Q 01/05

El Paso sits across the Rio Grande from which Mexican city?

A) Tijuana

B) Ciudad Juárez

C) Chihuahua City

D) Nuevo Laredo

Answer · why

B) Ciudad Juárez

Ciudad Juárez, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, faces El Paso directly across the Rio Grande, and the two cities form one of the largest binational ...

Q 02/05

Which interstate highway runs east–west through El Paso?

A) Interstate 10

B) Interstate 20

C) Interstate 35

D) Interstate 40

Answer · why

A) Interstate 10

Interstate 10 runs through El Paso on its coast-to-coast route from Santa Monica, California, to Jacksonville, Florida, entering Texas at the New Mexi...

Q 03/05

Which time zone does El Paso observe?

A) Central Time

B) Eastern Time

C) Pacific Time

D) Mountain Time

Answer · why

D) Mountain Time

Mountain Time: El Paso and neighbouring Hudspeth County are the only parts of Texas officially outside Central Time, so the city keeps the same clock ...

Q 04/05

On average, how many days a year does the sun shine in El Paso, earning it the "Sun City" nickname?

A) 250

B) 302

C) 275

D) 290

Answer · why

B) 302

El Paso averages 302 sunny days a year, roughly 83 percent of possible sunshine, which earned it the Sun City nickname.

Q 05/05

El Paso lies within which desert?

A) Sonoran

B) Great Basin

C) Mojave

D) Chihuahuan

Answer · why

D) Chihuahuan

The Chihuahuan Desert surrounds El Paso and forms the easternmost section of the Basin and Range region.

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