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during his U.S. Air Force career, Colorado state representative Kent Lambert oversaw military support for the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster investigation at Air Force Space Command.

fossilized remains of giant sea turtles have been found at an elevation of 7,696 feet (2,346 m) within Vega State Park in Colorado.

in 1892, future I.C.C. commissioner Henry C. Hall was journeying to California for his health, but stopped off in Colorado and liked it so much he settled there.

both the first black woman in Colorado and the "founding father" of the state's Korean American community are buried in Denver's Riverside Cemetery (chapel pictured).

a project aiming to lower the salinity of the Colorado River has triggered thousands of earthquakes in Colorado's Paradox Valley (pictured).

Phacelia sericea (pictured) is a native subalpine perennial plant listed by the Federal Highway Administration for roadside landscaping in Colorado.

Senator Bob Hagedorn introduced legislation to name John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High" Colorado's second official state song.

in 1984 Chet Upham, former chairman of the Texas Republican Party, introduced the first artificial snow in Colorado at his Loveland Ski Area near the Continental Divide.

in 1987, 13 years after its citizens voted to repeal the city's gay rights ordinance, Boulder, Colorado, became the only American city to adopt a gay rights law through popular referendum.

the Ruben M. Benjamin House (pictured) was built by John Long Routt, the first governor of Colorado.

the day when Exxon canceled its Colony Shale Oil Project in Colorado is known by locals as "Black Sunday".

the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine is the largest current producer of gold in Colorado.

the Boulder Beer Company, the first microbrewery in the U.S. state of Colorado, was founded by two college professors who enjoyed homebrewing.

the western outlaw L.H. Musgrove "calmly puffed a cigar to its bitter butt" as he awaited hanging by vigilantes in Denver, Colorado, in 1868.

the Alexander Aircraft Company, which produced Eaglerock biplanes in Colorado, was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world for a brief period between 1928 and 1929.

Wilson Peak in Colorado has been used in dozens of national and local advertising campaigns because of its charismatic and characteristically rugged mountain appearance.

Owen Aspinall, the 45th Governor of American Samoa, banned a Korean man from marrying a Samoan woman, despite the fact that he, a Colorado native, married a Samoan woman himself.

Colorado Rep. Stella Garza-Hicks dropped out of high school in the ninth grade.

Colorado Sen. Nancy Spence's bill to create a statewide school voucher program was the first to be enacted into law in the U.S. — and then overturned by state courts — after Zelman v. Simmons-Harris.

Colorado state representative Amy Stephens wrote an abstinence-based sex education curriculum that was translated into over a dozen languages.

Colorado state senator Chris Romer has proposed using a wiki-like web site to involve citizens in drafting legislation.

Colorado state representative Victor Mitchell secured state funding for Project Lifesaver programs that would provide tracking bracelets for the cognitvely impaired.

Colorado state representative Joe Rice (pictured) resigned from the Glendale city council in 2003 when called up to serve in the U.S. Army in Iraq, where he advised the Baghdad city council.

Colorado state representative Spencer Swalm spent time as a Christian missionary in Bolivia.

Colorado state senator John Morse worked as an emergency medical technician, accountant, and police chief before entering the legislature.

state representative Dianne Primavera, a breast and cervical cancer survivor, sponsored legislation for the Colorado Breast and Women's Reproductive Cancers Fund.

Front Range Community College is the largest community college in Colorado.

Michael Garcia has introduced legislation to lower the legislative age of candidacy in Colorado from 25 to 21 after being himself elected at age 26.

Douglas Bruce is so associated with Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights that attempts to loosen its spending restrictions are known as "de-Brucing".

1801 California Street, a 709-foot (216 m) skyscraper in Denver, Colorado, was once home to the world's brightest signs on a high-rise building.

Colorado State Senate president pro tem Peter Groff is the highest-ranking African-American elected official in the U.S. state of Colorado.

state senator Mike Kopp is the only Gulf War veteran currently serving in the Colorado General Assembly.

Colorado state representative Cherylin Peniston won two Fulbright Scholarships while a public school teacher.

Exploring Colorado: Geography, Cinema, and Economy Quiz

1 Which of the following places is northeast of Colorado?

2 Who played Frank Austin in the movie Colorado?

3 How many metres above sea level is Colorado?

4 Notably, Colorado’s ________ deposits hold an estimated 1 trillion barrels (160 km3) of oil – nearly as much oil as the entire world’s proven oil reserves.

5 What role did Ronald Bradbury play in the movie Colorado?

6 ________ and personal business property are taxable in Colorado.

7 What role did Hobart Bosworth play in the movie Colorado?

8 In terms of elevation, what is the lowest place in Colorado?

9 What role did Vester Pegg play in the movie Colorado?

10 This region is partially protected from prevailing storms that blow in from the ________ region by the high Rockies in the middle of Colorado.

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