Q 01/05

What does the Spanish name 'Las Vegas' mean in English?

A) The meadows

B) The springs

C) The stars

D) The valleys

Answer · why

A) The meadows

Las Vegas means 'The meadows' in Spanish: a vega is a fertile lowland, and the name described the grassy ground around the valley's natural springs on...

Q 02/05

Las Vegas is the county seat of which Nevada county?

A) Washoe

B) Clark

C) Lincoln

D) Nye

Answer · why

B) Clark

Las Vegas is the seat of Clark County, created in 1909 and named for William A. Clark, the senator whose railroad founded the town; most Strip casinos...

Q 03/05

Which unincorporated town holds most of the Las Vegas Strip, which lies outside the city?

A) Boulder City

B) Henderson

C) Paradise

D) Summerlin

Answer · why

C) Paradise

Most of the Strip lies in Paradise, an unincorporated town casino owners created in December 1950 to block annexation, and its taxes, by the city of L...

Q 04/05

Guy McAfee nicknamed Las Vegas Boulevard's casino row after which road in Los Angeles?

A) Rodeo Drive

B) Mulholland Drive

C) Hollywood Boulevard

D) Sunset Strip

Answer · why

D) Sunset Strip

Guy McAfee ran the Pair-o-Dice Club, the first casino on the highway, and borrowed the name from Hollywood.

Q 05/05

In what year did Nevada legalise casino gambling and cut divorce residency to six weeks?

A) 1931

B) 1946

C) 1955

D) 1911

Answer · why

A) 1931

Nevada legalised casino gambling on March 19, 1931 and cut divorce residency to six weeks that same year, just as Hoover Dam construction began bringi...