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What do you know about Colorado?

Test your knowledge of Colorado. Take this simple quiz and find out if you've got what it takes to stand up for the 38th state to be admitted to the union. Select an answer for each of the following ten questions and then click on the "How did I do?" button at the bottom of the page. All of the answers can be found here at NETSTATE Colorado.

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  1) Colorado has a higher mean elevation than any other state. What is it?
  a. 6,800 feet above sea level
b.  4,600 feet above seal level
c.  7,000 feet above seal level
 
2) Which of these is a nickname for Colorado?
  a.  The Provisions State
b.  The Diamond State
c.  The Centennial State
 
3) What is the capital city of Colorado?
  a.  Denver
b.  Colorado Springs
c.  Boulder
 
4) The "C" on the Colorado State flag is filled with gold. What does this color represent?
  a.  The Autumn colors of the Rocky Mountains
b.  Gold mining of Colorado
c.  The abundant sunshine of Colorado
 
5) What is the official state bird of Colorado?
a.  Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
b.  Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melancorys)
c.  Brown Thrasher(Toxostoma rufum)
 
6) Which of these famous authors was born in Wilmington in 1893?
a.  Carson Smith McCullers
b.  John Phillips Marquand
c.  Newton Booth Tarkington
 
7) What is the highest point in Colorado?
  a.  Mt. Elbert (14,433 feet)
b.  Mt. Whitney (14,494 feet)
c.  Pikes Peak (14,110 feet)
 
8) The name of Colorado is derived from a Spanish word for red. What is referenced as red?
  a.  The soil of Colorado
b.  The Colorado Plateau in Autumn
c.  The water of the Colorado River
 
9) In what year was Colorado admitted to the union?
  a.  1898
b.  1898
c.  1876
 
10)  What is the motto of Colorado?
  a.  Nothing without providence
b.  All for our country
c.  Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain
 
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