Q 01/05

What is the capital of Montana?

A) Billings

B) Helena

C) Missoula

D) Bozeman

Answer · why

B) Helena

It has been the capital since 1875, after two earlier mining towns.

Q 02/05

Which is Montana's most populous city?

A) Billings

B) Great Falls

C) Helena

D) Missoula

Answer · why

A) Billings

It is the only Montana city with more than 100,000 people; Missoula, Great Falls and Bozeman top 50,000.

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

It is slightly bigger than Japan or Germany, and the largest landlocked state.

Q 04/05

Montana's official state motto is in Spanish. What is it?

A) Montaña Alta

B) Tierra y Libertad

C) Sol y Sombra

D) Oro y Plata

Answer · why

D) Oro y Plata

It means gold and silver, a nod to the mining boom that built the state.

Q 05/05

Which of these is NOT one of Montana's nicknames?

A) Big Sky Country

B) The Last Best Place

C) The Silver State

D) The Treasure State

Answer · why

C) The Silver State

Montana has no official nickname; The Silver State belongs to Nevada.

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