Q 01/05

What does 'Santa Fe' mean in English?

A) Holy Faith

B) Holy Fire

C) Saint Philip

D) Sacred Heart

Answer · why

A) Holy Faith

Holy Faith: Governor Pedro de Peralta named his new capital La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís, the Royal Town of the Holy Faith of...

Q 02/05

Santa Fe is the oldest state capital in the United States, founded in which year?

A) 1650

B) 1680

C) 1706

D) 1610

Answer · why

D) 1610

Santa Fe was founded in 1610 as capital of the Spanish province of Nuevo México, a decade before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in 1620.

Q 03/05

Santa Fe holds which distinction among US state capitals?

A) Largest area

B) Highest altitude

C) Smallest population

D) Westernmost

Answer · why

B) Highest altitude

Highest altitude: at roughly 7,000 feet above sea level, Santa Fe sits about a third of a mile higher than Denver, the capital that calls itself the M...

Q 04/05

Which famous highway ran through Santa Fe until a 1937 realignment bypassed the city?

A) Route 66

B) US Route 50

C) The Lincoln Highway

D) US Route 1

Answer · why

A) Route 66

Route 66: its first route looped north through Santa Fe until Governor Arthur Hannett, voted out in 1926 and blaming the capital's politicians, is sai...

Q 05/05

Which mountain range rises behind Santa Fe?

A) Sangre de Cristo Mountains

B) Jemez Mountains

C) Guadalupe Mountains

D) Sacramento Mountains

Answer · why

A) Sangre de Cristo Mountains

Sangre de Cristo Mountains: this southern arm of the Rockies rises so close to the city that a ski area on its slopes lies just 16 miles from the Plaz...