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Exploring New Mexico: A Quiz on Geography and Culture

Test your knowledge about New Mexico's geography, culture, and history with this engaging quiz!

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1 Which is the largest metropolitan area in New Mexico?

2 As well, writer ________ lived near Taos in the 1920s at the D. H. Lawrence Ranch where there is a shrine said to contain his ashes.

3 Which of the following languages is spoken in New Mexico?

4 [55] In that same year there were 1,003 miles (1,614 km) of ________, of which 1000 were the route miles of Interstate Highways 10, 25 and 40.

5 What is the full name of New Mexico?

6 What is the largest city of New Mexico?

7 What role did Lloyd Corrigan play in the movie New Mexico?

8 Who played centre in the New Mexico?

9 Which of these places is north of New Mexico?

10 How many metres above sea level is the lowest point in New Mexico?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Basilica of San Albino was established in Mexico, but is currently located in New Mexico.
  • the Border Governors Conference, an annual meeting of the governors of the states that form the Mexico – United States border, was moved from Arizona to New Mexico this year.
  • the Alamogordo Museum of History owns a rare 47-star U.S. flag, thought to have been made in 1912 to celebrate the entry of New Mexico into the United States.
  • the endangered Socorro springsnail is found in only one spring in the U.S. state of New Mexico.
  • although Pueblo Revival Style architecture draws its inspiration from the Pueblos and the Spanish missions of New Mexico, it first appeared in California.
  • the Cerro Grande Fire, a major forest fire in New Mexico, USA, menaced the Los Alamos National Laboratory and produced a smoke plume that extended to Oklahoma.
  • the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad was a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway that operated in Arizona, New Mexico and California from July 1, 1897 till July 1, 1902.
  • the owner of KFMR, forced off the air for financial reasons, is selling the Utah radio station and New Mexico sister station KPSA-FM to his own father.
  • the two tracts of Oliver Lee Memorial State Park in New Mexico preserve archeological sites associated with Native Americans and a late 19th-century ranch.
  • the flag of New Mexico is designed after the Zia tribe's symbol.
  • the discovery of the dinosauromorph Dromomeron, from the Late Triassic of New Mexico, indicates that dinosaurs did not rapidly replace their close relatives.
  • the Vermejo Park Ranch in New Mexico is the largest privately owned, contiguous tract of land in the United States, making its owner Ted Turner the biggest private land owner in the country.
  • after overcoming Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1989, K-Bob's Steakhouse (sign pictured) still operates in mostly smaller cities in the cattle country of New Mexico and Texas.
  • a collection of 247 tiles illustrating children's books are installed on the Story Book Wall at the Alamogordo Public Library in New Mexico, U.S..
  • Jack Daniels, a New Mexico politician, gave out Jack Daniel's whiskey at campaign events.
  • Rini Templeton created works of graphic art for the New Mexico Land-Grant movement before moving to Mexico to collaborate with the Labor movement there.
  • Cochiti Dam in New Mexico is one of the ten largest dams in the United States, the 23rd largest in the world, and the eleventh largest earthen dam worldwide.
  • New Mexico's Carson National Forest, named after Kit Carson, contains Anasazi artifacts.
  • New Mexico philanthropist Addie Peed Swearingen was a beautician for 28 years in Santa Fe before she and her husband made a fortune in petroleum and natural gas leases.
  • Sandia Pueblo in central New Mexico was discovered by Spanish conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado in 1539 while on an expedition to discover the seven Cities of Cibola.
  • U.S. Route 70 runs across the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, and can be closed several times per week for missile tests.
  • Empire, a 1962–1963 NBC Western dramatic series set on a New Mexico ranch, provided the first recurring role for future film star Ryan O'Neal.
  • Catch My Soul, a rock musical adapation of Othello set in a late 1960s commune in New Mexico, USA, was the only film directed by the late Patrick McGoohan.
  • Boletus pulcherrimus, a large red and brown pored mushroom from California and New Mexico, stains dark blue when cut or bruised.
  • Valda Cooper became the first female managing editor of any daily newspaper in New Mexico.
  • cellist Felix Wurman founded the Church of Beethoven, described by NPR as "a church for people who don't go to church," in an abandoned gas station off Route 66 in New Mexico.
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