Arizona Oddities

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Your Guides
  • Departments
    • Art
    • Dose of History
    • Culture
    • Natural Surroundings
    • Odd Observations
    • Weather Talk
    • Food & Dining
    • Small Town Scene
    • Recreation
    • Only in Arizona
  • Get the Books
  • Contact Us

logo

Arizona Oddities

  • Home
  • Your Guides
  • Departments
    • Art
    • Dose of History
    • Culture
    • Natural Surroundings
    • Odd Observations
    • Weather Talk
    • Food & Dining
    • Small Town Scene
    • Recreation
    • Only in Arizona
  • Get the Books
  • Contact Us
Dose of HistoryNatural SurroundingsOdd Observations
Home›Dose of History›Arizona Geography Trivia: Can You Pass?

Arizona Geography Trivia: Can You Pass?

By Andrea Aker
July 11, 2010
5014
7

Test your knowledge of Arizona Geography with this short quiz, originally published in Marshall Trimble’s Official Arizona Trivia. Don’t scroll down too quickly. The answers are posted shortly below the questions. When you’re finished, leave a comment with your score. Did any answers surprise you?

Arizona State Map1. Name one of three Arizona dams named after U.S. Presi­dents.

2. What mountain range is north of Tucson?

3. What Indian reservation is located completely within the boundaries of another?

4. The historic Q Ranch in bordering Pleasant Valley (Young, AZ) is in the area of which two feuding families?

5. What is Arizona’s longest river?

6. Within 25 miles, how long is the Grand Canyon?

7. Name the highest mountain peak in Arizona.

8. Which rim of the Grand Canyon is higher, the north or south rim?

9. What city is located near Lynx Lake?

10. What northern Arizona mountain range was named by early Spanish missionaries for their patron Saint?

11. On what Indian reservation is Kitt Peak Observatory located?

12. Compared to all the states, does Arizona rank third, fourth, sixth or ninth in terms of land area?

13. What is Arizona’s largest state park?

14. Which city is highest in elevation: Nogales or Bisbee?

15. What east-west interstate highway replaced Route 66 across northern Arizona?

Answers below…

…

…

…

…

…

…

1. Roosevelt, Coolidge, and Hoover Dam

2. Santa Catalina Mountains

3. Hopi (surrounded by the Na­vajo Reservation)

4. Grahams and Tewksburys

5. The Colorado. Total length of the Colorado is 1,440 mi. of which 688 are in Arizona (277 mi. are in the Grand Canyon).

6. 277 miles

7. Humphrey’s Peak, Flagstaff (12,633 feet)

8. North rim (1200 feet higher) Point Imperial is the high­est point at 8872 feet.

9. Prescott

10. San Francisco Peaks (St. Francis of Assisi)

11. Papago (Tohono O’odham)

12. Sixth

13. Lake Havasu State Park

14. Bisbee (5,000 feet)

15. Interstate 40

(Visited 852 times, 1 visits today)

Related Posts:

  1. Arizona Hotspots & Leisure Trivia: Can You Pass?
  2. Arizona Trivia Sampler: Can You Pass?
  3. Arizona Geography Trivia 3: Can You Pass?
  4. Arizona Geography Trivia 2: Can You Pass?
  5. Arizona Trivia Sampler 2: Can You Pass?
Tagsgeographyhistorylandmarkstrivia

7 comments

  1. Bill 12 July, 2010 at 14:15 Reply

    I am too ashamed to report how many I got wrong. But, I have been to every site mentioned in this trivia quiz. That should get me some points!!
    Enjoy the trivia posts. Keep ’em comin’.

  2. Jeri 13 July, 2011 at 07:14 Reply

    I sadly only got 6 right. Being a native I should have done better. But I know now!

  3. Wayne 13 July, 2011 at 07:22 Reply

    13 is the score, missed 6 and 13

  4. Bob 27 September, 2011 at 20:22 Reply

    12 right. #12 – What states are larger? Alaska, Texas, Calif – – two others?

  5. Andrea Aker 28 September, 2011 at 13:46 Reply

    Hi Bob, Montana and New Mexico are larger than Arizona.

    Andrea

    • Lan Ledbetter 31 March, 2014 at 09:06 Reply

      I’m still mad at those surveyors who didn’t keep going straight into Baja. I’d love to purchase ocean front in Arizona if it was so. Let’s get it to a vote. I bet the Mexicans in that area would love to become legal immigrants of Arizona.

  6. SaraD 15 July, 2015 at 19:02 Reply

    I missed 4. I completely missed seeing #2, but I would have gotten that one if I’d seen it. 🙂

Leave a reply Cancel reply

Arizona Oddities Archive

Most Popular Posts

  • How to Keep Scorpions Away from Your Home
  • How to Keep Javelinas Away from Your Yard
  • What’s With All the Backyard Concrete-Block Fences…
  • Did You Know it’s Against the Law to Grow…
  • Four Deserts, One State

This Week Past Years

2018

  • The Anthem Hitchhiker Waits for a Ride to Nowhere

2017

  • Biosphere 2 Brings a Rainforest to the Arizona Desert

2016

  • Yuma's Bridge to Nowhere

2013

  • Winslow Chamber of Commerce Housed in Old Arizona Trading Post
  • Sculpture Garden at Yavapai College Features a Fancy, 5-Foot Frog

2012

  • What is Orange Stringy Substance Covering Desert Plants?
  • Arizona History Trivia 4: Can You Pass?

2011

  • What Causes "Pool of Water" Reflections on the Road?

2010

  • The Case of The Vanishing Train Robbers
  • Recent

  • Popular

  • Comments

  • Find a Famous Writer and Explorer's Mountain Retreat in Greer

    Find a Famous Writer and Explorer’s Historic Mountain Retreat in Greer

    By Taylor Haynes
    July 31, 2020
  • thousands of Mexican free tail bats make Phoenix tunnel their summer home

    Thousands of Mexican Free-Tail Bats Make Phoenix Tunnel Their Summer Home

    By Taylor Haynes
    July 17, 2020
  • How to Keep Scorpions Away from Your Home

    By Andrea Aker
    January 3, 2011
  • Javelina

    How to Keep Javelinas Away from Your Yard

    By Andrea Aker
    November 23, 2011
  • Phil Motta
    on
    August 27, 2021

    Why Does Downtown Phoenix Seem to Have Two Downtowns?

    I know this post ...
  • Carol
    on
    October 17, 2020

    The Tucson Artifacts are the Southwest’s Greatest Hoax

    lol ... these "clues" ...

Follow us

© Copyright 2009 – 2023 Aker Ink, LLC :: Arizona Oddities is published by Aker Ink.