Q 01/05

What is the capital of Montana?

A) Billings

B) Helena

C) Butte

D) Bozeman

Answer · why

B) Helena

Helena has been Montana's capital since 1875; the city grew from the Last Chance Gulch gold strike and kept the role at statehood.

Q 02/05

Which is Montana's most populous city?

A) Billings

B) Great Falls

C) Helena

D) Missoula

Answer · why

A) Billings

Billings counted about 117,000 residents at the 2020 census. It took its name in 1882 from Frederick Billings, a president of the Northern Pacific Rai...

Q 03/05

Montana is the fourth-largest state by area, after Alaska, Texas and which other?

A) New Mexico

B) California

C) Arizona

D) Nevada

Answer · why

B) California

California ranks third; Montana's roughly 147,000 square miles make it fourth, yet only Alaska and Wyoming are more thinly populated.

Q 04/05

What is Montana's official state motto, written in Spanish?

A) Montaña Alta

B) Tierra y Libertad

C) Sol y Sombra

D) Oro y Plata

Answer · why

D) Oro y Plata

Oro y Plata, Spanish for gold and silver, honours the gold and silver mining boom that built the state and appears on the state seal.

Q 05/05

Which nickname does Montana carry for its mineral wealth?

A) The Silver State

B) The Gem State

C) The Treasure State

D) The Golden State

Answer · why

C) The Treasure State

The Treasure State is Montana's best-known nickname, earned by the fortunes in minerals dug from its mountains; the Silver State is Nevada and the Gem...