Q 01/05

What is the capital of Nevada?

A) Las Vegas

B) Reno

C) Carson City

D) Henderson City

Answer · why

C) Carson City

It is an independent city that functions as both a city and a county, created when Ormsby County was dissolved in 1969.

Q 02/05

Nevada's official nickname is what?

A) The Golden State

B) The Sagebrush State

C) The Desert State

D) The Silver State

Answer · why

D) The Silver State

It is also called the Battle Born State because it joined the Union during the Civil War, and the Sagebrush State after its native plant.

Q 03/05

What does the name 'Nevada' mean in Spanish?

A) Sandy

B) Silver

C) Snowy

D) Wide

Answer · why

C) Snowy

Spanish explorers named it for the snow on its mountains, echoing Spain's own Sierra Nevada.

Q 04/05

On what date did Nevada become the 36th state?

A) October 31, 1864

B) July 4, 1863

C) January 1, 1866

D) March 2, 1861

Answer · why

A) October 31, 1864

It was admitted eight days before the 1864 presidential election, despite having fewer than the 60,000 residents Congress usually required.

Q 05/05

Nevada was the second state admitted during the Civil War. Which was the first?

A) Kansas Territory

B) West Virginia

C) Kentucky

D) Nebraska Territory

Answer · why

B) West Virginia

West Virginia had broken away from Confederate Virginia in 1863.