Multiple Choice Colorado Trivia  Questions

1.       What city is the capital of Colorado?
A. Colorado Springs
B. Denver
C. Boulder
D. Fort Collins

 

2.       What states border Colorado to the north?
A. Wyoming and Nebraska
B. Wyoming and Oklahoma
C. Nebraska and Utah
D. New Mexico and Kansas

 

3.       For how many years has the area that is now known as the state of Colorado been inhabited?
A. 6,000
B. 7,000
C. 9,000
D. 13,000

 

4.       About how many mountain peaks in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado are 14,000 feet or more in elevation?
A. 26
B. 87
C. 42
D. 54

 

5.       From what country did the United States acquire a territorial claim to the eastern Rocky Mountains in 1803?
A. England
B. France
C. Netherlands
D. Russia

 

6.       On what date did President Grant sign a proclamation admitting Colorado to the Union as the 38th state?
A. August 21, 1876
B.  August 1, 1875
C. August 1, 1876
D. July 19, 1876

 

7.       What was the lowest temperature recorded in the state of Colorado?  
A.  −51 °F
B.  −57 °F
C.  −61 °F
D. −68 °F

 

8.       On September 14, 1864, what did James Huff discover near Argentine Pass?
A.  Silver
B.  Gold
C.  Diamonds
D.  Lead

 

9.       Colorado the second state to grant universal suffrage and Colorado women were granted the right to vote beginning on what date?
A. November 7, 1895
B. November 17, 1894
C.  January 26, 1894
D. November 7, 1893

 

10.   Where does the state of Colorado rank compared with the other American states as far as population is concerned? 
A. The 9th most populous
B.  The 17th most populous
C.  The 22nd most populous
D.  The 33rd most populous

 

11.   In what year did the population of Colorado first exceeded one million residents?
A. 1930
B. 1926
C. 1934
D. 1918

 

12.   In what year did Celestial Seasonings begin making herbal teas in Boulder?  
A. 1955
B. 1966
C. 1969
D. 1971

 

13.   The tallest "what" in North America are located in the Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado?
A. Trees
B. Dunes
C. Hills
D. Burial mounds

 

14.   Colorado is the only state where the whole state is completely above how many feet in elevation?
A. 2,600
B. 3,050
C.  3,281
D. 3,750

 

15.   Boulder, Colorado has more "what" per capita than any other American city?
A. Artists
B. Restaurants
C. Master Chefs
D. Master Sommeliers

 

16.   What was the population of Colorado on July 1, 2013?
A. 4,874,569
B. 5,268,367
C. 5,987,444
D. 6,231,546

 

17.   The state of Colorado and what other state have legalized both the medicinal and recreational use of marijuana?
A. Oregon
B.  California
C. Massachusetts
D. Washington

 

18.   Of all the states, Colorado has the largest annual production of what?
A. Okra
B. Veal
C. Beer
D. Hops

 

19.   The summit of what mountain is the highest point of elevation in Colorado?  
A. Mount Elbert
B.  Elk Mountain
C. Mount Massive
D. Blanca Peak

 

20.   According to studies, Coloradans have the lowest rates of "what" of any state in America?
A. Stroke
B.  Obesity
C.  Heart Attack
D.  Dementia

 

21.   What is the Colorado State Fossil?
A.  T Rex
B.  stegasaurus
C.  Velociraptor
D.  Brontosaurus

 

22.   What American State borders Colorado on the west?  
A. Wyoming
B.  Nevada
C.  New Mexico
D. Utah

 

23.   Colorado's freight railroad network consists of how many miles of Class I tracks?
A.  3,740
B.  3,450
C.  2,688
D.  2,210

 

24.   According to the Energy Information Administration, Colorado is home to how many of the Nation’s 100 largest natural gas fields?
A.  Seven
B. Eleven
C. Four
D. Seventeen

 

25.   On what date did the first recreational marijuana shops in Colorado begin selling pot?
A.  January 22, 2014
B.  On January 1, 2014
C. Feb 1st, 2014
D. None of the above

 

26.   How much of the land area of Colorado is flat and rolling?
A. About  one quarter
B  Almost one third
C. Nearly Three quarters
D. Almost Half

 

27.   Oil shale deposits found in Colorado hold an estimated how many barrels of oil?
A.  1 trillion barrels
B.  1.3 trillion barrels
C. 356 Billion barrels
D. None of the above

 

28.   What is the Colorado State Tree?  
A. Spruce Pine
B. Douglas Fir
C. Colorado blue spruce
D. Colorado Oak

 

29.   How many counties does the State of Colorado have?
A.  64
B.  81
C.  72
D.  53

 

30.   Colorado, and what two other US States are the only states which have boundaries defined solely by lines of latitude and longitude? 
A.  Nevada and Wyoming
B.  Wyoming and Utah
C.  Nevada and Utah
D.  Nebraska and Nevada

 

31.   What is the Colorado State Reptile?  
A. Desert tortoise
B.  American alligator
C.  gopher tortoise
D.  Western painted turtle

 

32.   How many U.S. Navy  warships have been named the USS Colorado?
A.  One
B  Two
C. Three
D. Four

 

33.   What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Colorado?  
A.  115 °F
B.  112 °F
C.  118 °F
D.  121 °F

 

34.   What was the American state of Colorado named after? 
A. The Indian word for red river
B. The Colorado River
C.  Juan Colorado The Explorer
D.  None of the above

 

35.   What is the Colorado State Flower?
A. Corn Flower
B. White and lavender columbine
C. Mountain Laurel
D. Sunflower

 

 

Answers:

1. B
2. A
3. D
4.D
5.B
6.C
7.C
8.A
9.D
10.C
11.A
12.C
13.B
14.C
15.D
16.B
17.D
18.C
19.A
20.B
21.B
22.D
23.C
24.A
25.B
26.D
27.A
28.C
29.A
30.B
31.D
32.C
33.C
34.B
35.B