Q 01/05

Arizona became the 48th state in February 1912, on which holiday?

A) Washington's Birthday

B) Valentine's Day

C) Groundhog Day

D) Mardi Gras

Answer · why

B) Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day. The date gave Arizona a second nickname, the Valentine State; it was the last of the 48 contiguous states to join the Union.

Q 02/05

Which Arizona desert lizard's saliva gave scientists the hormone behind the drug family that includes Ozempic?

A) Chuckwalla

B) Gila monster

C) Desert iguana

D) Horned lizard

Answer · why

B) Gila monster

Gila monster. Its hormone works for hours where the human version breaks down in minutes, so it became exenatide, the diabetes drug approved in 2005.

Q 03/05

Which deal with Mexico added Arizona's southern strip to the United States?

A) Louisiana Purchase

B) Gadsden Purchase

C) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

D) Adams–Onís Treaty

Answer · why

B) Gadsden Purchase

The Gadsden Purchase. The United States paid $10 million for the strip because the only workable routes for a southern railroad to the Pacific ran thr...

Q 04/05

Which government was first to formally organize an Arizona Territory, in 1862?

A) The Republic of Texas

B) The Confederate States

C) The Mexican Republic

D) The Kingdom of Spain

Answer · why

B) The Confederate States

The Confederate States. Their Arizona was the southern half of New Mexico Territory; a year later the Union drew its own Arizona Territory as the west...

Q 05/05

Which town, home of Whiskey Row and the World's Oldest Rodeo, became Arizona's territorial capital in 1864?

A) Yuma

B) Globe

C) Prescott

D) Florence

Answer · why

C) Prescott

Prescott. It lost the capital to a southern rival after three years, won it back a decade later, then lost it for good to Phoenix.