Arizona: Villages, Towns and Cities Quiz

Answer: Tombstone

Tombstone is located in southeastern Arizona. Founded as a mining town, it was once the home of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Big Nose Kate. Although the mines have closed, it has become a popular tourist destination, as its history epitomizes the 'Wild West'. Here, you can tour the Birdcage Theatre, and western gunfights are simulated daily on its main street.

Answer: Phantom Ranch

When hiking into the Grand Canyon, many people decide to spend the night at Phantom Ranch, located on the north side of the Colorado River. There are only three ways you can get to Phantom Ranch: hike in, ride a mule or come down the Colorado River. It is one of a few places in the United States where the US mail is still delivered by mules. Living in Arizona for over 30 years, I have stayed at Phantom Ranch several times in the past.

Although the canyon's grandeur is immense, thinking about those switchbacks on the long, long way to the top, I realize I'll probably never do it again.

But there are memories of those excursions that I still cherish.

Answer: Yuma

Yuma's High School nickname is the 'Criminals'. At first a pejorative name given by its rivals in Phoenix, the school officially adopted the nickname in 1917. The Russell Crowe film was named '3:10 to Yuma'.

Yuma is also very close to the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, where people from California and Arizona bring their dune buggies, sand rails or other off-road vehicles to enjoy a good time.

Answer: Florence

Florence's preserved Main Street and open desert scenery was the setting for the movie 'Murphy's Romance'. Florence hosts a total of nine prisons from the county, state, federal and private prisons. Florence is also home to the annual 'Country Thunder' music festival.

Answer: Tempe

In earlier times, the Salt River was often impassable, so Charles Hayden created a ferry service to help wagon traffic cross the river. There was once enough water flowing in the Salt River that a flour mill was located on its southern bank. In fact, one of Tempe's primary streets is named Mill Avenue.

Answer: Jerome

In 1903, the New York 'Sun' newspaper proclaimed Jerome as "the wickedest town in the west". In the 1950s, Jerome practically became a ghost town, reduced to only around 50 people. It has a history in the labor movement, with many early miners belonging to the IWW (Wobblies). Jerome is named after an investor from New York who never visited his namesake.

Answer: Flagstaff

The Lowell Observatory is where Pluto, the formerly designated ninth planet, was discovered in 1930. Flagstaff is also home to the Northern Arizona University Lumberjacks. Since it is located next to North America's largest contiguous Ponderosa pine forest, forestry is a major industry here.

Answer: Scottsdale

More expensive to live in than most of its neighbors, Scottsdale is home to many expensive golf and vacation resorts, such as the Orange Tree, the Phoenician, Troon North and the Boulders. With over 200 courses, it was once called "America's best place to live for golf".

Answer: Glendale

Glendale bills itself as 'Arizona's Antique Capital'. It is also home to the popular Arrowhead Towne Center.

Answer: Sedona

Besides its beautiful surrounding scenery, Sedona is also known as a spiritual and psychic center. It hosts a 'psychic fair' every year. In Sedona, you can get everything from psychic vortex energy tours to past life regression sessions.

Over 60 Hollywood films have been made in this area.