Q 01/05

Boulder was founded in late 1858 by prospectors drawn to the area by what?

A) The Colorado Gold Rush

B) A silver strike

C) The Homestead Act

D) The transcontinental railroad

Answer · why

A) The Colorado Gold Rush

The Colorado Gold Rush. Gold turned up along Boulder Creek in January 1859, and the find drew more miners and merchants to the new camp.

Q 02/05

Boulder lies at the foot of which range of the Rocky Mountains?

A) Sawatch Range

B) Front Range

C) San Juan Mountains

D) Sangre de Cristo Mountains

Answer · why

B) Front Range

Front Range. Its peaks help block storms from the west, which shelters the string of cities at its foot, from Fort Collins through Denver to Colorado ...

Q 03/05

Which TV series was created by two friends who met as students at CU Boulder?

A) Community

B) Dynasty

C) South Park

D) Everwood

Answer · why

C) South Park

South Park. As students, Trey Parker and Matt Stone made a rough construction-paper cartoon about foul-mouthed boys, and it grew into the series, set ...

Q 04/05

Which Native leader, linked to Boulder's first settlement, was mortally wounded in the Sand Creek massacre?

A) Little Raven

B) Black Kettle

C) Chief Niwot

D) Roman Nose

Answer · why

C) Chief Niwot

Chief Niwot. He is said to have let the prospectors winter in the valley on a promise to leave in spring; they stayed, and his band soon had to move t...

Q 05/05

Which kind of forecast for the whole United States is issued from a NOAA centre in Boulder?

A) Hurricanes

B) Space weather

C) Tornadoes

D) Tsunamis

Answer · why

B) Space weather

Space weather. The Boulder centre watches the Sun around the clock and alerts power grids, airlines and satellite operators when a solar storm is head...