Nevada Trivia Quiz
What is Reno's nickname?
The Divorce Capital of the World
The Gateway to Burning Man
The Biggest Little City in the World
The Home of the Wolf Pack
Nevada comes from the Spanish word "nieve" which means what?
Dry
Rocky
Sky
Snow
Name the Nevada State Fossil.
Smilodon
Stegosaurus
Metasequoia
Ichthyosaurus
What historic figure are Carson City, the Carson River, and the Carson Valley named after?
Kit Carson
Carson McCullers
Samuel Price Carson
Carson Bigbee
Which of these Native American tribes DOES NOT have a reservation located in Nevada?
Washoe
Paiute
Modoc
Shoshone
Fill in the blank:
Glowing hills
Sierras
Truckee's
Aspens
Which Nevada highway was named "the loneliest highway in America" by Life magazine in 1986?
6
50
95
395
What was the name of the first and only Secretary of the Nevada Territory (also Mark Twain's brother)?
Alastair Clemens
Josiah Twain
Orion Clemens
Shiloh Clemens
How many experimental atomic bombs were detonated in the Nevada Proving Grounds (later known as Nevada Test Site) between 1950 and 1955?
25
45
51
17
How old was the Bristlecone Pine, named "Prometheus," discovered on Wheeler Peak in 1964?
1200 years old
3500 years old
4900 years old
5200 years old
True or false: Reno is west of Los Angeles.
True
False
Name the elephant that performed at John Asquaga's Nugget for 37 years.
Angel
Stella
Tina
Bertha
What famous boxer was once a bartender at the Mizpah Hotel in Tonopah?
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Joe Lewis
Rocky Marciano
What Nevada landmark is considered the largest single public works project in the history of the United States?
Project Neon
Tahoe Rim Trail
Galena Creek Bridge
Hoover Dam
What is Nevada's official state animal?
Desert Bighorn Sheep
Mountain Bluebird
Lahontan Cutthroat Trout
Vivid Dancer Damsel Fly
True or false: Nevada is the most mountainous state.
True
False
What is Nevada's highest point?
Boundary Peak
Wheeler Peak
Mount Rose
Mount Moriah
In what year did Nevada become a state?
1868
1884
1864
1887
In what Nevada town in the Naval Air Force Base that trains Top Gun Pilots located?
Mesquite
Fallon
Pahrump
Tonopah
What Nevada lake is the only home to the Cui-ui?
Lake Tahoe
Pyramid Lake
Walker Lake
Topaz Lake
Put these Nevada Governors in chronological order earliest to latest
Laxalt, List, Russell, O'Callahan, Sawyer
Russell, Sawyer, Laxalt, O'Callahan, List
Sawyer, Russell, O'Callahan, Laxalt, List
Sawyer, Russell, Laxalt, O'Callahan, List
Who is the creator of the the sculpture "Solitude" that honors the Basque culture in Nevada?
Nestor Basterretxea
Dominique Laxalt
Dale Erquiagua
Jose Olatxea
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Pierce
Millard Filmore
What famous Native American athlete ran a bar on the Boulder Highway?
Lewis Tewanima
Ellison Brown
Wahoo McDaniel
Jim Thorpe
Who was the first woman elected to represent Nevada in the US Congress
Francis Newlands
Barbara Vucanovich
Sharon Angle
Dina Titus
South Mountain
Comstock
Lake's Crossing
Fuller's Bridge
What is the name of this central Nevada river pictured just outside of Austin?
Owyhee
Humboldt
Stimpson
Reese
What one thriving Nevada mining town survives today as a small art community?
Bodie
Mina
Tuscarora
Valmy
What politician held the offices of Attorney General, Governor, and US Senator for Nevada?
Brian Sandoval
Paul Laxalt
Richard Bryan
Alan Bible
What Nevada town celebrates Gridley Days?
Minden
Genoa
Ely
Austin
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