Q 01/05

When pioneers founded Salt Lake City in July 1847, the valley still officially belonged to which country?

A) Spain

B) Mexico

C) Britain

D) Russia

Answer · why

B) Mexico

Mexico gave up the region early the next year, when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo handed the United States the land that became Utah.

Q 02/05

Which fast-food chain's first franchise opened near Salt Lake City in 1952, selling a recipe from another state?

A) Kentucky Fried Chicken

B) Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

C) Church's Texas Chicken

D) Maryland Fried Chicken

Answer · why

A) Kentucky Fried Chicken

Kentucky Fried Chicken owes its bucket to the same Utah franchisee, Pete Harman, who introduced the cardboard tub in 1957.

Q 03/05

Which everyday road device did Salt Lake City policeman Lester Wire build an early electric version of in 1912?

A) Parking meter

B) Street lamp

C) Traffic light

D) Speed camera

Answer · why

C) Traffic light

The traffic light he built was a yellow wooden box with a pitched roof, so like a birdhouse that locals nicknamed it Wire's pigeon house.

Q 04/05

Which Disney Channel movie about a basketball captain turned singer was filmed at an actual Salt Lake City campus?

A) Princess Protection Program

B) Lemonade Mouth

C) The Cheetah Girls

D) High School Musical

Answer · why

D) High School Musical

High School Musical used East High, a working public school, and by summer 2007 the building was drawing 40 to 50 fans a day.

Q 05/05

Which 1980 American team lit the cauldron at Salt Lake City's 2002 Olympics?

A) Four-man bobsled

B) Short-track relay

C) Men's ice hockey

D) Men's curling

Answer · why

C) Men's ice hockey

Men's ice hockey heroes of the Miracle on Ice were summoned by their captain, Mike Eruzione, and the whole squad lit the flame together.