Q 01/05

Which resort sits at the Las Vegas Strip's southern end?

A) Mandalay Bay

B) MGM Grand

C) New York-New York

D) Park MGM

Answer · why

A) Mandalay Bay

Mandalay Bay is the last resort heading south on the Strip, which, despite its name, lies outside the Las Vegas city limits.

Q 02/05

The Strip lies just outside the Las Vegas city limits in which two unincorporated towns?

A) Spring Valley and Enterprise

B) Paradise and Winchester

C) Henderson and Summerlin

D) Boulder City and Sunrise

Answer · why

B) Paradise and Winchester

Paradise and Winchester grew out of a town the county created in 1950 at casino owners' urging, so the city of Las Vegas could not annex the Strip and...

Q 03/05

What did Clark County begin building at the Strip's busiest intersections in the 1990s?

A) Roundabouts

B) Pedestrian tunnels

C) Footbridges

D) Monorail stations

Answer · why

C) Footbridges

Footbridges lift walkers clear of the traffic, which is safer for them and quicker for drivers; the first set went up where Tropicana Avenue crosses t...

Q 04/05

Travel guides stretch the Strip to the Strat, but which resort does Clark County call its northern end?

A) Encore

B) Resorts World

C) The Sahara

D) Fontainebleau

Answer · why

C) The Sahara

The Sahara stands at Sahara Avenue, the line between the county and the city of Las Vegas; the Strat lies north of it, inside the city limits, so offi...

Q 05/05

Which resort opened in 1941, five years before the Flamingo, as the first on what became the Strip?

A) El Rancho Vegas

B) Hotel Last Frontier

C) The Thunderbird

D) The Riviera

Answer · why

A) El Rancho Vegas

El Rancho Vegas lured night drivers off the desert highway with its trademark sign, a tower topped by a windmill with neon-lit blades.