U.S.A: All about Wyoming Trivia Quiz

Answer: 1869

Cheyenne is the capital of Wyoming and the county seat of Laramie County. It is located in the south-eastern corner of the state.

John A. Campbell was the first governor of Wyoming Territory and he was sworn in around April 1869. Two days later the Wyoming Territory was established and Cheyenne was chosen as its capital.

Construction of the Wyoming State Capitol building also commenced in 1869 in Cheyenne, but it would be around 20 years later that Wyoming would become a state. Wyoming was accepted into the nation in 1890.

Answer: Sublette

Gannett Peak is approximately 13,800 feet high. It is the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains that is not in the state of Colorado. The Gannett Glacier is the largest known glacier of the Rocky Mountains.

Sublette County is a sparsely populated county located in the west of the state. The county seat is Pinedale.

Answer: Afton

Stretching across 75 feet across four lanes of U.S. highway, over 3,000 elk antlers compose this arch.

Afton gets its name from the river Afton in Scotland.

Answer: Montana

Nebraska, South Dakota and Idaho all border Wyoming, but not to the north.

South Dakota and Nebraska border Wyoming to the east, and Idaho borders Wyoming to the west.

Wyoming also borders the states of Colorado to the south, Utah to the southwest.

Answer: Rocky IV

The fourth "Rocky" film was filmed in Wyoming, the film being released in 1985. The wilderness of Wyoming was used to portray scenes in which the characters were supposed to be in the Soviet Union. The valley of Jackson Hole was the stage for Rocky's training scenes. Grand Teton National Park was portrayed to the viewers as Soviet Russia.

Answer: Albany County

The city of Laramie is situated on the Laramie River, a tributary of the North Platte River.

Albany County borders Colorado to the south, and is home to the University of Wyoming.

Answer: Sheridan

Queen Elizabeth II was a guest of Republican senator Malcolm Wallop, who was Senator of Wyoming from 1977-1995. She stayed at Canyon Ranch and while there received a telephone call from then U.S President Ronald Reagan.

They spoke of the recent assassination attempt on UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and the Queen expressed her gratitude that her holiday in Wyoming had been kept a private affair. (Although the American press did eventually gain knowledge of her presence.)

Sheridan is the county seat of Sheridan County.

Answer: Evanston

Evanston is the county seat of Uinta County. The most commonly accepted notion is that the city is named after James Armstrong Evans, an engineer who was highly involved with the construction and creation of the Union Pacific Railroad.

Around 70% of Evanston's population belong to the Latter Day Saints Church.

Convicted serial murderer Mark Allen Hopkinson was born in Evanston. In 1992, he became the first person to be executed in Wyoming since the 1960s.

Answer: Cody

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West is both the eldest and most comprehensive museum dedicated to the American West, in America. It has been open since 1917, and was created to remember the legacy of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody, an American bison hunter, soldier and performer. There are five museums in the complex.

Answer: Medicine Bow

Medicine Bow is a town of Carbon County, Wyoming.

The Fossil Cabin was built in 1932, and is constructed of around 5,800 dinosaur bones which were excavated from the nearby Como Bluff ridge. The cabin was constructed by Thomas Boylan, who had been collecting dinosaur bones for nearly 20 years.

Answer: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base

The Francis E. Warren Air Force Base is one (out of the three) strategic missile bases of America. It was named after Francis Emroy Warren, a Republican politician, in 1930.

It is the the oldest continuously active military air force base of America, being constructed in 1867; however it was originally called 'Fort David Allen Russell.'

Answer: North Antelope Rochelle Mine

This mine was once two separate mines: The North Antelope Mine opened in 1983, the Rochelle Mine in 1984. They were combined together in 1999, creating the biggest mine of America. It is situated in Campbell County, approximately 65 miles south of the city of Gillette.

North Antelope Rochelle Mine, combined with the Black Thunder Mine (also of Wyoming) accounted for 22% of America's coal production in 2019. There are many other coal mines of Wyoming, and the state produces more coal than any other U.S state.

Answer: Sweetwater County

Sweetwater County is located in the south-west of Wyoming. The county seat is Green River, but Rock Springs is the largest city.

At approximately 10,500 square miles, Sweetwater County is bigger than several U.S. states, including Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maryland and Hawaii.

Answer: Hot Springs County

The county seat of Hot Springs County is Thermopolis, and the county is named for the hot springs in this city. The name 'Thermopolis' comes from Greek, translated as 'Hot City.'

Hot Springs County is bordered by Washakie County, Fremont County and Park County, and consists of an area of approximately 2,000 square miles.

Answer: Teton County

Teton County is also home to the Jackson Hole valley and ski resort, and around 40% of the area of Yellowstone National Park. This includes around 96% of the water held in Yellowstone National Park, most of which is in Yellowstone Lake.

The county is named after the Teton Mountain Range, which runs through Wyoming.

Teton County shares borders with both Montana and Idaho.