Q 01/05

What is the highest mountain peak in Colorado?

A) Pikes Peak

B) Longs Peak

C) Mount Elbert

D) Mount Massive

Answer · why

C) Mount Elbert

Mount Elbert is the highest summit in the whole Rocky Mountain chain, yet climbers call it the 'gentle giant': marked trails lead walkers all the way ...

Q 02/05

In what year did Colorado officially become the 38th U.S. state?

A) 1863

B) 1861

C) 1851

D) 1876

Answer · why

D) 1876

Statehood came 15 years after the territory was organized, and the timing gave the state a nickname it still uses on its license plates and flag.

Q 03/05

Which of these birds is the official state bird of Colorado?

A) Lark Bunting

B) Mountain Bluebird

C) American Robin

D) Western Meadowlark

Answer · why

A) Lark Bunting

The Lark Bunting male is black with white wing patches in summer, then turns streaky grey-brown like the female each winter, when the flocks leave Col...

Q 04/05

Which flower is the official state flower of Colorado?

A) Alpine Forget-me-not

B) Indian Paintbrush

C) Mariposa Lily

D) Rocky Mountain Columbine

Answer · why

D) Rocky Mountain Columbine

The Rocky Mountain Columbine, white and lavender, became the state flower on 4 April 1899, and it is illegal to uproot one on public land.

Q 05/05

What is the official state animal of Colorado?

A) Rocky Mountain Goat

B) Rocky Mountain Elk

C) Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep

D) Rocky Mountain Mule Deer

Answer · why

C) Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep

The Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep was nearly wiped out in Colorado by the early 1900s through livestock diseases and unregulated hunting, before a cent...