New Mexico state quiz

If you can pronounce Tesuque and Pojoaque correctly, if you can greet your friends in English, Spanish, and Navajo, if your front yard is gravel instead of grass, you will probably do well on this test.

You don't have to be a genius to score well here, just a nerd and a trivia freak like me. There are a couple of sneaky questions here. Did you know that Lew Wallace was also a general in the Federal Army and fought at Shiloh? Too bad he got there so late, but his division acquitted themselves well.

1. What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
2. What is your gender?
Male
Female
3. Gallup is colder in the winter than
New York City
Detroit
Seattle
New Haven,CT
all of the above
none of the above
4. The number of Route 666 from Gallup to Shiprock has been changed to
661
691
466
491
444
994
5. The "South Valley" is in
Albuquerque
Belen
Las Cruces
Silver City
6. Navajos speak almost the same language as
Zunis
Hopis
Apaches
Aztecs
7. Albuquerque is about how many miles from Flagstaff, AZ
175
225
275
325
425
525
8. The state bird is
bald eagle
roadrunner
magpie
great blue heron
orange barrels on the highways
9. Interstate 40 goes through all of these places except
Grants
Tucumcari
Acoma
Albuquerue
Belen
Gallup
10. Lew Wallace, once governor of New Mexico, wrote which of these books?
Ben Hur
War and Peace
Heidi
65 sonnets
Anna and the King of Siam
Winnie the Pooh
11. The state flower is
wild rose
yucca blossom
sagebrush
rose
rabbit brush
orange barrels on the highway
12. New Mexico was admitted to the Union in
1897
1899
1905
1909
1912
1914
13. The Rio Grande flows through all of these places except
Albuquerque
Espanola
Las Cruces
Santa Fe
14. Billy the Kid is buried in
Belen
Silver City
Las Cruces
Gallup
Tucumcari
Taos
15. Shiprock is approximately one and a half miles from the Four Corners Monument
True
False
16. The oldest state capital in the USA is Santa Fe.
True
False
17. During the Civil War, there was a battle in New Mexico
True
False

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