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 History
Home›Dose of History›Arizona Trivia Sampler 5: Can You Pass?

Arizona Trivia Sampler 5: Can You Pass?

By Andrea Aker
October 8, 2013
2001
2

Test your knowledge of Arizona places, people and culture 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.

  1. Arizona State FlagName Arizona’s smallest Indian Reservation in land area.
  2. What type of wood was made famous by Seri Indian woodcarvers?
  3. What is the state gemstone?
  4. What color is the star on Arizona’s state flag?
  5. What is the state tree of Arizona?
  6. What is the word used to describe a spectacular strike of rich, high grade ore?
  7. What famous Rough Rider is associated with the bronze statue in front of the Prescott courthouse?
  8. Name the Indian tribe that performs the snake dance.
  9. Name the car dealer magnate who made his mark by selling cars and trucks while atop a Brahma steer saying, “This ain’t no bull!”
  10. How many red and yellow rays are on the Arizona state flag?
  11. What was Bethany Home Road in Phoenix named for?
  12. Name two well-known Arizona newspapermen, historians and environmentalists, who died in 1996 in the same week.
  13. Who coined the phrase about Scottsdale, “The West’s Most Western Town”?

…

…

…

…

…

…

…

…

  1. Tonto-Apache near Payson (85 acres)
  2. Ironwood
  3. Turquoise
  4. Copper
  5. Palo Verde
  6. Bonanza
  7. Buckey O’Neill
  8. Hopi
  9. Tex Earnhardt
  10. 13 (6 yellow/gold and 7 red)
  11. The Bethany Home,  an early-day tuberculosis sani­tarium and goat farm at 16th St. and what is now Bethany Home Road
  12. Ben Avery and Lester Ward “Budge” Ruffner
  13. Scottsdale artist Wes Segner (1946)
(Visited 284 times, 1 visits today)

Related Posts:

  1. General Arizona Trivia: Can You Pass?
  2. Arizona Trivia Sampler 2: Can You Pass?
  3. Arizona Trivia Sampler: Can You Pass?
  4. Arizona Trivia Sampler 3: Can You Pass?
  5. Arizona Trivia Sampler 4: Can You Pass?
Tagshistoryplace namestrivia

2 comments

  1. SaraD 9 October, 2013 at 10:22 Reply

    8/13

    *slinks away in shame*

  2. Joey 13 October, 2013 at 00:51 Reply

    And in case you you have never heard about the history of the Arizona flag, you should look it up. It was created by the Arizona state rifle team a while ago.

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.