Explore Nevada: A Trivia Quiz on the Silver State Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

in 2008 the Goldstrike mine yielded 30% of the gold production in Nevada.

five months after the 2nd Arizona Territorial Legislature created Pah-Ute County most of the county's land was given to Nevada.

extensive droughts have caused Washoe Lake (pictured) at Washoe Lake State Park in Nevada to dry up, most recently in 1992, 1994, and 2004.

the 1997 flooding of Wilson Canyon in Lyon County, Nevada, resulted in $726,000 in damage to Nevada State Route 208.

the prisoner rehabilitation Second Chance Program, based on works of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, was criticized during the 2010 United States Senate elections in Nevada.

the community of Weed Heights, Nevada, was built to support the open pit mining operation at the Anaconda Copper Mine.

the Humboldt River in Nevada is the longest river in the Great Basin and furnished the route of the Central Pacific segment of the transcontinental railroad.

because of liberal divorce laws in the U.S. state of Nevada, the Riverside Hotel in Reno catered specifically to wealthy divorce-seekers.

City is a massive work of earth art by Michael Heizer that has been under construction for over thirty years in the Nevada desert.

Captain & Tennille now reside in Nevada, United States.

Nevada Governor John Henry Kinkead (pictured) was the first United States official to hold office in Alaska.

CBS's Harts of the West featured Beau Bridges and his father, Lloyd Bridges, in a comedy/western set at the fictitious Flying Tumbleweed Dude Ranch in Nevada.

Eilley Bowers (pictured) is one of the most researched, written and talked-about women in Nevada history.

Joe Dini, the owner of Dini's Lucky Club, a casino in Yerington, Nevada, was the longest serving member of the Nevada State Assembly.

Augustasaurus' name comes from the mountain range of northwestern Nevada, where its fossilized bones were first discovered.

Terence Tolbert, Nevada state director for Barack Obama's presidential campaign, died of a heart attack at age 44, two days before the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

Arizona Territorial Governor Frederick A. Tritle presented Nevada's silver spike at the ceremony celebrating completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad.

Explore Nevada: A Trivia Quiz on the Silver State

1 The 1861 southern boundary is commemorated by ________ 57 and 58 in Lincoln and Nye counties.

2 What office has Nevada held?

3 ________'s California Zephyr train uses the Union Pacific's original transcontinental railroad line in daily service from Chicago to Emeryville, California serving Elko, Winnemucca, Sparks, and Reno.

4 What is directly west of Nevada?

5 [4] The state is well known for its easy marriage and divorce proceedings, entertainment, legalized gambling and, in 8 out of its 16 counties, legalized active ________.

6 How many metres above sea level is the lowest point in Nevada?

7 [26] Nevada supported Democrat Bill Clinton in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections, Republican George W. Bush won in 2000 and 2004, and Democrat ________ won the state in 2008.

8 Who played Dusty in the movie Nevada?

9 Who played Julie Dexter in the movie Nevada?

10 What role did Saffron Burrows play in the movie Nevada?

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