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A mix of random trivia and Colorado history
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1
What is the highest peak in Colorado?
Longs Peak
Mount Elbert
Mount Massive
Mount Evans
2
Whose son invented Lincoln Logs?
Abraham Lincoln's
Ted Bundy's
Theodore Roosevelt's
Frank Lloyd Wrights
3
Katherine Bates was inspired to write what patriotic American song while standing on Pikes Peak?
My Country Tis of Thee
Star Spangled Banner
Battle Hymn of the Republic
America the Beautiful
4
How long was the longest wedding veil?
About 38,000 feet
About 30,000 feet
About 22,000 feet
About 46,000 feet
5
When was the first winning season for the Denver Broncos?
1978-79
1973-74
1967-68
1977-78
6
What pitch is heard when a toilet flushes?
E flat
C sharp
B flat
D natural
7
What is the Colorado state insect?
Pawnee Mountain Skipper
Black Banded Miner Bee
Variegated Meadowhawk Dragonfly
Hairstreak Butterfly
8
What is a blob of toothpaste called?
Nurdle
Horgun
Beebel
Mooblin
9
What is the official bird of Redondo Beach, California?
Spruce Goose
Goodyear Blimp
Memphis Belle
Breitling Orbiter
10
Colorado's lowest recorded temperature, -61, was in what city?
Maybell
Alamosa
Fraser
Antero Reservoir
11
What singer appears in a Japanese ad for applesauce?
Ringo Starr
Mick Jagger
Ed Sheeran
Mariah Carey
12
How much does an average cumulus cloud weigh?
1.1 pounds
1.1 million pounds
1.1 thousand pounds
1.1 trillion pounds
13
Which was Colorado's first state song?
Where Columbines Grow
Clouds Above my Mountains
Where the Silvery Colorado Wends its Way
Majestic Mountains to Golden Plains
14
What world capital has the longest official name?
Beijing
Ulaan Batar
Bangkok
Cairo
15
What is the loudest animal on earth?
Elephant
Sperm Whale
Howler Monkey
Tiger Pistol Shrimp
16
In what year did Colorado voters reject funding for the Winter Olympics?
1980
1968
1960
1972
17
What was the first recognized ski area in Colorado?
Howelson Hill Ski Area
Aspen Mountain
Pioneer Ski Area
Winter Park Resort
18
Which important fort was not located in Colorado?
Fort Vasquez
Fort Meade
Bent's Fort
Fort Garland
19
How many National Parks are in Colorado?
7
4
11
6
20
Colorado became a state in 1876, how many states preceded its admission?
44
28
31
37
21
The upper Colorado River was renamed in 1921, what was its original name?
Sulphur River
Red River
Green River
Grand River
22
Which of the following men has never been in Colorado's Super Max Prison?
Terry Nichols
Ramzi Yousef
Ted Kaczynski
Ted Bundy
23
In 1985, ABC news interrupted General Hospital to break what story?
The release of Super Mario Brothers
The first smoking ban in America
Procter & Gamble removed the moon and stars from its packaging
The return of the original Coke recipe
24
Which of these indigenous peoples never occupied what is now Colorado?
Apache
Osage
Shoshone
Kiowa
25
Who was the first state Governor of Colorado?
John Evans
William Gilpen
Frederick W. Pitken
John L. Routt
26
Mike the Headless Chicken is honored by a statue in which western slope town?
Fruita
Delta
Silt
Rifle
27
Where did Canadian Chris Hadfield record an entire album?
A pigpen
His bathroom
Space
Underwater
28
Infamous "cannibal" Alferd Packer is buried in which mountain town?
Lake City
Ridgeway
Marble
Creed
29
How many pints of Guinness are lost in moustaches each year?
About 60,000
About 120,000
About 160,000
About 100,000
30
What was originally designed so Chinese judges could hide their facial expressions?
N95 masks
Confessional booths
Sunglasses
Fu Manchus
31
What is a group of flamingos called?
Exuberance
Flamboyance
Spectacle
Arabesque
32
What is arachibutyrophobia the fear of?
Being without your mobile phone
Peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth
Walking through spiderwebs
That somewhere, somehow a duck is watching you
33
What signifies your baby will live a long and happy life in Japan?
A Sumo wrestler makes your baby cry
Your baby doesn't see itself in a mirror for the first month
Your baby is dropped from a temple 50 feet high and is caught in a blanket
Your baby doesn't touch the ground for the first 105 days
34
Colorado encompasses 104,185 square miles. How many states are smaller?
43
38
41
34
35
How many calories are in a gallon of gasoline?
310,000
31,000
Why are you drinking gasoline?
3,100
36
How many state capitals are west of Los Angeles?
5
7
6
4
37
The Procrastinators Club of America's newsletter is called...
I'll Let you Know Tomorrow
Last Minute News
Insert Title Here
Last Month's Newsletter
38
Before Colorado became a state it was officially Kansas Territory, Jefferson Territory and Colorado Territory.
False
True
39
What is impressive about Vulcan Point?
Its a cave where the iron in the rocks make red stalagmites and stalactites
It's a geyser created in 1916 while drilling for irrigation water
It's an island within a lake on an island within a lake on an island
I made it up
40
During the Cretaceous Period, Colorado had an inland sea, dinosaurs, ash-fall deposits and a sub-tropical climate.
False
True
