Q 01/05

Roughly how many people live in Cheyenne, Wyoming's capital and most populous city?

A) 65,000

B) 150,000

C) 30,000

D) 250,000

Answer · why

A) 65,000

Cheyenne had about 65,000 residents at the 2020 census, ahead of Casper at roughly 59,000; the whole state has fewer people 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

Wyoming became the 44th state on 10 July 1890, a week after Idaho entered the Union as the 43rd.

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

Last, the least populous state is Wyoming: fewer people live there than in Vermont or Alaska, although it ranks tenth-largest by area.

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

Giving women the vote came first in Wyoming Territory: Governor John Campbell signed the suffrage act on 10 December 1869, and Albany County seated wo...

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

Nellie Tayloe Ross won a special election after her husband William died in office, took the oath on 5 January 1925, and later directed the US Mint fo...