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This is based on the book Montana Trivia. This is part 2. Test your knowledge on Montana's Trivia.
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1
What Montana city had the largest population in 1917, making it the biggest city between Minneapolis and Seattle?
Nevada City
Virginia City
Miles City
Butte
2
What is the current population of Montana according to the 2000 census?
957,389
902,195
839,202
900,229
3
What percentage of the land in the United States still belongs to Indian nations?
2%
8%
6%
4%
4
Why is Great Falls called the Electric City?
They have 8 dams
There are 5 Hydroelectric dams
They have 5 watermills
They have 5 Windmills
5
What town located as far inland as a person could possibly navigate there by boat is known as the worlds innermost port?
Belknap
Fort Benton
Miles City
Helena
6
What county now has the greatest ratio of men to women, 139 males to every 100 women?
Miles City
Virginia City
Nevada City
Powell
7
From the source of the river to the point where it exits the state, what is the aver. descent in altitude for MT River's
300 FT
30,000 Ft
30 Ft
3,000 FT
8
When Lewis and Clark traveled cross country across Montana how many humans did they meet?
All of the above
283
7
None
9
How long did it take Lewis and Clark to portage the eighteen miles around the five waterfalls of Great Falls?
15 Days
3 Days
30 Days
45 Days
10
How does Montana rank among states in percentage of Native American population?
3rd
7th
5th
6th
11
The state penitentiary today is in what town, which was the site of the first territorial prison?
Polson
Miles City
Nevada City
Deer Lodge
12
In a treaty with England in 1846, what parrallel became Montana's and America's Northern Boundary?
46
49th
47
48
13
What town, known as Greasy Grass by the Indians as the grass made animals fat and greasy, was mistranslated to what?
Miles City
Lodge Grass
Deer Lodge
Beartooth
14
When officials in Idaho Territory agreed to cede some land to form Montana, where did they plan the border?
Pearl Harbor
Conntinetal Divide
Mr.Beast's Mom's house
Grand Canyon
15
What's the largest tribe in the state?
Cherokee
Kootenai
Blackfeet
Salish
16
Giant Springs, thought to be the largest freshwater spring in the world, pumps out how many gallons of water per hour?
.79 Million
7.9 Million
79.9 Million
79 Million
17
How many Indian reservations are there in the state?
11
17
16
7
18
What Indian reservation was supposed to be named after Chief Stone Child, but eas mistranslated from Chippewa into Eng?
Rocky Boy's
Tall Horse
Golden Men
White Man Tribe
19
What town had some 50 millionares in the 1880's, which was more per capita than any other community in the nation?
Helena
Bozeman
Kalispell
Missoula
20
Where was the first major gold strike in Montana on the July 29, 1862?
Grasshoper Creek
Saskathewan Creek
Ohio River
Yuma Creek
21
How many principal tribes inhabit the state's seven reservations?
12th
8th
9th
11th
22
In the 2000 census, what percentage of people living in the state were born there?
57%
49%
29%
38%
23
What peak is in Glacier Park, is the only place in the world whose rivers, reach three different seas?
Bear Peak
Two Divide Peak
Lookout Peak
Triple Divide Peak
24
The census taken during what year showed most people lived in cities more than rural areas?
2016
1939
1960
1993
25
How many Native Americans currently live in Montana?
6% of poplation
9% of population
10% of population
0.5% of population
26
Listed as the world's shortest river, how long is the Roe as it flows from Giant Springs to the Missouri River near GF.
298 Ft
482 FT
201 FT
538 Ft
27
What percentage of Montana residents currently live in rural areas?
58%
32%
48%
39%
28
What was proposed in the 1920's to correct the common mispronuciation of Helena as Hel-EEN-a?
Lena
Hena
Hellena
Hella
29
Thomas Jefferson paid $0.03 a acre, what is the cost of average Montana crop land today?
$635
$502
$607
$600
30
What is the poulation of the Butte area today?
38,499
23,489
49,192
33,892
31
When Montana was declared a state in 1889, when percentage of the residents had been born in the state?
10%
6%
5%
15%
