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1. How many counties are in Arizona?
Answer- 15
2. Which National Park has a north and south rim, with a big hole in between?
Answer- The Grand Canyon
3. Like some other southwestern U.S. states, Arizona has an easily seen meteor crater. What is its simple-sounding official name?
Answer- Meteor Crater
4. In 1968, the Colorado River Basin Project Act authorized the construction of the Central Arizona Project. What structure was built?
Answer- A 336-mile-long canal
5. What movie actor was killed in a car accident in Florence, Arizona, in October 1940?
Answer- Tom Mix
6. Which city was the Territorial capital until 1889?
Answer- Prescott
7. What nickname is Arizona best known as?
Answer- The Grand Canyon State
8. A phoenix is a legendary mythical bird that flew out of the ashes of a fire. How did Phoenix, Arizona get its name?
Answer- In the 1860s a new town emerged from the ruins of a former civilization
9. The San Francisco Peaks, the White Mountains, Mount Lemmon, and Bill Williams Mountain all have features not usually associated with Arizona. What can be found at these places?
Answer- Ski areas
10. Which Arizona city is home to the largest flowering rose bush in the world?
Answer- Tombstone
11. Who is credited with naming both Phoenix and Tempe?
Answer- Daryll Dupa
12. Arizona’s State Motto
Answer- God Enriches
13. The Morenci Mine is a large open pit mine in Greenlee County, Arizona. What is mined there?
Answer- Copper
14. What claim to fame does Lake Mead on the Nevada/Arizona border have?
Answer- Largest reservoir in the U.S.
15. What is the state flower of Arizona?
Answer- Saguaro Cactus Blossom
16. The small community of Colorado City, Arizona is renowned for its:
Answer- Polygamy
17. What river flows through the Grand Canyon?
Answer- Colorado
18. Which President signed the documents that made Arizona into a state?
Answer- William Howard Taft
19. What year did Arizona achieve statehood?
Answer- 1912
20. The London Bridge which was located across the River Thames was bought, deconstructed, and rebuilt in what city of Arizona?
Answer- Lake Havasu City
21. Phoenix’s economy up until WWII was based on agriculture and natural resources. The mainstays of this production were cotton, cattle, citrus, and _____?
Answer- Copper
22. How did the United States acquire the land that would become Arizona?
Answer- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
23. Arizona’s first state park was established in 1958 at a location that 150 years earlier was the site of the first European settlement in Arizona. Which location is it?
Answer- Tubac
24. What is the state amphibian?
Answer- Arizona Tree Frog
25. Aerosmith has enjoyed a Sedona Sunrise. In what canyon might they have been standing?
Answer- Oak Creek Canyon
26. This city’s name means garlic in Spanish and is roughly halfway between Tucson and Yuma. What city is this?
Answer- Ajo
27. What is the state fish?
Answer- Apache Trout
28. Nearly 25% of present Arizona was acquired from Mexico in 1854. This acquisition is referred to as:
Answer- The Gadsden Purchase
29. What hotel, an Arizona landmark, is nicknamed the ‘Jewel of the Desert’?
Answer- Arizona Biltmore
30. Lake Mohave is on the border between Arizona and what other US state?
Answer- Nevada
31. What would you find at The Boneyard in Tucson, Arizona?
Answer- Thousands of planes
32. North of Tucson you go up State Highway 77 and visit Biosphere Two. You travel a few more miles northeast on the road to a small town at the base of the Santa Catalina Mountains. What town is this?
Answer- Oracle
33. This city is located next door to Ft. Huachuca and was originally named after one of its early founders, Oliver Fry. What city is this?
Answer- Sierra Vista
34. In 1863, Arizona was made a territory in its own right. Before the formation of Arizona Territory, what political subdivision did it belong to:
Answer- New Mexico Territory
35. These prehistoric people, known for their red-on-buff pottery, inhabited the south and central Arizona from about 1 to 1450.
Answer- Hohokam
36. What are the official state colors?
Answer- Blue and Gold
37. Arizona borders two states of Mexico. They are Baja California, and…?
Answer- Sonora
38. What item was purchased from England and rebuilt at Lake Havasu City in 1971?
Answer- London Bridge
39. What is the state mammal?
Answer- Ringtail
40. In what Arizona city can you visit Standin’ on the Corner Park?
Answer- Winslow
41. Which Arizona State Park was officially opened to the public in 1999 after years of secrecy?
Answer- Kartchner Caverns
42. The oldest continuously inhabited community in North America is:
Answer- Oraibi
43. Winfield Scott, for whom the town of Scottsdale was named, was a noted _______.
Answer- Army chaplain
44. What is Arizona’s state song?
Answer- “Arizona”
45. How many states border Arizona?
Answer- 6
46. How would you refer to a person from Arizona?
Answer- Arizonan
47. Which Arizona city was the London Bridge rebuilt in?
Answer- Lake Havasu City
48. Arizona is home to the village of Supai. What type of transportation is used for mail delivery in Supai?
Answer- Mule.
49. What is the state’s official neckwear?
Answer- Bola tie.
50. What is it unlawful to refuse someone in Arizona?
Answer- A glass of water
51. Arizona is roughly the size of which European country?
Answer- Italy
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