, Indiana
17. Where was the national convention first held?
Kansas City, Missouri
18. What law granted the FFA a national charter?
Public law 740
19. What year was it passed?
1950
20. What is the first degree you receive as an FFA member?
Greenhand
21. What is the second degree you receive as an FFA member?
Chapter
22. Who confers or awards these degrees?
Local Chapter
23. What is the third degree you receive as an FFA member?
State
24. Who awards this degree?
State Association
25. What is the highest degree you can achieve as an FFA member?
American
26. Who awards this degree?
National Association
27. What officer sets by the rising sun?
President
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28. What does the rising sun symbolize?
Token of a new era in agriculture/hope for the future
29. What officer sets by the plow?
Vice president
30. What does the plow symbolize?
Labor and tillage of the soil
31. What office sets by the ear of corn?
Secretary
32. What does the cross section of the ear of corn represents?
Unity
33. What officer sets by the bust of Washington?
Treasurer
34. What officer sets by the American flag?
Reporter
35. What officer sets by the door or the shield of friendship?
Sentinel
36. What does the eagle on the emblem symbolize?
Freedom
37. Who is stationed by the owl?
Advisor
38. What does the owl represent?
Knowledge and wisdom
39. What year were girls admitted to the FFA?
1969
40. What was the NFA?
New Farmers of America
41. Who was this group for?
African American students
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42. What year did it merge with the FFA?
1965
43. On the emblem, in place of the cross section of the ear of corn, the NFA had
another symbol. What was it?
Boll of Cotton
44. What was the name of the FFA?
Future Farmers of America
45. What is the name of the FFA now?
National FFA Organization
46. What year was the name changed?
1988
47. What was the name of the magazine?
The National Future Farmer
48. What is the name of the magazine now?
FFA New Horizons
49. What year did the name of the magazine change?
1989
50. What does SAEP stand for?
Supervised Agricultural Experience Program
51. What year was the magazine first published?
1952
52. What month was the FFA established?
November
53. Where were the national headquarters and supply service?
Alexandria, VA
54. Where are these located now?
Indianapolis, Indiana
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55. From whom did the FFA purchase the land to build the new center?
Dow Agriscience
56. In 1939, the FFA purchased how many acres of land?
28 ½ acres
57. From whose estate was the land purchased?
George Washington
58. What year was the FFA established?
1928
59. What is the motto?
Learning to do, Doing to learn, Earning to live, Living to serve
60. Who was the first national FFA president?
Leslie Applegate
61. What state was he from?
New Jersey
62. Who is the current national advisor?
Larry D. Case
63. Who was the first national advisor?
Dr. C. H. Lane
64. Who was the first band director?
Henry S. Bruner
65. What year was the first band established?
1947
66. What year was the supply service established?
1948
67. What year was the chorus established?
1948
68. How many pins or medals are you allowed to wear on your jacket at a time?
3
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69. What do these pins represent?
Highest degree, highest award, and highest office
70. Who was the first Star Farmer of America?
Carlton Patton
71. What year was he selected?
1929
72. What state was he from?
Arkansas
73. Who was the first Star Agribusinessman of America?
Ken Dunagan
74. What year was he selected?
1969
75. What state was he from?
Arizona
76. How many national presidents has Kentucky had?
3
Name Them: Kenneth Kennedy, Howard Downing, Steve Meredith
77. At what hotel was the national organization established in Kansas City, MO?
Hotel Baltimore
78. What year was the National FFA Foundation established?
1944
79. What year was the alumni association established?
1971
80. What year was the ground for the new FFA center broken?
1997
81. What year did the new FFA center open?
1998
82. The FFA is structured on 3 levels. What are they?
Local, State, and National
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83. Of these, which is the heart of the FFA?
Local
84. How many types of membership are available in the FFA?
4
85. Name the four types of membership.
Active, Collegiate, Honorary, Alumni (in order)
86. Who designed the FFA jacket?
Dr. Gus Lintner
87. What state was he from?
Ohio
88. How much of your chapter dues go to national?
$5
89. How much of your chapter dues go to state?
$4
90. What is official dress for male members?
White collard shirt, black slacks, black dress shoes, black socks, FFA tie, and
Official FFA jacket zipped to the top.
91. What is official dress for female members?
White collard blouse, black knee length skirt, black nylon hosiery, black dress
shoe with the close toe and heel, Official FFA scarf, and FFA jacket zipped to the
top* black slacks may be appropriate for traveling and working*
92. What is the FFA Code of Ethics?
A list of standards that all FFA members must follow.
93. What year was the Code of Ethics adopted?
1952
94. What year was the Code of Ethics revised?
1995
95. Who was the first U.S. President to address the national FFA convention?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
96. What year was this? 1953
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97. Who was the second U.S. President to address the National Convention?
Gerald Ford
98. What year was this?
1974
99. Who was the third U.S. President to address the National Convention?
Jimmy Carter
100. What year was this?
1978
101. Who was the fourth U.S. President to address the National Convention?
George Bush Sr.
102. What year was this?
1991
103. What year was the creed first revised?
1965
104. When was the last time the creed was revised?
1990
105. What year was the first jacket designed?
1933
106. How many voting delegates are at the National Convention now?
475
107. The name, “Star Agribusinessman” was changed to “American Star in
Agribusiness” in what year?
108. Where did Henry C. Groseclose teach agriculture?
Blacksburg, VA
109. What national livestock show was held in conjunction with the national
convention when it was in Kansas City, MO? American Royal
110. Who is the national executive secretary?
C. Coleman Harris
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111. Who is the national treasurer?
Marian Fletcher
112. Name the National Officers (Break these up into each officer.)
President: Beau Williamson, California, Clovis FFA
Vice President:
Secretary: Kacy Baugher, Illinois, Windsor FFA
Southern Regional VP: Jennifer Himburg, Alabama, Ariton FFA
Western Regional VP: Janette Barnard, Arizona, Willcox FFA
Eastern Regional VP: Coty Back, Kentucky, Menifee County FFA
Central Regional VP: Jamie Cecil, Colorado, Arickaree FFA
113. Who is the governing body of the National FFA Organization?
National Board of Directors
114. Who makes up this body?
The National Advisor, 4 state supervisors, 4 staff members from the United States
Department of Agriculture
115. What does BOAC stand for?
Building our American Communities
116. What year was this program started?
1970
117. Where is the FFA offered?
Puerto Rico, Guam, Rota, Virgin Islands, United States
118. What is the mission statement of the FFA?
FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their
potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through
agriculture education.
119. What are the three major components of agricultural education?
FFA, SAE, and classroom
120. What does CDE stand for?
Career Developing Event