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Colorado Fun Facts Trivia Quiz

The latest in my series of fun quizzes about the states.

A multiple-choice quiz by bullymom. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
bullymom

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
68,128

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
3578

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 73 (3/10), Guest 172 (10/10), Guest 136 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Colorado boasts the world's highest _________. Hint

Man-made lake

Petting Zoo

Suspension bridge

Natural bridge

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Question 2 of 10

2. What brewery can you tour in Golden? Hint

Budweiser

Schlitz

Coors

Stroh's

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Question 3 of 10

3. In Boulder, you can dine at a grill named for what famous cannibal? Hint

Alferd Packer

Ed Gein

Jeffery Dahmer

Albert Fish

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Question 4 of 10

4. Alongside of US 115 south of Colorado Springs, you can see the world's largest ________. Hint

Outhouse

Grasshopper

Hercules Beetle

Soup can

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which animal is both the state animal of Colorado and the symbol of Rocky Mountain National Park? Hint

Rattlesnake

Bighorn Sheep

Bison

Guinea pig

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Question 6 of 10

6. What Colorado city was known as 'the richest square mile on Earth'? Hint

Denver

Pueblo

Durango

Central City

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Question 7 of 10

7. What Colorado city is the highest in the United States? Hint

Littleton

Aspen

Leadville

Boulder

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Question 8 of 10

8. At what Colorado National Park can you visit the largest cliff dwelling in North America? Hint

Rocky Mountain

Mesa Verde

Dinosaur

Grand Mesa

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Question 9 of 10

9. What became legal in certain areas of Colorado in 1991? Hint

Prostitution

Polygamy

Gambling

Euthanasia

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Question 10 of 10

10. Pikes Peak is named after Zebulon Pike. Who was Zebulon Pike? Hint

Discoverer of gold in Colorado

First governor of Colorado

First doctor in Colorado

US General

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Colorado boasts the world's highest _________.

Answer: Suspension bridge

The Royal Gorge bridge rises 1,053 feet above the Arkansas River.

2. What brewery can you tour in Golden?

Answer: Coors

The brewery, in the Denver suburbs, is the largest in the world.

3. In Boulder, you can dine at a grill named for what famous cannibal?

Answer: Alferd Packer

The Alferd Packer Memorial Grill is dedicated to Colorado's most famous man-eater who, in 1883, was convicted of killing and eating five people. A model prisoner, he was parolled in 1901. Don't miss the Packer Massacre Site and Museum in Lake City and Packer's grave in Littleton. Bon appetit!

4. Alongside of US 115 south of Colorado Springs, you can see the world's largest ________.

Answer: Hercules Beetle

The beetle statue, brought to Colorado by bug collector John May, is 25 feet long.

5. Which animal is both the state animal of Colorado and the symbol of Rocky Mountain National Park?

Answer: Bighorn Sheep

6. What Colorado city was known as 'the richest square mile on Earth'?

Answer: Central City

This gold mining town produced over half a billion dollars in minerals during its heyday. Today it's a National Historic Disrtict.

7. What Colorado city is the highest in the United States?

Answer: Leadville

At 10,152 feet, it's the nation's highest incorporated city.

8. At what Colorado National Park can you visit the largest cliff dwelling in North America?

Answer: Mesa Verde

The 217-room Cliff Palace, built by ancestral Puebloans around 1200, is the largest such dwelling on the continent.

9. What became legal in certain areas of Colorado in 1991?

Answer: Gambling

Colorado's three gambling towns are Central City, Cripple Creek, and Black Hawk.

10. Pikes Peak is named after Zebulon Pike. Who was Zebulon Pike?

Answer: US General

Brigadier General Zebulon Pike was a captain in the US Army when he led the Pike Expedition in 1806-07. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the expedition to explore the southern regions of the newly acquired Louisiana territory, in particular, to find the origins of the Red River.

The party discovered and documented what later became known as Pikes Peak. Captain Pike became a brigadier general in the War of 1812.

Source: Author bullymom

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