Q 01/05

Which mountain range rises just west of Denver?

A) Sierra Nevada

B) Cascade Range

C) Rocky Mountains

D) Wasatch Range

Answer · why

C) Rocky Mountains

Downtown sits about 12 miles east of the Front Range foothills.

Q 02/05

What is Denver's famous nickname?

A) The Queen City

B) The Mile High City

C) The Emerald City

D) The Windy City

Answer · why

B) The Mile High City

The official elevation is exactly 5,280 feet, measured at a benchmark on the State Capitol steps.

Q 03/05

Where is the benchmark that fixes Denver's official one-mile elevation?

A) Union Station's clock

B) City Park's lake

C) The Brown Palace lobby

D) The State Capitol steps

Answer · why

D) The State Capitol steps

The city as a whole ranges from 5,130 to 5,690 feet.

Q 04/05

Denver was founded where the South Platte River meets which waterway?

A) Cherry Creek

B) Clear Creek

C) Bear Creek

D) Boulder Creek

Answer · why

A) Cherry Creek

Confluence Park now occupies the site of the first townsites.

Q 05/05

In which year was Denver founded?

A) 1861

B) 1867

C) 1876

D) 1858

Answer · why

D) 1858

Gold had been found in the Rockies that November, setting off the Pike's Peak Gold Rush.