Nevada Trivia Quiz

What is Reno's nickname?

Nevada comes from the Spanish word "nieve" which means what?

Name the Nevada State Fossil.

What historic figure are Carson City, the Carson River, and the Carson Valley named after?

Which of these Native American tribes DOES NOT have a reservation located in Nevada?

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Which Nevada highway was named "the loneliest highway in America" by Life magazine in 1986?

What was the name of the first and only Secretary of the Nevada Territory (also Mark Twain's brother)?

How many experimental atomic bombs were detonated in the Nevada Proving Grounds (later known as Nevada Test Site) between 1950 and 1955?

How old was the Bristlecone Pine, named "Prometheus," discovered on Wheeler Peak in 1964?

True or false: Reno is west of Los Angeles.

Name the elephant that performed at John Asquaga's Nugget for 37 years.

What famous boxer was once a bartender at the Mizpah Hotel in Tonopah?

What Nevada landmark is considered the largest single public works project in the history of the United States?

What is Nevada's official state animal?

True or false: Nevada is the most mountainous state.

What is Nevada's highest point?

In what year did Nevada become a state?

In what Nevada town in the Naval Air Force Base that trains Top Gun Pilots located?

What Nevada lake is the only home to the Cui-ui?

Put these Nevada Governors in chronological order earliest to latest

Who is the creator of the the sculpture "Solitude" that honors the Basque culture in Nevada?

What famous Native American athlete ran a bar on the Boulder Highway?

Who was the first woman elected to represent Nevada in the US Congress

What is the name of this central Nevada river pictured just outside of Austin?

What one thriving Nevada mining town survives today as a small art community?

What politician held the offices of Attorney General, Governor, and US Senator for Nevada?

What Nevada town celebrates Gridley Days?