Q 01/05

Which River Thames crossing was sold in 1968, shipped across the Atlantic and rebuilt in Lake Havasu City, Arizona?

A) London Bridge

B) Tower Bridge

C) Westminster Bridge

D) Waterloo Bridge

Answer · why

A) London Bridge

London Bridge was bought by developer Robert McCulloch to draw home buyers to the desert town he had founded. Only its outer granite blocks made the t...

Q 02/05

Which New Mexico city became a byword for UFOs after the Army said in 1947 it had recovered a flying disc?

A) Gallup

B) Roswell

C) Socorro

D) Las Cruces

Answer · why

B) Roswell

Roswell lent its name to the incident even though the debris fell on ranchland about 75 miles to the north. It came from a secret balloon built to det...

Q 03/05

Which fire-prevention mascot got a living namesake in 1950, when a young survivor was pulled from a New Mexico blaze?

A) Woodsy Owl

B) Ranger Rick

C) Smokey Bear

D) Sparky the Fire Dog

Answer · why

C) Smokey Bear

Smokey Bear the poster character dates from 1944, six years before the real cub. The rescued black bear was first called Hotfoot Teddy, then lived at ...

Q 04/05

Which state capital sits about 7,000 feet above sea level, higher than any other in the United States?

A) Denver

B) Cheyenne

C) Helena

D) Santa Fe

Answer · why

D) Santa Fe

Santa Fe is also the oldest state capital in the country, picked by Spain as a provincial capital in 1610. Denver, the famous Mile High City, sits wel...

Q 05/05

Which Texas city is the radio call sign of NASA's Mission Control, which guided Apollo astronauts to the Moon?

A) Houston

B) Galveston

C) San Antonio

D) Fort Worth

Answer · why

A) Houston

Houston has run American crewed spaceflights since Gemini 4 in June 1965. Earlier missions were controlled from Cape Canaveral in Florida.