Q 01/05
A) Holy Faith
B) Holy Fire
C) Saint Philip
D) Sacred Heart
Answer · why
The full original name was La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís, the Royal Town of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi.
Q 02/05
A) 1650
B) 1680
C) 1706
D) 1610
Answer · why
That makes it older than Plymouth Colony and the earliest European settlement west of the Mississippi.
Q 03/05
A) Largest area
B) Highest altitude
C) Smallest population
D) Westernmost
Answer · why
It sits at 6,998 feet in the foothills of the mountains east of town.
Q 04/05
A) 8,500 ft
B) 10,100 ft
C) 6,998 ft
D) 12,000 ft
Answer · why
The thin, dry air gives the city a daily temperature swing of more than 25 °F in every month.
Q 05/05
A) Sangre de Cristo
B) Sandia Mountains
C) Jemez Mountains
D) San Juan Mountains
Answer · why
Their name, 'Blood of Christ', refers to the red glow of the peaks at sunset.
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