Q 01/05

Wyoming's capital, Cheyenne, is also its most populous city. Roughly how many people live there?

A) 65,000

B) 150,000

C) 30,000

D) 250,000

Answer · why

A) 65,000

Casper is second with about 59,000, and the whole state has fewer residents than the city of Denver.

Q 02/05

Wyoming joined the Union in 1890 as which numbered state?

A) 45th

B) 44th

C) 46th

D) 47th

Answer · why

B) 44th

It had been a territory since 1868, carved out of Dakota, Idaho and Utah.

Q 03/05

Wyoming ranks where among the US states by population?

A) Third from last

B) Fifth from last

C) Last, the least populous

D) Tenth from last

Answer · why

C) Last, the least populous

About 577,000 people live in a state that is tenth-largest by area, so only Alaska is emptier per square mile.

Q 04/05

Wyoming's official nickname, the Equality State, comes from what 1869 decision?

A) Abolishing property tests for voting

B) Admitting Black jurors

C) Guaranteeing free schooling

D) Giving women the vote

Answer · why

D) Giving women the vote

Territorial governor John Campbell signed the law on 10 December 1869, and women sat on juries in Laramie the following year.

Q 05/05

Who became the first woman to serve as governor of a US state, taking office in Wyoming in January 1925?

A) Nellie Tayloe Ross

B) Esther Hobart Morris

C) Miriam Ferguson

D) Estelle Reel

Answer · why

A) Nellie Tayloe Ross

She won a special election after her husband died in office, and later spent 20 years as the first female director of the US Mint.